FORT WAYNE – Wawasee’s softball program celebrated its first-ever regional championship Tuesday night after a 5-0 win at Fort Wayne Concordia.

SOUTH BEND – The TinCaps salvaged the final game of the series, 3-0, at South Bend Monday afternoon.

SOUTH BEND – The Cubs won its third straight game in the homestand, a 3-1 victory over Fort Wayne Saturday night.

ANGOLA – Fort Wayne Concordia rallied to beat Dwenger, 5-4, to win the Angola Softball Sectional to set up a regional showdown with Wawasee.

SOUTH BEND – The Cubs took both games of a Saturday doubleheader against Fort Wayne.

COMSTOCK, Mich. – Fort Wayne’s offense was stuck in neutral in a 10-0 loss Thursday at West Michigan.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – The TinCaps managed just five hits in a 5-0 loss to West Michigan. The team also released information about its Military Appreciation Night.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – The TinCaps lost to the West Michigan Whitecaps, 2-1, in 10 innings on Tuesday night.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – West Michigan dimed Fort Wayne, 12-2, Monday night.

FORT WAYNE – TinCaps shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. was named the Midwest League Player of the Week.

FORT WAYNE – TinCaps starting pitcher Jerry Keel struck out a career-high 11 batters as Fort Wayne shut out the Great Lakes Loons, 4-0, Sunday afternoon.

FORT WAYNE – For the third straight night, Fort Wayne scored early but lost, 7-1 Saturday to Great Lakes.

FORT WAYNE – TinCaps starting pitcher Hansel Rodriguez made his longest start of the season, but Fort Wayne lost to Great Lakes 2-1 on Friday night.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Rep. Jim Banks (R-3rd) will host a roundtable for federal officials to meet with state and local stakeholders to discuss the long-term future of the 122nd Fighter Wing and the Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base.

LANSING, Mich. – Fort Wayne completed its first road sweep since 2014 after a 6-4 win Wednesday at Lansing.

LANSING, Mich. – The Fort Wayne TinCaps racked up a season-high 17 hits on Tuesday night in an 11-4 win over the Lansing Lugnuts.

LANSING, Mich. – With a 14-hit attack, the TinCaps clobbered the Lansing Lugnuts, 10-2, on a pleasant Monday night.

FORT WAYNE – The fourth largest crowd ever in the month of May at Parkview Field saw the TinCaps drop a 10-3 final to the Beloit Snappers.

FORT WAYNE – A five-run sixth still had Fort Wayne on the short end of a 9-5 loss to Beloit Friday night.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps used every bat in the lineup to help defeat Beloit, 10-2, Thursday while Padres great Trevor Hoffman made an appearance at Parkview Field.

FORT WAYNE – Rod Boykin’s homer helped Fort Wayne to a 3-2 Wednesday afternoon over Wisconsin.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps’ bats went cold in a 5-2 loss to Wisconsin Tuesday night.

FORT WAYNE – Fort Wayne TinCaps right-hander Jesse Scholtens pitched a career-high eight innings, but the Caps lost to Wisconsin 2-0 Monday.

FORT WAYNE — A school bus crashed into a home south of downtown Fort Wayne early Monday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The TinCaps lost the finale of their six-game road trip in Iowa, 4-1, against the Cedar Rapids Kernels.

FORT WAYNE – Wawasee dropped a tough 4-3 loss to Fort Wayne Concordia Saturday afternoon.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA – Will Headean pitched Fort Wayne to a 4-3 win at Cedar Rapids Saturday night.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – After leading 2-0, the TinCaps eventually fell to the Cedar Rapids Kernels (Minnesota Twins), 12-4, on Friday night.

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Fort Wayne scored early, but Quad Cities scores in bunches in a 11-3 River Bandits win Thursday.

DAVENPORT, IOWA – Logan Allen, Blake Rogers, and David Bednar combined to shut out the Quad Cities River Bandits as the TinCaps won 4-0 Wednesday.

FORT WAYNE – Former Major League Baseball All-Stars Trevor Hoffman and Mark Prior are coming to Fort Wayne for autograph appearances.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps used a six-run fifth inning to take the game against the South Bend Cubs, 8-5, at Parkview Field on Sunday afternoon.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps will allow fans with tickets from Saturday, April 29 to be exchanged for any non-fireworks TinCaps home game remaining in 2017.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps and South Bend Cubs split a doubleheader at rainy Parkview Field Saturday afternoon.

FORT WAYNE — On Friday, May 12 at 6:30 PM, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) will be hosting its Night of Hope. The Night of Hope is a FREE event and will be taking place at the Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum with special guests Kirk Cousins, Washington Redskins quarterback, and Tamika Catchings, former WNBA Indiana Fever forward.

COMSTOCK PARK, MI — Despite nine hits, the Fort Wayne TinCaps ended their seven-game road trip with an 8-2 loss to the West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers) on Wednesday afternoon at Fifth Third Ballpark.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – Buddy Reed’s three hits couldn’t help Fort Wayne get past West Michigan, 12-3, Tuesday evening.

