Fort Wayne news

• Fort Wayne International adds non-stop to Philadelphia flights

  18-01-2018 22:59 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA) announced Thursday that daily, non-stop service to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) will return on June 7, 2018 via American Airlines. The airline is expected to serve FWA twice daily on a regional 50-seater aircraft with a departure in the morning and afternoon.
  The news coincides with an announcement by that a new record for passenger traffic was reached in 2017, ending the year with a total of 368,282 enplaned passengers (
  
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• Indiana official says state will be careful in Amazon offer

  18-01-2018 22:51 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A top state official says Indiana will be judicious in what it offers in support of the bid from Indianapolis for Amazon’s second headquarters.
  Seattle-based Amazon included Indianapolis on its list of 20 cities it is still considering for what the company says will be a $5 billion project with as many as 50,000 employees.
  Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma said Thursday that something like Wisconsin’s $3 billion incentives package last year for a Foxconn ele
  
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• OWI charge dropped in Warrick County car-sled fatality

  18-01-2018 22:10 via wane.com
  NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Prosecutors in southwestern Indiana have dropped charges of driving while intoxicated against a driver whose car struck and killed a teen whose sled slid into a roadway.
  The Warrick County Prosecutor’s Office said it’s waiting for a completed investigation before deciding whether to file formal charges against the 20 year-old female driver. The Evansville Courier & Press reports prosecutors asked Warrick Circuit Court to dismiss the charges without pre
  
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• Parents of 13 children charged with years of torture, abuse

  18-01-2018 22:01 via wane.com
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The parents of 13 siblings who were allegedly held in captivity in their family’s Southern California home were charged Thursday with committing years of torture and abuse that left their children malnourished, undersized and with cognitive impairments.
  “Severe, emotional, physical abuse,” Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said in announcing numerous charges against David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49. “This is d
  
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• Rehabilitated home for homeless family opens

  18-01-2018 19:49 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A new rehabilitated home is opening in Fort Wayne, which is part of a campus for homeless families. Mayor Tom Henry and community leaders cut the ribbon on the home on Gay Street Thursday afternoon.
  The home is the first of six that will be renovated with funding the city receives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). City HUD funds will also be used to demolish another home and build a new one in its place.
  Local homeless families will move fro
  
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• Ransomware attack targets Adams Memorial Hospital

  18-01-2018 18:06 via wane.com
  DECATUR, Ind. (WANE) – Adams Health Network, which runs Adams Memorial Hospital, has confirmed that a ransomware attack targeted some of its computer servers on Thursday, January 11.
  Ransomware is a malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a set amount of money is paid to the initiators of the attack. Adams Health Network has not disclosed the sum of the ransom request or whether it complied.
  An employee brought the problem to the attention of administrat
  
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• 14 automakers list more models in Takata recall

  18-01-2018 17:42 via wane.com
  DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have released models from 14 different automakers that are being recalled to replace potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators.
  Documents posted Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration include many made by Ford, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, Daimler Vans, Toyota, Tesla, BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Mazda, Subaru, Jaguar-Land Rover, McLaren and Volkswagen. Toyota, Ford and Honda released some of their models last week.
  In December Taka
  
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• Benefit to be held for total loss Warren fire

  18-01-2018 17:34 via wane.com
  WARREN, Ind. (WANE) – Weeks after a fire destroyed a bike shop in downtown Warren, people in the small town want to thank those who did their best to put it out.
  The artistic director of Warren’s historic Pulse Opera House, Cynthia Wartzok, is organizing a benefit concert. At least 20 performers and groups want to take part in it.
  When the fire broke out on December 22, volunteers from about 10 fire departments in at least three counties responded. Officials are still
  
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• Two arrested following drug raid at northeast Ft. Wayne home

  18-01-2018 17:15 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)  Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department raided a Fort Wayne home Thursday morning after getting tips that drug dealing was going on at the residence.
  Members of the Vice & Narcotics Division, Gang and Violent Crimes Unit and the Emergency Services Team served a search warrant at the home located at 4503 Woodway Drive just northeast of the intersection of Stellhorn and Reed just before 9 a.m.Officers found four adults inside the residence along with one gr
  
