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• Tracking a wintry mix before an arctic front

  13-01-2025 01:45 via wane.com
  
  After a beautiful Saturday, clouds have returned today and we are tracking a light wintry mix of precipitation...Watch out for some slick spots on the roads, as a result of the coating of snow and little bit of ice that may accumulate this evening. Temperatures will hover around the freezing mark though, allowing for salt treatments to be effective.
  A powerful arctic cold front will move through just before midnight tonight, allowing temperatures to drop quickly through the overnight hours. Only
  
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• Poll: Do Americans want more states? Are we on the right track now?

  14-01-2025 12:02 via wane.com
  
  Editor's Note: Beginning at 11 a.m. ET, the video player above will feature live analysis of the latest Emerson findings on public sentiment at the end of the Biden Administration.
  (NEXSTAR) – On the eve of President Trump's return to the Oval Office, Emerson College Polling conducted a survey to gauge public sentiment on a swath of issues including the popularity of Presidents Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter, the criminal proceedings against former President Trump and the potential expansion o
  
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• Light snow today more cold temps coming

  14-01-2025 09:47 via wane.com
  
  A fast-moving front will move to our west today, bringing light snow. Temperatures will stay frigid.Light snow develops by mid-morning with periods of snow and temperatures in the upper teens by noon.Light snow will continue through the early afternoon and then scattered snow showers and flurries through the late afternoon with cold temperatures in the upper teens.Wind chills will be in the single digits through late this afternoon.It will be cloudy early this evening with skies clearing during
  
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• Cold Tuesday, but even colder air coming

  14-01-2025 04:29 via wane.com
  
  Afternoon temperatures in the upper teens Monday rivaled our lowest high temp of of winter, 19°, back on Jan 4. (Monday's high temp occurred at 3:00 AM and it was higher - in the mid-20s). We have more cold weather coming over the next couple of days and the potential for significantly colder air coming early next week.It feels like it's below zero, when you factor in the winds.Morning low temperatures are near 10°. Wind chill values are as low as around -5°.During the day Tuesday, o
  
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• NACS talks next decade plan

  14-01-2025 03:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Northwest Allen County Schools (NACS) School Board met Monday night to discuss their next decade plan.NACS senior leadership team presented the plan back in June of 2024. Now, their top priorities are their career and technical education (CTE), alternative school facility and their transportation facility. The projects were described by NACS Superintendent Wayne Barker as "immediate needs".The CTE and alternative school facility would expand career opport
  
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• Public blasts proposed neighborhood despite fitting master plan

  14-01-2025 03:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne plan commission heard plenty of comments over Aboite Meadows section D. The new neighborhood would be between Covington and Aboite Center roads just west of I-69.The plot of land it would sit on was acquired by Lancia Homes from the city, they identified the lot as a great opportunity to add housing to what is considered an infill lot."It's basically a housing section filling land that's already surrounded by other housing sections," said Scott Myers, 4t
  
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• Women's Health Advantage discontinues care at Parkview hospitals

  14-01-2025 01:53 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows previous coverage of Parkview.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Women's Health Advantage announced as of Jan.1 they will be discontinuing their partnership with Parkview and no longer providing care at all Parkview hospitals.
  In the announcement, posted on its website, Women's Health Advantage announced that as of Jan 1. 2025, they would withdraw our OB (obstetrical) privileges and their GYN (gynecological) privileges effective Feb. 1, 2025, at all Parkview facilities.The women's
  
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• Cold tomorrow, but even colder air coming

  14-01-2025 00:43 via wane.com
  
  Afternoon temperatures in the upper teens today have rivaled our lowest high temp of 19° back on Jan 4. (Today's high temp occurred at 3:00 AM and it was higher - in the mid-20s). We have more cold days coming over the next couple of days and the potential for significantly colder air coming early next week.By early Tuesday, it will feel like it's below zero, when you factor in the winds.While temperatures this evening start in the teens, they won't be falling too far. Lows will be near 10&d
  
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• Frost quakes can occur during arctic blasts

  14-01-2025 00:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Have you ever heard about frost quakes? They are a unique occurrence that can only happen under the right conditions... Tracking a stretch of below freezing January daysA frost quake occurs when temperatures rapidly fall, causing underground water to expand as it freezes. The new ice puts extra pressure on the surrounding soil and bedrock. The pressure builds until the soil and rocks crack, creating a loud boom or shaking.Here's a visual as to how frost quakes happen.
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• Fort Wayne game store discusses latest Pokémon trading card craze

  13-01-2025 23:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- While many people look to stocks or high-yield savings accounts as ways to make their money work for them, some people have recently started turning to Pokémon trading cards as a way to earn some extra money.In the past few months, prices for many products related to the Pokémon trading card game (TCG) -- whether it be individual cards or sealed packs -- have seen exponential price gains. A combination of TCG players, card collectors, long-term investors,
  
