Rebecca Green
News DirectorRebecca manages the news at WBOI. She joined the staff in December 2017, and brought with her nearly two decades of experience in print journalism, including 15 years as an award-winning reporter for the Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne.
A South Bend native, she is a graduate of a small liberal arts college in the Hoosier State, and has lived in northeast Indiana since the late 1990's.
Rebecca has covered everything from homicides to hurricanes, and the small stories in between that make up the fabric of a community. She is passionate about the importance of local news in guarding a strong democracy, and tries to instill that belief in her students as an occasional adjunct instructor of journalism at Huntington University.
In her spare time, Rebecca trains and handles a human remains detection dog, Helo, as a volunteer with Indiana Search and Response Team, a search and rescue organization.
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Lutheran Social Services of Indiana's Children's Village Early Learning Center will close in January due to the loss of funding from the state. -
The hearing later this month will gather information for the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on whether Fort Wayne can raise its water and sewer rates to help pay for system repairs and upgrades. -
In a joint letter released this week, both governments offered support for a casino to come to the Fort Wayne area. -
Two parts of the project—public docks and the tree canopy trail—cannot be completed due to minor rise in the floodway along the St. Marys River. -
The program offers overnight shelter for single men and women and unhoused families with children. -
Kansas City-based PB Development has built housing projects, as well as entertainment and sports complex. The North River project includes both. -
Republican Council President Russ Jehl says his job will take him away from the work of city council for a number of upcoming meetings so he handed off the gavel. At his request, Democratic City Councilman Geoff Paddock will fill the role for the remainder of the year. -
Senate Enrolled Act 1, also known as Senate Bill 1, adjusted Hoosier property taxes and it left deep holes in budgets all over the states. -
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke at Purdue Fort Wayne at the 4th-Annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit, an event put on by Sen. Jim Banks. -
The goal for the 2025 contest was to collect 125,000 pounds for Community Harvest Food Bank, but when the event ended Friday, participants had collected 137,335 pounds of food.
