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• Get your skates on! Headwaters Park ice rink opens for the season

  22-11-2024 14:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)The Headwaters Park ice skating rink will open to the public for its 23rd season on Saturday.
  Skaters can take to the ice starting at noon on the rink located at the northeast corner of Clinton and Superior in downtown Fort Wayne.
  As in previous years, there will be lots of special events at the rink. Thursday Theme Nights are back Starting in December, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursdays, skaters can participate in special themed events, with general admission and sk
  
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• A cloudy Saturday with slight drizzle chances

  23-11-2024 16:51 via wane.com
  
  The lake-effect showers have concluded this morning as winds have shifted to a more westerly direction. It will still be a bit breezy outside, though not as breezy as the past few days, with gusts up to 20 mph at times. Another round of showers, scattered and only a slight chance, will also be possible early this afternoon. Not everyone will see these, and we'll be devoid of the chances by 3 PM.Temperatures through the remainder of the morning, thanks to the overcast skies, crawl into the mid-40
  
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• Holiday displays light up northeast Indiana

  23-11-2024 16:18 via wane.com
  
  INDIANA (WANE) -- As we head into the holiday season, holiday lights displays are set to light up the sky in not only Fort Wayne but surrounding towns and cities as well. See just a few of the holiday displays that jumpstart your holiday cheer below!Fort Wayne offers multiple holiday lights displays with the new addition Parkview Field showing off over a million lightsto Blue Jackets Fantasy of Lights. Both light festivities offer families the opportunity to experience the magic either from the
  
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• Cloudy Saturday with slight drizzle chances

  23-11-2024 16:00 via wane.com
  
  The lake-effect showers have concluded this morning as winds have shifted to a more westerly direction. It will still be a bit breezy outside, though not as breezy as the past few days, with gusts up to 20 mph at times. Another round of showers, scattered and only a slight chance, will also be possible early this afternoon. Not everyone will see these, and we'll be devoid of the chances by 3 PM.Temperatures through the remainder of the morning, thanks to the overcast skies, crawl into the mid-40
  
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• WATCH: The new floats you'll see in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

  23-11-2024 14:02 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (WPIX) - Some real characters are getting ready for next week’s holiday activities in New York City.Six new balloons and seven new floats will appear in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. As big as the floats are, they also must be small. Their big move is the day before Thanksgiving when they travel from New Jersey to Manhattan. "They all can reduce to about the size of a city bus. We transport them from New Jersey through the Lincoln Tunnel to our starting lin
  
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• Drizzle dissipating, but still a cloudy Saturday

  23-11-2024 13:49 via wane.com
  
  Skies are overcast and gloomy this morning. Scattered areas of lake-effect drizzle have lingered across the area but will dissipate later this morning. Thanks to the low-level cloud cover, temperatures are only in the low-to-mid 40s to start the day, which is relatively mild for the later parts of November.The lake-effect showers conclude this morning as winds shift to a more westerly direction instead of northwest. It will still be a bit breezy, though, with gusts up to 20 mph at times.Even thr
  
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• Jurassic Quest transports visitors to prehistoric times

  23-11-2024 12:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — If you have ever dreamed about walking among dinosaurs, you may get your chance today.Jurassic Quest invites visitors on a prehistoric safari to check out several life-sized dinosaurs. Families can indulge in their dino dreams through hitching a ride, excavating fossils, and even meet the baby dinos.Jurassic Quest started on Friday and runs through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Jurassic World is open from Friday to Sunday.Ticket pr
  
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• 11/22 Highlight Zone - Semi-State Championships

  23-11-2024 05:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Four local teams will head to Lucas Oil Stadium next week, as Warsaw, East Noble, Bishop Luers, and Adams Central all earned a semi-state title on Friday night to punch their ticket to Indianapolis.
  
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• Wanted shoplifters with 13 warrants found in hole in woods by FWPD

  23-11-2024 03:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- What started as officers responding to calls of stolen items at an area Target ended in a search through the woods and two arrested Thursday evening.
  According to a press release from the Fort Wayne Police Department, officers responded to the Target of S. Thomas Road after receiving reports from workers that individuals had left the store with stolen goods. When officers arrived they saw a vehicle being driven away by individuals that matched the description provided
  
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• Lutheran Hospital celebrates 120 years of serving the community

  22-11-2024 23:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Lutheran Health Network is celebrating its 120 anniversary.Founded on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 1904, as Lutheran Hospital, for over a century Lutheran has been helping residents of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio get well and live healthier lives.The company started with very humble beginnings offering 25 beds and only one operating room, they now boast over 6,000 employees and volunteers, who officials say make Lutheran everything that they are today.
  
