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• WANE-TV chief photographer sings National Anthem at Tincaps game

  21-07-2017 03:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) NewsChannel 15 chief photojournalist Ross Kinsey performed the National Anthem at the Thursday night Fort Wayne TinCaps game.
  
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• Police continue search for Fort Wayne man charged with double murder in January shooting

  14-05-2024 21:00 via wane.com
  
  *The video above is file footage from when the two shooting victims were identified.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- After the Fort Wayne Police Department asked for the public's help in April in finding a Fort Wayne man accused of fatally shooting two people, the Allen County Sheriff's Department followed suit Tuesday.Dionee K. White (Fort Wayne Police Department)
  Police are still searching for 21-year-old Dionee K. White, who is the suspect in a January shooting that left Adaija Okey, a 17-year-old
  
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• Executive director of Fort Wayne nonprofit hopes Presidential award spurs more meals

  14-05-2024 20:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Ty Simmons, Human Agriculture Cooperative executive director, recently received both a medal and money; they both make him happy.
  Simmons was given the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award medal last month for more than 4,000 hours of volunteerism."I do way more than [4,000 hours], because I mean, we started this organization with $40," he told WANE 15.Which brings us to the money.Simmons and his team first landed an $800,000 grant in 2022, which the state of Indian
  
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• Freshening it up: The Deck opens for its 20th season

  14-05-2024 20:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A Downtown Fort Wayne favorite known for outdoor summer dining, cold drinks and good food is finally open for the 2024 season.WANE 15 spoke Kendyll Gebert, one of the general managers of The Deck on what's new this deck season.The bar is stocked with some new seltzers and beers. Including four different Rhinegeist beers, Mom Water and a new Good Boy Vodka Seltzer. While enjoying beverages or delicious eats, guests can see a vibrance of colors in the seating a
  
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• Lutheran Health shutting down childbirth services in Bluffton, Peru

  14-05-2024 18:29 via wane.com
  
  WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Two hospitals within Lutheran Health Network are shutting down childbirth services over the next month due to a decline in deliveries in Bluffton and Peru.Planned inpatient labor and delivery services will soon no longer be provided at Bluffton Regional Medical Center and Dukes Memorial Hospital in Miami County's Peru, according to a press release from Lutheran Health Network (LHN). The change starts after May 23 for Bluffton and June 13 for Dukes.LHN explained the nu
  
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• Aurora is back: Northern lights may be visible in these states Tuesday

  14-05-2024 18:07 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – If you missed the spectacular northern lights displays over the weekend, you may have another chance to see the aurora Tuesday night — at least if you live up north.
  The solar activity predicted to hit Earth Tuesday night is much weaker than what we saw Friday and Saturday, so the line of visibility isn't expected to reach as far south this time.
  The weekend's geomagnetic storm had the highest, "extreme" G5 rating. With G5 storms, the northern lights can be visible a
  
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• COLD CASE: Charges filed in 2006 Fort Wayne homicide

  14-05-2024 17:52 via wane.com
  
  The above video is file video WANE 15 captured of this homicide investigation in March 2006.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- “I was at the point I didn’t ever think this was going to get solved," Dan Parrish said.Dan Parrish's brother, Robert "Scott" Parrish, was killed at his home in the 1000 block of Vermont Avenue in Fort Wayne in late March of 2006.Dan and his wife, Patty Parrish, went to Scott's home after he didn't show up for work and wasn't answering calls. They found Scott in the
  
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• More rain coming through late afternoon and evening

  14-05-2024 17:16 via wane.com
  
  You'll be dodging showers, especially during the late afternoon and the early evening and you'll need the umbrella at least the morning of WednesdayHigh temperatures today will only be in the lower 70sYou won't see much sunshine this afternoon with showers lingering through the evening. High temperatures will only top out in the lower 70s instead of the lower 80s as we saw yesterday. There will be some pockets of heavier rainfall around Fort Wayne and south of Fort Wayne through late tonight.
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• Extra security at Snider High School after suspicious phone call

  14-05-2024 16:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Snider High School has more security than usual Tuesday after a suspicious phone call.According to Scott Murray, Communications Manager for Fort Wayne Community Schools, someone called the high school claiming to be inside. No threats were made during the phone call, Murray said.
  Although police searched the building and did not find anyone suspicious, the school was temporarily put on lockout, meaning all the doors were locked and no one else could get inside. The lock
  
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• Biden hiking tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — adding to tensions with Beijing

  14-05-2024 13:49 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment — an election-year move that's likely to increase friction between the world's two largest economies.The tariffs come in the middle of a heated campaign between President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, in which both candidates are vying to show who's tougher on China.The tariffs are
  
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• A wet and cooler day with rain through the afternoon

