International Business College News

Browse past news stories for International Business College in Fort Wayne, IN:

  • Angela L. Kiger (Wabash Plain Dealer)
    posted on September 29, 2009 at 10:11:21 pm
    Angela Lynn Kiger, 31, of rural North Manchester, died at 11:54 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. She was born Aug. 31, 1978 in Wabash, to Randy and Nancy (Dale) Niccum.
  • Family suit brews in Willows fire (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on September 15, 2009 at 07:20:10 am
    At least one family who lost a daughter in a fatal Willows of Coventry apartment blaze this past winter soon will file a lawsuit, presumably against the owners of the apartment complex and possibly against Fort Wayne, according to court documents and one attorney.
  • Could trio have been saved from fiery deaths? (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
    posted on August 6, 2009 at 11:39:30 am
    These girls should still be alive, I thought as I listened to the 911 call containing some of the last conscious moments of three International Business College students who died after a Jan. 23 fire in their Aboite Township apartment.
  • FWFD releases new Willows fire details (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
    posted on August 3, 2009 at 10:51:59 pm
    Nearly eight months after the Willows of Coventry apartment fire killed three college students, the Fort Wayne Fire Department is releasing reports detailing exactly what happened.
  • Attorney seeks 911 tapes from fatal Willows fire (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
    posted on August 1, 2009 at 02:09:40 pm
    The attorney who brought the petition against the city to release documents on the Willows of Coventry fire is insisting more be released.
  • Tapes, files released in fatal blaze at Willows (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on August 1, 2009 at 07:12:39 am
    Sometime before she lost consciousness Jan. 23, Renae Patton calmly told an Allen County emergency dispatcher about the fire that would eventually trap her and her roommates in the bathroom of their second-floor apartment. Photo by File photo
  • Fatal Willows Of Coventry Fire Update: New Documents Released (Indiana's NewsCenter)
    posted on July 31, 2009 at 09:26:51 pm
    Fort Wayne fire officials released documents that have never been seen before related to the Willows of Coventry fire where three young women died.
  • Former firefighter:FWFD hiding mistakes (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
    posted on July 27, 2009 at 08:43:13 pm
    The Fort Wayne Fire Department has a lot to hide as far as how a fatal fire was handled in January. That is according to a former firefighter who resigned the Willows of Coventry fire that killed three young women.
  • Secrecy shrouds Willows fire files (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on July 26, 2009 at 07:03:17 am
    Fort Wayne fire and city officials are keeping more than 150 documents and records related to the Jan. 23 blaze that killed three International Business College students at the Willows of Coventry apartment complex from public view. Photo caption: An investigator visits the Willows of Coventry apartments soon after the deadly January fire. Photo by Samuel Hoffman | Journal Gazette
  • Golfers tee off to keep memory alive (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
    posted on July 15, 2009 at 09:53:26 am
    Five months after losing 19-year-old Lara Punches to a fatal fire, friends and family are keeping her memory alive--one swing at a time. Tuesday, golfers of all ages hit the links to remember the teen and make sure her love of the game lives on.  
  • and #8216;Active force' for Embassy dies at 71 (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
    posted on July 3, 2009 at 10:06:27 am
    A longtime Fort Wayne community and theater activist died Wednesday at Lutheran Hospital following an accident.
  • Fire victim's parents break silence (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
    posted on June 12, 2009 at 08:28:08 pm
    The parents of a victim of the fatal Willow of Coventry apartment fire decided to speak out to NewsChannel 15. Martha and Paul Punches lost their only child Lara to that fire.  
  • Parents react to fire cause (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
    posted on June 12, 2009 at 09:43:10 am
    EXCLUSIVE: It's been almost four months since Paul and Martha Punches lost their only child Lara in a fatal fire at the Willows of Coventry. They spoke with NewsChannel 15 about their reactions to early reports that the fire was caused by an overheated electrical outlet.  
  • Cause Of Willows Fire Finally Released (Indiana's NewsCenter)
    posted on June 11, 2009 at 04:01:48 pm
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Fort Wayne fire investigators have released preliminary results showing what caused a deadly blaze at the Willows of Coventry apartment complex.
