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• 'Like being at the Super Bowl': Mayor Tucker talks atmosphere, ideas during DNC visit

  21-08-2024 22:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- From seeing some of the country's most recognizable leaders to swapping ideas with her contemporaries, Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker had plenty of takeaways from her first few days at the Democratic National Convention (DNC).Mayor Tucker spoke to WANE 15 from Chicago via Zoom about the "exhilarating" energy and atmosphere at the DNC with notable Democratic leaders such as Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in attendance."T
  
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• Hunger Action Month calls on community to help food bank

  12-09-2024 19:22 via wane.com
  
  September is Hunger Action Month, a time to raise awareness of food insecurity and to inspire the community to volunteer their food, or their time, to halt hunger.At Community Harvest Food Bank, several shelves are stocked with cans, bags and boxes of food, ready to be thrown into the shopping cart.The non profit cycles through one million pounds of food each month. Katie Savoie, director of development at Community Harvest, said that stockpile of food is still not enough to feed the estimated 9
  
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• Cebolla's announces closure of restaurant that started it all 25 years ago in Fort Wayne

  12-09-2024 19:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A restaurant that opened 25 years ago just south of Glenbrook Square mall and gave birth to a chain of eateries will close at the end of the month.In a Facebook post Tuesday, Cebolla's Mexican Grill announced the original Fernhill Avenue location will close on Saturday, Sept. 28. The post indicates the closure is the result of the lease expiring.The success of that restaurant led to an expansion that includes several other Fort Wayne locations, as well as one in Auburn an
  
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• Boy suspended after reporting student with bullet at Virginia school

  12-09-2024 18:02 via wane.com
  
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — An 11-year-old boy who alerted his principal after another student brought a bullet to class is in trouble at the school.His family said he's being punished by St. John the Apostle School in Virginia Beach for speaking up and doing the right thing, and they're upset because the reporting student received the same two-day suspension as the student who had the bullet.The family also thinks the adults involved at St. John the Apostle School in Virginia Beach need
  
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• Platinum Perspective: Launch of Living Local 15

  12-09-2024 17:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - From the Ann Colone Show to Living Local 15, WANE 15 has provided our viewers with entertainment and fun outside of newscasts.
  Living Local 15 launched in September 2022, the first Lifestyle show at WANE 15. One was in the works for many years at WANE 15, and former Creative Services director Lou Cucinelli was a huge driving force to get the Lifestyle show up and running."We always kicked around the idea of a Lifestyle show, we were set to go then Covid happened and tha
  
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• 17-year-old shot in the face looking for spot to take homecoming photos

  12-09-2024 17:14 via wane.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — A 17-year-old boy was shot in the face by a town council member in Mountain View, Colorado, on Tuesday, after the council member's girlfriend reported trespassers at his home, according to the sheriff's office.Brent Metz, 38, was arrested on counts of first-degree assault and illegal discharge of a firearm and two counts each of felony menacing and reckless endangerment. Metz has been a town council member since at least 2021.Brent Metz, 38, was arrested on Sept. 10, 2024,
  
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• Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial

  12-09-2024 16:53 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of his retrial in New York, Manhattan prosecutors said at a hearing Thursday.The indictment will remain under seal until Weinstein’s arraignment on the new charges, which is scheduled for Sept. 18.Weinstein, 72, is recovering from emergency heart surgery Monday at a Manhattan hospital to remove fluid on his heart and lungs and was not at Thursday's hearing.Prosecutors retry
  
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• General Motors and Hyundai explore production and technology collaboration

  12-09-2024 15:13 via wane.com
  
  General Motors and Hyundai will explore a potential collaboration to develop vehicles, improve supply chains and advance clean-energy technology.The automakers said Thursday that they will attempt to lower costs and bring a wider range of vehicles to customers more quickly.In addition to possible partnerships to produce passenger and commercial vehicles, including combustion engines as well as electric and hydrogen technologies, the companies will pursue opportunities for combined sourcing in ba
  
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• UAW's rift with Stellantis raises fear that some US auto jobs could vanish

  12-09-2024 14:41 via wane.com
  
  STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — To Ruth Breeden, whose job is to assemble Ram trucks in this Detroit suburb, a simmering dispute between the United Auto Workers union and Stellantis isn't merely about whether her employer will reopen a distant factory in Illinois. To her, the standoff is a danger sign for all UAW workers.Belvidere, Illinois, is the site of an assembly plant that Stellantis had pledged to reopen under a contract it forged last year with the union. But the company, which repo
  
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• Major grocery store chain raising starting pay to $23 an hour 

