Fun facts about Fort Wayne and the surrounding areas and other top stories.

• Fun facts about Fort Wayne and the surrounding areas

  Indiana is turning 200. That’s a lot of history that many residents may not be aware of, even if they took a state civics course in high school. So we’ve come up with some well-known, and maybe not so well-known, tidbits about Fort Wayne and the surrounding areas. 1. The Miami tribe of Indians established the settlement of Kekionga along the confluence of the Maumee, St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers. It was the capital of the Miami nation. 2. Fort Wayne is named in honor of American Revolution..

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• Fort Wayne teen shot Wednesday afternoon remains in critical ...

  

  Fort Wayne teen shot Wednesday afternoon remains in critical condition WANE Staff Reports Published: June 16, 2016, 9:28 am Updated: June 16, 2016, 9:29 am A male was found shot in an alleyway between Avondale Drive and Lafayette Street on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. (Provided Photo/WANE) FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Fort Wayne Police responded to a shooting on the city’s south side late Wednesday afternoon. Police were called just before 4:30 p.m. to the intersection of Avond..

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• James McCartney, son of the music legend, to perform in Fort Wayne

  

  Next week almost looks like a mini Beatles family reunion as Paul McCartney’s son James McCartney takes to the stage for a performance at the Brass Rail bar on Thursday night at 8 p.m., just two days after Ringo Starr’s first appearance in Fort Wayne at Foellinger Theatre. James McCartney is touring the country to promote his second full-length album called “The Blackberry Train,” which at times resembles the melodic rock his father is famous for but with a bit of Nirvana and alternative r..

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• Calorie counts motivate people change long term habits ? – Fort ...

  

  Tracking calories at chain restaurants is supposed to become easier next year, but new studies raise questions about Calorie counts motivate people change long-term habits ? New York City was first in the country requiring posting Calorie Counts Chain restaurants in the United States will be required to list calorie information on their menus starting in December 2016. But the few chains that already post the information beat out the competition in low-calorie offerings, according to a study. ..

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• Sound Off - June 16

  

  Sound Off - June 16 By Donovan Klein (21Alive) June 16, 2016 Updated Jun 16, 2016 at 8:40 PM EDT FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21Alive) -- The June 16 edition of Parkview Sports Medicine's Sound Off was live from the SportONE/Parkview Fieldhouse with 21Alive's Kent Hormann and Zach Groth. It's win or go home in game six tonight for the Cleveland Cavaliers as they hope to push the series to a game seven finale against the Golden State Warriors. The..

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• FBI: Man drives from Canada to have sex with Auburn girl

  

  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)  An FBI agent and officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department arrested a man from Canada outside the Glenbrook Mall on Tuesday after gathering substantial evidence that he had driven from Canada on multiple occasions to have sex with a 14-year-old girl from Auburn, Indiana that he had met through the online dating site Ashley Madison. Ala El Bashatly, 37, of Waterloo, Canada faces charges of coercing a minor to have sex and engaging in interstate commerce with the i..

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• Middlebury RV plant closing

  Evergreen Recreational Vehicles is shutting down its Middlebury plant and terminating 270 workers because of its failure to secure the necessary financing or refinancing to continue its operations. The company acknowledged in a June 14 letter to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development that it began eliminating positions June 10 and expects to complete the job cuts by June 24. Rumors of the impending plant closing had been circulating for a week, but the official notice to the state wa..

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• Prayer vigil for Orlando in Headwaters Park

  

  Prayer vigil for Orlando in Headwaters Park By Breanna Daugherty of The News-SentinelAbout 50 people attended the Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County's prayer vigil for Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday at Headwaters Park. During the vigil, speakers said we should not be afraid to help people because they may be different from you. By Breanna Daugherty of The News-SentinelFrom left, Matt Reibs, 20, and Christian Albertson, 22, embrace after the Associate..

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• Whitecaps keep pace in playoff race

  

  FORT WAYNE, IN – The West Michigan Whitecaps failed to get their offense rolling as they fell to the Fort Wayne TinCaps 5-0 at Parkview Field Wednesday night, but received some help in their pursuit for a 2016 playoff spot. The game began with a lengthy rain delay of 2:17, postponing the first pitch of the ballgame until after 9PM ET. Once the game began, Fort Wayne did all of their damage in the early innings, as the bottom two hitters of the TinCaps lineup got on-base with regularity. A.J. K..

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• Neighbors react to Wednesday's violent scene

  

  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Fort Wayne Police described the 15-year-old victim in Wednesday’s shooting as a ‘good kid.’ Neighbors like the neighborhood, but said they feel a little less safe. After a shooting in an alleyway near Avondale Drive and Baxter Street it took police more than six hours to contact the family of the 15-year-old victim. He had been shot in the head and calf. Police don’t know what he was doing in the area, but his lack of a record made the I.D. the hard part. “He doesn’..

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