Wednesday, August 16, 2017

USPS: Northwood Post Office will reopen Wednesday after sewage ... and other top stories.

  • USPS: Northwood Post Office will reopen Wednesday after sewage ...

    USPS: Northwood Post Office will reopen Wednesday after sewage ...
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The U.S. Post Office in the Northwood Plaza has reopened after being briefly condemned as a result of ongoing sewage backups and “heavy flooding” in the basement of the building. Mary Dando with the U.S. Post Office said crews worked through the night Tuesday into Wednesday to clean a sewage backup that forced the Allen County Building Department around late Tuesday afternoon to condemn the Northwood Station post office, 6041 Stellhorn Road, near Maplecrest Road. Custome..
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  • Fort Wayne City Council Approves 0.13% Local Income Tax Increase

    Fort Wayne City Council Approves 0.13% Local Income Tax Increase
    Fort Wayne City Council approved a 0.13 percent increase to the local income tax rate Tuesday night, creating a revenue stream that will help pay for riverfront development and sidewalk and alley repairs. Council voted 6-3 in favor of the increase. Councilman John Crawford, who initially proposed a 0.15 percent increase, spoke to the long-term benefits of passage. “Any tax increase, nobody wants to do it. Nobody who’s a conservative republican wants to do it," said Crawford. "But sometimes, ..
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  • Fort Wayne Children's Zoo plans major renovations of Monkey ...

    Fort Wayne Children's Zoo plans major renovations of Monkey ...
    Monkey Island will get a major remake and a new otter exhibit will give the animals nearly three times more space to romp and play, according to renovation plans announced by the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo. In a letter sent to zoo donors this week, the zoo announced the projects and its $6.4 million Journey to the Heart of the Zoo fundraising campaign, which will pay for the new projects as well as work completed last winter, such as improvements to Mother Goose Pond, paths from the gift shop t..
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  • Cooking Channel show to feature Junk Food Alley eats

    Cooking Channel show to feature Junk Food Alley eats
    The Best Around’s Cheesy Fried Enchilada FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Eats and treats from Junk Food Alley are going big time. The Cooking Channel’s ‘Carnival Eats’ show will bring host Noah Cappe to Fort Wayne’s Three Rivers Festival Wednesday and Thursday to sample select dishes from Junk Food Alley vendors. The show features eats from carnivals, fairs and festivals from around the country. In Fort Wayne, Cappe will taste an award-winning savory funnel cake, a local mac and cheese, amped-up corn ..
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  • Patients, co-workers and employees mourn loss of couple killed in ...

    Patients, co-workers and employees mourn loss of couple killed in ...
    Related Coverage FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Multiple communities are mourning the loss of two local psychiatrists. The State Highway Patrol said Monday that 63-year-old pilot, Umamahesware Kalapatapu, and his 61-year-old wife, Sitha-Gita Kalapatapu, died on a Piper Archer PA-28. The plane carrying the Logansport, Indiana, couple crashed Saturday near the Washington County village of Beverly, about 75 miles southeast of Columbus. Laura Hays worked for the couple at Raj Fort Wayne. But she w..
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  • Zimmer Biomet CEO steps down

    Zimmer Biomet CEO steps down
    David Dvorak has stepped down as president and CEO of Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. and as a member of the board of directors, effective July 11, the Warsaw-based orthopedics device manufacturer said in a statement. The board appointed Daniel Florin, senior vice president and CFO, to serve in the additional role of interim CEO and a member of the board of directors until a permanent successor has been named. kAm%96 3@2C5 ..
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  • Cooling down at TRF with Family Fun Day Arctic Blast at Botanical ...

    Cooling down at TRF with Family Fun Day Arctic Blast at Botanical ...
    Young children jumped up and down in a bounce house, slid down the Arctic Plunge inflatable slide and cranked their own paddle-wheel boats during the Family Fun Day Arctic Blast on Tuesday at Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory. The fun from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. was part of the annual Three Rivers Festival. The Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department organized the fun. The inflatable bounce house, slide and paddle-wheel boat pool were set up on Douglas Avenue along the south side of th..
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  • Baez, Ilarraza lead Fort Wayne to 13-4 win over Lansing

    Baez, Ilarraza lead Fort Wayne to 13-4 win over Lansing
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -- Reinaldo Ilarraza had four hits and two RBI, and Michel Baez tossed six scoreless innings as the Fort Wayne TinCaps topped the Lansing Lugnuts 13-4 on Monday.Baez (2-0) picked up the win after he struck out seven and walked one while allowing one hit.Fort Wayne took the lead in the first when Jorge Ona hit an RBI single and then scored on a two-run home run by Hudson Potts.After Fort Wayne added three runs, the Lugnuts cut into the deficit with three runs in the seventh..
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  • Quality of place for the whole city

    Quality of place for the whole city
    Given what appeared to be widespread neighborhood opposition, it was good news when a developer Monday pulled its proposal to build a gas station complex at Hessen Cassel and Paulding roads. Word came just before the matter was to have been heard by the Fort Wayne Plan Commission. As The Journal Gazette's Rosa Salter Rodriguez reported, about 50 opponents who came to the meeting expecting a battle cheered when they heard the news. Citizens including themselves in the decision-making process o..
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  • Man sentenced for battery of 2-year-old

    Man sentenced for battery of 2-year-old
    A Fort Wayne man has been sentenced for battering a 2-year-old girl after a failed attempt at toilet training. Taylor I. Kinley, 26, of the 12500 block of Shearwater Run, was sentencted Tuesday in Allen Superior Court to serve four years for battery and two years for domestic battery in the presence of a child under 16 years old. Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull ordered the terms to be served concurrently, or at the same time. Another count of domestic battery where the defendant has a pr..
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