  14-05-2024 13:10 via wane.com
  
  Keep the umbrella with you today because you'll need it this afternoon and this evening. Take a sweatshirt or light jacket as temperatures won't be nearly as warm as yesterday.
  Skies will be mostly cloudy this morning with temperatures in the upper 60s by noon.High temperatures today will only be in the lower 70sYou won't see much sunshine this afternoon with showers moving in by late in the afternoon and during the early evening. High temperatures will only top out in the lower 70s instead of t
  
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• A wet and cooler day with some heavy rain possible

  14-05-2024 10:45 via wane.com
  
  Keep the umbrella with you today because you'll need it this afternoon and this evening. Take a sweatshirt or light jacket as temperatures won't be nearly as warm as yesterday.
  Skies will be mostly cloudy this morning with temperatures in the upper 60s by noon.High temperatures today will only be in the lower 70sYou won't see much sunshine this afternoon with showers moving in by late in the afternoon and during the early evening. High temperatures will only top out in the lower 70s instead of t
  
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• Cooler with showers moving in

  14-05-2024 09:42 via wane.com
  
  Keep the umbrella with you today because you'll need it this afternoon and this evening. Take a sweatshirt or light jacket as temperatures won't be nearly as warm as yesterday.
  Skies will be mostly cloudy this morning with temperatures in the upper 60s by noon.High temperatures today will only be in the lower 70sYou won't see much sunshine this afternoon with showers moving in by late in the afternoon and during the early evening. High temperatures will only top out in the lower 70s instead of t
  
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• Tracking scattered Tuesday rain

  14-05-2024 05:10 via wane.com
  
  A slight chance of scattered rain/storms remains throughout the day Tuesday. Even then, when the rain chance is higher, the rain will remain scattered and there will be a number of times when it's not raining during the day. For most locations, rainfall amounts will be light, less than a quarter of an inch. Some isolated areas may pick up heavier amounts, if pockets of heavy rain develop or multiple rounds of heavier rain track over the same location.The scattered rainfall totals will not be ve
  
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• Red Lobster is closing dozens of restaurants and auctioning off furniture, equipment

  14-05-2024 04:12 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) -- Red Lobster is reportedly shuttering at least 48 of its locations, and a restaurant liquidation company is auctioning off kitchen equipment from the impacted eateries this week.
  TAGeX Brands announced on Monday that it's conducting the online auction through Thursday, May 16, for select Red Lobster restaurants closing in multiple states. Most notably, California and Florida are losing five locations each, while Maryland and Colorado are losing four.
  Nexstar's KETK also reported
  
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• Canadian wildfire smoke returns to the United States - should we be concerned?

  14-05-2024 03:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It is back again... Canadian wildfire smoke has returned to some northern states this week. Air quality alerts have been posted for parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa on Monday, as the smoke causes unhealthy air quality in these areas. Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Upper Midwest for second straight yearPoor air quality was a big story locally last summer, with very unhealthy conditions being observed at times, as a result of many big wildfires in Canada. For a ref
  
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• Neighbors in uproar over proposed amendment in written agreement for St. Joe development

  14-05-2024 03:44 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows the initial proposal for the development by Triple J Properties.
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Neighbors arrived in uproar at the City Planning Commission public hearing Monday night, with hopes to put an end to development off St. Joe Road.
  Monday night, many residents of the neighborhood next to the proposed development, located in the 7400 block of St. Joe Road, gathered to speak on the issues they had with the proposed development.
  Many spoke that they feared traffic increases
  
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• Indiana Truck driver accused of intentionally killing Utah officer had been holding a woman against her will

  14-05-2024 02:13 via wane.com
  
  A truck driver accused of intentionally killing a police officer during a traffic stop on a Utah highway had been holding a woman against her will inside the cab of his truck, new court documents reveal.Michael Aaron Jayne, 42, is accused of driving his rig into Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser, who died at the scene on May 5, while the officer was helping a woman who had escaped from the sleeper section of Jayne's semitrailer. Friends, family, fellow officers and state officials hono
  
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• 'Tacos are Mexican-style sandwiches': Local judge clears path for new Famous Taco

  14-05-2024 01:05 via wane.com
  
  Video shows the judge's initial ruling asking the Fort Wayne Plan Commission to reconsider.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - An Allen Superior Court judge's ruling that "tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches" in a civil case Monday may have opened the door for a second Famous Taco location to finally open on Fort Wayne's southwest side.
  And Judge Craig Bobay's opinion may also put an end to a years-long battle between restauranteur Martin Quintana and the Allen County Plan Commission over what
  
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• How hot can it get in the month of May?

  14-05-2024 01:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - We returned back up to the 80s on Monday for the first time since May 2nd! It was a toasty one for your afternoon plans. Mother’s Day 2024 brought above average warmth and plenty of sunshineMonday's warmth comes after a short return to below average to near average temperatures. We still remain plenty above average for the month though, thanks to plenty of warm nights.Through May 13th, here's a look at our May temperature calendar.
  We now stand at three days in th
  
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• 15 Finds Out: How much does Fort Wayne make on parking citations? And where does the money go?

