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• Isolated storms today with relief on the way

  05-08-2024 13:56 via wane.com
  
  Showers and storms will be scattered across the area by tonight and through Tuesday breaking this oppressive trend for the rest of the week. Today will be the hottest day we will see this week with oppressive humidity topping out the muggy meter.
  The mugginess will hit you as soon you hit the door today with mostly cloudy skies through the morning and temperatures in the lower 80s by lunchtime.Relief is coming after one more oppressively humid dayIt will feel like it's in the middle 90s this aft
  
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• Lawsuit alleges IN Medicaid overpayments in the hundreds of millions

  20-09-2024 03:18 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- A recently unsealed federal lawsuit alleges Indiana’s Medicaid program was politically pressured into looking the other way when hundreds of millions of dollars in overpayments were identified.The IndyStar was first on the story filed by James McCullough and James Holder, both former state employees who filed the case under seal in February 2021. The newspaper story cited the overpayment was in excess of $700-million. McCormick/Goodin campaign releases ‘common sense&r
  
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• Huntington vehicle chase ends with crash, guns drawn

  20-09-2024 02:51 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- It started, authorities said, as a drug trafficking investigation.It ended with a crashed vehicle on the interstate surrounded by police with guns drawn.The Huntington County Sheriff's Department said Thursday around 1 P.M. said it was joined by four other departments, the Huntington Police Department, Warren Police Department, Grant County Sheriff's Office and Indiana State Police, in a short pursuit that began near mile marker 278 on Interstate 69.About seven
  
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• Child care costs more than rent across 100 largest US metros

  20-09-2024 02:44 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Sending two kids to day care is about 40% more expensive than rent across the nation's 100 largest metros, according to a new LendingTree study.The analysis determined that the average monthly cost of full-time center-based child care for an infant and a 4-year-old is $2,182. That's 39.4% higher than the average rent for a two-bedroom unit, which is $1,566.In some cities, families can expect to pay more than double the average rent for child care. Child care provid
  
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• Sheriff charged after allegedly shooting Kentucky judge to death in courthouse

  20-09-2024 02:42 via wane.com
  
  LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WJHL) — A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse on Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged in the shocking slaying, police said.The governor said the judge was fatally shot in his chambers. The preliminary investigation indicates that the sheriff shot District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, following an argument inside the courthouse, police said.Photo: District Judge Kevin Mullins, courtesy of the Letcher County government.
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• Kentucky sheriff accused of fatally shooting judge inside courthouse is charged with murder

  20-09-2024 02:42 via wane.com
  
  LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WJHL) — A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse on Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged in the shocking slaying, police said.The governor said the judge was fatally shot in his chambers. The preliminary investigation indicates that the sheriff shot District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, following an argument inside the courthouse, police said.Photo: District Judge Kevin Mullins, courtesy of the Letcher County government.Letcher
  
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• Tempers flare amid budget requests at Allen County Council finance hearing

  19-09-2024 23:31 via wane.com
  
  Allen County, Ind. (WANE) ---The four county fire departments reported their budgets to the council with the 7-member council focusing on the tax levy and tax rate.The fire districts and other county departments appeared at the Allen County Council's budget review and appeals hearing, a prelude to the Oct. 9 special budget meeting where the council is expected to approve the $300 million 2025 county budget.In a dramatic exchange, the council moved to change the tax rate for the Southwest Fire Di
  
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• Public safety, neighborhood infrastructure top priorities in 2025 Fort Wayne budget plan

  19-09-2024 22:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker and City Controller Garry Morr spoke at a press conference Thursday morning at Citizens Square, outlining the proposed 2025 budget for the city.The budget totals $246.2 million. The city's tax rate will see a 5% reduction. This is the 7th year in a row that the tax rate has decreased.At the press conference, the most emphasis was put on funds for public safety and neighborhood infrastructure improvements. Public safety will use a
  
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• Allen County officials ask residents to be cautious as dry conditions persist

  19-09-2024 22:09 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- As a drought continues to stretch across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, the Allen County Office of Homeland Security reminded residents to exercise caution while there is an elevated risk of fire in the area.During this dry period, county officials urged people to keep recreational fires small and to never leave them unattended. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana and NW OhioThe Allen County Office of Homeland Security also suggested having a gar
  
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• New bookstore in Fort Wayne shines light on female authors

  19-09-2024 21:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A new bookstore nestled along North Anthony Boulevard opened for business Thursday with the goal of shining a spotlight on female authors and their stories.Sunbound Books, located at 3215 N. Anthony Blvd., features an emphasis on books from female authors in a variety of genres, including mysteries, thrillers, romance novels and biographies.Liz Kelpin, owner of Sunbound Books, said she wanted to address the lack of places to buy new books from a locally-owned business
  
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• Police investigate stabbing near Indiana Tech fieldhouse

  19-09-2024 21:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - One person was stabbed Thursday on Indiana Tech's campus near downtown.Dispatch confirmed someone is in serious condition after a stabbing outside Warrior Field House, which faces South Anthony Boulevard near Maumee Avenue. It happened around 3 p.m.It's unclear if anyone from the school was involved in the incident.
  WANE 15 has a crew at the scene to learn more.
  