Warsaw Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents: 6:22 a.m. Friday, April 21, East Center Street, east of Robmar Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Dalton W. Kanode, 73, West CR 100N, Warsaw, and Eric W. Frazier, 32, S. Mallard Road, Mentone. The vehicles collided when Kanode was attempting to cross E. Center Street. Damage …read more.

MIDLAND, Mich. – Luis Paz hit a walk-off homer to lift Great Lakes to a 6-5 win over Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon.

MIDLAND, MICH. – Fort Wayne scored in bunches late to pull away for a 12-2 win at Great Lakes on Saturday.

MIDLAND, MICH. – The TinCaps’ three-game winning streak came to an end on Friday night at Dow Diamond in a 6-4 loss to the Great Lakes Loons

FORT WAYNE — A boil water advisory has been ordered for water customers throughout the city of Fort Wayne.

MIDLAND, Mich. – The TinCaps topped the Great Lakes Loons, 7-5, in 11 innings on Thursday.

FORT WAYNE – Fernando Tatis Jr. was the hero again, driving in the winning run of 3-2 win over West Michigan Wednesday afternoon.

FORT WAYNE — Visit Fort Wayne and Manchester University were named as hosts for the 2019-2022 NCAA Div. III Men’s Basketball Final Four Championships.

FORT WAYNE – Rod Boykin singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to help Fort Wayne to a 2-1 win over West Michigan Tuesday night.

FORT WAYNE – In a 13-inning battle, the Fort Wayne TinCaps fell to the West Michigan Whitecaps, 3-2, on Monday night at Parkview Field.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The TinCaps used three home runs to beat Bowling Green, 12-7, Saturday afternoon.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Fort Wayne TinCaps tallied a season-high 10 hits, yet lost to the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 6-1, at Bowling Green Ballpark.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Brock Burke and the Bowling Green Hot Rods shut out Fort Wayne 3-0 Thursday night.

FORT WAYNE — A suspected drunk driver crashed on the steps to Headwaters Park West early Wednesday morning after reportedly taking her sedan on a joyride through the park.

FORT WAYNE – South Bend scored three runs in the eighth inning to claim a 4-2 win at Fort Wayne Wednesday morning.

FORT WAYNE – The South Bend Cubs found its offense late in a 7-2 win at Fort Wayne Tuesday night.

FORT WAYNE – South Bend took the opening game of the series at Fort Wayne, 4-3, Monday night.

FORT WAYNE – Fernando Tatis Jr. launched a homer to help the TinCaps to a 3-2 win over Bowling Green Sunday afternoon at Parkview Field.

FORT WAYNE – Anna Marshall led Grace in the two-day St. Francis women’s golf invite.

FORT WAYNE – On opening night at Parkview Field, Bowling Green picked up a 5-4 win over Fort Wayne in 11 innings.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The TinCaps split their two-game road trip after a 6-4 loss to the Hot Rods on Friday evening.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – TinCaps right-hander Jesse Scholtens struck out a career-high 11 batters en route to the 4-1 win at Bowling Green Thursday in the season opener.

FORT WAYNE – One of the deepest farm systems in pro baseball has the Fort Wayne TinCaps loaded with talent to start the 2017 season.

SOUTH BEND – The late former Midwest League President George Spelius will be honored by the league this season with a commemorative patch worn by all game personnel.

FORT WAYNE – Logan Grigsby struck out 11 as the Grace baseball team beat St. Francis 12-2 Wednesday afternoon.

FORT WAYNE — The Fort Wayne Police Department arrested six people after serving search warrants at a hotel on the city’s eastern side.

FORT WAYNE — A Fort Wayne man has been federally charged with possession and distribution of child pornography after agents reported finding nearly 30,000 images and almost 500 videos of the matter on his computer.

SYRACUSE — Bobby Joe Edwards, 30, 15012 S. County Line Road, Syracuse, is facing two different charges of auto theft following a police pursuit Friday evening, March 3, and the theft of another vehicle early Monday morning, after bonding out of jail.

FORT WAYNE – On Friday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m., Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) will be hosting its Night Of Hope featuring Tamika Catchings and Kirk Cousins.

FORT WAYNE – The Toenges Racing Team ran well at The Cupid Chocolate Chase 5K and Mocha Mile in Fort Wayne Saturday morning.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne Derby Girls begin its 2017 calendar with a home bout Feb. 11.

FORT WAYNE — Neighbors in a historic Fort Wayne neighborhood are growing uncomfortable with a hanging effigy of President Donald Trump that appeared on their street after he was inaugurated.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps coaching staff was formally announced on Friday for the upcoming 2017 season.

FORT WAYNE — Sheriff’s deputies have found the body of a man on grassy land near Eagle Marsh where police and search dogs had been searching for a missing man Thursday, Jan. 26.

FORT WAYNE – Olympic swim legends Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman made a stop in Fort Wayne Tuesday night.

