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• Indiana Gubernatorial candidates weigh in on the IDOE newest diploma proposal

  16-08-2024 04:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Indiana 2024 governor candidates Mike Braun and Jennifer McCormick were both in northeast Indiana at separate events Thursday night.Both candidates say they prioritize education within their campaigns, so they had a lot to say regarding the newest draft released by the Indiana Department of Education's high school diploma requirements.Under the proposal, students must earn 42 credits, but those credits can also go towards satisfying the different seal require
  
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• Bluffton Street fair returns for 126th year

  19-09-2024 10:00 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) – The Bluffton Street Fair is back on it's third day of fun activities, starting with the Industrial Parade, on Wednesday.According to the Bluffton Street Fair's website, this event is the largest and oldest street fair in the State of Indiana, dating back to 1898. The street fair has only missed 11 years of festivities due to hard times such as the Great Depression and wars.The fair runs until Saturday. To learn more about the street fair and to view the times for ev
  
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• Fog this morning followed by sunny hot afternoon

  19-09-2024 09:47 via wane.com
  
  Patchy dense fog will be a problem through mid-morning in many locations. You'll have to slow down and take extra time to get to work or school. Sunshine will take over with another hot dry afternoon. This pattern will persist and not break until early next week.Another hot and dry afternoonFog will cause low visibility in some areas before sunshine takes over and the fog lifts. Temperatures will climb quickly to about 80 by noon.
  It will be another hot and dry afternoon with temperatures in the
  
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• Huntington County school district to have eLearning day Thursday following threat

  19-09-2024 04:53 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- All students at Huntington County Community School Corporation (HCCSC) will have a synchronous eLearning day Thursday following a potential threat.According to a press release issued Wednesday night by HCCSC Superintendent John Trout, administrators at Huntington North High School learned of a potential threat involving a student bringing a weapon to school. The district and Huntington police are investigating and discovered other social media posts that are bel
  
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• Group advocates for electronic pull tabs in Indiana with town hall

  19-09-2024 04:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- An organization aimed at making electronic pull tabs (e-tabs) available in Indiana for charitable gaming hosted a town hall in Fort Wayne Wednesday to promote the issue.PlayIN for Charity, a charitable gaming alliance, consists of leaders from the "Big Four" veterans service organizations in Indiana:
  American LegionDisabled American Veterans (DAV)Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)National Guard Association of Indiana
  Leaders at the town hall said having e-tabs, which are a
  
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• Suspect in 1975 Noble County cold case waives right to jury trial

  19-09-2024 03:10 via wane.com
  
  NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- One of the two suspects in the 1975 killing of a 17-year-old North Webster girl has waived his right to a jury trial, according to the Noble County Prosecutor's Office.The suspect, Fred Bandy Jr., is one of two people who were arrested in February 2023 and charged with first degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Laurel Jean Mitchell. An autopsy showed that she had drowned and struggled, and her death was ruled a homicide.Bandy recently waived his right to a jury
  
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• 2 northeast Indiana counties under Burn Ban as drought persists

  19-09-2024 00:10 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Kosciusko and Jay counties are under Burn Bans as drought conditions persist across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio.Although more than half of the counties in Indiana are under Burn Bans, Kosciusko and Jay counties are the only ones in northeast Indiana as of Wednesday. Huntington County also announced Wednesday it is under a "burn advisory" by order of the Huntington County Fire Chiefs Association. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana and NW OhioAc
  
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• In the Archives: Fort Wayne's historic fort is saved

  18-09-2024 23:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Old Fort may not be in the original location or have the exact original look, but it represents the namesake of the city.Maj. John Whistler and his men constructed the original fort during 1815-1816, and on July 4, 1976, the History Center opened a recreation.They continued operating the Fort until 1987 and again assumed control until 1993.Smith showing his new development plan.
  But just after the turn of the millennium the Fort was in trouble. According
  
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• Patchy dense fog possible early Thursday AM

  18-09-2024 22:36 via wane.com
  
  Hot and dry weather continues, and there is no sign of solid relief until late Sunday night. Temperatures will be hot each afternoon with highs in the upper 80s through Saturday. We are beginning to get a clearer picture of a more September-like cooldown next week, with temperatures looking to drop out of the 80s.
  This evening, like what we have seen all day today, will be filled with plenty of sunshine. Temperatures will fall through the 80s before sunset, reaching the upper 70s around 8 PM.Ove
  
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• 'Glad I had cancer': Man donates 23 inches of hair to children dealing with chemotherapy

  18-09-2024 22:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Jeff York thought he would never get a haircut after his throat cancer started spreading."Started going to brains, started going to lungs," York said. "It had already ate up my vocal cords."Although York had to learn how talk again following an exhaustive 14-hour surgery, he survived in what he said hospital staff called a miracle, and thanks to a nurse's recommendation, York found a new calling in his life."I got to meet a bunch of children that went through
  