  14-05-2024 00:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— On average, the city of Fort Wayne brings in about $900,000 in parking citations per year. The most common violations are parking in fire lanes, in front of fire hydrants, parking in the opposite direction, ignoring signs posted, and meter violations.Meter violations only make up a portion of the revenue from citations, but the money collected from meters themselves averages more than $400,000 per year. There is a law that requires that money to be used a certain w
  
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• 1 dead, 9 hospitalized in charter bus crash on I-74 eastbound near Shelbyville

  13-05-2024 23:51 via wane.com
  
  SHELBY COUNTY, Ind. — One person was killed and nine were hospitalized after a crash Monday involving a charter bus and a van on Interstate 74 eastbound near Shelbyville.Shelby County Sheriff's Dept. Maj. Chris Holder confirmed Monday afternoon that deputies were working a crash on I-74 EB near mile marker 112, which is just south of the Shelbyville Municipal Airport.According to Maj. Holder, the crash involved a charter bus from Missouri and a van. It was later confirmed by officials that
  
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• Suspect who shot officer during traffic stop at Anderson gas station also shot himself, prosecutor says

  13-05-2024 23:50 via wane.com
  
  ANDERSON, Ind. — The man accused of shooting a Pendleton police officer last week during a traffic stop at an Anderson gas station also reportedly shot himself during the altercation.The Madison County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday that officials have determined that the May 7 officer-involved shooting was legally justified. While no bodycam footage was provided, officials gave more details on the incident and photos from the scene.According to MCPO, Pendleton Police Officer Jerry B
  
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• Playing cards in jails helping move cold cases forward for Fort Wayne Police

  13-05-2024 23:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Last year, the Fort Wayne Police Department introduced the first edition of playing cards into local jails that feature profiles of homicide cold case victims and missing person cases.Nearly a year later, Detective Brian Martin says the cards are working.Martin is a homicide detective who oversees the FWPD's cold cases. He told WANE 15 since the introduction of the cards, he's done at least 100, if not more, interviews that resulted in information provided after an inm
  
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• Ohio adult-use marijuana sales approved as part of 2023 ballot measure could begin by mid-June

  13-05-2024 22:59 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Recreational marijuana could be available for sale in Ohio by mid-June after new licensing rules for dispensaries cleared a key legislative hurdle Monday.Adult-use sales have been in limbo in the state since December, when an initiated statute approved by voters went into effect. Ohioans over 21 were immediately able to legally grow and possess cannabis at home, but they had nowhere to legally buy it — prompting concern by Gov. Mike DeWine and som
  
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• Allen County Jail Chaplaincy to host gala, further mission of helping inmates

  13-05-2024 22:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Allen County Jail Chaplaincy will host a gala Tuesday night at the Mirro Center to help the organization's mission of assisting inmates at the Allen County Jail with spiritual support and holistic guidance.Founded in 1997, the Allen County Jail Chaplaincy is a nonprofit organization sponsored by a variety of Allen County churches and businesses while partnering with the Allen County Jail.Although the organization has a primary focus on faith, Executive Director and
  
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• Scattered rain in some spots tonight, more rain chances tomorrow

  13-05-2024 22:35 via wane.com
  
  This week is off to a warm start with our afternoon highs reaching around 80°. This warmth leads into a pleasant evening as temps gradually fall.A slight chance of scattered rain/storms exists throughout the night and increases tomorrow. Even then, when the rain chance is higher, the rain will remain scattered and there will be a number of times when it's not raining during the day.Showers will be possible before daybreak on TuesdayLow temperatures tonight drop into the upper 50s and highs t
  
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• No plea deal for man accused in state trooper's killing; trial set for June

  13-05-2024 21:51 via wane.com
  
  In this video from May 7, 2024, Terry Sands walks out of the DeKalb County Courthouse.DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A man accused of murder in the 2023 death of an Indiana State Trooper is going to trial in June following a hearing Monday.In DeKalb Superior Court, Terry Dewaine Sands II acknowledged time was up to agree to a plea deal. Now, the case has to go to trial, which has been set to start June 20 in Wabash County.Sands is accused of driving recklessly on Interstate 69 in March of last yea
  
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• Two suspects in custody after shooting near Weisser Park

  13-05-2024 20:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - One victim is in non-life threatening condition and two suspects are in custody following a shooting Monday afternoon near Weisser Park.Dispatch confirmed Fort Wayne Police began investigating a shooting at Smith and Colerick streets around 2 p.m. One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, dispatch said.According to Public Information Officer Jeremy Webb with FWPD, officers responded to the area of Coleric and Smith Streets. Officers swept the area, get
  
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• Police investigate shooting near Weisser Park

  13-05-2024 20:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating a shooting Monday afternoon near Weisser Park.While details are scarce, dispatch confirmed there was a shooting at Smith and Colerick streets around 2 p.m. Any injuries have not yet been confirmed.Weisser Park Elementary School is on lockout due to the investigation.WANE 15 has a crew on the way to the scene to learn more.
  
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