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Sixteen Northeast Indiana high school football squads are seeing their names in the Indiana Football Coaches Association's 2024 preseason poll.
That includes two state champions who are now tasked with standing out within a higher Class.
Two Northeast Indiana teams found themselves in the top five of their classifications, with three others earning spots in their top tens.
Each team of golfers helped add to a significant fundraising total for BBBS programs, capping off a weekend of festivities which began with the annual Brad Miller Gala Saturday night.
The Annual Brad Miller Golf Outing took over the Noble Hawks Golf Links in Kendallville Monday.
Police put down stop sticks, which popped three of the driver's tires, but he kept driving across Fort Wayne, continuing through New Haven and into Eastern Allen County.
Police arrested him after he crashed in Ohio.
The chase reached 80 miles per hour as the man led police across Fort Wayne, through New Haven and just past the Ohio border.
The annual event aims at providing people with a fun and safe way to explore Downtown Fort Wayne without having to navigate daily traffic.
Walkers, bicyclists and even children on scooters made had free range of Calhoun Street throughout the afternoon thanks to Open Streets Fort Wayne.
"A different brand of baseball," WS Champ Nick Swisher describes it.
"This is the future," says former All-Star Carlos Gómez.
"That was the most fun I’ve ever had in my entire life," said Indiana Tech's Jack Ferguson after his Home Run Derby X swings.
The packed crowd brought the energy, eager to watch the former MLB stars, women's baseball standouts and local sluggers take the field and swing for the fences.
From dominating the pools, to showcasing their talents on the track, on the road and on various courts...
Indiana natives are bringing 13 Olympic medals home from Paris.
That is more gold medals that all but 14 countries, and it's good for 16th in total medals.
The player leaders on this year's team say they understand they'll be overlooked by much of the rest of the conference this season, but that just adds to the chip on their shoulder.
Head Coach Ryan Carmichael says the focus this season will be on locking in and not letting games get away from them late.
Coach Sprunger says there's newfound optimism about the program throughout the South Whitley community.
He says this year's summer practices saw more kids than they've had in the past decade.
Head Coach Brad Sprunger says this team is moving in the right direction.
A line weaved throughout the lobby as people waited to get autographs from world-renowned musicians including Andy Timmons and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Multiple other artists hosted pop-up concerts throughout the day, like YouTube celebrities Døvydas and Sean Daniel.
Sweetwater hosted the first GuitarFest Saturday morning, packing its campus with hundreds of visitors and a handful of nationally-acclaimed musicians as well.
The Allen County Athletic Conference has been dominated by Adams Central for the better part of a decade.
Now, the Jets faces a new challenge, as each of the rest of the ACAC finds reason to be excited about the new season.
Looking to dethrone the Flying Jets atop the ACAC is Heritage, a team with a quite successful 2023 season of their own.
Detroit Tigers top prospect Max Clark made the trip to Northeast Indiana as a member of the West Michigan Whitecaps, where he faced off against Fort Wayne's TinCaps.
Those games marked his first time back in his Hoosier State as a professional ballplayer.
Clark was playing for his Franklin, Indiana high school team just over a year ago, before the Tigers selected him third overall in the 2023 MLB Draft.
For the Warsaw Tigers' seniors, the first day of practice is a date they've had circled on their calendars all summer.
The team has some high standards to match after a strong 2023 season, in which they rattled off nine wins and brought home a share of the Northern Lakes Conference
The foundation, led by former Purdue Basketball star and current B1G Ten Network analyst Rapheal Davis, aims get kids excited about setting goals and planning for their future.
Crew Life hosted its annual Back to School Backpack Drive on the Sunday afternoon before Fort Wayne Community Schools begins its year.
The TinCaps are contending with some major roster turnover, as the San Diego Padres made some moves at the Major League Baseball Trade Deadline.
Drew Frey and Mike Maahs sit down to discuss the path forward in this week's TinChattin'.
In this week's TinChattin', Mike Maahs and Drew Frey discuss the players on the move and the path forward for this Fort Wayne team.
The U19 team came closest to winning it all, scoring in the 86th minute of their game to trim their deficit to 2-1. Ultimately, both teams are bringing home National Runner-Up hardware.
Both teams not only competed at the ESPN Disney Wide World of Sports, but they each made it to the championship game.
With the MLB Trade Deadline set for Tuesday evening, no minor league is safe in the farm system of a contending team.
Dylan Lesko and Homer Bush Jr. are on their way to the Tampa Bay Rays farm system.