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• Big Lots: 47 more stores across 19 states to close; total closures surpass 300

  18-09-2024 21:02 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Nearly 50 additional Big Lots stores are set to close as the company navigates through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filings.The Ohio-based company announced earlier this month that it planned to sell assets and business operations to a private equity firm amid the bankruptcy filing.
  As part of the process, Big Lots said it plans to close roughly 250 stores by mid-January. That’s on top of the nearly 300 stores that are already on track to close in the coming month
  
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• Gun taken from student at Fort Wayne Community Schools Amp Lab

  18-09-2024 20:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A gun was taken from a student Wednesday at the Fort Wayne Community Schools Amp Lab located at Electric Works.According to a district spokesperson, a staff member because aware of the gun and it was then immediately confiscated. The student did not make any threats towards staff or students and cooperated with police.No other information was provided.
  According to the Amp Lab website, Amp Lab at Electric Works is a half-day high school program available to 11th & 12t
  
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• Here's when Fright Night 2024 will take place in downtown Fort Wayne

  18-09-2024 19:58 via wane.com
  
  Video shows the 2023 Zombie Walk on Fright NightFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The 15th annual Fright Night, is scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 2024.Participants are asked to dress in their best zombie costume and makeup to enjoy various activities throughout Downtown Fort Wayne from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. A free Zombie Walk pre-party will be held at the ProFed Zombie Central Fun Zone at the Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza, from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Watch the city come al
  
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• Sean 'Diddy' Combs makes a fresh bid for bail in his sex trafficking and conspiracy case

  18-09-2024 19:44 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy Combs asked a judge Wednesday to let him await his sex trafficking trial at his luxury home on an island near Miami Beach, rather than a grim federal jail in Brooklyn.Combs’ lawyers offered a $50 million bail package — using his mansion as collateral — in exchange for releasing him to home detention with GPS monitoring. A hearing on the request was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. On Tuesday, a U.S. magistrate judge in Manha
  
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• Police block stretch of Hillegas after crash takes down utility lines.

  18-09-2024 18:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)A crash created a traffic disruption around the noon hour in Fort Wayne.Fort Wayne police blocked a stretch of Hillegas Road between California and Goshen Road on the stretch that goes over I-69.The closure was necessary so crews could repair utility lines that were taken down in the crash. It's unclear how many vehicles were involved, however an officer who spoke to WANE 15 said no one was injured. It's also not known how long the utility line repairs will take.
  
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• This Fort Wayne park is set for some major upgrades

  18-09-2024 18:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Five years of planning and fundraising is paying off for a park located in a southeast Fort Wayne neighborhood.Mayor Sharon Tucker, Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Director Steve McDaniel, community leaders, funding partners and representatives of Mount Vernon Park celebrated the beginning of a new era for the neighborhood Wednesday morning with a ground-breaking ceremony for the redevelopment of Brewer Park.The park will receive the following improvements:
  Two new playgr
  
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• Waffles recalled in multiple states due to plastic contamination

  18-09-2024 17:17 via wane.com
  
  TOPEKA (KSNT) - Federal health officials say a Utah company is recalling thousands of boxes of waffles as they may contain foreign objects.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified the recall as "Class II" on Sept. 13 of a voluntary recall from Kodiak Cakes LLC, based out of Park City UT, for 7,300 boxes of its 40-count "Kodiak Protein-Packed Power Waffles, Buttermilk & Vanilla."
  The recall, which was initially issued in August, was initiated "due to the potential presence of soft pl
  
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• Old Fort Spy Run Block House reconstruction complete, onto Phase 2

  18-09-2024 15:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – As the Spy Run Block House stands stronger after Phase 1 of the Old Fort Reconstruction Project is complete, construction crews turn to Doctor’s Quarters and Hospital Building to begin Phase 2 on Wednesday.The reconstruction project aims to conquer "major repairs" within the 48-year-old landmark. Historic Fort Wayne is continuing to raise the $1.9 million needed for all Historic Old Fort Buildings to be renovated, and has officially secured the finances to c
  
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• Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates for the first time in 4 years

  18-09-2024 15:46 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Having all but tamed inflation, the Federal Reserve is poised to do something Wednesday it hasn’t done in more than four years: Cut its benchmark interest rate, a step that should lead to lower borrowing costs for consumers and businesses just weeks before the presidential election.And yet an unusual air of uncertainty overhangs this week's meeting: It’s unclear just how large the Fed’s rate cut will be. Wall Street traders and some economists foresee a
  
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• Federal Reserve cuts key rate by sizable half-point, signaling end to its inflation fight

  18-09-2024 15:46 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates that helped tame inflation but also made borrowing painfully expensive for American consumers.The rate cut, the Fed’s first in more than four years, reflects its new focus on bolstering the job market, which has shown clear signs of slowing. Coming just weeks before the presidential election, the Fed’s move
  
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• Sunny & hot temps again with an end to the heat wave in sight