  12-09-2024 14:14 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) - Major grocery retailer Aldi has announced it will be hiring 13,000 new workers while bumping their starting pay up. The move comes ahead of the busy holiday season and as the chain adds more stores across the country. Since opening its first American location in 1976 in Iowa, Aldi has opened over 2,300 new locations. “We welcome applicants during National Hiring Week with competitive starting wages, industry-leading benefits and opportunities to build long-term careers,&
  
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• Billionaire steps out of SpaceX capsule for first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth

  12-09-2024 13:43 via wane.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire stepped out for the first private spacewalk Thursday, teaming up with SpaceX on the daring endeavor hundreds of miles above Earth.Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his crew waited until their capsule was depressurized before popping open the hatch. Isaacman emerged first, joining a small elite group of spacewalkers who until now had included only professional astronauts from a dozen countries.“Back at home, we all have a lot of work to do.
  
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• Hot dry weather continues for the forseeable future

  12-09-2024 09:40 via wane.com
  
  Heat continues this afternoon amplifying hot temperatures from the western United States. The heat will continue for the foreseeable future. it is keeping temperatures in the 80s through the weekend and next week. The biggest problem will be the lack of rainfall and continuing drought conditions through next week.The hottest air of the week is here with a high in the upper 80sWe're seeing more sunshine today as temperatures build into the 80s by lunchtime.
  The afternoon will be hot with even war
  
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• 'It would have wiped out all her money': Scammers posing as federal agents

  12-09-2024 03:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The president and CEO of Community Harvest Food Bank is warning families of the dangers of people posing as federal agents, asking people to take out large amounts of money from their accounts.
  Carmen Cumberland knew something was off last Friday when she received a call from her mother's credit union.
  "They had let me know that she had been at three different locations," said Cumberland. "They were kind of worried about the the amount of money she had taken from each o
  
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• 'It would have wiped out all her money': Scammers pose as federal agents

  12-09-2024 03:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The president and CEO of Community Harvest Food Bank is warning families of the dangers of people posing as federal agents, asking people to take out large amounts of money from their accounts.
  Carmen Cumberland knew something was off last Friday when she received a call from her mother's credit union.
  "They had let me know that she had been at three different locations," said Cumberland. "They were kind of worried about the amount of money she had taken from each of th
  
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• FWPD officer reunites with dog he saved after being shot

  12-09-2024 03:19 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Normally when you see German Shepherds and police officers, you think they're working together, but that wasn't exactly the case Wednesday at Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control (FWACC)."It's so heartwarming, it's almost overwhelming," said Delaney Atkinson, community outreach educator with FWACC.The dog in question was recently named Jack (although before he was adopted it was 'Jack-Jack') and he was being reunited, not with an officer he worked with, but wit
  
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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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• Indiana Supreme Court decides on execution date for Joseph Corcoran

  11-09-2024 22:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A Fort Wayne man convicted of killing his brother, his sister's fiancé and their two friends is set to be executed before the end of the year, according to the Indiana Supreme Court.On Wednesday, the Indiana Supreme Court issued a unanimous order that the execution of 49-year-old Joseph Corcoran is to be carried out Dec. 18, 2024, before "the hour of sunrise."The announcement comes after the State of Indiana filed a motion to set an execution date for Corcoran i
  
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• Fort Wayne receives $1.5 million to acquire properties for flood mitigation

  11-09-2024 22:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne is a city shaped by floods, the most famous coming in 1982.
  The city's response to that flood gave it the moniker, "The city that saved itself," and since then Fort Wayne has strived not to be in a position where it has to be saved.
  "The city has gone through decades of work to prepare for future flooding," said Patrick Zaharako, City Engineer.That work continued on Tuesday as Fort Wayne City Council accepted a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant
  
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• More heat ahead, lack of rain continues

  11-09-2024 21:59 via wane.com
  
  Our warm afternoon, with highs in the mid-80s, becomes a pleasant evening as temps fall through the 70s. By early morning, our lowest temperatures readings will be in the mid-50s.There may be some widely scattered patches of thick fog, but fog is not likely to be common across the region in the early morning.Thursday gets off to a nice and sunny start, but clouds will gradually increase as the remnants of Hurricane Francine track closer to us. The area of high pressure that has kept the weather
  
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• Man arrested for murder in connection to shooting near downtown Fort Wayne

  11-09-2024 21:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 26-year-old man was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder in connection to an August shooting on Lewis Street, the Fort Wayne Police Department announced.FWPD homicide detectives arrested Desmond Carswell around 12:35 p.m. in a traffic stop near Hayden and Hanna streets, just blocks away from where the shooting happened.On Aug. 27, police began investigating the shooting in the 600 block of Lewis Street, near the intersection with Hanna Street.The 18-year-old vic
  
