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• 2 people killed after plane crashes in western Michigan

  19-09-2020 17:43 via wane.com
  
  ZEELAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Two people have died after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff in western Michigan.
  The Ottawa County sheriff’s office responded around 6:30 a.m. Saturday to an area near Ottawa Executive Airport in Zeeland Township.
  Local authorities and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
  
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• Allen County Bicentennial celebrations happening throughout downtown Fort Wayne

  20-04-2024 16:09 via wane.com
  
  The video above shows the Allen County Bicentennial Ceremony that took place earlier this month.
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- While Allen County officially turned 200 earlier this month, the week has been spent 'remembering our past, celebrating our present, and imagining our future.'All week Allen County employees and members of Allen County, have come together to celebrate the milestone of 200 years of Allen County.
  Saturday, the final day of the celebration week, is marked by the Bicentennial
  
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• Columbine 25 years later: Remembering the 13 lives lost

  20-04-2024 16:04 via wane.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — "It brought the nation to its knees, but now that we've gotten back up how have things changed; what have we learned?" reads an inscription on the Columbine Memorial's Wall of Healing.On April 20, 1999, two students walked into Colorado's Columbine High School and killed 12 students and one teacher, leaving over 20 other people injured. While history has chosen not to repeat the names of the shooters, the community knows the 13 victims will not be forgotten.A quarter of a c
  
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• 25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting

  20-04-2024 15:00 via wane.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on when she fled her math class. She wanted to be ready to run.Twenty-five years later, and with Mendo now a mother herself, the trauma from that horrific day remains close on her heels.It caught up to her when 60 people were shot dead in 2017 at a country music festival in Las Vegas, a city she had visited a lot while
  
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• Health Department warns of possible measles exposure at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

  20-04-2024 14:07 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) -- The Marion County Public Health Department is warning those who attended the solar eclipse event at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis on April 8, may have been exposed to measles.
  According to the release from the Marion County Public Health Department, an individual traveled from out of state to view the event while they were infectious.
  The Indiana Department of Health outlines that measles is spread through contact with the nose or throat droplets of the
  
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• Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

  20-04-2024 14:06 via wane.com
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize nonunion factories.The union wound up getting 2,628 votes, or 73% of the ballots cast, compared with only 985 who voted no in an election run by the National Labor Relations Board.Both sides have five business days to file objections to the election, the NLRB said. If t
  
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• AP Explains: 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high holiday

  20-04-2024 10:20 via wane.com
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts.This year’s edition provides an occasion for activists to reflect on how far their movement has come, with recreational pot now allowed in nearly half the states and the nation’s capital. Many states have instituted “social equity&rdqu
  
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• Cold air flow brings a chilly, late April day

  20-04-2024 10:11 via wane.com
  
  Cold air has settled in over northeast Indiana and northwestern Ohio to begin the weekend.
  You'll need a coat as you're heading out the door early this morning. Temperatures will land in the mid-30s. Winds will be light to begin the morning, but they'll pick up as the day goes on.Our day will reign partly cloudy overall with pockets of sunshine here and there. With our cool, northwesterly wind, high temperatures will only reach the upper 40s by late afternoon. A stray wind gust up to 30 mph will
  
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• Silver Alert canceled for missing Ossian man

  20-04-2024 03:49 via wane.com
  
  WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A statewide Silver Alert has been canceled after being issued for a missing 66-year-old man out of Ossian, Indiana.A silver alert was issued for 66-year-old John Boyer from Ossian, Ind.The Wells County Sheriff’s Department was investigating the disappearance of John Boyer, a 66-year-old white male. Boyer is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 150 pounds, bald with blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a brown t-shirt, blue jeans, and driving a tan 2013 Chevrolet E
  
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• Tracking frosty spring nights this weekend

  20-04-2024 03:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The growing season is underway across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. After this was declared on Saturday, April 13th, we're now set to deal with our first few days where a frost or a freeze could damage sensitive plants. Be on the lookout for frost/freeze alerts to be issued when needed. 2024 growing season officially declaredBoth Saturday night and Sunday night feature the potential for a frost or even a freeze. Frost is expected to be most widespread though Sat
  
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• Wanted man found in Fort Wayne after evading Michigan police

  20-04-2024 03:34 via wane.com
  
  CENTERVILLE, Mich. (WANE) -- A Michigan man has been arraigned on counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and a home invasion after being found in Fort Wayne.Miguel Hernandez-Ruiz, 26 of Sturgis, and Mexican national is being held on an immigration detainer after being arraigned for two counts of criminal sexual conduct with persons under the age of 13 and one count of home invasion.In a press conference held Friday by the lead prosecutor alongside Undersheriff Jason Bingaman discussed the deta
  
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• 'tiny little donuts' announces grand opening date

  19-04-2024 23:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Since November 2022, an Airstream trailer has been sitting at the edge of the Kohl's parking lot at Chapel Ridge in northeast Fort Wayne.The trailer belongs to 'tiny little donuts,' which has been working for roughly 20 months to navigate regulatory practices that come with selling food out of a trailer that will not change locations.'tiny little donuts'
  Now, the time has come for 'tiny little donuts' to open for business, which will happen April 27."We learned a ton f
  