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• Drug raid underway at northeast Fort Wayne home

  18-01-2018 17:15 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)  Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department raided a Fort Wayne home Thursday morning as part of an apparent drug investigation.
  The home is located at 4503 Woodway Drive just northeast of the intersection of Stellhorn and Reed.   Few details have been released, however officers had to use tear gas to get the occupants to come out.
  There’s no word on whether any arrests were made or what was found inside the home.
  This story will be updated when m
  
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• 2 arrested following drug raid at northeast side home

  18-01-2018 17:15 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)  Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department raided a Fort Wayne home Thursday morning after getting tips that drug dealing was going on at the residence.
  Members of the Vice & Narcotics Division, Gang and Violent Crimes Unit and the Emergency Services Team served a search warrant at the home located at 4503 Woodway Drive just northeast of the intersection of Stellhorn and Reed just before 9 a.m.
  Officers found four adults inside the residence along with one g
  
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• Two Michigan Men arrested after Troopers find drugs, cash

  18-01-2018 16:34 via wane.com
  LAGRANGE CO., Ind. (WANE) A traffic stop on the Toll Road lead to State Police finding 75 bottles of suspected marijuana wax along with other drugs in a vehicle.
  Around 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 16, a Trooper pulled over a silver Hyundai for a moving violation nine miles west of the Howe/LaGrange Exit. Two people were inside the vehicle at the time.
  While talking to the driver, the officer became suspicious of criminal activity and called for a K-9 Unit. After a sniff search, Troopers found multip
  
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• Amazon releases finalist cities for second headquarters

  18-01-2018 15:49 via wane.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is narrowing the list of cities under consideration for its second headquarters to 20, with the largest concentration in the Northeast.
  Amazon, based in Seattle, plans to invest $5 billion in the new headquarters and could employ as many as 50,000 people in and around the city it chooses.
  Cities are in fierce competition to lure Amazon, which has revolutionized the way people shop.
  The list released on Thursday includes the cities of Atlanta, Austin, Texas, Boston, C
  
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• Second meteor sighted in Indiana and Ohio

  18-01-2018 15:42 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Another possible meteor has been sighted by multiple people in Indiana and Ohio.
  This video was taken near Pine Valley by a security camera at around 11:48 p.m. Wednesday.
  An Indiana Police Department confirmed the sighting in a tweet saying:
  A bright blue green flash was witnessed by Officers in Shelby, Rush & Henry Co at approximately 11:50 pm on 1/17/18. Our Officer witnessed the light to the NE of Town. At this time we have not receiving any reports of pow
  
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• South’s slow-motion freeze begins to relent

  18-01-2018 15:20 via wane.com
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The deep freeze that killed 10 people and shut down much of the South began to relent Thursday, but several states were still dealing with the lingering effects of the slow-moving storm that dumped up to 12 inches (30 centimeters) of snow in central North Carolina.
  The snow had stopped by early morning in the Carolinas, but officials warned travelers to watch for black ice on roads. The storm that swept across the South on Tuesday dumped up to 12 inches (30 centimeters)
  
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• Sony disc plant in Terre Haute laying off 375 workers

  18-01-2018 14:28 via wane.com
  TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A western Indiana disc plant has told the state it’s laying off 375 workers there beginning in March.
  Sony DADC US Inc. notified the Indiana Department of Workforce Development on Wednesday it will outsource the music and video disc manufacturing currently performed at its Terre Haute plant.
  The Terre Haute Tribune-Star reports the first layoffs are to start on March 23 and continue through August.
  Sony says the layoffs will be permanent.
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• Ohio man found guilty of killing ex-fiancee’s young son

