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• What to expect when Indiana restaurants reopen

  05-05-2020 21:24 via wane.com
  
  Indiana restaurants can reopen to dine-in customers at 50 percent capacity on Monday, after being forced to offer only carry-out, curbside or delivery service in mid-March. What will that look like? Patrick Tamm, the president and CEO of the Indiana Restaurant and Lodging Association, joined Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb on his daily coronavirus response briefing on Tuesday to discuss just that. Tamm also discussed how safe Indiana restaurants will be when they reopen to customers.
  
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• Fort Wayne Area Community Band celebrates 45 years of music

  07-05-2025 06:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A staple of the Fort Wayne community celebrated 45 years of music Tuesday night. Longtime Fort Wayne Area Community Band associate conductor retiresA crowd gathered at the Auer Performance Hall at Purdue Fort Wayne as the Fort Wayne Area Community Band marked the occasion with a performance.
  A proclamation was read by the City of Fort Wayne declaring May 6th, 2025, as "Fort Wayne Area Community Band 45th Anniversary Day."The Fort Wayne Area Community Band celebrates 45
  
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• Kekionga Craft Company celebrates National Teachers and Nurses Day

  07-05-2025 05:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — May 6 marks both National Teachers' Day and National Nurses Day, and local businesses wanted to show their appreciation.Kekionga Craft Company was one of them.
  For every nurse or teacher who brought their badge or identification in received a $5 gift card that could be used Tuesday or for a future purchase."It's good to see them feel appreciated," said Tyler Butcher, CFO and VP of Kekionga Craft Company. "They do a lot, a lot of people don't know about, and so the
  
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• 'People just don't slow down': FWPD gives update on traffic unit at City Council

  07-05-2025 02:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Since bringing back its traffic unit in September after a hiatus of more than 30 years, the four officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) tasked with representing it have been busy."We have a total of 4,046 tickets so far this year, and we wrote 4,254 in the last four months of 2024 that we were in existence, so they're pretty close, and if I hadn't had an officer off on two months ... we probably would have exceeded those first four months," said Sgt. Joh
  
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• Trial underway for New Haven woman accused of killing her husband in 2023

  07-05-2025 01:56 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— The trial for a New Haven woman charged with murder in connection to the 2023 death of her husband began Tuesday at the Allen County Courthouse.Alison Davis is accused of causing injuries to her husband, Kevin Davis, that led to his death on Aug. 12, 2023. Around 4:30 a.m. that morning, police were called to their home on Douglas Ln. inNew Haven. When police and EMS arrived, they found Davis laying in a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase. Kevin Davis died a
  
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• Public Safety Alert issued for 81-year-old woman

  07-05-2025 00:46 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- County police are searching for an 81-year-old woman last seen just outside northeast Fort Wayne Tuesday afternoon.A Public Safety Alert was issued for Helen McCarthy, who was described by the Allen County Sheriff's Department as white woman who was last seen wearing a white shirt, grey overcoat, red flannel and pajama pants.According to the alert, she was last seen driving a teal 2019 Toyota Sequoia with license plate GCU182 around 5:30 p.m. in the area of Wheelock
  
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• 81-year-old woman found following Public Safety Alert

  07-05-2025 00:46 via wane.com
  
  UPDATE: Dispatchers confirmed the missing woman has been found safe.ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- County police are searching for an 81-year-old woman last seen just outside northeast Fort Wayne Tuesday afternoon.A Public Safety Alert was issued for Helen McCarthy, who was described by the Allen County Sheriff's Department as white woman who was last seen wearing a white shirt, grey overcoat, red flannel and pajama pants.According to the alert, she was last seen driving a teal 2019 Toyota Sequoia
  
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• Residents vote against Central Noble school referendum, increased taxes

  07-05-2025 00:32 via wane.com
  
  NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – Residents living in the Central Noble Community Schools (CNCS) district have voted down an operational referendum that would have increased property taxes by nearly $200 annually in a special election Tuesday.More than 1,300 residents voted on the referendum, with 764 against the proposal and 569 in favor of it.Results come after years of the school district losing a combined $2.4 million in state funding, which CNCS said is now going to voucher programs instead
  
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• Providers see rising demand for mental health care in northeast Indiana

  07-05-2025 00:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — As May kicks off National Mental Health Awareness Month, local providers say more residents are reaching out for help amid increasing pressures at home, work and school.Sean Goddard, owner of Viking Psychiatry, told WANE 15 that “we’re dealing with higher levels of stress, anxiety and depression. People are struggling with unrealistic expectations.”At Parkview Behavioral Health Institute, Laura Murphy emphasized the importance of early inter
  
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• Drier May days ahead after recent rainy times

  06-05-2025 23:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Unsettled weather and rain chances have dominated the forecast as of late. If you're getting weary of this pattern, there is good news on the way... Friday rain ends our driest ever October chanceThere's been no lack of rain lately, as Tuesday marks the eighth consecutive day with a trace or more of precipitation having been recorded at the Fort Wayne International Airport. April 28th was our last completely dry day.As of Tuesday, April 28th was our last completely dry
  
