Good morning, Fort Wayne.

WalletHub’s 2026 Best & Worst Cities to Drive In report ranked Fort Wayne third among 100 large U.S. cities for drivers, comparing cost, traffic, safety and auto-maintenance.

The report noted the city led in low gas prices and offered competitive access to repair services.

At 4:30 a.m. Monday, a long line formed at the Salvation Army as families arrived for Christmas assistance sign-ups; the agency accepts 200 families daily and will provide fresh produce and resource documents through Oct.

9 (registration begins at 9 a.m. each day).

Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch donated nearly 3,000 pounds of food to local groups including Kendallville's Common Grace Ministries on Oct.

6, supporting families during Hunger Action Month (a Feeding America initiative) across its Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania facilities.

Congregation Achduth Vesholom is hosting its 24th Corned Beef on Rye, Sure to Satisfy Fundraiser on Oct.

29 at 5200 Old Mill Road. Preorders start at 10 a.m., and boxed lunches are $21 until Oct. 15 + $25 on the day, with delivery available for orders of 12 or more.

Wawa filed plans for a 6,374 sqft convenience store and gas station on Airport Expressway in southwest Fort Wayne — the project has a $1.35 million cost and will be completed in December 2027.

Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday announced Indiana’s work-based learning digital resource hub for K-12 students, created with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, the Department of Education and Ascend Indiana; the website gives employers, schools and regional partners tools to add work-based learning to the new diploma requirements.

Northeast Indiana schools received over $951,000 from Indiana’s Secured School Safety Grant Program to fund key safety upgrades, according to area legislators.

State Rep. Ben Smaltz (R-Auburn) said the matching funds help schools pay for critical improvements established in 2013.

MidWest America Federal Credit Union will invest more than $60,000 in Fort Wayne Community Schools, providing $10,000 each to Memorial Park Middle, Weisser Park Elementary and Whitney Young Early Childhood Center, and $20,000 for teacher grants.

The credit union will also support other school programs planned for the district.

GM Fort Wayne Assembly will host a community electronics recycling event on Thursday, Oct.

8 from 3 to 7 p.m. at its visitor parking lot (12200 Lafayette Center Road in Roanoke) where residents can drop off old electronics and small appliances for free, while TVs and monitors incur a fee.

Mayor Sharon Tucker and House Investments broke ground today on a $14 million affordable housing project at 1902 McKinnie Ave in southeast Fort Wayne.

The four-story building will offer 50 senior housing units with retail space as part of the Village Premier plan.

Purdue Fort Wayne is hosting its second annual Pink Week through Saturday to support breast cancer awareness with campus events and athletic contests (men’s soccer on Wednesday, women’s volleyball on Friday, and women’s soccer on Saturday) that unite students, staff, and community partners.