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Teen critical after motorcycle clips bus, hits truck head-on
DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO) – A Leo teen is in critical condition after his motorcycle clipped a bus and hit a truck head-on Friday morning in DeKalb County. 19-year-old Carson Days was driving his Harley Davidson north on County Road 35 around 6:45 a.m. The minibus in front of...
HARD ROCK NORTHERN INDIANA RECAP: Mulligan picks up career milestone, RedHawks split
Josephine Mulligan surpassed 1,000 assists in her career, while Erica Packwood finished the first day of the OnSet Tournament with 22 kills, 23 assists and 40 digs for the Indiana University Northwest volleyball team Thursday evening. The RedHawks, who go into Friday with a 4-2 record defeated Lawrence Tech (18-25,...
QualiTech Acquires Baked Goods, Ingredients Manufacturer Ellison Bakery
CHASKA, Minn. — QualiTech, a global manufacturer of plant nutrition, animal nutrition and food ingredient products and services, today announced the acquisition of Ellison Bakery, a manufacturer of cookies, snack bars, crunches, toppings, and inclusion ingredients for retail, food service and private label end markets. Terms of the transaction...
FWCS students exposed to active case of tuberculosis
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A case of tuberculosis has been confirmed in a Fort Wayne school. Though the Department of Health won’t say which school or who the infected person is, a release states students were exposed within Fort Wayne Community Schools. Efforts are underway to test those...
Police: Three arrested after injecting drugs in a car along with an infant
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — Evansville Police made several arrests after getting a report about a group of people injecting drugs inside a parked car along with a child. According to EPD, officers responded to the north parking lot of Eastland Mall Thursday. EPD says a security officer at the...
Remembering Coldwater’s Cale Wenning…Support From Area Schools
(8-23-24) Yesterday Coldwater student-athlete Cale Wenning passed away yesterday nearly two weeks after he was involved in an electric bike crash. Wenning would have started his Senior year earlier this week and would have been a member of the Cavalier football team when they start the 2024 season tonight at home against Valley View.
BLITZ: Predicted Order of Finish for the 4 main area conferences during prep football season
Opening night of the 2024 campaign is upon us and while conference season doesn’t start or end with week one games, I wanted to share my predicted order of finish for each of the four major area conferences: the SAC, NE8, ACAC and NECC. So here it is, all...
Indiana secretary of state targets BlackRock for alleged fraud over ESG funds
Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales sent a cease and desist letter on Thursday to BlackRock — the world’s largest asset manager — for alleged securities fraud, accusing the company of making “false and misleading statements” about their environmental, social or governance (ESG) funds and allocation focus. Morales issued the letter via the Indiana Securities […]
Winning $40,000 Mega Millions ticket sold in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS – A Mega Millions ticket sold in Indiana for Tuesday’s drawing is worth $40,000. The ticket matched four numbers and the Mega Ball for the Aug. 20 drawing; the winning numbers were 5-20-26-49-51 with a Mega Ball of 24. The Megaplier was 4X, quadrupling the typical $10,000 prize. Someone bought the winning ticket at […]
FIRST ALERT DAY ISSUED: Temperatures build this weekend, dangerous heat possible by Tuesday
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - While the forecast looks about as ideal as it gets for the start of high school football this evening (temperatures should be in the 70s by kick off!), the 21Alive First Alert Weather Team is tracking some building heat starting this weekend and intensifying early next week.
Fort Wayne Rescue Mission holds ‘Light the Night’ concert at Foellinger Theatre
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Fort Wayne Rescue Mission held its first-ever “Light the Night” Concert at Foellinger Theatre. The Rescue Mission plans to make this an annual event, in the hopes of continuing to bring the community together. McArthur says that was the goal of The...
First Alert Forecast: Warming back up
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - After several fall-like days, the heat is returning!. Skies stay partly to mostly sunny for Friday with highs in the low 80s. By the time any Friday night football games are getting ready to kickoff, temperatures will slip into the mid to upper 70s. Over...
Warmer temps Friday, steamy conditions return this weekend | Aug. 23, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A late season surge of Summer temperatures could bring the hottest air of the season. This morning: It’s another clear, quiet, and cool start this morning, but temperatures are not quite as chilly, especially in outlying areas, as in the past few mornings. Friday: Winds continue to shift to the south and […]
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