Thursday, August 28
Hi – 74° Low – 51° | 🌧️ Scattered Rain → 🌙 Mostly Clear
Morning plans? Grab an umbrella steady rain will likely greet you early, with showers hanging around into the afternoon. High near 74°F with a breezy west-southwest wind up to 20 mph. 🌬️ By evening, skies clear out, setting up a crisp and comfy night at 51°F perfect for cracking a window or winding down with a cozy blanket.

🎀 MacFood Mart Teams Up With Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography

🚧 3 Safety And Infrastructure Projects Approved

👥 Youth Violence Program, Neighborhood Projects Granted Funding

📚 Books landing in Fort Wayne International Airport terminals

🎶 Embassy Hosted Last 2025 Summer Nights

⛽ Pricey Pumps: When Gas Prices Will Go, Stay Down

🏌️ GiGi’s Playhouse Celebrated 10th Annual Golf Outing

🦌 Meet Fort Wayne Zoo’s New Bontebok

⚾ TinCaps Drop Opener to Dayton

🎀 MacFood Mart and Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography are teaming up to provide breast cancer screenings at the Goshen Road store on Tuesday, September 2. Screenings are available for women 40+ who haven’t had a mammogram in the last year and have a primary care provider. Insurance will be billed, with help available for those without coverage. Walk-ins are accepted as time allows, but appointments are recommended by calling 260-483-1847. Read more from WANE 15 here.

🚧 Fort Wayne City Council approved three infrastructure projects aimed at safety and preservation. The Miscellaneous Package will improve streets, ADA ramps, and medians across all districts. The Tree Package will remove problem trees and roots to protect infrastructure. A third project will install flood and down lighting in railroad underpasses to improve safety. While railroads declined to help fund lighting, officials confirmed plans for additional work on overpasses in the future. Read more from WANE 15 here.

👥 Fort Wayne City Council approved funding for Mayor Sharon Tucker’s Youth Violence Prevention Program and neighborhood projects. The council granted $125,000 of the $250,000 requested for the program, with the potential to approve the rest if results show improvement. Funded by interest from COVID relief dollars, the program will offer microgrants up to $10,000 for local groups. Council also approved over $8.6 million for neighborhood projects, including $1.185 million for police and victim services, $2.2 million for streets and sidewalks, $840,000 for alley upgrades, $1.86 million for new playgrounds, $435,000 for Connected Neighborhoods, $500,000 for LED lighting, $1.524 million for neighborhood lighting, and $100,000 for the Hanna Street Trail. Read more from WANE 15 here.

📚 Fort Wayne International Airport has teamed up with The Lighthouse thrift store to offer free books in its terminals. Travelers can grab a book to enjoy during flights or layovers, with selections placed near airline gates. The Lighthouse thrift store on Lima Road continues to accept donations to keep the shelves stocked. Read more from WFFT here.

🎶 The Embassy’s 2025 Summer Nights concert series wrapped up Wednesday, August 26, with a final performance by Hubie Ashcraft. Tickets were $5, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and music at 6 p.m. Summer Nights supported the Embassy’s nonprofit mission, which includes educational programming and historic preservation. Looking ahead, the Embassy will host Violent Femmes on October 16 and bring back Broadway shows for the 2025–2026 season, including The Book of Mormon, Clue, and Beetlejuice. Read more from WANE 15 here.

⛽ An outage at the Midwest’s largest oil refinery has pushed Fort Wayne gas prices up to $3.49, the highest in a year. The shutdown followed severe storms and flooding but the refinery is restarting, and wholesale prices are already declining. GasBuddy’s Patrick De Haan said prices should fall a few cents daily through Labor Day, with highs unlikely to reach $3.49 again. Projections show prices could drop to $3.19–$3.29, and possibly as low as $2.99 by December. Read more from WANE 15 here.

🏌️ The 10th annual GiGi’s Playhouse Golf Outing was held Wednesday, August 27, at Coyote Creek Golf Club to raise funds for programming. GiGi’s Playhouse, a Down Syndrome Achievement Center in Fort Wayne, provides free therapeutic and educational programs for individuals with Down Syndrome and their families. This year, the Arby’s Foundation awarded an $11,200 grant to support health and fitness programs like GiGiFIT and GiGi Kitchen. Read more from WANE 15 here.

🦌 The Fort Wayne Zoo introduced Norman, a six-year-old bontebok, to the African Journey exhibit alongside zebras and wildebeest. Originally from the Cleveland Zoo, Norman adjusted to his new habitat gradually before joining the herd. With his brown ombre coat, white markings, and distinct horns, he’s easy to spot near the veldt pond. Bontebok, once nearly extinct in the early 1900s, are now classified as near-threatened thanks to conservation efforts. Read more from WANE 15 here.

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⚾ The TinCaps opened their final homestand with a 7-2 loss to Dayton on Tuesday night at Parkview Field. Fort Wayne led 2-0 early with runs from Zach Evans and Lamar King Jr. but the Dragons broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh with four runs off the bullpen. Starter Ian Koening pitched five innings, allowing two earned runs with six strikeouts. Read more from WANE 15 here.

Thu, Aug 28
⚾ vs. Dayton— 7:05 PM EDT

Fri, Aug 29
⚾ vs. Dayton— 7:05 PM EDT

Sat, Aug 30
⚾ vs. Dayton— 6:35 PM EDT

Sun, Aug 31
⚾ vs. Dayton— 6:05 PM EDT