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Culture of presciption drugs must change, Hall of Famer says

FORT WAYNE -- The plague of prescription drug abuse is so widespread and so pervasive that NBA Hall of Famer George “The Iceman” Gervin said the culture surrounding these drugs has to change.Today 6:06 pm

Fort Wayne foundation sends aid to Oklahoma

FORT WAYNE – The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne sent $10,000 to the American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma to directly support the communities hit by tornadoes in the city of Moore and the Oklahoma City area May 19 and 20,Today 2:48 pm

Students rewarded for sticking to goal

Students at St. John Emmanuel Lutheran School duct-tape Principal Axel Green to the gym wall Wednesday after they met a goal of raising $1,000 for the Lutheran Malaria Initiative, which supports disease control in Africa.Today 9:28 am

Record warmth

Welcome to Indiana in …

You can fill in that blank with basically any month, but this time January is the proper way to finish a sentence that tells you all you need to know about our weather – it changes in huge ways, and it changes in a hurry.

The latest example came the past few days. Friday, we had a high of 57, setting a record for the date in Fort Wayne. Saturday was even warmer. Today, we will drop a good 20 degrees, and for the rest of the week temperatures will be at or below normal levels, and mid-January has the coldest “normals” of the entire year.

Weather wise: While a few record highs this month are in the 50s, most of them are in the 60s. Not one of them is in the 70s. The warmest January day we’ve ever seen in Fort Wayne was the 25th of 1950, with a high of 69.