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• Check and Connect is Positively Fort Wayne

  14-10-2019 11:00 via wane.com
  Fort Wayne, Ind. (WANE) – “I wanted to drop out. Staying in school wasn’t for me. I was just giving up.” But Tekamri Bryant didn’t give up. She formed a special relationship at South Side High School with Check and Connect mentor Cathy McFadden.“When I met Tekamri she was a sophomore,” said McFadden. “She wasn’t very serious about anything, as a sophomore sometimes you aren’t. Last year at this time things were going on in her life and
  
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• Warmer air is on the way to our area

  25-04-2024 13:07 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 and chilly temperatures this morning will warm to around 50 by noon.A few more clouds this afternoon as temperatures will be warm 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. Sca
  
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• How changes to 'noncompete' agreements and overtime could affect workers

  25-04-2024 12:27 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits.In one move, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompete agreements, which bar millions of workers from leaving their employers to join a competitor or start a rival business for a specific period of time. The FTC's move, which is already being challenged in court, would mean that such employees could apply for jobs they weren
  
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• Warmer arrive soon with summer-like highs coming

  25-04-2024 09:49 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 and chilly temperatures this morning will warm to around 50 by noon.A few more clouds this afternoon as temperatures will be warm 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. Sca
  
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• After freezing temperatures it gets warmer this afternoon

  25-04-2024 09:49 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 and chilly temperatures this morning will warm to around 50 by noon.A few more clouds this afternoon as temperatures will be warm 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. Sca
  
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• YWCA of Northeast Indiana shows support for sexual assault awareness month with Denim Day

  25-04-2024 04:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – April is known as sexual assault awareness month, and different businesses and organizations across the city of Fort Wayne have been showing their support for the cause.The YWCA of Northeast Indiana has been releasing initiatives all month to get the community involved with the cause.Wednesday, April 24, marked Denim Day, a subtle, yet effective way for those battling with the remnants of assault to know that they aren't alone.Women of the YWCA wearing denim to sh
  
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• Freezing morning, getting much warmer soon

  25-04-2024 04:22 via wane.com
  
  Early morning temperatures fall way down into the 30s, down to freezing and a little below in some areas. This will be damaging cold to some plants. Freeze and frost alerts have been issued. Protect any plants you don't want damaged by the cold with a light cloth covering or bring them inside.For some plants that have started growing, the early morning cold air could cause damage.The sky becomes mostly clear in the early morning and it stays that way during the day. This means we'll have a nice
  
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• Judge won't allow cameras in Delphi murders trial

  25-04-2024 04:04 via wane.com
  
  CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. — Special Judge Fran Gull has ruled that no cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the high-profile Delphi double murder trial set to begin May 13.
  Multiple news agencies filed a request to allow cameras to stream video and/or audio of the trial to help provide transparency in the case that has drawn national scrutiny. Gull struck down the request on Tuesday, denying any audio, video, or electronics in the courtroom.
  Richard Allen is accused of killing 13-year
  
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• 15 Finds Out: Are you required to produce identification during traffic stops?

  25-04-2024 00:59 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) — In the aftermath of a South Whitley traffic stop from January going viral, 15 Finds Out asked what you are required to do when stopped by police.According to Indiana state law, you must provide either your full name, address and date of birth; or your driver's license to the officer if you are stopped. The full statute is below:
  "A person who knowingly or intentionally refuses to provide either the person's: (1) name, address, and date of birth; or (2) dri
  
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• Stretch of Hadley Road shut down due to fire

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Residents should avoid a stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday evening as emergency personnel respond to a fire in the area.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, and several firefighters were spotted at a house on Hadley Road.WANE 15 arrived at the scene and saw the house had significant fire damage to the garage, and light trails of smoke could still be seen coming from t
  
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• Police: Avoid stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois, Bass roads

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Residents should avoid a stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday evening as emergency personnel respond to the area, according to police.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, but authorities have not provided details on the incident.A WANE 15 viewer captured photos of a large cloud of smoke in the sky.
  A photo from a WANE 15 viewer shows a large cloud of smoke in the area ne
  
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• Large smoke cloud seen from house fire on Hadley Road

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Residents should avoid a stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday evening as emergency personnel respond to a fire in the area.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, and several firefighters were spotted at a house on Hadley Road.WANE 15 arrived at the scene and saw the house had significant fire damage to the garage, and light trails of smoke could still be seen coming from t
  
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• Firefighters from multiple agencies investigate house fire on Hadley Road

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Residents should avoid a stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday evening as emergency personnel respond to a fire in the area.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, and several firefighters were spotted at a house on Hadley Road.WANE 15 arrived at the scene and saw the house had significant fire damage to the garage, and light trails of smoke could still be seen coming from t
  
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• Fire spreads from garage to home, 3 cats killed

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Part of a southwest side house was left charred and smoldering after a fire Wednesday. Fire crews responded to the home on Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday shortly after 6 P.M.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, and several firefighters were spotted at the house on Hadley Road.WANE 15 arrived at the scene and saw the house had significant fire damage to the garage, and light t
  
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• 3 departments battle fire, 3 cats killed

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Part of a southwest side house was left charred and smoldering after a fire Wednesday. Fire crews responded to the home on Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday shortly after 6 P.M.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, and several firefighters were spotted at the house on Hadley Road.WANE 15 arrived at the scene and saw the house had significant fire damage to the garage, and light t
  
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• In The Archives: Indiana's battle with the emerald ash borer

