September 10, 2020 - The City of Fort Wayne today announced the new date for this year’s fireworks show at Indiana Michigan Power Center in downtown Fort Wayne. The special event will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, the eve of Veterans Day.

September 8, 2020 - Quality-of-life improvements, new business investment, and job growth have built strong momentum in Fort Wayne and Allen County in recent years. That momentum propelled Fort Wayne to a statewide honor: the 2020 PNC Community of the Year award, announced today by the Indiana

September 8, 2020 - The Fort Wayne Fire Department has been awarded $466,693 to purchase Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and essential supplies to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The City of Fort Wayne will contribute a matching portion of $46,693.

September 8, 2020 - Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control has launched additional services in its pet retention and rehoming services program to help pet owners work through behavior problems at home.

September 4, 2020 - Area residents are invited to review the draft recommendations of the Southeast Strategy Update 2020 now online at www.SoutheastStrategy.org. A Spanish translation is already online and a Burmese translation will soon be available.

September 4, 2020 - Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation will begin offering a sunflower U-Pick at the popular sunflower field in Salomon Farm Park, 817 W Dupont Road. The U-Pick will open on Wednesday, September 9, and will be open Wednesdays – Saturdays, 4 – 8 p.m.

September 4, 2020 - The consolidation sewer that will help protect the St. Marys River from combined sewer overflows is installed and the intersection of Rudisill and Broadway will open on Friday, September 4, 2020. Crews will begin moving the barricades in the morning.

September 3, 2020 - Crews have installed five banners as part of Mayor Tom Henry’s Blue Star Banner Program. The banners are displayed on light poles going east along West Jefferson Boulevard to Swinney Park.

September 1, 2020 - The City of Fort Wayne’s offices will be closed on Monday, September 7 in recognition of Labor Day.

August 30, 2020 - Fort Wayne's retired parking meters are now being used for a new purpose: helping local nonprofits weather COVID-19. Twenty-seven "Meters with a Mission" installed across downtown Fort Wayne will collect donations from the public for 27 nonprofit organizations.

August 31, 2020 - The City of Fort Wayne’s 2020 Census self-response rate has reached 70.3%, surpassing the self-response rate of 69.8 percent achieved in 2010. The national self-response rate is 64.7%, Indiana’s self-response rate is 68.9% and Allen County’s is 72.8%.

August 26, 2020 - Mayor Tom Henry today announced Nancy Townsend has been promoted to director of the City of Fort Wayne’s Community Development Division.

August 24, 2020 - Fort Wayne UNITED, in partnership with Healthier Moms & Babies, will host another online forum for dads, future dads, and those who have taken on the role of dad, Tuesday, August 25 at 7:30 p.m.

August 24, 2020 - The City of Fort Wayne today announced the lobby of the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory will serve as a cooling station due to high temperatures and heat indices forecasted to impact our area.

August 24, 2020 - Fort Wayne UNITED in partnership with City Life will host another virtual forum on Thursday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m. The topic this week will focus on how students, faculty and parents have adjusted to the reopening of Fort Wayne Community Schools and East Allen County Schools.

August 20, 2020 - The deadline to registration for Fort Wayne’s Great American Cleanup™ is getting close and volunteers are still needed. The registration deadline for the September 19 cleanup is next Monday, August 24.

August 20, 2020 - MamaJo is half way home!. At 3:45 this morning, she pounded through bedrock, hitting the milestone nearly 2.5 miles between the bridge at Van Buren Street and the Norfolk Southern railroad bridge. 

August 19, 2020 - Area residents are invited to review the draft recommendations of the Southeast Strategy Update 2020, which is designed to encourage new investment in the southeast quadrant of Fort Wayne.

August 14, 2020 - The Fort Wayne City Utilities and Parks and Recreation departments have partnered with local artist Andre Portee to create a new mural project on the basketball court of Carl O’Neal Memorial Park which sits adjacent to a Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant pump station.

August 17, 2020 - After working for several weeks on education and organization, the Mayor’s Commission on Police Reform and Racial Justice, chaired by Councilwoman Michelle Chambers and comprised of leaders from involved sectors of the community, is pleased to release both the Commission Vision