WPTA-TV News

  1. 5/23/2013 8:04:00 AM Toddler dies after being found in Whitley Co. pool
    published by Indianapolis Star
    COLUMBIA CITY, IND. ? Authorities say a young boy died after being found floating face down in a backyard swimming pool in northeastern Indiana. Police say emergency crews were called to the rural Whitley County home after a relative found a back door ...
  2. 5/23/2013 7:15:00 AM Young Indiana boy dies after being found in pool
    published by Company and Organization Website News
    COLUMBIA CITY - Authorities say a young boy died after being found floating face down in a backyard swimming pool in northeastern Indiana. Police say emergency crews were called to the rural Whitley County home after a relative found a back door leading to ...
  3. 4/30/2013 4:00:00 AM Bisard could be jailed in Fort Wayne if bond lost
    published by Associated Press
    FORT WAYNE, Ind.-- A suspended Indianapolis police officer free on bond after a fatal 2010 traffic crash could be jailed in Fort Wayne if prosecutors succeed in getting the bond revoked. Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries tells WPTA-TV it's possible that David Bisard might be ordered held in the Allen County Jail until his October trial on reckless homicide and other...
  4. 4/9/2013 8:49:00 AM Vera Bradley Outlet Sale Kicks ...
    published by Inside INdiana Business
    The annual Vera Bradley Inc. (Nasdaq: VRA) outlet sale begins today in Fort Wayne. Our partners at WPTA 21Alive report more than 50,000 people have already registered for the event, which runs through Sunday.
  5. 3/28/2013 8:38:00 AM IPFW Faculty Proposes Alternative to C...
    published by Inside INdiana Business
    The Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne faculty Senate has approved a resolution aimed at balancing the school's more than $8 million budget shortfall. Our partners at WPTA 21Alive report the group proposes that IPFW use part of its $18 to $20 ...
  6. 3/28/2013 8:26:00 AM IPFW eyes cutting police force, child care
    published by Associated Press
    FORT WAYNE, Ind.-- Indiana- Purdue Fort Wayne is looking for deeper cuts than layoffs to help close an $8.4 million budget deficit. Now, The Journal Gazette reports the school said Wednesday that it's considering additional cuts, including discontinuing child-care services and outsourcing its police force. WPTA-TV reports IPFW's Faculty Senate also met...
  7. 3/28/2013 8:19:00 AM IPFW Faculty Proposes Alternative to Cuts
    published by Inside INdiana Business
    The Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne faculty Senate has approved a resolution aimed at balancing the school's more than $8 million budget shortfall. Our partners at WPTA 21Alive report the group proposes that IPFW use part of its $18 to $20 ...
  8. 3/28/2013 7:08:00 AM IPFW Faculty Proposes Althernative to ...
    published by Inside INdiana Business
    The Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne faculty Senate has approved a resolution aimed at balancing the school's more than $8 million budget shortfall. Our partners at WPTA 21Alive report the group proposes that IPFW use part of its $18 to $20 ...
  9. 3/28/2013 6:54:00 AM IPFW Faculty Proposes Althernative to Cuts
    published by Inside INdiana Business
    The Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne faculty Senate has approved a resolution aimed at balancing the school's more than $8 million budget shortfall. Our partners at WPTA 21Alive report the group proposes that IPFW use part of its $18 to $20 ...
  10. 3/20/2013 5:36:00 PM Fort Wayne standoff ends in suspect's shooting death
    published by Company and Organization Website News
    FORT WAYNE - A standoff has ended at a Fort Wayne home between police and a man suspected of killing a woman on a city bus and then taking a young child hostage. Police say their snipers shot and killed 45-year-old Kenneth Knight at around 4:30 pm. The ...
  11. 3/20/2013 4:01:00 AM IPFW cutting 41 jobs to help close $8.4M deficit
    published by Associated Press
    FORT WAYNE, Ind.-- Indiana- Purdue Fort Wayne is cutting jobs to help close an $8.4 million budget deficit. Chancellor Vicky Carwein has told faculty and staff that 39 full-time and two part-time positions will be eliminated through layoffs and attrition by the end of June. The Journal Gazette and WPTA-TV reported Tuesday that administrators expect the job cuts...
  12. 3/7/2013 3:25:00 AM Building permits up in county
    published by Journal-Gazette
    The Home Builders Association of Fort Wayne said there were 50 Allen County residential construction requests in February, compared with 34 permits the same month a year ago. The average construction price was $203,389 in February, compared with $268,632 in ...
  13. 3/6/2013 4:51:00 PM Treesh executed in Ohio
    published by UPI Top Stories
    An Indiana man was executed in Ohio Wednesday for the 1994 killing of a security guard during a robbery at an adult bookstore. Before being put to death at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Frederick Treesh, 48, of Waterloo said he wanted to be remembered as an example of how drugs can ruin a life. Treesh was executed by lethal injection for...
  14. 3/1/2013 12:10:00 AM Briefs: Children's dental fair; Black Pine gets new bear; Zoo holds job fair
    published by News Sentinel
    The Isaac Knapp Dental Hygienists' Association will hold a Children's Dental Health Fair 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday in the main hall of the Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza. The Tooth Fairy and other volunteers will provide dental education, games ...
  15. 2/27/2013 10:11:00 PM Fantasy Poker Manager Named "Official Fantasy Game of the World Poker Tour"
    published by AfterDawn.com
    The World Poker Tour® (WPT®) and Zokay Entertainment, owner of the Global Poker Index and the Fantasy Poker Manager, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive, three-year agreement naming the Fantasy Poker Manager as the official fantasy ...
  16. 2/27/2013 4:50:00 PM Man gets 60 years in Fort Wayne ambulance shooting
    published by Associated Press
    FORT WAYNE, Ind.-- A judge has sentenced a Fort Wayne man to 60 years in prison on four counts of attempted murder and other charges for shooting at an ambulance and another vehicle. The Journal Gazette and WPTA-TV report 24- year-old Traneilous Jackson was sentenced Wednesday under terms of a plea agreement. A jury this month convicted a second gunman, 23- year-old...