The IU alumni squad is now the final remaining TBT team from the Hoosier state.
Assembly Ball will face off with Eberlein Drive Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m., with the winner claiming the Butler Regional crown and advancing to the final eight in TBT play.
In Sunday night TBT action, the two rival fan bases saw their alumni teams go head-to-head inside Indianapolis' Hinkle Fieldhouse.
A second Flint City red card in overtime gave Fort Wayne a two-player advantage on the pitch, with eleven men competing against the Bulls' nine.
Still, it wasn't enough, as a Flint City header in the 115th minute ended Fort Wayne's season.
Fort Wayne FC wasn't able to capitalize on multiple chances to score in the second half and overtime, conceding a shorthanded goal in the 115th minute to Flint City.
Local Democrats are thanking Biden for his service and hoping to cement a legacy of getting things done.
Republicans are blasting a presidency they say has harmed the country and are calling on Biden to remove himself from politics altogether.
Political leaders in Northeast Indiana and across the Hoosier state are sharing their reactions and throwing support to their preferred candidates as the Democratic party scrambles to solidify a new
The caucus leaders hope to hear what voters feel are some of the biggest issues they face, while motivating them to get involved in politics through advocacy, or simply by voting and encouraging others to do so.
State representatives and senators led a panel discussing the most recent laws to take effect, plus some of the bills which didn’t make it out of the last legislative session.
Frazier says being able to play a hometown tournament alongside her family certainly helps provide a boost.
After two days at the Brookwood Golf Club in southern Fort Wayne, this year's tournament champion gets to add another title to her resume.
Each aspiring big-leaguer hopes to hear their name called in the MLB Draft, and for one of Fort Wayne's most recent sluggers, that dream came true Monday afternoon.
The Homestead grad finished his third year at IU with the sixth-most home runs in program history.
"My passion and enthusiasm moving forward to leading DeKalb Eastern Community Schools will be unmatched. I consider DeKalb Eastern to be home and cannot put into words the excitement I feel," Abbott told FOX 55 on Tuesday.
Abbott confirms that he has been tabbed to fill the superintendent opening at the DeKalb County Eastern Community School District.
Jackson Merrill is the youngest player to be named an MLB All-Star this season.
Merrill joins Fernando Tatis Jr. and C.J. Abrams as 2024 All-Stars who took the field for the TinCaps in their minor league careers.
Merrill competed with the Fort Wayne TinCaps as recently as July of 2023 before being promoted to AA and ultimately making the Padres Open Day roster in 2024.
Cherish Brown says her jiu jitsu training helped her discover her competitive eating skills.
She says she didn't put much consideration into taking her talents to the professional level until meeting one of the greatest women to ever do it.
Cherish Brown from the village of Edon, Ohio earned a spot in the Coney Island Fourth of July tradition for the second straight year.
Parkview Field played host to a TV actor whose most-notable character is known for his contributions to the Hoosier State.
O'Heir is most famous for his role as Jerry Gergich on the show Parks and Recreation, which takes place in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana.
"I started having PGA Tour players telling me, ‘Hey, we were following your story, and we loved it, and we were glued to our phones during the playoff Monday.’ To hear that, it makes no sense to me. It still doesn't," Bienz said.
Just getting into the tournament was a series of circumstances lining up perfectly for the 28-year-old.
A group of baseball fans took to the field to showcase the origins of America’s National Pastime.
Fielders didn't wear gloves, batters couldn't draw walks, and the outfield didn't end, so the only home runs scored had to be inside-the-park.
Athletes donned the jerseys of the Indianapolis Blues and the Elkhart County Railroaders, playing a game structured on the rules that existed in 1864.
The Independence Day parade came on Day Three of New Haven's newly extended summer fest, incorporating dozens of local business, political and veteran groups.
Despite wet weather threatening some of the fun and ultimately canceling some of the activities, the parade made its way down Park Avenue to keep the community tradition going.
The 6-7 forward went unselected in the 2024 NBA draft, but has now found a new home just one day after the end of the second round.
The former St. Paul's Lutheran basketball star posted Friday evening that he has signed with the New Orleans Pelicans.
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A herd of the undead took over Downtown Fort Wayne tonight. It took a lot of courage, but I made it through the zombie-infested streets. I didn't feel any bites, so I think I'm safe for now. But there were some close calls... especially at the 0:15 mark of the video:
Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry leaves his initial hearing Monday afternoon, in which he pleaded guilty to Operating While Intoxicated charges following a weekend crash. Henry's sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 7, 2022.
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