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• How Allen County voter registration numbers look 2 months before election

  12-09-2024 01:05 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)— According to the Allen County Voter Registration Office, the amount of people registered to vote right now is consistent with presidential elections in the past.At the time of the 2024 primaries in May, there were 277,823 registered voters in Allen County. In September, that number stands a little higher at 281,727.
  Those numbers are higher than registration for the last presidential election in 2020.
  Allen County has grown in the last four years, and 2020 w
  
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• FWCS to close Early Childhood Education program

  17-09-2024 23:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Community Schools' (FWCS) Career Academy will be losing one of its programs in December, the district confirmed Tuesday.The Early Childhood Education program at Anthis Career Center will close Dec. 20, 2024.According to FWCS, the program has been operating at a loss for years, and the district would have had to raise the program's tuition by nearly 400% in order to break even.
  FWCS also cited the future early childhood program where the district will partner
  
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• FWCS: 'Unauthorized' student enters Snider High School, fights another student

  17-09-2024 23:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- An "unauthorized" student entered Snider High School and started a fight with another student Tuesday, Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) confirmed.FWCS told WANE 15 the student was arrested, and the district is reviewing its own procedures and the school's security footage to determine how the student entered the building. Students expelled from LaGrange County high school over threatsThe district reminded students to never open a door for anyone who should not be in
  
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• Staying toasty with no rain chances this week

  17-09-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  Our hot and dry weather pattern continues across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Despite the optimism of earlier forecasts, high pressure will steer away any chances of rain through the remainder of the week. This will allow for our drought to continue to worsen. We'll get an update to the drought monitor on Thursday this week. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana and NW OhioWe'll continue to see warm temperatures this evening, along with mainly sunny skies. After the sun sets
  
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• Company behind proposed bottled water plant in Noble County withdraws applications

  17-09-2024 21:47 via wane.com
  
  NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A proposed bottled water plant in Noble County appears to be dead in the water after the company behind it withdrew applications for the project.WANE 15 previously reported about Crystal Geyser Roxane's plans to build a nearly 200,000-square-foot facility on dozens of acres of land in the southwest corner of Noble County.However, the proposed facility has been met with opposition from residents in Noble, Kosciusko and Whitley counties due to various concerns, includi
  
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• Police swarm Wolcottville home for investigation

  17-09-2024 21:04 via wane.com
  
  WOLCOTTVILLE, Ind. (WANE) - Authorities are investigating Tuesday at a home in Wolcottville.
  Police officers and firefighters surrounded a house on Main Street near County Line Road throughout the afternoon. The reason for the investigation has not yet been confirmed.WANE 15 has a crew at the scene to learn more.
  
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• Police find woman, 3 children dead in Wolcottville home

  17-09-2024 21:04 via wane.com
  
  WOLCOTTVILLE, Ind. (WANE) - Indiana State Police are investigating at a home in Wolcottville after a woman and three children were found dead Tuesday.Wolcottville police surround house Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.
  Starting shortly before 11:30 a.m., police officers and firefighters surrounded a house south of County Line Road, where Main Street becomes Kelly Street. What started as a welfare check quickly evolved into a death investigation.Crime scene tape blocked off the property.Investigators do n
  
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• Retired officer dealt with man accused of trying to assassinate Trump 100 times

  17-09-2024 18:53 via wane.com
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) - Ryan Wesley Routh was no stranger to law enforcement in Guilford County, North Carolina, long before his arrest in an alleged assassination attempt on former president Trump at a golf course.Routh allegedly camped outside the golf course in West Palm Beach with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours, according to court documents filed Monday. He is accused of lying in wait for the former president before a Secret Service agent opened fire, thwarting the potential attack.F
  
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• Ex-officer says he dealt 100 times with man accused of trying to assassinate Trump

  17-09-2024 18:53 via wane.com
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) - Ryan Wesley Routh was no stranger to law enforcement in Guilford County, North Carolina, long before his arrest in an alleged assassination attempt on former president Trump at a golf course.Routh allegedly camped outside the golf course in West Palm Beach with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours, according to court documents filed Monday. He is accused of lying in wait for the former president before a Secret Service agent opened fire, thwarting the potential attack.F
  
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• Teen handed 9-year sentence for boy's beating over vape cartridge