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• Python attacks Thai woman in her kitchen, squeezes her for 2 hours: 'It only tightened'

  19-09-2024 21:22 via wane.com
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.“I was about to scoop some water and when I sat down it bit me immediately,” Arom Arunroj told Thailand's Thairath newspaper. “When I looked I saw the snake wrapping around me.”The four-to-five-meter-long (13-to-16-foot-long) python coiled itself around her torso, squeezi
  
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• Court docs: Man admits to drinking and driving before crash with buggy on SR 37

  19-09-2024 20:03 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A driver now faces charges in a head-on crash from almost a year ago that sent a horse running away from its buggy, ultimately causing a second crash.Allen County prosecutors filed charges Thursday for James J. Brown, 65, who faces a Level 5 felony count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury, a Level 6 felony count of criminal recklessness, and two misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief.On Nov. 12, 2023, Brown was driving a Jeep that
  
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• Police find stolen gun, fentanyl and over 2 lbs of crystal meth in raid of Fort Wayne homes

  19-09-2024 19:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A drug raid on Wednesday led the DEA, SWAT, state police and investigators from several local agencies to uncover fentanyl and meth among other discoveries at two homes in Fort Wayne.Jeronimo Bertoldo Barraza, 42; Destiny Garcia 26; and Analycia Perez, 27, were all charged with dealing in cocaine or a narcotic drug.Investigators executed a search warrant at a home on Lafayette Street and found a stolen gun, 1 ounce of crystal meth, about 6 ounces of marijuana and "a lar
  
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• Air Quality Action Days forecasted for northern Indiana cities

  19-09-2024 17:36 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) - Air Quality Action Days are forecasted for areas of northern Indiana on Thursday and Friday.According to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, ozone levels are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range (Orange) in the following areas Thursday:
  Northwest Indiana, including the cities of: Crown Point, Gary, Hammond, Kentland, LaPorte, Michigan City, Portage, Rensselaer, Valparaiso and all other cities within the area.North Central Indiana,&
  
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• Toasty temperatures sticking around

  19-09-2024 17:07 via wane.com
  
  Skies are mostly sunny as we enter this evening. Temperatures have peaked in the mid-to-upper 80s late this afternoon, and we will see temperatures get into the low-to-mid 80s before sunset.
  It won't be quick as cool overnight and fog won't be as much of a problem with a low in the lower 60s.Temperatures climb into the upper 80s, almost reaching 90 degrees in Fort Wayne, with a high of 89 degrees on our Friday. In the afternoon, a scattered shower or thunderstorm may be possible, as a weak front
  
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• Another hot afternoon with big changes next week

  19-09-2024 17:07 via wane.com
  
  Sunshine will be prevalent with another hot dry afternoon. This pattern will persist and not break until early next week when we'll see a big change in the forecast.
  Another hot and dry afternoonIt will be another hot and dry afternoon with temperatures in the upper 80s.
  It won't be quick as cool overnight and fog won't be a problem with a low in the lower 60s.Temperatures will climb again on Friday to near 90 with more sunshine.
  The weekend will begin with hot temperatures again with a high in
  
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• Accused rapist accepts plea deal

  19-09-2024 16:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A Fort Wayne man accused of multiple counts of rape and sexual battery has accepted a plea deal.
  Marcus Walker was arrested in March of this year for a sexual assault rape that allegedly took place earlier that month involving a woman he met on social media. In May, he was charged in connection with another sexual assault that took place in 2023.In the plea deal, which Walker agreed to on Wednesday, the Allen County prosecutor's office has agreed to drop two counts of sex
  
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• FWPD releases history of officer who shot, killed alleged burglar on Wells Street

  19-09-2024 16:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department on Thursday released the history of discipline and commendation for the officer who shot and killed a man accused of breaking into a Wells Street home earlier this month.On Sept. 6, police responded to reports of a burglary at a home in the 1500 block of Wells Street around 2 a.m.According to initial information from FWPD, police heard screams and went inside the home, shooting the alleged intruder. He was pronounced dead by medics at th
  
