Dorminy, Baker fuel 2-0 Fort Wayne win over Lake County and other top stories.

• Dorminy, Baker fuel 2-0 Fort Wayne win over Lake County

  

  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -- Chris Baker hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, and Thomas Dorminy struck out 10 hitters over seven innings as the Fort Wayne TinCaps defeated the Lake County Captains 2-0 on Saturday.The home run by Baker scored Brad Zunica and provided all the offense for Fort Wayne.Lake County missed a scoring opportunity in the seventh, when Anthony Miller struck out with the bases loaded to end the inning.Both Fort Wayne starter Dorminy and Lake County starter Trevor Foss deli..

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• Guns, drugs and $7000 seized in Friday searches, Fort Wayne ...

  

  Guns, drugs and $7,000 seized in Friday searches, Fort Wayne Police say Courtesy photoFort Wayne Police say that searches of three locations on Friday yielded this cache of guns, drugs and cash. By BOB CAYLORbcaylor@news-sentinel.com Saturday, August 20, 2016 7:00 AM A Fort Wayne man has been charged after a series of raids Friday that Fort Wayne Police say turned up a cache of drugs and guns, as well as $7,000 in cash. Japheth D. Sims, 28, of the 300 bloc..

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• Fort Wayne priest to attend Mother Teresa's canonization

  

  Fort Wayne priest to attend Mother Teresa's canonization Father Robert D'Souza of St. Jude Catholic Church in Fort Wayne will attend the canonization of Mother Teresa on Sept. 4 in Rome. (By Cindy Larson of The News-Sentinel) Father Robert D'Souza is taking 51 people from this area with him. By Cindy Larson, clarson@news-sentinel.com Saturday, August 20, 2016 6:37 AM When Mother Teresa is canonized Sept. 4 in Rome, a local priest will be in attendance. Fat..

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• Trip back to World War II internment camp an emotional experience ...

  

  More Information Learn more For more about the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming and the Japanese Americans held there during World War II, go to http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/asian_american_and_pacific_islander_heritage/Heart-Mountain-Relocation-Center.htm. Interesting note After the military draft was reinstated for Japanese Americans in January 1944, some men held at Heart Mountain resisted, saying they wanted official restoration of their civil rights before entering the draft. ..

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• One city's pain becomes another's gain

  

  Fort Wayne records benefit Purdue researchers in fighting emerald ash borerFort Wayne started losing what eventually would amount to at least 15,000 trees to the emerald ash borer a decade ago. But, the city’s excellent records of the pest’s damage could help save up to 1 billion ash trees in other cities across the county.Records kept by the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department helped a five-member team at Purdue University predict the progression of ash decline over time and conclude th..

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• Friday night's state high school football scores

  

  Buy PhotoCenter Grove's QB, #9, Jack Kellams hands the ball off to RB, #3, Russ Yeast, during the first game of the season, as Warren Central High School takes on Center GroveGrove High School at Center Grove, Friday August 19th, 2016.(Photo: Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar)Buy PhotoSCORES FROM AROUND THE STATEAdams Central 24, Bellmont 14Angola 23, DeKalb 7Attica 67, Riverton Parke 6Avon 35, Plainfield 31Batesville 21, Jennings County 6Bedford North Lawrence 35, South Dearborn 0Beech Grove 34, Indi..

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• Rain sprinkles, festival sparkles

  

  The cover of Gloria Estefan’s hit song “Conga” seemed to blast out from the Head­waters Park pavilion and travel up a block and a half. With the robust volume, you had to lean in and speak loudly into someone’s ear to have a conversation, but for Pat McCain, it was the just right atmosphere for a burrito from Taqueria El Ranchito and a few Frisbee disc tosses with his son, while his wife’s band, Melisa’s Latin Beat, finished up at the Fort Wayne Hispanic Festival on Saturday. “It gives peopl..

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• Urias maturing beyond years in Cal League

  

  At 18 years old on opening day, Luis Urias opened the season as the youngest player in the California League. As of Friday, Urias – who turned 19 on June 3 – was hitting .321, seven points off 25-year-old Kyle Petty’s league-leading pace. ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS(Through Friday; min. 170 ABs; 58 IP)Avg.: .382, OF Alex Dickerson (AAA)OBP: .425, Dickerson (AAA) SLG: .625, Austin Hedges (AAA)HRs: 28, OF Hunter Renfroe (AAA)RBIs: 96, Renfroe (AAA)Steals: 33, OF Michael Gettys (A, A+)Wins: 12, RHP Dine..

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• Richard H. Markowitz, 90, labor lawyer

  

  Richard H. Markowitz, 90, of Meadowbrook, a Philadelphia labor lawyer, died Sunday, Aug. 14, of renal failure at his home. Mr. Markowitz came from a family that immigrated to the United States from Austria-Hungary in the early 1880s. His father, Samuel H. Markowitz, who was born in Pottstown in 1892, became a Reform rabbi. Richard Markowitz grew up in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Elmira, N.Y. He graduated from the Elmira Free Academy in 1942. Although his college studies were interrupted by service..

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• Local products shine in Hoosiers' victory

  

  Not only was it a chance for Indiana’s men’s team to show it’s ready for the regular season and another run at a national championship, but Saturday night also provided an opportunity for Rece Buckmaster and Spencer Glass to draw plenty of applause from local soccer fans. They had some of the best plays of the Hoosiers’ 2-0 exhibition victory over UCLA in the headline game of the Shindigz National Soccer Festival at Saint Francis’ Bishop D’Arcy Stadium. Buckmaster, a former Canterbury standou..

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