A company spokesperson says 89-year-old Alan Fox passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends. He ran the company from 1960-2012. Alan was son of the company’s founder Hugo Fox. He left his career in chemical engineering to run the family business.
Fort Wayne’s Calhoun Street is a quiet thoroughfare, but once upon a time, this was a swinging hotspot with taverns, shops, movie theatres, and dance halls, and there are still signs of its not-so-distant past.
As the heat rises this week many of you will turn up those air conditioners, But that puts a strain on the power grid. The regional organization that keeps the grid working is expecting a big demand.
There aren’t many things in life that last 175 years. Fort Wayne’s Turner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is one (Turner Chapel A.M.E.) of them.
“You could pretty much say it’s the most valuable item that has anything to do with Dillinger,” collector and historian Mark Love said, of a fake wooden gun used in the Hoosier Hoodlum's infamous Crown Point jail escape. “No matter where I go throughout the years, I’ve always been asked about the wooden gun. It has become quite an icon in people’s eyes.”
“Since I’m a recent transplant here, I felt like I wanted to know what cultures were actually living in Fort Wayne — and I was actually able to find so many different ones here,” artist Hilarie Couture told us. “I didn’t know any of these people when I started. I have so many new friends now.”
“For some people, it is a hobby. It’s a great way to relax and de-stress — and I think that’s how a lot of people get into it,” Griffith concluded. “For some of us, it takes hold and becomes a passion and you want to be challenged by it, and it’s a creative pursuit you have total control over. And you can’t say that about a lot of pursuits in life.”
“I think barbecue is a staple, because it gives families something to come together,” owner Cameron Brooks shared. “I would say, the secret to good barbecue is definitely patience. You can’t rush it… you gotta love it — if you don’t love it, it’s going to show through your work.”
“It’s kind of like therapy for me. I’ll put in some good old music and just jump in the car,” Hop Spot Crew president Marcus Lonsberry told us. “I like the way it rides and feels… it glides. I can’t explain the feeling. I just love it.”
With every changing of the season, two brothers hide their carved creations -- wood spirits -- off the trails of Allen Co. Parks in hopes of enchanting those who bask in nature, out in 21Country.
Kyle Stevenson is a vintage motorcycle enthusiast, who buys and restores motorcycles. He and his wife are behind Fort Wayne's annual festival: Ride or Rot.
The Lake City Skiers are a one-of-a-kind show in Indiana. Athletes of all ages are behind the acrobatic competitive ski show performance at Hidden Lake in Warsaw.
Drece Guy has been fascinated with art since childhood. But it wasn't until the last decade that he fell in love with painting, and started creating stunning works inside his Fort Wayne home.
The massive Navistar (International Harvester) collection is best seen Aug. 5-6 during the Harvester Homecoming festival, which is now in its fourth year.
For decades, it was the home, and popular gathering place for friends and family of Charles and Fanny Dugan. Today, its current residents are in the process of restoring the home — reversing damage from 120 years of decay and weather.
“Beer itself, kind of brings people together,” Jed Lengerich, a member of Fort Wayne MASH, said of the hobby. “Home brewing gets like-minded people together, doing the same thing and everybody typically has a great time."
From flooding sand quarry, to popular place to cool off -- Pine Lake Water Park has remained a steadfast tradition in the Berne community for 100 years.
The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society began a summer of passenger trips in Angola called: the Indiana Rail Experience. The excursions are the product of a new partnership with the Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company.
After discovering a late relative was buried at a forgotten Ossian cemetery, Larry Heckber began a passion project to restore it back to its former glory.