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• FWPD releases history of officer who shot alleged burglar on Wells Street

  19-09-2024 16:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department on Thursday released the history of discipline and commendation for the officer who shot a man accused of breaking into a Wells Street home earlier this month.On Sept. 6, police responded to reports of a burglary at a home in the 1500 block of Wells Street around 2 a.m.According to initial information from FWPD, police heard screams and went inside the home, shooting the alleged intruder. He was pronounced dead by medics at the scene.Thu
  
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• Woman faces 6 years in prison after pleading guilty in crash that killed passenger

  19-09-2024 16:23 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A Michigan woman accused of having cocaine and methamphetamine in her system in a 2022 crash that killed her passenger may now serve just six years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday.Erin Carr (Courtesy Allen County Sheriff's Department)
  Erin Carr, 41, pleaded guilty to criminal recklessness and operating a vehicle with a controlled substance or its metabolite in her body causing death.After 1 a.m. on July 18, 2022, Carr was driving an SUV on Interstate 469 and c
  
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• PBS Fort Wayne's president and general manager announces retirement plans

  19-09-2024 15:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) He's been in charge of Fort Wayne's public television station since 2008. On Thursday, PBS Fort Wayne announced that president and general manager Bruce Haines will retire in 2025.According to a news release issued by PBS Fort Wayne, Haines stepped into his leadership role a in 2008 after spending 21 years leading Northeast Indiana’s public radio organization.
  During his tenure, the station moved from analog to high-definition operations, securing a $3.1 million cap
  
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• Cedar Point to add 'Siren's Curse' roller coaster for 2025 season

  19-09-2024 15:24 via wane.com
  
  SANDUSKY, Ohio (WANE) Cedar Point touts itself as The Roller Coaster Capital of the World®, and in 2025 the amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie will add yet another thrill ride to its collection. This one will be called Siren’s Curse – and it will be the tallest, fastest and longest “tilt” roller coaster in North America.Artist concept rendering courtesy of Cedar PointArtist concept rendering courtesy of Cedar PointArtist concept rendering courtesy of Cedar Poin
  
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• Inside the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is locked up: violence, squalor and death

  19-09-2024 14:35 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — As they unsuccessfully fought to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest, the music mogul’s lawyers highlighted a litany of horrors at the Brooklyn federal lockup where he was headed: horrific conditions, rampant violence and multiple deaths.Combs, 54, was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday — a place that’s been described as “hell on earth” and an “ongoi
  
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• Trump vows to travel to Springfield following false pet-eating claims

  19-09-2024 14:02 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) - Former President Trump pledged to travel to Springfield, Ohio, after false claims that he and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have made about Haitian immigrants eating pets in the city. Trump said at a rally in New York on Wednesday that he would go to the town in the next two weeks and also go to Aurora, Colo., where discussions of gang activity from Venezuelan migrants have been exaggerated but still become a part of the national conversation on immigration. &l
  
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• High school student arrested after threats cause evacuation, cancelation of classes in southern Indiana

  19-09-2024 13:25 via wane.com
  
  CROTHERSVILLE, Ind. (WANE) An 18-year-old student in southern Indiana faces a felony charge of intimidation after he allegedly threatened to harm other students and cause damage at Crothersville High School.School officials learned about the threats and informed the Crothersville Police Department at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday according to a news release from Indiana State Police. A short time later, an officer with the department arrived at the school and detained James S. Collman.
  Other police agenci
  
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• Patchy fog this morning followed by sunny hot afternoon

  19-09-2024 10:50 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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• Fire damages Euclid Ave. home

  19-09-2024 10:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A fire early Thursday morning damaged a home in the 4100 block of Euclid Ave.It started just after midnight. When Fort Wayne fire crews arrived, they found flames in a front bedroom.One person was inside the home when the fire started. That person was able to get out safely before firefighters arrived. No one was hurt.It took about 15 minutes to get the fire under control. The house had moderate fire and smoke damage and minor water damage.The cause of the fire is unde
  
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• Small town, big event: Bluffton Free Street Fair

  19-09-2024 10:00 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) – The Bluffton Street Fair is back on it's third day of festivities, starting with the Industrial Parade, on Wednesday.According to Street Fair Manager Nathan Stauffer, this event is the largest and oldest street fair in the State of Indiana, dating back to 1898. The street fair has missed years of festivities due to hard times such as the Great Depression and wars.The Industrial Parade showcases local businesses and political candidates as the floats go through downt
  
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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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