  17-09-2024 18:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A teenager was sentenced Tuesday for his role in the beating of a boy who suffered “irreversible” brain damage, all because of a missing vape cartridge.A judge in Allen Superior Court sentenced Quintin Mansfield to nine years in prison. He was given credit for 201 days already spent in jail, court documents show.Mansfield, now 19, was first charged in February after what court documents described as a beating over a THC vape cartridge.Mansfield tol
  
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• Asian fusion restaurant announces it will close this week

  17-09-2024 17:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A restaurant on Fort Wayne's southwest side that opened in 2023 will be closing its doors permanently this week.Z!NG Asian Fusion posted on Facebook that its final day of operation will be Wednesday, September 18.
  The restaurant is located on Falls Drive near the Kroger Marketplace store near West Jefferson and I-69.Z!NG gift cards can be redeemed at Salsa Grille locations according to the Facebook post. No reason for the closure was given.
  
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• Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering charges

  17-09-2024 15:59 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years while using blackmail and shocking acts of violence to keep his victims in line, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.Combs pleaded not guilty after showing little reaction, his uncuffed hands folded in his lap, as a magistrate read through the allegations.In court papers, prosecutors called the music mogul “dangerous” and urged th
  
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• Sean 'Diddy' Combs indicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges

  17-09-2024 15:59 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.Combs had been arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami.Over the past year, Combs has been sued by people who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse. He ha
  
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• Judge orders Sean 'Diddy' Combs to be held without bail on sex trafficking, racketeering charges

  17-09-2024 15:59 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in his federal sex trafficking case, after a judge ordered him to be held without bail in a case that accuses him of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes.The music mogul pleaded not guilty Tuesday to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. He's accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes dayslong sexual performances dubbed “Freak Of
  
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• Parkview seeking input on community health needs

  17-09-2024 15:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Parkview Health is asking for feedback on health needs in the region to help shape how the healthcare organization can best serve the community.Local residents are encouraged to submit feedback online for the Community Health Needs Assessment, which is conducted every three years. Parkview said data from the survey is used to learn what health needs should be prioritized for the community and how the healthcare system can use its resources to work toward that.Responses
  
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• Public hearing set for proposed changes to U.S. 30 west of Fort Wayne

  17-09-2024 15:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Major changes are proposed for a stretch of U.S. 30 west of Fort Wayne that has experienced what the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) calls a "high rate of crashes" in the past decade. To address the safety issue, INDOT initiated the U.S. 30 Corridor study which resulted in the proposed changes.An estimated 25 percent of the traffic flowing through the area is comprised of commercial vehicles. Sweetwater's headquarters and distribution facility is located near
  
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• Students expelled from LaGrange County high school over threats

  17-09-2024 14:53 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - More police officers are keeping Prairie Heights High School secure following threats that led to the expulsion of multiple students.
  The LaGrange County Sheriff's Office was told of the threats made against the school Saturday, according to a press release. The sheriff's office worked with the Prairie Heights Police Department, the LaGrange County Prosecutor's Office and the Steuben County Sheriff's Office to track down the source of the threats.While it's unclear
  
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• Building at used car dealership in Fort Wayne catches fire

  17-09-2024 13:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A passing motorist spotted a fire at a business on Jefferson Boulevardjust east of Fort Wayne early Tuesday morning.
  Firefighters responded to Kash Kars in the 600 block of Jefferson a little bit before 7 a.m. No one was inside the building and it's unclear how the fire started or how much damage it caused.
  The fire remains under investigation.
  
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• Ohio state police to protect schools after furor over Haitian immigrants in Springfield

  17-09-2024 13:22 via wane.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio state police will help protect schools in a city at the center of a political furor over Haitian migrants, the governor announced Monday, while local officials canceled an annual celebration of cultural diversity in the fallout over former President Donald Trump’s false claims about pet-eating.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, has denounced the debunked rumors that spread online before Trump amplified them at last week's presidential debate, saying th
  
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• Whitko schools close after threat received

  17-09-2024 13:14 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH WHITLEY, Ind. (WANE) Tuesday has become an eLearning day for students at Whitko Community Schools as the result of a threat.The following message was posted on the district's Facebook page:Whitko Community Schools are closed today Tuesday, September 17, 2024. Local law enforcemment has confirmed a threat in the community to student and staff safety,. Today is an eLearning day for students. Thank you for your patience and for being a Whitko Wildcat.
  Facebook post from Whitko Community Schoo
  
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• Poll: Braun leads in Indiana governor's race

