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New study says city second in affordability ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette FORT WAYNE - Fort Wayne residents can send up a rousing cheer based on the results of a new study that found the city the second-cheapest place to live among 150 of the nation's most populous metropolitan areas. Published by U.S. News and World Report, the 2021-22 version of the annual study ranked the Summit City just below Huntsville, Alabama, and just ahead of the Quad Cities -- Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Moline and Rock Island in Illinois. Other cities in the top five are Hickory, North Caro...

Study: City No. 2 in US for cheapest metro areas to live ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette Fort Wayne residents can send up a rousing cheer based on the results of a new study that found the city the second-cheapest place to live among 150 of the nation's most populous metropolitan areas. Published by U.S. News and World Report, the 2021-22 version of the annual study ranked the Summit City just below Huntsville, Alabama, and just ahead of the Quad Cities – Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Moline and Rock Island in Illinois. Other cities in the top five are Hickory, North Caro...

Fort Wayne police are hiring social workers, undergoing inclusion and diversity training and trying to hire more people of color in response to a comm ...

Complaint filed in police homicide Family seeks truth, damages; alleges lack of transparency JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette A complaint seeking damages in an officer-involved homicide two years ago was filed Wednesday in federal court against the city, the Fort Wayne Police Department and Officer Christopher Hawthorne. Shaquille I. Kelly, 26, was killed about 2 a.m. May 22, 2019, from one shot to the chest fired by Hawthorne after the Gang and Violent Crimes Unit had chased Kelly to the corner of Oliver and Grier streets. The car Kelly was driving smashed through the front door of a vacant...

Garbage overflows containers in the alley behind Zollars Avenue. Previous Next Friday, May 14, 2021 1:00 am Jehl, Hines call out city, trash hauler over delays DEVAN FILCHAK | The Journal Gazette Two Fort Wayne city councilmen are upset about what they say are an increasing number of missed garbage pickups, but the city says it hasn't heard of delays of more than two days recently. Councilman Russ Jehl, R-2nd, said many constituents have contacted him about delays ranging from a couple of days to a couple of weeks. “People are frustrated,” he said. “Usually there...