Homelessness

The presentation came following two weeks of friction after two councilmen questioned the city's plan for addressing homelessness downtown.

The letter highlights the work the city has already been doing, and outlines plans for additional work that has already been in the works.

Council President Russ Jehl and Councilman Dr. Scott Myers sent a letter to city officials asking for a change in how the city's unhoused population is addressed.

A bill that would jail and fine people sleeping on state property passed out of committee Monday. The legislation is moving forward for a full House vote despite over a dozen community members testifying in opposition.

The grant, which will now need to be approved by City Council, will help fill the gaps in the organizations $17.9 million plan.

Volunteers gathered to fill more than 500 backpacks with school supplies and snacks ahead of the school year.

Roughly 40 people were at the Allen County Public Library’s main theater Wednesday night for the first public meeting on the new Fort Wayne city program to end homelessness.

The City of Fort Wayne is partnering with private community organizations for the Everyone Home initiative in an effort to curb homelessness in the city.

When Riley Fitzharris, age 14, and Cohen McCreery, age 12, were challenged by their teacher at Oak Farm Montessori School in Avilla to "make a difference…