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Police and fire

  • Home heavily damaged in fire
    A home on Fort Wayne's southeast side sustained heavy fire and smoke damage in a fire Thursday afternoon.
  • Pharmacist robbed of strong painkiller
    A man claiming to have a gun robbed a south-side drugstore of prescription painkillers, according to a Fort Wayne police report. The man approached the pharmacy counter in Walgreens at 222 E. Pettit Ave.
  • Shoplifters use stun gun on store worker
    The employee was shot with the stun gun after confronting a man and a woman at a Fort Wayne Kroger store.
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Kosciusko sets sobriety checkpoint

In addition to roving patrols this month, Kosciusko County and local law enforcement agencies participating in the county’s drunken driving task force have scheduled a sobriety checkpoint.

Starting at 10 p.m. Sept. 17 and ending at 2 a.m. Sept. 18, there will be a checkpoint at Homestead Backyard Grille, 9665 S. State Road 15, north of Silver Lake.