  17-09-2024 12:37 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- With less than 50 days until Election Day, a new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey for the state of Indiana finds that U.S. Senator Mike Braun, R-Ind. is leading the gubernatorial race.According to a new poll of 1,000 likely voters, conducted earlier this month and released on Tuesday, more than 45% of respondents said they would vote for Braun for governor in November's election.This comes after Braun first announced he was running for governor in December 2022. Braun is r
  
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• Poll: Indiana voters support Trump in presidential campaign

  17-09-2024 12:36 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- A new poll of Indiana voters conducted less than 50 days before Election Day stated that the majority of respondents are supporting Donald Trump in November's presidential race.Out of 1,000 likely voters who participated in a new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey, around 57% of Hoosier participants said they would vote for Trump, a Republican who was the 45th president of the United States. The poll was conducted earlier this month and released on Tuesday.
  Trump lost in his
  
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• Employers say many Gen Z workers aren't prepared for the workplace: survey

  17-09-2024 09:57 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) -- Gen Z employees have some work ahead to earn their bosses' trust.A recent survey by Intelligent.com found that about one in six companies are hesitant to hire recent college graduates, citing concerns over their preparedness, communication skills, and professionalism.A stunning six in 10 businesses said they had fired college grads they hired in 2024, while one in seven said they may refrain from hiring recent college grads next year.Some hiring managers and business leaders believe Ge
  
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• Sean 'Diddy' Combs is arrested in New York after federal indictment

  17-09-2024 09:52 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs, the hip-hop mogul who has faced a stream of allegations by women accusing him of sexual assault, was arrested late Monday in New York after he was indicted by a federal grand jury.The indictment was sealed and details of the charges weren't immediately announced by prosecutors, but the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Damian Williams, confirmed in a statement that federal agents had Combs in custody.“We expect to move to unseal the indictment
  
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• Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested in New York: Reports

  17-09-2024 09:52 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested Monday in Manhattan following a grand jury indictment, multiple outlets are reporting.Diddy's attorney, Marc Agnifilo, issued the following statement: "We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office."He called Diddy an "imperfect person," adding: "To his credit Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocate
  
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• Hot temps and no rain in sight today

  17-09-2024 09:48 via wane.com
  
  Sunshine hot temperatures and dry conditions will persist until further notice across the region. Tropical across the east coast will not be able to penetrate hot and dry high pressure across our area to bring any showers to our region.
  It will be a mild sunny morning with temperatures reaching 80 by noon.You won't see much difference between yesterday and today with more summer heat and temperatures in the middle 80s this afternoon.
  It will be another mild evening with temperatures in the 60s a
  
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• NACS board introduces 2025 budget

  17-09-2024 04:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Northwest Allen County Schools (NACS) School Board met Monday night to discuss the budget for the upcoming year.
  The education fund is expected to increase by 2.5% to 3.5%. Most of these funds will go towards classroom supplies and teacher salaries. The operation fund will increase by 4%, per state legislation, which the district will collect through property taxes.
  Chief Financial Officer, Brandon Basham says that the 4% cap has been difficult since the distr
  
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• Drought and September heat continue

  17-09-2024 04:00 via wane.com
  
  It was a hot and dry weekend across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. We're continuing this pattern into the new workweek, which means we expect drought conditions will continue to get worse. We are all hoping for some substantial rainfall, but that is unfortunately not looking to be in the cards anytime soon... We have not seen any rain in Fort Wayne since September 6th. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana and NW OhioLook for skies to be clear as you head out the door early Tu
  
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• Google data center gets IDEM approval, air qualiy

  17-09-2024 02:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — An 880-acre project cleared another hurdle in southeast Fort Wayne.Google is building a new data center, but it needs all sorts of approval - and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management approved one set it required this month.The facility looks to operate 36 pieces of diesel-powered backup equipment (34 diesel-fired emergency generators, 1 diesel-fired emergency guard house generator and 1 diesel-fired emergency fire pump) which could give off harm
  
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• Google data center gets IDEM approval, air quality

  17-09-2024 02:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — An 880-acre project cleared another hurdle in southeast Fort Wayne.Google is building a new data center, but it needs all sorts of approval - and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management approved one set it required this month.The facility looks to operate 36 pieces of diesel-powered backup equipment (34 diesel-fired emergency generators, 1 diesel-fired emergency guard house generator and 1 diesel-fired emergency fire pump) which could give off harm
  
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