Allen County (Indiana)

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A northeastern Indiana coroner has ruled as a homicide the July death of a man allegedly pushed down a flight of stairs. The Journal Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/n0sRBB ) the Allen County Coroner's office declared...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Police have detonated a Civil War-era cannonball that a northeastern Indiana farmer had inside his barn for around 50 years. The cannonball's explosion Wednesday at Allen County's police shooting range sent up a large...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — There's a lot more to poverty than just a lack of money. Instead, it is more often a tangled web of interconnected problems, with any one of them enough to cause an immediate crisis. "Is the issue housing? Is it employment?...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials are targeting infant mortality, obesity, tobacco use and other health priorities in a new five-year plan aimed at improving the health of Hoosiers. The plan released Monday also focuses on assuring...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The suggestion that Indiana lawmakers impose a limit on the pay for school district superintendents doesn't seem to have much support. A legislative committee studying the issue heard Thursday from state and local education...

SOUTH BEND — St. Joseph County Auditor Pete Mullen earned $48,500 in 2010, about $24,000 less than his counterpart in Elkhart County and about $29,000 less than the auditor in Allen County, which includes Fort Wayne. Based on population, the two-...

A judge denied a request for a special prosecutor to handle charges against former Indiana University basketball player Todd Leary in connection with an ex-business partner's multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. An Allen Superior Court judge ruled that...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A woman accused of helping a mother force a 2-year-old Fort Wayne boy to swallow olive oil and vinegar because they thought it would rid him of demons is facing seven charges in the child's death. The Journal Gazette...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A Fort Wayne man who was shot more than 13 years ago has died and the coroner has ruled his death a homicide. But The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne reports the man convicted of shooting Earl Dashawn "Shawn" Terrell can't be...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A northeastern Indiana county may have to pay up to $2 million to remove asbestos from its main government building, boosting the total cost of making the structure suitable for city and county police offices to about $6...

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY -- A Warsaw man, and active member of the Indiana National Guard, is dead after a Saturday afternoon crash in Kosciusko County. According to a release from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, officers responded to a crash...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A northeastern Indiana woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the beating death of her 4-week-old daughter. The Journal Gazette reports that Allen County Judge John Surbeck sentenced 26-year-old LaDawn Johnson on...