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• 15 people shot, 1 killed at Cincinnati nightclub

  26-03-2017 10:49 via wane.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Police in Cincinnati say there were “at least a couple of shooters” who opened fire inside of a nightclub, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen others.
  Capt. Kim Williams says authorities are not sure what prompted the shooting at the Cameo nightclub early Sunday. She says the crowd there is often very young on Saturday nights and they have had trouble in the past, but “this is the worst by far.”
  She says the scene was chaotic when the
  
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• The Stand celebrates 20 years of Coney dogs and ice cream treats this weekend

  26-04-2024 15:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- For 20 years now, The Stand has been delivering classic Coney Dogs and delicious ice cream treats to the area.This Saturday, they'd like to invite you to join them as they ring in their 20th year with a day packed full of festivities. Activities will be available for the entire family, with a few for the adults as well.
  11:30-4:30 pm -- Balloons by Rosy Photo Booth12-4 pm -- Kate's Kart games12-3 pm -- Mystic Brush Face Painting1-4 pm -- Bobick's small bucket of balls
  
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• Early morning frost might bring some worry to farmers

  26-04-2024 15:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The early morning frost we've received over the past few days has put some worry into farmers.
  For crops like strawberries, frost can ruin your entire batch. The frost can impact the blossoms on strawberries, and if they turn black that means they're bad.
  If you're gardening or new to it, here are some ways to protect your garden and crops.One way to protect your crops or your garden is to have lay cloth over your crops. The cloth can protect it from the wind, any
  
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• Toyota making major EV investment in Indiana

  26-04-2024 14:52 via wane.com
  
  PRINCETON, Ind. (WEVV) - Toyota announced it will be making a major electric vehicle investment at its Indiana plant in Princeton. The plant will be adding a new electric SUV to its assembly line, creating hundreds of new jobs.After 26 years of producing vehicles in Gibson County, Toyota is investing $1.4 billion at the plant with the addition of a three-row battery-electric SUV. The battery pack production will house the 340 sustainable jobs in the newest infrastructure. The production of the e
  
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• DNR wants more input for proposed deer hunting rules

  26-04-2024 14:41 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) The public will have a second chance to share their thoughts on proposed changes to Indiana's deer hunting rules. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wants to make the rules easier to understand, but wants more input before adopting them.Proposed changes include:
  A statewide bag limit of six antlerless deer as well as a newly created county antlerless bag limit instead of season antlerless bag limits. Because of this change, the bonus antlerless license would be the multiple
  
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• Morning headlines Friday, April 26

  26-04-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind.(WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Friday, April 26.
  
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• Woman charged with battery to an officer after driving wrong-way on Indiana interstate

  26-04-2024 13:41 via wane.com
  
  DUBOIS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)A woman drove the wrong-way on I-64 through four counties Wednesday night before police were able to get her vehicle stopped according Indiana State Police.Police in Spencer County got a call about a wrong-way driver and a trooper was able to spot the vehicle going west in the eastbound lanes. After tracking the driver for several miles, police were able to successfully deploy stop sticks. When police tried to arrest the driver, identified as Lauren Jones, she became co
  
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• Much warmer with rain moving in later today

  26-04-2024 13:15 via wane.com
  
  Mild temperatures return today with afternoon high near 70 and a summer preview coming this weekend. Showers will also be possible tonight and early part of Saturday.Skies will be partly cloudy this morning with clouds beginning to increase by late this morning. Lunchtime temperatures should be close to 60.It will be a mild afternoon with more clouds than the sun and scattered showers developing by late this afternoon.Showers are possible by late this afternoon and during the early eveningShower
  
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• Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police

  26-04-2024 12:55 via wane.com
  
  Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived.The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot. Officers had shocked him with a Taser and pinned him as he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. Now he sat on the ground with hands cuffed behind his back and took in oxygen through a mask.Then, officers moved Jackson to his side so a medic could inject him with a potent knockout drug.“It&
  
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• Much warmer today with summer preview coming

  26-04-2024 09:52 via wane.com
  
  Mild temperatures return today with afternoon high near 70 and a summer preview coming this weekend. Showers will also be possible tonight and early part of Saturday.Skies will be partly cloudy this morning with clouds beginning to increase by late this morning. Lunchtime temperatures should be close to 60.It will be a mild afternoon with more clouds than the sun and scattered showers developing by late this afternoon.Showers are possible by late this afternoon and during the early eveningShower
  
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• Ava crosses the finish line: How a Columbia City track team is breaking barriers