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• T.J. Maxx, Five Below headed to Huntington in proposed redevelopment

  13-01-2025 22:47 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) -- A T.J. Maxx and Five Below could head to Huntington after a realty group based in Indianapolis has proposed redevelopment for a building that has been vacant for years.The proposed location, the old Kmart building located at the intersection of US 24 and Guilford Street, is said to have significant tenant interest according to Veritas Realty group, as it's located directly across from Huntington University and down the street from Huntington North High School.Veritas R
  
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• Cold today, but even colder air coming

  13-01-2025 21:45 via wane.com
  
  The coldest air of the season is dropping into the area, with temperatures falling into the teens. Wind chills will fall below zero by early Tuesday. We won't see warmer temperatures until Thursday.Temperatures will be in the teens for much of the area through this afternoonTemperatures will be in the teens, and winds up to 20 mph will make it feel like the single digits.
  Skies will be partly cloudy with nearly steady temperatures in the upper teens through the early evening. Wind chills will st
  
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• Cold today, but even cold air coming

  13-01-2025 21:45 via wane.com
  
  The coldest of the season is dropping into the area, with temperatures falling into the teens. Wind chills will fall below zero by early Tuesday. We won't see warmer temperatures until Thursday.Temperatures will be in the teens for much of the area through this afternoonTemperatures will be in the teens, and winds up to 20 mph will make it feel like the single digits.
  Skies will be partly cloudy with nearly steady temperatures in the upper teens through the early evening. Wind chills will stay i
  
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• Kosciusko County police renew search for man missing since 2022

  13-01-2025 21:28 via wane.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department is hoping for a breakthrough in the ongoing search for a man who has been missing for more than two years.Joseph Chaffins, 28, was last seen Oct. 26, 2022 on Backwater Road in North Webster. While the investigation has stayed open, police said they hope to get new information by sending out a reminder about the case."The investigation is ongoing and we continue to follow up on any and all tips or information," a release fr
  
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• Allen County Sheriff's Department warns of jury duty, bail bonds scams

  13-01-2025 20:59 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)— The Allen County Sheriff's Department (ACSD) warned residents of two instances that involve scammers impersonating their officers.There have been recent reports of impersonators calling Allen County residents saying they failed to appear for jury duty and owe money. Juror in Delphi murders trial talks about historic caseA viewer wrote into WANE 15 saying, in part: "'He' claimed that I had failed to appear for jury duty and have misdemeanors because of such and th
  
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• Photos: Handful of L.A. homes remain untouched amid charred neighborhoods

  13-01-2025 19:07 via wane.com
  
  Rows of the remains of charred homes filled the Los Angeles landscape as flames engulfed entire neighborhoods.But among the crumbling walls, some homes stand untouched.The front exterior of the Walsh House featured in the television series "Beverly Hills 90210," left, stands undamaged next to a house charred by the Eaton Fire, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)A home stands among residences destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Ange
  
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• Indiana bill introduces legal THC limits for driving under the influence

  13-01-2025 19:03 via wane.com
  
  HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) - Under current law in Indiana, a driver could be charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated if any measurable amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is detected in a suspect's blood. However, a new bill could create a legal limit for THC in a driver's system.House Bill 1119, authored by representatives Wendy McNamara and Steve Bartels, would change the law to state the offense is committed if the driver has at least five nanograms of THC in their saliva as iden
  
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• Fort Wayne man handed 12 years in prison for shooting that caused man's leg to 'fold in half'

  13-01-2025 18:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man who pleaded guilty to his role in a south side shooting learned his sentence Monday, a year after the confrontation that caused a man's leg to "fold in half."A judge in Allen Superior Court handed Roddrick Gale 14 years in prison with two of those years suspended.The shooting took place Jan. 12, 2024 in the 3200 block of Clinton Court. According to court documents, an argument preceded the shooting.“The leg folded in half and there was bone protruding from t
  
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• Taquitos sold at Aldi recalled after customer complains of 'dental injury': USDA

  13-01-2025 17:19 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Nearly 25,000 pounds of frozen taquitos sold at Aldi have been recalled after complaints that the food item contained pieces of metal, according to a notice published by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).In one case, a consumer claims to have suffered a “dental injury” after biting into a taquito, the notice said. What’s up with Aldi’s ‘trippy’ barcodes?The recall specifically concerns 20-ounce p
  
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• Texas man drove to Indianapolis after sending Caitlin Clark violent messages on X, court docs reveal

  13-01-2025 17:18 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — A Texas man sent sexually violent messages from his X account to Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and then drove to Indianapolis, court documents reveal.
  "Been driving around your house 3x a day," he messaged her. "But don't call the law just yet."
  Michael Thomas Lewis, 55, of Denton, Texas, is charged with one count of stalking threatening sexual battery or death, a Level 5 felony. He was arrested on Sunday.According to court documents, the FBI traced Lewis's most recent me
  
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• Oil prices surge, but gas prices remain stable GasBuddy data shows