  24-04-2024 23:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Ash trees were once a huge part of Indiana's forests.
  Now, spotting a healthy one is like seeing a unicorn.
  "Emerald ash borer pretty much wiped them out," said Vince Burkle, assistant director of Entomology and Plant Pathology with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR).On Apr. 21, 2004, the emerald ash borer, an invasive species of beetle native to Asia, was confirmed to be in Indiana, and it sounded a death knell for the ash trees in Indiana.
  "We had
  
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• City of Fort Wayne hosts 2024 Fair Housing Summit

  24-04-2024 22:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Hundreds of people gathered at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum's conference center Wednesday for the City of Fort Wayne's 2024 Fair Housing Summit.The City of Fort Wayne's Metropolitan Human Relations Commission and Office of Housing & Neighborhood Services hosted the summit, which aimed to educate people on fair housing through various workshops led by fair housing experts.The summit featured keynote speaker Joshua V. Barr, who works with communities and or
  
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• Regional coalition making steps forward for childcare

  24-04-2024 22:09 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Northeast Indiana Early Childhood Coalition (NEIECC) met Wednesday to discuss the progress of childcare in the region. The NEIECC has been meeting for the past two years, leaders with the coalition say they are taking steps in the right direction to have better childcare in the region."Having the opportunity to get the coalitions and other providers, administrators out together to hear the goals that are going on and how much of an impact that we are doing," said An
  
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• Stats show fatal overdoses decreasing, FWPD's HART team seeing success

  24-04-2024 22:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Police held a press conference Wednesday morning led by Captain Kevin Hunter of the Vice and Narcotics unit.They highlighted a decrease in overdose deaths in Fort Wayne thanks to the work of the Hope and Recovery (HART) team and the distribution of NARCAN throughout the community.The HART team is made up of social workers and officers who have received peer recovery training to help those battling addiction get treatment."We can't arrest our way out of this,
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Wednesday, April 24

  24-04-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Wednesday, April 24.
  
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• Bourbon, wine and cigar lounge opening in Auburn

  24-04-2024 21:14 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) - A new establishment opening soon in downtown Auburn brings residents a way to unwind any day of the week.Barrel & Blaze, located at 109 S. Main Street, will offer a variety of bourbon, wine and cigars.The grand opening is set for April 29. The lounge will be open seven days a week from 3-11 p.m.According to the website, the lounge will offer specialty drinks and cigars along with food.Get a sneak peek of Barrel & Blaze in the photos below.Inside Barrel & BlazeBa
  
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• Frost and freeze alerts Thursday morning

  24-04-2024 21:03 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Temperatures Thursday morning are dropping to dangerous levels for some plants that have already started growing. Temperatures will range from the upper 20s to the mid-30s. The coldest air will be present from Fort Wayne to the north and to the east.As a result, the National Weather Service has issued Frost and Freeze Alerts across all of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio through 9 AM.Protect any plants you don’t want damaged by the cold with a light cloth cove
  
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• Freezing night tonight, getting warmer soon

  24-04-2024 20:55 via wane.com
  
  This evening's temperatures are in the 40s before falling way down into the 30s, to freezing and a little below in some areas. This will be damaging cold to some plants. Freeze and frost alerts have been issued. Protect any plants you don't want damaged by the cold with a light cloth covering or bring them inside.For some plants that have started growing, tonight's level of cold could cause damage.Warmer temperatures will return Thursday with sunshine and highs near 60 during the afternoon.
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• Unloaded firearm found in Bluffton High School student's bag

  24-04-2024 20:54 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) - Staff at Bluffton High School discovered a student had a firearm and ammunition with them at school Wednesday.Sometime around noon, administrators were told a student may have a firearm, according to a statement from the superintendent of the Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District.Staff worked with the school resource officer (SRO) to find the student and conduct what was described in the statement as an appropriate search in a secure location.An unloaded firearm
  
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• Nonprofit donates protective vest to K-9 at Lutheran Hospital

  24-04-2024 19:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A local K-9 is getting a vest to protect against bullets and stab wounds thanks to a nonprofit's donation.Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. is donating the protective vest to Public Safety K-9 Pisti, who works with Lutheran Health Network.K-9 Pisti (Lutheran Health Network)
  Pisti’s vest will be embroidered with the sentiment "In memory of Apollo Creed". The vest is sponsored by Robert Willens, LLC of New York City.Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. said the phrase was chosen
  
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• Slew of charges to be dropped for ex Columbia City parks director pleading guilty to theft

  24-04-2024 18:43 via wane.com
  
  WHITLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Several charges could be dropped for the former Columbia City parks director who pleaded guilty to a felony count of theft following an investigation into "suspicious financial activity" over baseball cards, according to documents filed Monday in Whitley Circuit Court.The plea deal comes a year after 52-year-old Mark Green was charged with four Level 5 felony counts of corrupt business influence, three Level 5 felony counts of theft of property where the value is ov
  
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• Afternoon headlines Wednesday, April 24

  24-04-2024 17:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE ) - Afternoon headlines Wednesday, April 24
  
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• What a TikTok ban in the US could mean for you

  24-04-2024 16:42 via wane.com
  
  No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned.After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature. The measure gives Beijing-based parent company ByteDance nine months to sell the company, with a possible additional three months if a sale i
  
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• Korean War veteran from Minnesota will finally get his Purple Heart medal, 73 years late

  24-04-2024 16:19 via wane.com
  
  Video: Honor Flight Northeast Indiana takes 80 local veterans on a trip to Washington, D.C.MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Korean War veteran from Minnesota who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded in combat will finally get his Purple Heart medal, 73 years late.The U.S. Army notified Earl Meyer, 96, of St. Peter, on Monday that it has reversed itself and granted him a Purple Heart, which honors service members wounded or killed in combat.The decision came after a campaign by hi
  
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• Morning headlines Wednesday, April 24

  24-04-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, April 24.
  
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