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• Smokey Robinson accused of sexual assault, hostile work environment by former employees

  06-05-2025 23:02 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) – Smokey Robinson has been accused of misconduct by four of his former employees.Four women who have worked with the singer submitted a complaint to the Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday. The accusations include sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, gender violence and creating a hostile work environment.The 85-year-old's wife, Frances Robinson, is also named in the lawsuit.All of the plaintiffs are adult females who have chosen the Jane Doe pseudonyms to “protect t
  
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• AP, others challenge Indiana law barring reporters from witnessing executions

  06-05-2025 22:52 via wane.com
  
  *The video above is from when Indiana inmate Joseph Corcoran was executed in 2024.The Associated Press and four other media companies argue in a federal lawsuit that Indiana's ban on reporters attending state-sanctioned executions violates the public's constitutional right to an independent and unsanitized description of a sensitive and contentious government action.The complaint, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, comes two weeks before the scheduled execution of&nbs
  
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• Woman sentenced for role in Amazon, iPhone theft ring

  06-05-2025 22:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A Fort Wayne woman avoided jail time Tuesday after being sentenced for her role in a theft ring that resulted in more than 150 iPhones being stolen from an Amazon warehouse in early 2024.Tanisha Palma received a sentence of more than two years in prison with all of it being suspended. However, an Allen Superior Court judge ruled that Palma must pay Amazon $7,165.Stolen iPhone 15s from the case (Courtesy Fort Wayne Police Department)
  According to court documents, Palma
  
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• AG Bondi announces 'largest fentanyl bust in our nation's history' spanning 5 states

  06-05-2025 22:35 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday touted the "largest fentanyl bust in our nation's history" — a coordinated takedown spanning five states that recovered 11.5 kilos of fentanyl, including about 3 million fentanyl-laced pills labeled as oxycodone that led to the arrests of multiple people tied to the violent Mexican Sinaloa cartel."It marks the most significant victory in our nation's fight against fentanyl and drug trafficking to date," Bondi said during a news conference
  
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• Rain exits, sunshine returns

  06-05-2025 22:27 via wane.com
  
  Rain chances are moving out of the picture and clouds decrease tonight. Evening temperatures are pleasant. They start off the evening in the mid-60s and drop from there. We'll reach our lowest temperature, in the upper 40s, during the early morning.The last raindrops from our current system will fall by 7 pm (at the latest) and we'll be dry after that point.Our winds, which come in from the west tonight between 5 and 15 mph, will become calm by morning.
  The very light wind and mostly clear sky m
  
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• Do you need a REAL ID before Wednesday's enforcement deadline? Here's what to know

  06-05-2025 18:48 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — The REAL ID enforcement deadline officially begins on Wednesday, May 7, meaning those without a compliant ID may have a more complicated time boarding flights, entering nuclear power plants and certain other federal buildings.While the enforcement date has been delayed several times over the last few years, the impending deadline has brought lines and hours-long waits to local DMVs.
  The good news is, if you don't have a domestic flight scheduled anytime soon, you likely do
  
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• 'He can't breathe': Video captures Florida officers saving child choking on tomato

  06-05-2025 18:39 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa police officer's body camera captured the terrifying moment a man carrying a child came up to him last month, screaming, "He's choking."The officer and several of his colleagues jumped into action to help the young boy as the man continued panicking, shouting that the boy was eating a tomato and now "he can't breathe." Multiple human trafficking victims rescued following investigation: Hillsborough sheriffVideo showed an officer placing the boy over his knee an
  
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• I-69 exit ramp shuts down after semi rolls near US 24

  06-05-2025 18:16 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A semi rolled over on Interstate 69 at U.S. 24 on Tuesday, shutting down the exit ramp as crews work to clean up the truck's contents.The Indiana Department of Transportation said there was a crash where I-69 merges onto U.S. 24 in the Coventry area shortly before noon. Dispatch confirmed there were minor injuries.The interstate exit ramp temporarily closed in the eastbound direction of travel. It's unclear when the ramp will reopen.
  
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• How Utah dentists are preparing patients for the first statewide fluoride ban

  06-05-2025 17:55 via wane.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With Utah's first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income patients say they're bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the state's most vulnerable people.Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed the law against the recommendation of many dentists and national health experts who warn removing fluoride will harm tooth development, especially in young patients witho
  
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• Pirates fan who fell from wall at PNC Park takes 'first steps' since accident

  06-05-2025 17:09 via wane.com
  
  PITTSBURGH, PA (WTRF) – The 20-year-old man who fell over the 21-foot Clemente Wall at PNC Park during a Pittsburgh Pirates game continues to make remarkable progress.Kavan Markwood, a former college athlete, fell over a railing and onto the field during the seventh inning of Pittsburgh’s 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs last Wednesday.He reportedly suffered severe injuries to his neck, clavicle and back, according to Jennifer Phillips, a friend who organized a GoFundMe page f
  
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• Clouds begin to decrease with warmest temps of the week coming

