Author: Alex Cornwell

A Huge Thank You To Our Community! ... Read more

Volunteers of the Waynedale Community Improvement Team (WCIT) are working hard to bring new community events to Waynedale and they’re calling on any businesses or non-profit organizations in the area to participate to show their support, ... Read more

A group of volunteers in Waynedale are putting up a top prize of $500 to the person or family who most accurately solves a Scavenger Hunt and collects the most Stamps by visiting businesses in the community. There is no purchase necessary to participate, ... Read more

Late Monday, June 13 evening, residents were abruptly awoken with a phone alert and shortly after, a horrendous storm that primarily ravaged neighborhoods throughout South and Southwest Fort Wayne. Leaving nearly 40,000 homes without ... Read more

Filled with the spirit of the holidays, from the bottom of our hearts, we would like to thank everyone for reading, donating and supporting us to keep the historic Waynedale Newspaper going! It means so much to us that you value the legacy of the ... Read more

Hung at the Waynedale Library with care, holiday wreaths now await for your viewing and bid to take home in support of the Waynedale Trails & Sidewalks Initiative. This long-standing annual fundraiser returns once again to feature many ... Read more

Generally speaking, when you tell someone that you’re throwing a birthday party for a dog, people do a double take. But that hasn’t deterred the fine folks at Rich’s Auto Center (2135 Sandpoint Rd) from holding a public party in honor of their ... Read more

Throw some confetti, we’ve made it! On September 2, The Waynedale Newspaper will officially be 89 years old. ... Read more

In just the first two short months of 2021, the Fort Wayne Pet Food Pantry has helped provide food for 4,000 pets in homes of 964 families! This is a staggering statistic when you think about the 14,500+ pounds of dry food prepared by volunteers ... Read more

Each year, thousands of families in the Fort Wayne area are faced with the heartbreaking decision of whether they should surrender their beloved family pet to the shelter, because they cannot afford to feed and take care of them. Because of ... Read more

On September 2nd, The Waynedale News celebrated its 88th year in print! Usually, we don’t make much of the historic newspaper’s birthday, but given the current circumstances of the shut down and economic downturn, this has to be its most trying ... Read more

For residents near Foster Park the past year has been a traffic nightmare due to the closure of the direct access to Rudisill Blvd. from the Broadway / Bluffton Road intersection. Although there was a formal detour map and road-side signs intended ... Read more

It is happening all over the nation. Mainstreet storefronts and restaurants that have been there for years are closing shop. This is all too real for us in our tight knit community of Waynedale, especially when you drive past the Lower Huntington ... Read more

Months after closing in early April, assumedly because of COVID-19 shutdowns and lack of business, many speculated about when or if Azar’s Big Boy would reopen. Then, on Monday, June 8, social media was a-buzz with reports from unnamed employees ... Read more

We’ve missed you! ... Read more

The Waynedale News has been a long-standing tradition in the area, but as a free newspaper most people may not realize that this tradition comes with a large price tag that we pay in order for the newspaper to continue to roll off the presses and ... Read more