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Avenues Recovery alumni turn struggles into service at local soup kitchen
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (105+ words) FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - From struggling to serving: Avenues Recovery is putting purpose behind meals this weekend. Alumni of the organization are volunteering at St. Mary's Catholic Church soup kitchen on Saturday and Sunday. Avenues Recovery is an alcohol and…...
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy responds to reports semi-truck driver involved in Hendricks Co. crash is ‘illegal alien’
1+ week, 1+ day ago (499+ words) HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - A fatal, multi-vehicle crash in Hendricks County on Wednesday is the latest at the center of controversy. The Hendricks County Sheriff's Office says a semi-truck traveling east on U.S. 36 failed to stop for a red light and…...
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy: Trucking school, carriers ‘held accountable’ in deadly Jay Co. crash
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (136+ words) (WPTA) - The U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, took to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday to share that the trucking school and carriers of Bekzhan Beishekeev, the semi-truck driver involved in a Jay County crash that left four dead,…...
ACPL’s ‘Rock the Plaza’ program “taking its final bow”
2+ week, 1+ day ago (193+ words) FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Allen County Public Library's "Rock the Plaza' program is "taking its final bow. The announcement was made by organizers via Facebook on Friday. According to organizers, the program that brought 17 seasons of summer concert series…...
Student organizer reflects on the South Side high school ICE protest
2+ week, 5+ day ago (295+ words) FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A South Side High School senior who helped organize a walkout protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week says it highlighted the importance of speaking out on issues you believe in. BACKGROUND: South Side High…...
Semi driver involved in Jay County crash that left four dead arrested on immigration warrant
3+ week, 2+ day ago (236+ words) JAY COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - The Jay County Sheriff's Office says the semi driver involved in a crash Tuesday on S.R. 67 that left four people dead has been taken into custody on an immigration warrant. Jay County Sheriff Larry Newton confirmed with…...
WE THE PEOPLE: Kate’s Kart brings books to hospitalized children across northeast Indiana
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (331+ words) FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A nonprofit that started in a family's home has grown to deliver hundreds of thousands of books to hospitalized children across northeast Indiana. Kate's Kart was founded in 2008 by Krista and Andy Layman to honor their…...
Syracuse man arrested in 1975 California cold case murder
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (126+ words) KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - Indiana State Police say a 71-year-old Syracuse man was arrested this week in a cold case murder that took place in San Diego more than fifty years ago. ISP investigators, including the department's Cold Case Unit,…...
Rural homelessness growing faster than cities
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (434+ words) INDIANA (Indiana Capital Chronicle) - Homelessness may not look the way many imagine it, particularly in rural Indiana. Rural areas saw a 16.6% increase in people experiencing homelessness between 2023 and 2025, according to Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority data. During that same…...
Proposal would ban certain preservatives, food dyes from Indiana school lunches
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1030+ words) (Indiana Capital Chronicle) - Indiana could join a growing number of states scrutinizing ultra-processed foods in schools under legislation heard Wednesday that would restrict certain additives in student meals and snacks. House Bill 1137, authored by Rep. Julie McGuire, R-Indianapolis, would apply…...