December 1, 2025

Zainab Gidado left her native Nigeria two years ago to study abroad — and she choose Fort Wayne. Passionate about human rights and social justice…

October 29, 2025

From mouthwatering heirloom tomatoes to a showstopping bridal bouquet, Kari Geary creates beauty wherever she goes. A Fort Wayne native…

October 29, 2025

I first met Lois Rothert at a dinner party. The moment she tasted the starter — a velvety cannellini bean soup — she announced, “This is spec-tac-ular!” As a…

July 28, 2025

Ruth Yaro is part of the boomerang demographic of native Fort Waynians who left after high school to explore other cities and regions (in her case, Boston…

February 24, 2023

There are not many times I have to answer the questions instead of ask them, but Fort Wayne Director of Public Information, John Perlich, made it super…

March 29, 2022

Leading through the Aftershock: When I signed on to be Chancellor of the Fort Wayne service area with Ivy Tech Community College in August of 2021…

July 2, 2021

Indianapolis-based Mina Starsiak Hawk, cofounder of Two Chicks and a Hammer and host of the HGTV series “Good Bones,” will be the keynote…

July 2, 2021

Since he was 15, Lou Henry has worked at Coney Island, been an ammunition specialist in the United States Army, served in Afghanistan…

July 2, 2021

Ballet dancer Saki Morimoto grew up in Osaka, Japan, beginning her formal ballet training around the age of…

March 2, 2021

Fort Wayne native Jodi Leamon’s lifelong passion for nature sent her…