  13-01-2025 16:39 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) After rising last week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has returned to a decline, falling 1.1 cents compared to a week ago, and stands at $3.02 per gallon, according to GasBuddy® data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is up 0.9 cents from a month ago and is 3.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 3.7 cents in the
  
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• 'It's time to get to work:' Braun sworn in as Indiana's 52nd governor

  13-01-2025 16:07 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- To kick off Monday's inauguration ceremony, Tera Klutz, the former auditor for the state of Indiana, said that the ceremony was a way to close one chapter and open another
  "Let’s get this show on the road so you can start doing," Klutz told Indiana Gov. Mike Braun during Monday's ceremony.
  Braun. a Republican, was sworn in as Indiana's52nd governor during Monday morning's inauguration ceremony at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Monument Circle.
  This comes after Braun was elec
  
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• Braun to be sworn in as Indiana's 52nd governor during inauguration ceremony

  13-01-2025 16:07 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Mike Braun will officially be sworn in as Indiana's 52nd governor on Monday.
  At 11 a.m., Braun. a Republican, will participate in the state's inauguration ceremony at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Monument Circle. The ceremony will be streamed in this story.This comes after Braun was elected as the state's new governor in November 2024, defeating Jennifer McCormick, the Democratic candidate and the state’s former superintendent of public instruction, as well as Donald Rainw
  
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• Dad and daughter help evacuees learn if their homes survived California wildfires

  13-01-2025 16:05 via wane.com
  
  As the fire roared down a hillside toward their Altadena home, Vanessa Prata and her parents hurried to pack their car. They focused on saving irreplaceable items, like family photographs and a baby doll from Vanessa's childhood.But they didn't leave. Another potentially dangerous windstorm headed to Southern CaliforniaInstead, the Pratas have remained in their family home of 27 years, which is somehow still standing amid widespread devastation from the Los Angeles wildfires, even
  
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• Senator Andy Zay introduces bill to move Rising Sun casino to New Haven

  13-01-2025 13:39 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) An Indiana State Senator who represents Huntington, Grant, and Wabash counties has filed a bill that would move a casino from southern Indiana to New Haven in Allen County.State Senator Andy Zay, R-District 17
  Sen. Andy Zay, introduced Senate Bill 293 last week. Plans to move the Rising Star Casino, operated by Full House Resorts, surfaced back in August of last year. In November, Full House Resorts released conceptual drawings for the proposed casino which would be loc
  
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• Senator Andy Jay introduces bill to move Rising Sun casino to New Haven

  13-01-2025 13:39 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) An Indiana State Senator who represents Huntington, Grant, and Wabash counties has filed a bill that would move the a casino from southern Indiana to New Haven in Allen County.State Senator Andy Zay, R-District 17
  Sen. Andy Jay, introduced Senate Bill 293 last week. Plans to move the Rising Star Casino, operated by Full House Resorts, surfaced back in August of last year. In November, Full House Resorts released conceptual drawings for the proposed casino which would be
  
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• Wildfire death toll surges to 24 as firefighters brace for more fierce winds in Los Angeles

  13-01-2025 12:44 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) — After a weekend spent blocking the explosive growth of fires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area, firefighters got a slight break with calmer weather but cast a wary eye on a forecast for yet more wind.Fire crews make major progress in battle against Palisades Fire; more strong winds expected
  Should that happen, already burned homes and valleys could flare anew, sending embers to unburned territory miles downwind.
  
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• More firefighters rush to Los Angeles ahead of stronger winds

  13-01-2025 12:44 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) — A growing force of firefighters and equipment moved into the Los Angeles area Monday as another round of powerful winds threatened to trigger new wildfires and set back recent progress in containing blazes that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people. Fire crews make major progress in battle against Palisades Fire; more strong winds expectedPlanes that drop firefighting chemicals and crews ready to pounce on hotspots were positioned
  
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• 'Worst table in the joint': Klemm's on Wells is Positively Fort Wayne

  13-01-2025 12:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Klemm's on Wells is a breakfast and lunch joint you've probably passed by dozens of times. It's a seat-yourself type of place, and also at your own risk. It's what makes Klemm's on Wells Positively Fort Wayne.At 1429 North Wells Street sits Klemm's Kafe. It's been around since 1985 and is a staple for many. With a capacity of only 41 people, orange juice isn't the only thing being squeezed.
  If you end up at a two-top table directly to your left when you walk in, take ca
  
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• Juror in Delphi murders trial talks about historic case

  13-01-2025 11:19 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. — For the first time, a juror in the Delphi double murder trial of Richard Allen is talking and explaining what led to her vote to find Allen guilty of the murders of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge in February 2017.The juror, who spoke on the condition of keeping her identity secret, was interviewed by Aine Cain and Kevin Greenlee of the Murder Sheet podcast.”This juror actually reached out to us and was willing to discuss her experience at the
  
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