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• Lutheran Health Network celebrates 120 years of serving the community

  22-11-2024 23:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Lutheran Health Network is celebrating its 120 anniversary.Founded on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 1904, as Lutheran Hospital, for over a century Lutheran has been helping residents of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio get well and live healthier lives.The company started with very humble beginnings offering 25 beds and only one operating room, they now boast over 6,000 employees and volunteers, who officials say make Lutheran everything that they are today.
  
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• Teens Teaching Trades: Trading the pencil for a hammer

  22-11-2024 22:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— High school students from Carroll High School spent their Friday afternoon teaching third graders from Perry Hill Elementary.The 20 Carroll students are enrolled in the building and facilities maintenance program that partners with Local 166. They spend their afternoons with a Local 166 instructor to learn about the trades."There's students that maybe don't necessarily like sitting in a classroom for 45 minutes listening to a teacher talk," Carroll High School
  
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• Some warmer air on the way

  22-11-2024 22:23 via wane.com
  
  As our northwesterly winds continue this evening, some occasional lake effect rain showers and sprinkles are possible on-and-off throughout the evening. Temps stay above freezing, so no ice is expected to form on area roads or on our windshields.Our sky remains cloudy, and conditions breezy, with temps not fluctuating much at all. Temperatures this evening through early tomorrow morning will be in the low-to-mid-40s.Temps are in the low -to-mid-40s all night long.
  Our winds shift tomorrow, stopp
  
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• Fort Wayne Komets to get new ice rink

  22-11-2024 21:37 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) --- The Fort Wayne Komets will get a new ice rink to skate on.Friday, the Allen County Commissioners approved spending more than $6 million to build a new ice plant at the Allen County Coliseum.Work on the new ice is scheduled to begin next year on June 9 and finish November 1, according to Melanie Carney, the Coliseum’s Executive Vice President and General Manager.The Komets will still begin next year’s season in October, but spend the first two weeks on th
  
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• Faux gun deal killing nets 95 years in prison

  22-11-2024 21:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 26-year-old man accused of helping orchestrate a fake gun deal in order to kill another man inside a car parked on the southeast side nearly two years ago received a 95-year prison sentence Friday.A jury in Allen Superior Court previously found Anfernee Michael Sho Time Dean guilty of murder and robbery in connection with the killing of 27-year-old Johnny Yates, Sr., in November 2022.
  Friday, Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull handed Dean 65 years in prison on the m
  
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• No ball at Tropicana Field in 2026 after Milton; new ballpark deal dies: Tampa Bay Rays

  22-11-2024 20:44 via wane.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — The Tampa Bay Rays may be saying farewell to Pinellas County. Team President Brian Auld sees no path for a new ballpark in St. Petersburg, Florida."We need to establish that no, there is not (a deal). We can't make the terms of the last one work because we can't get the ballpark built in time for the 2028 season," Auld said.
  Auld also doesn't see a path forward to playing at Tropicana Field in time for the 2026 season because of the damage from Hurricane Milto
  
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• Credit card debt: How much is too much? Here's what experts say

  22-11-2024 20:18 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — The average person owns nearly four credit cards, according to Experian, one of the three major credit reporting bureaus. And the average debt one person owes equals more than half of the median American household income.Some may wonder if they have "too much" debt on their cards. What is the ideal number of credit cards?How much credit card debt is too much?Owning a credit card is essential to building your credit score, which impacts your ability to apply for hom
  
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• Fort Wayne manufacturer ordered to pay back wages and damages for shortchanging overtime wages

  22-11-2024 19:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The U.S. Department of Labor has reached an agreement with a Fort Wayne auto parts manufacturer after an investigation into violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
  Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies USA Inc., operating as Faurecia Clean Mobility, agreed to pay a total of $101,527 to 260 employees – representing $50,563 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages – for shortchanging workers overtime wages. An investigation by the U.S.
  
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• Do It Best acquires True Value, doubles in size

  22-11-2024 18:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- With no ribbon cutting or public fanfare, a $1.5 billion hardware wholesaler has effectively moved its headquarters from Chicago to Fort Wayne, as Do It Best announces its acquisition of True Value, a long time competitor with a legacy brand."This is a monumental day in the history of this company, and it's worthy of celebration," Do It Best CEO Dan Starr told WANE 15. "We're doubling the size of this organization, and more important than just our growth, we're going t
  
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• Third person sentenced in connection to 2023 ambush shooting

  22-11-2024 16:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The girlfriend of a man found dead in his car last year is the third of four people to be sentenced in connection with his killing.A judge in Allen Superior Court handed 26-year-old Lexus Evans 13 years in prison. She pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in the death of 40-year-old Dennis Dwayne Starr, who was shot and killed in southwest Fort Wayne in July 2023.
  A total of four people were initially accused of murder in connection to Starr's death. Three, including Eva
  
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• Cases of 'walking pneumonia' are rising across the US: Here's where it's worst