  26-04-2024 05:14 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) -- Thursday, a teen with Columbia City Unified Track and Field was finally able to achieve her dream of running the 100-yard dash.
  Ava Rowe, who's been blind since birth, has always dreamed of running since she was a little girl and when she joined Unified Track and Field at Columbia City High School those dreams finally felt in reach. Unified Track and Field offers those with disabilities the chance to work alongside other students their age to participate in sports t
  
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• Plan for the future of Fort Wayne's northwestern neighborhoods seeks input

  26-04-2024 03:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne is continuing its quest of giving neighborhoods their own distinct culture.
  "Neighborhood plans really guide the growth and decision-making that occurs in the neighborhoods for the next 10-15 years," said Dan Baisden, Administrator of Neighborhood Planning and Activation for the City of Fort WayneThe latest step is Northwest 2035, a plan to change the face of the Bloomingdale, Hamilton, Lincoln Park/Five Points, Nebraska, and North Highlands neighborhoo
  
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• Over 30 arrested after Gaza protests on IU's campus

  26-04-2024 03:08 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Authorities arrested more than 30 protestors calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Indiana University's campus in Bloomington Thursday afternoon.
  The Indiana State Police and Indiana University Police were called to Dunn Meadow Park around 11 a.m. as a contingent of protestors gathered on campus to call attention to the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza as the conflict between Israel and Palestine continues.
  IUPD said in a news release shortly after 8 p.m. that authorities ar
  
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• Pay differential pits TRAA against county fire departments for paramedics and EMTs

  26-04-2024 01:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) ---The Three Rivers Ambulance Authority makes more than 56,000 emergency runs every yearThat’s on a budget of about $17 million annually, according to statistics obtained by WANE 15.But it’s gotten harder than ever to recruit and retain EMTs and paramedics with competition from county fire departments who got a collective boost of $23 million in tax revenues.County departments make an estimated 6,000 runs or about one-tenth of the TRAA runs, local officials es
  
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• WATCH: WANE 15 sits down with Mayor Sharon Tucker

  26-04-2024 00:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Just three days after being officially sworn into office, WANE 15's Dirk Rowley sat down with historic Mayor Sharon Tucker to talk about all things growing up in Fort Wayne and how she wants to take on the role of Mayor.Mayor Sharon Tucker talks growing up in Fort Wayne
  Mayor Sharon Tucker talks how she will approach policy for Fort Wayne
  
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• DNR looks to relocate largemouth bass at Tri-Lakes to improve fishing

  25-04-2024 23:21 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) -- For years, Hoosier anglers have wanted the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to increase the number of sizable largemouth bass in the Tri-Lakes Chain in Whitley County.To accomplish that goal, the DNR plans to relocate roughly 1,000 largemouth bass from Tri-Lakes each of the next five years."It's good for us to be able to work with the locals. They're going to be the ones on the water most impacted by this," said Tyler Delauder, a DNR fisheries biologist
  
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• Waynedale Kroger honors late employee with plaque following fatal attack

  25-04-2024 22:59 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows footage of the vigil to honor Perla after her death.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Waynedale Kroger employees and family gathered Wednesday to remember Perla Nieto.The Nieto family, friends and employees gathered to share stories while the store hung a plaque in tribute to Perla. Perla Nieto, 50, was fatally stabbed while working at the location in early December of 2023 after an alleged domestic disturbance with a customer. Children remember their mother as ‘kind’ at v
  
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• Fort Wayne man sentenced to 10 years in prison over plan to live with teenager he met online

  25-04-2024 22:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man was sentenced Thursday to a decade in prison following an investigation in which he pleaded guilty to trying to bring a teenage girl from Texas to Fort Wayne.Ryan Steele, 26, was sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.According to court documents, Steele traveled from Fort Wayne to Texas in March 2023 to meet up with a girl he'd been talking to online for five yea
  
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• WANE 15 receives 8 regional Emmy nominations

  25-04-2024 22:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The nominations for the 55th Central Great Lakes Chapter Regional Emmy Awards were announced Thursday.
  WANE 15 received the following eight nominations:
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  Pedestrian Hit by Police Video Released - Alyssa Ivanson, Dirk RowleyEVENING NEWSCAST- MARKETS (51+)
  Derecho Anniversary - Rex Smith, Alyssa IvansonCONTINUING COVERAGE
  Honoring a Hero: Master Trooper James Bailey - Rex Smith, Taylor King, Ethan Dahlen, Dirk Rowley, Alyssa IvansonHEALTH/M
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Thursday, April 25

  25-04-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Thursday, April 25.
  