  18-01-2018 14:26 via wane.com
  FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio jury has found a man guilty of killing his fiancee’s 2-year-old son in 2016.
  The Blade reports jurors deliberated less than a day before finding 29-year-old Brent Houdeshell, of Arlington, guilty Wednesday of murder, endangering children and tampering with evidence charges in Hancock County.
  Houdeshell’s attorney argued at trial that Breydon Ferrell vomited in his crib and hurt himself after trying to get out. Attorney Adam Newman said Houdeshell ch
  
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• FWPD: Suspected drunk driver crashes into vehicle, 1 critical

  18-01-2018 11:04 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Two people were hurt after a suspected drunk driver crashed into a vehicle, according to Fort Wayne police.
  The crash happened at the intersection of West Coliseum Boulevard and Crescent Avenue shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday.
  Eastbound Coliseum is closed at Anthony Boulevard and southbound Crescent is closed at Coliseum. The intersection is expected to be closed for several hours.
  Police said the suspected drunk driver was south on Crescent when he collided with a
  
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• Police pursuit ends with crash on E. Washington Blvd. near downtown

  18-01-2018 06:48 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A high speed police pursuit ended when the suspect crashed his vehicle on East Washington Boulevard late Wednesday night.
  Fort Wayne police officers attempted to make contact around 11:25 p.m. with a man about a recent string of liquor thefts. The man spotted police and drove away from a home near Saint Joe Center Road and Maplecrest Road.
  Police said the man initially drove through several yards before eventually get onto a road and speeding away.
  Speeds at times
  
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• Water damage turns to ice damage at south side building

  18-01-2018 04:19 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) –  Earlier this month, the owner of the buildings at South Calhoun and West Rudisill filed a request with the Board of Zoning Appeals to tear down the buildings, and build a fast food drive through. Some in the neighborhood want to save the decades-old buildings, but worry recent damage at the site will make their fight even harder.
  “What I observed was a large amount of frozen water,” Allen County Building Commissioner John Caywood said. “Bas
  
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• 2018 Skywarn Spotter Training registration now open

  18-01-2018 04:06 via wane.com
  There’s great news for all of you WANE Weather Watchers who frequently ask the Live Doppler 15 Fury Storm Team meteorologists about how to become a trained storm spotter.  The 2018 Skywarn Training schedule has been announced!
  Here’s what we’ve learned from the National Weather Service Northern Indiana Office:
  There will be 21 class offerings between February 5th and April 5th and you only need to attend one session to become a Skywarn spotter.
  Credit: National Weather Ser
  
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• Hodgman nearing return from shoulder injury

  18-01-2018 04:01 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Komets forward Justin Hodgman tells WANE-TV he just got cleared for full contact in practice earlier today, setting up a timetable for his return to the Jungle.
  Hodgman, who’s missed all but three games this season for the Komets due to a shoulder injury, says he’s targeting early February for a return to playing in games.
  The talented forward cemented his place in Komets history by scoring the cup-clinching goal in the third overtime of game seven in
  
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• Mad Ants drop mid-week matinee at Delaware

  18-01-2018 00:45 via wane.com
  NEWARK, DE – The Delaware 87ers (9-17) pulled out a thrilling 127-120 victory over the visiting Fort Wayne Mad Ants (15-12) on Education Day presented by Delaware Solid Waste Authority. The Sevens won their third Education Day game in a row behind sublime shooting and timely defense. Though Fort Wayne nearly erased an 87ers’ 14-point second-half cushion, Delaware made big shots down the stretch and picked up its first win over the Mad Ants this season.
  Here are three takeaways from t
  
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• Sheriffs pitched mail screening machine in wake of Allen County incident

  18-01-2018 00:40 via wane.com
   COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) Several area sheriffs and jail staff members gathered in Whitley County Wednesday morning to listen to a presentation about a new mail screening machine.
  “As long as we have the addictions to the opioids, we’re going to continue to have new ways to try to introduce it into jail facilities,” Whitley County Sheriff Marc Gatton said.
  The mail sorting process at jails is under scrutiny as people outside find new ways to get dangerous chemicals into
  
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