  • Blaze at Willows traced to outlet (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on June 11, 2009 at 07:04:00 am
    Finding in fatal fire is tentative; city seems no closer to releasing records. Photo by File photo
  • Cause Of Willows Fire Released (Indiana's NewsCenter)
    posted on June 10, 2009 at 09:46:28 pm
    It's been nearly four and a half months since a fire at the Willows of Coventry claimed the lives of three young women, all local college students. Wednesday, Fort Wayne Fire Department Officials say they have preliminary results as to how the fire started.
  • Gasoline discovered at Willows blaze scene (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on June 10, 2009 at 07:04:52 am
    Evidence of gasoline was found at the scene of January's triple-fatality fire at the Willows of Coventry, according to court testimony Tuesday. Photo by File photo
  • Wauseon business owner is a bus driver to the stars (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on June 7, 2009 at 08:47:09 am
    Dont waste your breath asking Ed Meier whos riding in his gleaming white chariot to the stars. The owner of Gold Star Celebrity Coaches in Wauseon wont tell you. But just between us? Its probably Aretha Franklin. Could be the Four Tops. Theyre regular clients of Mr. Meiers low-profile operation, which doesnt even have a sign to mark its location on Fulton County Road 14. Two huge, luxurious ...
  • Russell Anthony Fitzgerald II Jennifer Ann Johnson (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on May 23, 2009 at 07:17:00 am
    JOHNSON-FITZGERALD: Jennifer Ann Johnson and Russell Anthony Fitzgerald II, both of Fort Wayne, are planning a wedding Sept. 18 at Greater Spirit of Love, 6116 S. Calhoun St.
  • Corrections (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on May 20, 2009 at 07:12:30 am
    •Due to a reporting and editing error, the name of a college was misstated in a story on Page 1C Tuesday about the fatal January fire at the Willows of Coventry apartment complex. The correct name is Bradford Schools Inc., doing business as International Business College.
  • Destructive testing holds up fire cause (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
    posted on May 20, 2009 at 12:13:08 am
    Almost four months after a fire that killed three young women, the fire department says further testing is holding up the release of the cause and origin.
  • Still No Answers To Willows Fire (Indiana's NewsCenter)
    posted on May 19, 2009 at 05:10:38 pm
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - It's been nearly four months and still no answers. Attorney's representing the parent company of the Willows of Coventry apartments, International Business College and a Winimac, Indiana family are suing the city of Fort Wayne.
  • Willows owner petitions for records from fire (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
    posted on May 19, 2009 at 04:06:43 pm
    Dial Equities Inc., the parent company of Willows of Coventry, filed a petition Monday in Allen Superior Court requesting the city be forced to release public records related to the January fire at the southwest-side apartment complex that killed three residents.
  • City considering landfill biofuel project (The Lima News)
    posted on May 19, 2009 at 02:25:35 am
    LIMA - The city's Utilities Department is proposing a project that would harness biofuels from two Lima landfills for energy production. Presented to Lima City Council on Monday evening, the proposal was accepted and referred to the Utilities Committee,
  • Andrew Leon Christoffersen Kristin Diane Ayala (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on May 9, 2009 at 07:09:56 am
    AYALA-CHRISTOFFERSEN: Kristin Diane Ayala and Andrew Leon Christoffersen, both of Fort Wayne, are planning a wedding June 20 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1126 S. Barr St.
  • Woman dies of injuries in blast (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on April 17, 2009 at 07:06:49 am
    A Fort Wayne woman who was critically injured when her garage exploded last month died this week.
  • Winston Paul Bradfield Ashlee Renee Krugh (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
    posted on April 4, 2009 at 07:01:18 am
    KRUGH-BRADFIELD: Ashlee Renee Krugh and Winston Paul Bradfield, both of Fort Wayne, are planning a wedding May 16 at Lakeside Rose Gardens, 1401 Lake Ave.
  • Demolition Begins At Willows Of Coventry (Indiana's NewsCenter)
    posted on March 20, 2009 at 03:29:57 pm
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Demolition has begun on the burned out building from that deadly Willows of Coventry fire in January. Three young women who were freshmen at the International Business College died in their apartment, as the flames ravaged the building.
  • Willows demolition continues (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
    posted on March 20, 2009 at 09:44:45 am
    Crews continue demolition work at the Willows of Coventry apartments Friday.  They're tearing down the building that caught fire in January.
  • Safety Upgrades Following Deadly Apartment Fire (Indiana's NewsCenter)
    posted on March 5, 2009 at 04:26:29 am
    FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - After a series of three fires, one of them deadly, an apartment complex on the southwest side will implement new safety precautions.