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Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 12:35 PM EST
|By WPTA Staff
Allen County is under a Travel Advisory.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 10:35 AM EST
|By WPTA Staff
The life of Laine Arvey, who was killed in a crash on Sunday, was celebrated Thursday evening during a vigil.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 4:28 PM EST
|By WPTA Staff
New Haven’s mayor gave his annual State of the City address on Thursday, updating the community on several projects the city is working on.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 3:26 PM EST
|By WPTA Staff
Documents say a former Jay School Corporation administrator has been arrested on several child pornography charges following a tip to police.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 2:30 PM EST
|By WPTA Staff
The Allen County Sherrif’s Department say they have found a missing 14-year-old girl from Missouri.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 4:11 PM EST
|By WPTA Staff
An antique comic store in Fort Wayne is seeking help finding the person they say stole thousands of dollars worth of comics from the store.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 10:41 AM EST
|By WPTA Staff
A bittersweet morning at 21Alive on Friday as the team says a final goodbye to meteorologist Nikki Pietrus.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 12:08 PM EST
|By WPTA Staff
The Whitley County Highway Department says the extreme wind and cold are freezing up their county snow plows, and they’re being pulled off the roads for the time being.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 11:31 AM EST
|By WPTA Staff
Several counties in northeast Indiana are under various travel alerts due to icy and snowy roads Friday morning.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 10:33 AM EST
|By WPTA Staff
A Winter Storm Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) for most counties in 21Country from Thursday night through early Saturday.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2022 at 6:09 PM EST
|By WPTA Staff
The Fort Wayne chapter of the NAACP held a news conference Sunday after they say four men filed civil rights complaints against a Fort Wayne bar.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 1:47 PM EST
|By WPTA Staff
Get the new ABC21 News App today and stay up-to-date on local news and the latest on weather conditions from Your Weather Authority. Like our new website, our new app has a fresh new look and lots of easy-to-use features.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 11:10 AM EST
|By WPTA Staff
Members of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players’ Association, American Federation of Musicians Local 58, held a press conference Thursday morning to discuss their ongoing contract negotiations.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 8:12 AM EST
|By WPTA Staff
An early morning semi crash on 469 leaves one person dead, officers tell 21Alive.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 7:52 AM EST
|By WPTA Staff
Police say a man called 911 claiming another man attacked him, and that he shot the man in self-defense.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 8:57 AM EST
|By WPTA Staff
WPTA-TV is excited to announce that the ABC21 and Fort Wayne’s NBC news teams will combine to become 21Alive News in early January of 2023.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 12:48 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and WPTA Staff
A Fort Wayne woman has been convicted of killing her boyfriend, who was stabbed to death last year with the sharp metal point of a comb.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 11:20 AM EST
|By WPTA Staff
The derecho that tore through 21Country on June 13 caused so much damage to Fox Island County Park that it remains closed now—five months later.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 12:21 PM EST
|By WPTA Staff
The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) says minor injuries were reported following a house fire on the city’s north side Monday morning.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2022 at 10:52 PM EST
|By 16 News Now and WPTA Staff
Police are working to clean up a serious accident involving a semi and a school bus from out of state.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 9:34 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Three people have been arrested after a large animal fighting operation was shut down in Ossian Thursday, officials say.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 7:35 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Fire crews on the scene tell 21Alive nine people were able to escape the fire on their own and another person was injured.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 11:47 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
WPTA sat down with all three candidates who are competing for your vote in the race for Third District Congressman, asking them each a series of questions on topics that have been flagged as voter concerns.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 8:01 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
An early morning fire at the Old Fort Wednesday leaves damage to part of the property, officials say.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 4:20 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
There was a lot of buzz around the Black Forest Cat Café—but what's more impressive is that the momentum didn't stop months after opening.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 3:10 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Jury selection is underway today in the case against a man accused of killing another man and cutting up his body.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2022 at 11:34 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
“I have vowed to fight this diagnosis with everything I can muster and have a team of providers who tell me I can and will do this with great success.," Cindy Henry writes to the Journal Gazette Sunday.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2022 at 7:45 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Two people are dead and two others were hurt after an early Sunday morning crash in New Haven.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 11:06 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) says a man has been arrested in connection with a shooting in September in the 4900 block of McClellan Street.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 4:39 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
The Richmond community is still mourning the loss of police officer Seara Burton, who was shot in the line of duty, but it was a kind gesture on behalf of a homeless man that has warmed the hearts of the city’s police department.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2022 at 10:06 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
A suspect in a double homicide was killed in a shootout with police early Sunday morning, according to the Indiana State Police.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2022 at 6:22 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Allen County Jail officials confirm with WPTA that Fort Wayne Mayor Thomas Henry was booked into the jail for operating while intoxicated early Sunday.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 3:40 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Parkview Health settled a state lawsuit for $2.9 million over allegations that the healthcare provider overbilled Indiana Medicaid over a four-year period.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
The Indiana Department of Transportation will host three hiring fairs for winter seasonal positions on Wednesday, Sept. 28. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Wabash, and Elkhart.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 2:12 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is mourning the loss of a detective who recently passed away.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 9:54 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Fort Wayne City Council voted to pass a resolution that would use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for several city projects during its Tuesday meeting.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 2:26 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
A Paulding County Judge on Tuesday granted the request from the family of a teen girl murdered there decades ago to have her remains exhumed.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 11:34 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
A teenager was killed in a LaGrange County crash at State Road 5 and County Road 700 South, the sheriff’s department says.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 12:25 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
FWPD has cleared the scene at an apartment complex on the city’s northwest side following reports that a man was threatening to harm himself and others.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 11:48 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Three people have been arrested after a series of car thefts and break-ins in Kosciusco County. Police believe the suspects have gang connections in Michigan.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 9:23 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
A man is fighting for his life after a shooting Wednesday night in Southeast Fort Wayne.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:03 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department says they are investigating a fiery crash that left one man injured late Thursday morning.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 4:34 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is launching a study to address the future of U.S. 30 and 31 corridors that have been a source of concern.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 9:15 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
After 7 decades, a woman is celebrating reconnecting with her biological family thanks to a discovery made at the Allen County Public Library’s Genealogy Center.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
A Fort Wayne man has been found guilty of attempted murder stemming from a shooting in March of 2020.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 12:43 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
The St. John Police Department says a man is facing charges after he was caught on camera exposing himself in a car with an infant in a Target parking lot.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:24 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Feline panleukopenia is forcing Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control (FWACC) to shut down cat adoptions and intake effective immediately.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 11:15 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
The folks with Be Better Hospitality announced plans for the former Columbia Street West space in downtown Fort Wayne on Monday.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:22 AM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
Social media is full of well-wishes for the Richmond Police Department Officer who was seriously injured in a shootout on Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 4:32 PM EDT
|By WPTA Staff
ABC21 is the recipient of a 2022 National Edward R. Murrow Award for an entry featuring the station’s “21Country” reports.
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