  22-11-2024 15:28 via wane.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WDAF/NEXSTAR) — Respiratory infections caused by a bacteria known as Mycoplasma pneumoniae have been increasing in recent months, leading to widespread cases of a condition known as “walking pneumonia,” according to the CDC.Infections resulting in "walking pneumonia" are generally less severe than pneumonia, with many patients going their daily routines without initially realizing they have it. Symptoms also start out mild in the first week before getting pro
  
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• Get your skates on! Headwaters Park ice rink set to open

  22-11-2024 14:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)The Headwaters Park ice skating rink will open to the public for its 23rd season on Saturday.
  Skaters can take to the ice starting at noon on the rink located at the northeast corner of Clinton and Superior in downtown Fort Wayne.
  As in previous years, there will be lots of special events at the rink. Thursday Theme Nights are back Starting in December, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursdays, skaters can participate in special themed events, with general admission and sk
  
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• Alabama carries out nation’s third nitrogen gas execution on a man for a hitchhiker's killing

  22-11-2024 14:01 via wane.com
  
  ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man convicted in the 1994 killing of a hitchhiker cursed at the prison warden and made obscene gestures with his hands shortly before he was put to death Thursday evening in the nation’s third execution using nitrogen gas.Carey Dale Grayson, 50, was executed at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in southern Alabama. He was one of four teenagers convicted of killing Vickie DeBlieux, 37, as she hitchhiked through the state on the way to her mothe
  
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• 'There's no place like Gnome for the Holidays'

  22-11-2024 10:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Botanical Conservatory's Raise a Glass exhibit yields its 5-month reign on Saturday to Gnome for the Holidays, a garden landscape taken over by the mythical little men in pointy hats.General Manager Nate Cardelli stated one of the hallmark features of the display are the gnome's humble abodes."Our scenic artist ... has been really working on gnome homes," Cardelli said. "They're just these great little vignettes where these gnomes would live."Santa w
  
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• Warming trend begins today

  22-11-2024 09:43 via wane.com
  
  Our taste of winter is over for now; if you're not ready for the cold temperatures and snow, you'll get a short break through the weekend.
  It will be warmer this afternoonSkies will remain cloudy with temperatures warming through late morning to the lower 40s by lunchtime.Winds will gust up to 30 mph this afternoonIt will still be breezy this afternoon and we could see an isolated sprinkle or rain shower with some drizzle. High temperatures will be much warmer than yesterday with an afternoon hi
  
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• Zoning decision on 'The Refuge' in limbo

  22-11-2024 04:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — At Thursday's Fort Wayne Board of Zoning appeals meeting, tensions continued to be high over the proposed immigration center set to take over an old missionary building at the corner of South Wayne Ave. and Rudisill Blvd.The proposed project, led by three investors Scott Jester, Jeff Bower, and Jon Gerst, would be a mixed-use facility offering residential spaces for immigrants and office spaces for non-profits offering services to help them acclimate better into t
  
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• Rain shower chance Friday and warmer, too

  22-11-2024 04:46 via wane.com
  
  After our Thursday snow that melted on the pavement, drivers need to be on alert for some scattered slick spots, due to the potential for ice to develop as temps fall below freezing. Bridges and overpasses will be the most likely locations for the icy patches, since those roads do not touch the warmer ground. Watch out for slick roadsOur early morning temps will be as low as the upper 20s. Temps will climb a few degrees as we approach dawn.Conditions become warm enough higher above us in the atm
  
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• 'Civil' casino talk at Greater Fort Wayne legislative preview

  22-11-2024 03:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- State Senator Travis Holdman (R-Markle) wanted any casino debate among lawmakers to remain "civil."He got his birthday wish Thursday, as nine lawmakers took the stage at the Greater Fort Wayne, Inc. 2025 Legislative Preview, to discuss, among other things, the possible move to New Haven of the Rising Star Casino in Rising Sun, Indiana.The move can't happen without Statehouse approval and a signature from incoming governor Mike Braun.Plenty of other topics were discusse
  
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• The Rescue Mission prepares for winter weather and Thanksgiving

  22-11-2024 00:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Rescue Mission offers community members a safe haven from the frigid cold that has now come onto the horizon.The shelter operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year-round but always sees an influx in need when temperatures start to dip."...it's profound, the increase in those that are experiencing the crisis of homelessness in our community, and we are here to continue to serve those that any time, at any moment, that they're in crisis that we can help th
  
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• Tattoo shop thanks community following post-arson reopening

  21-11-2024 22:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Freedom Tattoo wants to thank not only Fort Wayne, but also the international tattoo community for supporting the shop through their rebuild after an arson in 2023.While investigators ruled the fire was intentionally set and identified a person of interest early on, no arrests have been made.In 2023, the co-owners of the shop said they would rebuild bigger and better. And more than a year later, they believe they have accomplished that goal. They received mon
  
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