SYRACUSE — Brandon L. Bickel, 32, Nappanee, was flown to Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, with injuries to his legs, chest and face following a one-vehicle accident. The accident was at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, on US 6, west of Technology Way, north of Syracuse. A passenger in his vehicle was not injured. Elkhart County …read more.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps organization are offering a special package for Valentine’s Day.

FORT WAYNE – NorthWood finished second at the Fort Wayne Concordia “Wild Bill Invite” and had two champions among its finishers.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps are now hiring positions for the 2017 baseball season.

SYRACUSE — Two of the three individuals hospitalized following the Christmas Day accident which took the lives of Kim Conrad, 61, Syracuse, and her son, Stephen Conrad II, 32, Phoenix, Ariz., have been released from the hospital.

SYRACUSE — Snyder Morgan LLP announces Scott M. Federoff, Jason M. Kuchmay and Jacque R. Wilson have joined the firm as partners. Snyder Morgan has maintained an office at 200 W. Main St., Syracuse, since 1974 and will now expand to include an office at 7127 Homestead Road, Suite B, Fort Wayne.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne Komets will be hosting a ‘Warsaw Community Night’ on Friday, Feb. 3.

FORT WAYNE — It was a tough year for donations at the Salvation Army but with the help of two donors, thousands of people will be helped.

FORT WAYNE – Triton and NorthWood competed in the IHSWCA Team State duals Friday at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.

FORT WAYNE — A crash on U.S. 33 just north of Churubusco claimed the life of 86-year-old Edward Dahm, co-founder of Mike’s Carwash.

NOBLE COUNTY — Five people were injured in a one-vehicle accident Thursday, Dec. 15, in the area of US 33 and CR 50N, in Noble County. The accident occurred at 4:19 p.m.

FORT WAYNE – Grace’s men’s basketball team was off the mark against Indiana Tech on Thursday.

FORT WAYNE —  The Leapfrog Group announced Dec. 7, that Parkview Regional Medical Center has been named a 2016 Top Hospital. This is the first time the hospital has been recognized with this prestigious distinction, showcasing its commitment to patient safety and quality. Parkview Regional Medical Center is one of only two Indiana hospitals to …read more.

ELKHART COUNTY — A Ligonier man was airlifted to Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, following a two-vehicle accident at SR 13 and CR 50, south of Millersburg. Omar Ibarra Rangel, 19, Ligonier, driver of a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu, suffered lacerations to arms, a broken right arm and internal head injury. Andrew Troyer, 33, Syracuse, driver of …read more.

MILFORD — Lowell Rassi, 88, Camelot Lane, Syracuse, and Kenneth J. Keene, 55, East Street of Dreams, Cromwell, were transported to Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, following an accident at 7:37 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14. The accident was on North Old SR 15, south of East CR 1300N, Milford. Milford Police reported Rassi was southbound on …read more.

PLYMOUTH — Plymouth Police have arrested Jamie L. Elsea, 24, Charles Street, Plymouth, on an initial charge of neglect of a dependent. No bond has been set.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps earned the John H. Johnson Presidents Award.

FORT WAYNE – Stadium Journey has ranked Parkview Field as the best ballpark experience in minor league baseball.

FORT WAYNE — The Wawasee girls cross country teams saw its season come to an end Saturday afternoon at the New Haven Semi-state meet at IPFW.

FORT WAYNE — 11-month old Teddy Nix has been diagnosed with cancer in both eyes. Player development organization, Summity City Sluggers, is stepping up to the plate to help fight the medical costs for his family.

By Andrea Neal A wave of high-tech creativity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries cemented Fort Wayne’s reputation as the Silicon Valley of its day. Some innovation highlights: Jenney Arc Lights illuminated League Park in Fort Wayne in 1883 for one of the earliest baseball games played at night. A self-measuring pump mechanism, …read more.

ALLEN COUNTY— State health officials have declared a public health emergency in Allen County allowing a syringe services program to be set up.

FORT WAYNE – The Fort Wayne TinCaps baseball franchise is up for the John H. Johnson President’s Award.

ELKHART — A woman accused of abducting two of her children from an Allen County home is now facing two preliminary charges of murder after telling an Elkhart police officer her children were dead in the backseat of a car she was driving.

FORT WAYNE — The Indiana State Police in Fort Wayne has added a Patrol K-9 team to the district.

George Slaidins, 73, passed away at 7:38 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at University Park Health and Rehabilitation Center, Fort Wayne. He was born on Oct. 27, 1942, in Riga, Lativia, to Elza and Zoldamairs Slaidins. George worked for a carnival throughout his lifetime. He leaves behind two daughters: Jennifer (Danny) Grim, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Lisa (Todd) …read more.

Rita Lynn Ebert-Alvey, 54, Fort Wayne, died at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016.  Rita was born in Warsaw on Aug. 14, 1962, to John W. and Mary E. (Redinger) Ebert. Although she developed health issues when she was 10 years old, she was a very active teen, participating in Atwood 4-H, WCHS Choir, WCHS …read more.

FORT WAYNE – On the 15-year anniversary of 9/11, community organizers invite the public to the 9/11 Stair Climb on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Parkview Field.