Tony Sandleben
Reporter/HostTony Sandleben joined the WBOI News team in September of 2022.
He has covered news his entire adult life, including when he worked as a multi-media journalist at WANE15 News in 2018. He studied journalism and political science at Ball State University.
Tony has lived all over the State of Indiana but discovered his passion for honest, accurate and ethical news reporting and its role in a strong democracy through his work at Ball State.
Tony has spent almost a decade covering impactful news in every community he has ever lived in from the State government giving Ball State control of Muncie Community Schools, the meth crisis in Delaware County, faulty garbage pickup in Fort Wayne and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on South Bend to crime, elections, protests and everything in between.
In his spare time, Tony enjoys spending time with his dog, Esther, or bringing the house down at a karaoke night.
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The City of Fort Wayne announced it is adding to its $3 million pledge to support funding the Arts United Center's first expansion and modernization since its construction in 1973.
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After a months-long investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Indiana State Police and the Allen County Prosecutor's office, no charges will be filed in the deadly police-action shooting in November that killed Dachena Warren-Hill.
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Henry, a five-term Democrat, announced the diagnosis Monday, a month after his wife died of pancreatic cancer.
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In Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry's 17th State of the City address, he announced the Fort Wayne Police Department is exploring a new traffic division that could open the door for the already record-sized department to grow. And he spoke about efforts to return passenger rail to the city.
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The Allen County Council reversed its earlier decision and approve the bond payment needed for construction of the new jail.
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A federal judge told the Allen County Council and Commissioners to "vote to finance the jail or invite in other action."
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The Allen County Juvenile Detention Center has partnered with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Indiana and a company called Transfr to use virtual reality technology to give kids hands on job training experience.
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The Allen County Commissioners still do not have the necessary funding for their 30-year construction lease with the building corporation and have been urged to wait on groundbreaking for the new jail until they get it.
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Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry's wife Cindy Henry passed away Saturday night after a nearly year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Unknown publicly for months as the project moved forward from annexation, the company's identity was revealed officially on Friday.