Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:01 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
The city of Memphis on Friday evening released the footage of the traffic stop that led to the death of Tyre Nichols.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 12:10 AM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
Authorities said a firefighter was hurt but did not immediately indicate the extent of their injuries.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 10:46 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
Travel watches signal that only essential travel is recommended.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 9:01 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
he leaders of Allen County’s four public school districts are implementing e-learning days for Wednesday in anticipation of heavy snow.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 8:28 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
District officials have said the changes will allow high school students more time to take internships or work, while helping to relieve pressure on demanding bus routes which are difficult to staff.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 10:00 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
Tom Didier, who formally entered the race for mayor on Wednesday, says he will step down from the board of Greater Fort Wayne, Inc. if he’s elected.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 7:37 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
Representative Jim Banks on Tuesday officially announced the launch of his campaign for US Senate. Banks, who is beginning is fourth term in the House, is vying for the seat that will open when Senator Mike Braun departs the office to run for governor of Indiana.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 10:46 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
A car smashed into a house on Home Avenue near the Broadway Plaza Monday night as it tried to flee police, officers said.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 9:00 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
Police are searching for a suspect after a deadly shooting Tuesday evening.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 8:19 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
A missing baby who was the subject of an Ohio Amber alert was found safe in Indianapolis Thursday evening.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 10:31 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
A joyride came to an unceremonious end with a power pole after police said a boy stole a car and led police on a chase.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 9:58 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
Police have arrested a suspect after a husband and wife were found dead in their Latty Township barn.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 8:45 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
A man is recovering after he was stabbed in the ear.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 8:57 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
Police are investigating a shooting that left a man seriously injured Monday evening.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 8:55 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
At least one bullet ripped through a home on Holton Avenue Monday evening, injuring a woman inside.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 9:58 PM EST
|By Brien McElhatten
Think of the Hamfest as a swap meet and convention for like-minded people interested in electronics, communications and making friends around the world.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 3:25 PM EST
|By Ana Ehinger and Brien McElhatten
Letters written by Guy Swartzlander, a world war II veteran, sat in a shoebox for 80 years. They tell Guy’s account of his tour of duty spent in the United States Army from September, 1942 to November, 1945.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 9:16 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
While the candidates differ on their law enforcement philosophies, they both face the possibility of inheriting a lawsuit over jail conditions that a judge called "inhumane."
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 8:30 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
21Alive’s Brien McElhatten spoke with Indiana Capital Chronicle reporter Whitney Downard about her reporting and how Indiana Right to Life responded.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 10:26 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
Police worked to identify and find the suspects throughout the day before making the arrests Thursday evening.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 9:09 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
Holcomb suggested he would wait for Congress to codify changes in marijuana policy into federal law before considering any changes to Indiana law.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 9:51 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
Chunky, wet flakes descended on much of 21 County late Monday, causing car crashes, toppled trees and some power outages. For some, it was a mess.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 10:26 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
21Alive and the Indiana Capital Chronicle are teaming up to offer insight into state politics and news
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 8:33 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
Police are working to learn who stabbed a man to death on Thursday.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 9:31 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
A man was killed Tuesday afternoon on US 224 when his truck crossed the centerline and hit a semi-truck.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 10:49 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
After weeks of discussion and debate, city officials announced an initial agreement with city councilors to use federal money to hold off solid waste rate increases until July 1, 2023.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 10:23 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
Officers said the car was riddled with bullet holes.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 7:56 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
A suspect is under arrest and facing charges after two children were hit by a car in Steuben County on Sunday.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
Figuring out how to spend nearly $51 million isn’t easy.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 11:50 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
The man was initially alert and talking but authorities said his condition worsened at the hospital.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 10:27 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
Republicans, Democrats and industry lobbied to gain Senate support because non-ratification of the treaty would have resulted in trade restrictions against American businesses.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 9:33 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
The vaccines target the original version of COVID-19 as well as the Omicron variants that make up the majority of cases right now.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 9:26 PM EDT
|By WTVG Staff and Brien McElhatten
A fire broke out at a BP oil refinery in the Toledo suburb Tuesday evening.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 9:01 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
A woman is in police custody after several tense hours in Waynedale on Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 8:54 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
A motorcycle rider was hurt in a crash Wednesday evening near Parkview Regional Medical Center.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 8:47 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
A crash partially blocked the northbound lanes of I-469 late Wednesday evening, forcing drivers to slow down as emergency crews worked just feet away from traffic.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 9:10 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
The family of a teen girl murdered in Paulding, Ohio decades ago is hoping that modern technology can identify a killer.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 9:41 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
Health officials are working to raise awareness among a public that is fatigued from two years of constant COVID-19 messaging and precautions.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
A Fort Wayne man was arrested on Wednesday nearly two weeks after an armed robbery in Hicksville, Ohio.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 8:44 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
Parents are learning just how expensive school shopping can be with inflation pushing up prices on everything from paper to laptops.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 9:23 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
With Indiana’s near-total ban on abortion taking effect in September, it’s helpful to know how babies are made in the first place. But the state doesn’t require schools to teach such lessons to their students.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:59 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
On Saturday, Scott Keough, who leads the resurrected Scout brand, will visit Harvester Homecoming.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 9:39 PM EDT
|By Brien McElhatten
A worker who was preparing a building for demolition was killed Thursday after he plunged through the roof of a commercial building. A second worker also fell but survived.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
The Indiana House of Representatives gets its turn debating a near-total abortion ban after the Senate passed the measure last week.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 9:27 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
The neighbors insist a jail will make their neighborhoods less safe and less appealing for development.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 10:44 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
t would be easy to think a Republican-authored bill would sail through a Republican-dominated legislature. But in the case of a proposed abortion ban, the process is anything but easy.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 10:01 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
When Diana Rockey lost a special ring in Tippecanoe Lake, she thought it was gone forever.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:08 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
Rabbi Meir Bargeron of Fort Wayne’s Congregation Achduth Vesholom explained his faith’s position on abortion and why he believes Indiana’s proposed abortion ban violates not only the bodily autonomy of women but strikes at the very heart of religious freedom.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 10:01 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
Neighbors are adamant that a proposal to build a new county jail in their corner of the city will reverse years of economic development work.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 10:32 PM EDT
|By Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten
While those lawmakers were happy to discuss their desire for new abortion laws then, they have since gone quiet in the lead-up to the special session, leaving many to wonder what options are being considered.