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• Frost alerts Friday morning

  25-04-2024 21:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - While Friday morning won't be as cold as this past morning, when temps fell slightly below freezing across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, it still will be cold enough for some patchy frost to develop.Protect any plants you don’t want damaged by the cold with a light cloth covering or bring them inside.While temps are likely to stay above freezing, in the mid-30s, where our standard weather observations are taken (about 5 feet above the ground), temps will b
  
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• History of covered bridges

  25-04-2024 19:54 via wane.com
  
  (WCCO/WANE) - There are only a few covered bridges that remain in the Midwest. One in Minnesota has seen a lot of traffic over the years.You can find the man-made work of art near Zumbrota in Minnesota. Don't know where that is? It's about an hour southeast of Minneapolis.
  The bridge was built 155 years ago. It still has the original wood on the inside."All the time if you drive by you will see people walking through. It’s just that you don’t see things like this anymore," said Leah
  
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• WATCH: Ducklings hatch at Fort Wayne senior home

  25-04-2024 19:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A new batch of ducklings is freshly hatched at a Fort Wayne senior living home. The ducklings hatched at Cedarhurst Senior Living.This year 21 ducklings hatched in the facility's courtyard. Last year 12 hatched. Two proud mama ducks welcomed the ducklings.The residents and staff have been patiently waiting for the ducklings' arrival. And now that they're here, they're ready to celebrate. A quack addiction: How ducks contribute to Indiana’s agricultural economyOn T
  
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• 14 arrested after Gaza protest blocks street near governor's residence

  25-04-2024 19:03 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS – More than a dozen people were arrested after protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza blocked streets near the governor’s residence Thursday morning.The rally began around 7:30 a.m. near Tarkington Park.  Jewish Voice for Peace--Indiana, Middle Eastern Student Association of IUPUI, Students for Justice in Palestine--Butler, Palestinian Youth Movement, and ANSWER Indiana organized the gathering.The protesters blocked Meridian Street near the governor’s mans
  
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• Increased testing for bird flu ordered in cows

  25-04-2024 18:39 via wane.com
  
  (CBS NEWS) - The agriculture department is ordering the dairy industry to test milk-producing cows moved between states for bird flu to keep the virus from spreading. The new rules come after the FDA said it found fragments of the bird flu in some samples of grocery store milk.More research is needed to determine if the positive tests were caused by lingering dead particles killed during the pasteurization process. CBS News Medical Contributor Doctor Celine Gounder says not all farms are open to
  
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• WANE 15's Jada Jones welcomes a baby girl!

  25-04-2024 18:21 via wane.com
  
  The WANE 15 team has grown by nearly 20 inches!Weekend morning anchor Jada Jones and her husband Jermarquis welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world Wednesday.Jermani Jones was born April 24, 2024 at 12:44 p.m. and weighs 6 lbs 11 oz. She's 19.75 inches long.Jada will be off the air for a few months as she takes some well-deserved time off to be with her family.
  
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• Afternoon headlines Thursday, April 25

  25-04-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Thursday, April 25.
  
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• After Friday frost, conditions warm up significantly

  25-04-2024 17:49 via wane.com
  
  Pleasant evening weather makes it nice to be out and about tonight. Temps starts off in the 50s, so grab an extra layer when headed out.Overnight, temps fall to the mid-30s. This means some patchy frost will be possible across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Temperatures are slightly higher early tomorrow morning than they were this past morning, when temperatures fell slightly below freezing across the region.A Frost Advisory is in effect for most of the area. For areas farther to the sou
  
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• Warmer today with summer-like temps on the way

  25-04-2024 16:54 via wane.com
  
  Warmer temperatures are on the way with highs topping out near 60 today and near 70 Friday. But the biggest will happen this weekend.Sunshine will be abundant this afternoon with temperatures topping out around 60.It will be another frosty night with low temperatures down to the middle 30s by sunrise Friday.
  The cold temperatures will exit quickly and by Friday afternoon highs will be around 70. Scattered showers are possible by late afternoon and early evening and will linger into Saturday.The
  
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• Semi crash on I-69 shuts down lanes in Grant County

  25-04-2024 16:27 via wane.com
  
  GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A crash involving a semitrailer on Interstate 69 caused traffic to come to a standstill Thursday morning in Grant County.According to the Indiana Department of Transportation, the crash happened at mile-marker 269 between E 450 N and IN 5, near Landess. The INDOT alert was posted at 10:16 a.m.; the crash happened sometime around 10 a.m.INDOT estimated the northbound lanes of I-69 would be shut down for about four hours.
  
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