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• Falling Allen County jail population staves off ACLU request for prisoner release order

  11-09-2024 21:52 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana will not file a prisoner release order in light of the Allen County Jail seeing a steady decline of inmates in recent months, court documents indicated.On Wednesday, Allen County Sheriff Troy Hershberger and the ACLU of Indiana filed status reports in federal court regarding the current county jail and the new one planned for 2911 Meyer Road.According to Hershberger's update, progress on the new jail had been stall
  
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• Downtown Fort Wayne 'Urban Trail' to see extension

  11-09-2024 21:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne City Council approved money on Tuesday to take the first steps to expand the Fort Wayne Urban Trail.
  According to the city, it will extend along sections of Superior and Harrison streets, as well as Washington Boulevard and Broadway, reaching all the way to Electric Works.On Tuesday, Council approved $1.2 million of COVID relief funds for engineering and design services for a future phase of the trail."This is one of the last projects we'll get to do ou
  
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• Downtown Fort Wayne 'Urban Trail' extension being considered

  11-09-2024 21:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne City Council is considering approving money to take the first steps to expand the Fort Wayne Urban Trail.
  According to the city, it will extend along sections of Superior and Harrison streets, as well as Washington Boulevard and Broadway, reaching all the way to Electric Works.On Tuesday, Council considered using $1.2 million of COVID relief funds for engineering and design services for a future phase of the trail. The proposal received a do-pass recomm
  
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• Plea deal: Suspect in Glenbrook Square shooting could face no more than 1 year in prison

  11-09-2024 21:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A year after an altercation at Glenbrook Square led to a shooting at the mall, the man accused of pulling the trigger pleaded guilty.Quentin Lewis, 28, pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminal recklessness in connection to the shooting that happened Sept. 1, 2023.As part of the plea deal with prosecutors, the gun Lewis allegedly used in the shooting would be destroyed.The September 2023 investigation was one of two shootings at the mall in less than two months.Police r
  
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• Campbell Soup Company announces intent to change name: 'Subtle yet important'

  11-09-2024 21:14 via wane.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – An iconic brand best known for making soup has announced plans to change its company name.During the Campbell Soup Company's annual investors meeting on Sept. 10, company leaders gathered in New York City to discuss ideas for the future — and a name change from Campbell Soup Company to The Campbell's Company.“This subtle yet important change retains the company’s iconic name recognition, reputation and equity built over 155 years while better reflect
  
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• 'Family's worst nightmare': Uber driver accused of raping, killing woman

  11-09-2024 20:16 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) – Police say an Uber driver recently arrested in the death of an Indianapolis woman admitted he raped, shot and killed her after picking her up from work Sunday morning.Francisco Valadez, 29, was arrested Tuesday morning by Indianapolis homicide detectives and preliminarily charged with murder.The Uber driver reportedly admitted to police that he shot and killed 30-year-old Chanti Dixon in a fit of rage after picking her up and attempting to rape her in the back of his
  
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• Election officials warn that widespread problems with the US mail system could disrupt voting

  11-09-2024 19:54 via wane.com
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation's mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn't fixed persistent deficiencies.In an alarming letter, the officials said that over the past year, including the just-concluded primary season, mailed ballots that were postmarked on time were received by local e
  
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• 'I could have been better': Dolphins' Tyreek Hill says of Florida traffic stop

  11-09-2024 19:49 via wane.com
  
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill acknowledged Wednesday that he could have handled himself better in the initial moments of a weekend traffic stop that left him handcuffed and pulled out of his car by police officers near the team's stadium.Hill also said he wants one of the officers involved in the incident dismissed from the police force.Hill said he wishes he did some things “a bit differently” on Sunday, including leaving the window of his
  
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• Monroe County special judge denies request for expansion of Indiana abortion ban exceptions

  11-09-2024 19:46 via wane.com
  
  MONROE COUNTY, Ind. --A special judge in Monroe County has denied Planned Parenthood's request for an expansion the exceptions included in Senate Bill 1, Indiana's near-total abortion ban.
  According to a ruling filed on Wednesday by Kelsey Hanlon, a special judge in Monroe County's circuit court, Hanlon said that the law does not burden the rights of Indiana residents in regards to their access to constitutionally protected abortion care. The ruling was decided after a trial and a review of mult
  
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• National burger and pizza chain files for bankruptcy

  11-09-2024 19:25 via wane.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP) — BurgerFi, a national fast-casual burger chain and owner of Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings, has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.The company expects a loss of over $18 million in the second quarter of 2024 (April 1 - July 1) and has been struggling with lower operational income, rising wages, increased administrative costs, and restructuring expenses. It also pointed to the rising food prices."BurgerFi and Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings are
  
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