  06-05-2025 17:05 via wane.com
  
  Clouds will gradually decrease this afternoon, with the warmest air of the week coming on Wednesday.
  Showers continue this morning as an area of stubborn low pressure slowly moves east. Temperatures will be nearly steady and only rise into the upper 50s by noon.It will be breezy at times, especially this afternoonThe slow-moving low finally moves far enough east to end showers for our area. Skies will remain cloudy this afternoon with highs in the mid-60s.Temperatures will be in the 60s with 70s
  
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• Rescue crews search for missing girl lost in Texas floodwaters while forecasters warn of more storms

  06-05-2025 14:47 via wane.com
  
  BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Rescue crews in Texas were searching for a 10-year-old girl swept away by rapidly rising floodwaters and forecasters warned that Tuesday could bring more heavy rains and flooding to the Houston area and the state’s coast.Teams of people scoured the city of Brenham on Monday night, using drones with thermal imaging and dogs to try to find the girl. But as heavy thunderstorms moved through the area, the water rescue operation was forced to be scaled back, accordin
  
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• Coroner identifies Fort Wayne bicyclist killed in hit-and-run

  06-05-2025 14:43 via wane.com
  
  The video above shows Monday's report of how the fatal hit-and-run has reignited speeding concerns in the neighborhood.
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man who died after a hit-and-run Saturday has been identified by the Allen County Coroner's Office.Tuesday, the coroner identified the man as Luis Antonio Figueroa, 37.Figueroa was found early Saturday morning next to a heavily damaged bicycle on the road near the intersection of Lafayette and Williams streets. He was taken to a hospital in life-thre
  
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• Ford says its Q1 profit fell by two-thirds and it expects a $1.5 billion hit from tariffs this year

  06-05-2025 13:49 via wane.com
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. says it expects to take a $1.5 billion hit to its operating profit from tariffs this year and is withdrawing its full-year financial guidance due to the uncertainty created by the Trump administration's evolving trade policy.Ford said Monday that its net income fell by about two-thirds in the first quarter to $473 million, or 12 cents per share, from $1.33 billion, or 33 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue dropped 5% to $40.66 billion.
  
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• More showers through the morning; drier air coming

  06-05-2025 12:13 via wane.com
  
  Take your umbrella as you'll be dodging raindrops until lunchtime. Drier and warmer weather is comingShowers will be prevalent through the morning
  Showers continue this morning as an area of stubborn low pressure slowly moves east. Temperatures will be nearly steady and only rise into the upper 50s by noon.It will be breezy at times, especially this afternoonThe slow-moving low finally moves far enough east to end showers for our area. Skies will remain cloudy this afternoon with highs in the mi
  
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• More showers through the morning; drier air on the way

  06-05-2025 09:54 via wane.com
  
  Take your umbrella as you'll be dodging raindrops until lunchtime. Drier and warmer weather is comingShowers will be prevalent through the morning
  Showers continue this morning as an area of stubborn low pressure slowly moves east. Temperatures will be nearly steady and only rise into the upper 50s by noon.It will be breezy at times, especially this afternoonThe slow-moving low finally moves far enough east to end showers for our area. Skies will remain cloudy this afternoon with highs in the mi
  
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• 'We've really held out as long as we can': Central Noble Schools faces financial uncertainty ahead of special election

  06-05-2025 05:15 via wane.com
  
  NOBLE CO., Ind. (WANE) – After years of facing financial strain as a district, Central Noble Schools is asking its neighbors for help through a special election set for Tuesday.
  Following years of losing a combined $2.4 million in state funding to the voucher program, Central Noble Schools is trying to raise property taxes by about $187.72 per household annually, and they're putting it to a vote Tuesday."We've tried to do as much combining of positions as possible. We've also done things t
  
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• Driver suffers medical event striking construction worker

  06-05-2025 05:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A construction worker was left with minor injuries after being struck by a car driven by someone suffering a medical emergency.
  According to a press release from the Fort Wayne Police Department, officers responded to the area of N. Clinton Street and E. Wallen Road after receiving reports of a car versus a construction worker around 6:30 p.m.
  Initial phone calls told police that the car had fled following the crash.
  When officers arrived on the scene, they found a con
  
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• Police find two fatally shot inside 'unsecured' home

  06-05-2025 04:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is investigating after finding two people shot to death inside an "unsecured" home Monday night.
  According to a release from the FWPD, officers responded to the 3200 block of Stonebrook Place on reports of an "unsecured residence," around 8:45 p.m.
  When officers arrived at the home, they found the door partially open. After calling out and receiving no response from inside the home, officers entered the residence.
  Inside the home
  
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• RemedyLIVE hosts "Texteractive 2025", Drue Tranquill as special guest

  06-05-2025 04:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — RemedyLIVE hosted their tenth annual "Texteractive" event on Monday and included Super Bowl Champion and Carroll High School grad, Drue Tranquill.
  Tranquill has openly shared his own battles with mental health and anxiety, and has been an advocate for those struggling to talk about it.Drue Tranquill set to return to Summit City for mental health awareness event"I think a lot of people, for whatever reason or another, feel like if you are to say something heavy, to
  
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