Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Holcomb touts roads plan in Fort Wayne and other top stories.

  • Holcomb touts roads plan in Fort Wayne

    Holcomb touts roads plan in Fort Wayne
    Related Coverage FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Standing along a Fort Wayne highway interchange, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday announced details of the state’s five-year road construction plan. Holcomb unveiled the Next Level Roads Plan spoke along side Senate President Pro Tempore David Long of Fort Wayne, INDOT Commissioner Joe McGuinness and other state and local officials at the new U.S. 30/U.S. 33 interchange. Last week, the state announced $5 billion would be dedicated to improving In..
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  • Fort Wayne zoo plans monkey, otter exhibit overhauls

    Fort Wayne zoo plans monkey, otter exhibit overhauls
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo is planning a major remake of its primate area and a new river otters exhibit in an upcoming renovation project. The zoo’s plans call for making its Monkey Island visible near the front gates so visitors can immediately connect with the animals. The new otters exhibit will be triple its current size and add an underwater viewing area. Zoo spokeswoman Bonnie Kemp says work on the project is scheduled to start Nov. 1 and be finished for the..
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  • Fennell hits walk-off single in 12th, Peoria beats Fort Wayne 2-1

    Fennell hits walk-off single in 12th, Peoria beats Fort Wayne 2-1
    PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- Mick Fennell hit a walk-off single with one out in the 12th inning, as the Peoria Chiefs defeated the Fort Wayne TinCaps 2-1 on Monday.Juan Yepez scored the game-winning run after he reached base with a single and advanced to third on a single by Nick Plummer.In the top of the fourth, Fort Wayne took the lead on a double by Jorge Ona that scored Reinaldo Ilarraza. Peoria answered in the seventh inning when Vince Jackson hit a solo home run.Peoria starter Ian Oxnevad went se..
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  • Oath Keepers hold public cookout in Fort Wayne on anniversary of ...

    Oath Keepers hold public cookout in Fort Wayne on anniversary of ...
    Oath Keepers prepare Monday afternoon for its free public cookout in Glenbrook Commons on the second anniversary of the killings of five military members and the attacker at Chattanooga, Tenn., military recruiting stations. The group planned to serve until about 10 p.m. The Oath Keepers, who northeast Indiana chaplain David "Ghost" Beck emphasized is not a militia group, spent 400 days straight after the killings guarding the recruiting station in the shopping center. It now has an occasional ..
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  • Troubled Sports and Spirits tavern razed

    Troubled Sports and Spirits tavern razed
    The Sports and Spirits bar on East Wayne Street was razed Monday, July 17, 2017. Related Coverage FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The once-troubled Sports and Spirits Bar and Grill along East Wayne Street is no more. A demolition crew razed the tavern at 1723 E. Wayne St. early Monday. The Sports and Spirits Bar and Grill at 1723 E. Wayne St. is shown on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. It was March when Deister Machine Co. Inc. petitioned the city Fort Wayne’s Board of Zoning Appeals for perm..
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  • Indiana woman arrested after 10 people ejected from out-of-control ...

    Indiana woman arrested after 10 people ejected from out-of-control ...
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. – Four people were seriously injured on Saturday at a lake in northern Indiana after being thrown from a boat. Police were called to Lake Gage around 7:13 p.m. in reference to a serious boating accident. According to witnesses, 10 passengers were ejected from a boat and four people were seriously injured. Two people were flown via air ambulance to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne with a skull fracture and a partial lower ar..
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  • Five artists invited to submit proposals for Promenade Park sculpture

    Five artists invited to submit proposals for Promenade Park sculpture
    A committee hopes to make a decision by early August on the artist who will create the sculpture that will be the "visual anchor" for the new Promenade Park, the first phase of Fort Wayne's downtown riverfront development. Five nationally noted artists were invited to submit proposals for the sculpture, which Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department officials expect to be installed in June 2018 in the park to be built along the St. Marys River between Harrison Street and the Historic Wells ..
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  • Local animal welfare organizations get mentoring help with ...

    Local animal welfare organizations get mentoring help with ...
    WHAT: Staff from local animal welfare organizations Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control, Hope for Animals, and Allen County SPCA will hold a town hall ...
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  • Holcomb in town to celebrate roads plan

    Holcomb in town to celebrate roads plan
     Gov. Eric Holcomb and other officials gathered Monday at the new U.S. 30/U.S. 33 interchange, a development Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry applauded, to promote the state's five-year roads and infrastructure plan. Holcomb said the state plans to spend $4.7 billion in the next five years to repave 10,000 miles of road and repair or replace 1,300 bridges as part of the Next Level Roads Plan. The state also has a 20-year plan in which user taxes will raise about $1 billion a year for improvements. ..
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  • Restaurant Notes: The signs they are a'changing

    Restaurant Notes: The signs they are a'changing
    It looks like Skyline Chili on Ice Way is getting closer to opening. The signs are up on the new building. We hear that electrical work has delayed the planned July 25 opening for another two to three weeks. Whenever it is we'll let you know so you can take the day off from work or – cough, cough – call in sick. Giving the high sign The sign is also up on Caliente 2 at 120 W. Wayne St., the second location for Caliente Cuban Cafe, with the original on State Boulevard near Crescent Avenue. It p..
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