  18-09-2024 14:59 via wane.com
  
  Hot and dry weather continues, and there is no relief until late Sunday night. Temperatures will be hot each afternoon with highs in the upper 80s through Saturday. We are beginning to get a clearer picture of a more September-like cooldown next week.Another hot and sunny afternoonTemperatures will move up quickly through the rest of the morning to the upper 70s by noon.
  More sunshine this afternoon with hot temperatures continuing and humidity will stay tolerable.Another mild and cool night wit
  
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• Nearly 274 pounds of cocaine found after traffic stop in northwest Indiana

  18-09-2024 13:32 via wane.com
  
  PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A truck driver from Canada faces multiple felony charges after police arrested him following a traffic stop Monday morning in northwest Indiana.Photo of cocaine found in trailer of semi followingtraffic stop on September 16, 2024 in Porter County provided by Indiana State Police.The stop took place at around 9:30 a.m. after a motor carrier violation was spotted at the eastbound truck scales on I-94 according to a news release from Indiana State Police. A K-9 detected t
  
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• Arrest made in Fort Wayne apartment complex shooting death

  18-09-2024 12:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Fort Wayne police arrested a man early Wednesday morning in connection with the shooting death of a Chicago man at an apartment complex back in August.Dwayne Sims, 63 was found and taken into custody on a murder warrant in the same area where 29-year-old Jamion Martin was killed on August 22.
  Around 11:15 p.m. that day, an off-duty Fort Wayne Firefighter was working inside a building at the Arbors of Southtown apartment complex when they heard shots fired and notified dis
  
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• Honor Flight #48 whisks veterans away to Washington D.C.

  18-09-2024 09:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Honor Flight of Northeast Indiana takes off Wednesday morning as it takes veterans on a day trip to Washington D.C.The flight is meant to serve as a thank you to those who served, as well as an opportunity for participants to admire the memorials erected in honor of their time in the military.On the day of, veterans gather at the 122nd Air National Guard base in Fort Wayne and board the airliner for a one hour flight to Ronald Reagan Airport. After landing, ve
  
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• Patchy dense fog this morning with more sunshine this afternoon

  18-09-2024 09:42 via wane.com
  
  Patchy dense fog this morning otherwise hot and dry weather continues with no relief until late Sunday night. Temperatures will continue with highs in the upper 80s through the weekend. We are beginning to get a clearer picture of a more September-like cooldown next week.
  Another hot and sunny afternoonPatchy dense fog through early this morning with sunshine developing through noon with temperatures around 80.More sunshine this afternoon with hot temperatures continuing and humidity will stay t
  
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• East Allen County Schools discusses 2025 budget, bus replacement plan

  18-09-2024 05:05 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – The school board for East Allen County Schools (EACS) held a public hearing Tuesday to discuss plans for the upcoming school years as far ahead as 2027.Board members detailed their 2025 budget, bus replacement plans and capital projects plan for 2025, 2026, and 2027.For next year, officials budget $161 million total with almost R30 million allocated for the debt service fund, $94 million for the education fund and more than $37 million for the operations fund.Th
  
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• 'Debacle': Disappearance of $2.4M check leaves Leo-Cedarville, Cedar Creek Township officials puzzled

  18-09-2024 04:59 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The apparent vanishing act of a $2.4 million check left Leo-Cedarville and Cedar Creek Township officials searching for answers Tuesday during the town's bimonthly Town Council meeting.Allen County Treasurer William Royce told WANE 15 Tuesday that his office did not receive the check from Cedar Creek Township and that "a distribution to Cedar Creek in that amount was made in error and immediately corrected."Despite that, the withdrawal of $2,497,572.08 shows up in Ce
  
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• Toasty and dry weather pattern rolls on this week

  18-09-2024 04:15 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 OhioLook for mostly clear skies to be in place as you head out the door early Wednesday morning. However, s
  
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• Large semitruck fire blocks I-469 traffic between I-69, Maplecrest Road

  18-09-2024 03:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A large semitruck fire on Interstate 469 between Interstate 69 and Maplecrest Road has stalled traffic in the area Tuesday night.Traffic cameras from the Indiana Department of Transportation show a large fire coming from a semitruck that was heading east on I-469.A large vehicle fire on I-469 has blocked traffic in both directions Tuesday. (Photo provided by INDOT)
  City dispatchers confirmed the fire has blocked all lanes of I-469 in both directions.It is unclear if an
  
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• Southwest Allen County Schools introduces districtwide improvement project

  18-09-2024 02:43 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The Southwest Allen County Schools (SACS) board introduced a Multi-Facility Improvement and Long-Term Capital Maintenance Project during Tuesday night's meeting.
  This was the first of two public hearings for the project, but no public input was given Tuesday night.
  The project would be funded in full or partially from a 2024 General Obligation Bond (GO Bond) with an amount that would not exceed $17,345,000. The potential projects and acquisitions include two chiller r
  
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