Justin Lemke

4 days ago | 21alivenews.com | Justin Lemke

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Monday, leaders with the Northwest Allen County School District (NACS) gathered for their first meeting after one full year of their “NACS: The Next Decade” program began. Since last June, the board has met multiple times to discuss a variety of topics like renovations to Carroll High School, the construction of Willow Creek Middle School, and more.

1 week ago | 21alivenews.com | Justin Lemke

Now, the two sisters and co-owners, Melinda Green and Ohlashia Cowley, are sharing how the robbery has affected them and their business. “For us to get robbed, that hurt, because we have to replace it. There’s a lot of money that was taken and a lot of money we have to put into replacing everything,” says Green. The sisters say when they woke up Sunday morning, they were called by one of their employees, who said the change machine was nowhere to be found.

1 week ago | 21alivenews.com | Justin Lemke

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - On Monday afternoon, members of the Fort Wayne Public Works Greenways and Trails division held a bicycle safety course for children, offering free helmets, mechanical tips, and advice from Police officers. Rick Zolman, the program director, says that this all started when Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker approached them with the idea. “We put this together really quickly, and the partners we reached out to have helped.

2 weeks ago | 21alivenews.com | Justin Lemke

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Thursday was the first day that a local boy diagnosed with cancer was able to use his brand-new pool built for free by Tredway Pools. Dominic Durnell is an 11-year-old boy who was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia back in January of this year. He has been in treatment since then and is currently doing better than he was just a couple of months ago. Now, he has a new pool to use with his buddies.

2 weeks ago | 21alivenews.com | Justin Lemke

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) On Wednesday, a vigil was held at Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ to show support for immigrants in Fort Wayne. Martin Garcia, the pastor of Amistad Church in Fort Wayne, says that he moved here from Southern California, and with everything going on in Los Angeles, this needed to be done. “One of the ways we want to support what is happening over there is to have these little peaceful demonstrations,” says Garcia.