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• A weekend chill coming our way

  19-04-2024 22:56 via wane.com
  
  This evening's temperatures start off in the mid-50s and we're dropping all the way to the mid-30s by early morning. The sky becomes mostly clear as we advance into Saturday morning.Saturday will bring more sunshine, and a few scattered clouds, but we won't get a break from the colder air. With our cool, northwesterly wind, high temperatures will only reach 50° in the afternoon.More sun than clouds on Saturday with cooler temperaturesSunday is filled with sunshine and it will be slightly war
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Friday, April 19

  19-04-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Friday, April 19.
  
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• Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum celebrating 50 years

  19-04-2024 21:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum is celebrating 50 years Saturday, April 20, with over 200 years of history.WANE 15 got a tour of the museum, where since 1974, the Fort Wayne Firefighters museum has been preserving the past for all to see and remember."We've got quite a quite a lot of artifacts here," said Dennis Giere, board of directors, vice president, Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum.
  Hundreds and hundreds of artifacts. From horse stalls to 1920 fire engines and a f
  
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• Parking lot drug deal shooter gets 80 years in a 'drug deal gone bad'

  19-04-2024 21:36 via wane.com
  
  Video shows the scene of the shooting in the Kroger parking lot, Nov. 2018.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE ) -- Terrence Wintrode led his life in broad daylight after he shotBrinden Fletcher in the chest while they and two other men sat in a Nissan Pathfinder at the Kroger parking lot in November 2018.Wintrode, 25 at the time of the shooting, was convicted of murder by an Allen Superior Court jury in March for the Nov. 12, 2018 shooting. Wintrode was shot by the front seat driver and pushed out the door
  
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• 'A friend to all': Mayor Henry's legacy lives on through buddy bench in Citizens Square

  19-04-2024 21:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A green bench arrived in Citizens Square on Friday, and it's more than just a place to sit.Just a few weeks before Mayor Tom Henry passed away on March 28, Sammie's Buddy Bench Project called on the community to commemorate the leader with a bench following his cancer diagnosis.Donations poured in, and 1,760 milk jugs were recycled and transformed into a bench. The final product was unveiled a week after Henry's funeral.And a plaque on the bench memorializes Henry and h
  
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• 'A friend to all': Mayor Henry's legacy lives on through buddy bench at Citizens Square

  19-04-2024 21:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A green bench arrived at Citizens Square on Friday, and it's more than just a place to sit.Just a few weeks before Mayor Tom Henry passed away on March 28, Sammie's Buddy Bench Project called on the community to commemorate the leader with a bench following his cancer diagnosis.Donations poured in, and 1,760 milk jugs were recycled and transformed into a bench. The final product was unveiled a week after Henry's funeral.And a plaque on the bench memorializes Henry and h
  
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• 'Most lethal critical incident of their careers:' ISP honors troopers involved in 2023 Kendallville standoff

  19-04-2024 20:38 via wane.com
  
  *The video above is from 2023 and shows ISP explaining the timeline of the standoff.KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (WANE) -- Indiana State Police (ISP) honored nine troopers at its annual awards ceremony this week for their response to the "violent" standoff in Kendallville in April 2023.On April 12, 2023, numerous police agencies initially responded to gunshots at Drake Terrace Apartments in Kendallville and engaged in a standoff with a man identified as 60-year-old Michael P. Emmons that lasted nearly 12
  
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• South Whitley police officer let go 'due to public safety'

  19-04-2024 19:59 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH WHITLEY, Ind. (WANE) An officer with the South Whitley Police Department is no longer with the force.The Town of South Whitley sent a one line statement an email Friday announcing the dismissal:
  Due to public safety, Officer Brian R.P. Schimmel is no longer with the South Whitley Police Department.
  Town of South Whitley, April 19, 2024The dismissal may be related to a traffic stop made by Schimmel back in January. In videos posted to YouTube, Schimmel can be seen pulling a young woman from
  
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• South Whitley police officer in viral video no longer on the force 'due to public safety'

  19-04-2024 19:59 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH WHITLEY, Ind. (WANE) An officer with the South Whitley Police Department is no longer with the force.The Town of South Whitley sent a one line statement in an email Friday announcing the dismissal:
  Due to public safety, Officer Brian R.P. Schimmel is no longer with the South Whitley Police Department.
  Town of South Whitley, April 19, 2024Schimmel's departure from the force may be related to a traffic stop he made back in January. In videos posted to YouTube, Schimmel can be seen pulling a
  
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• WHOAAA!: Average Fort Wayne Joes' 'forever' moment in WrestleMania history

  19-04-2024 19:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A part of professional wrestling history will now forever be linked to the Summit City.Earlier this month, wrestling's biggest event staged by the world's biggest promotion saw Cody Rhodes pin Roman Reigns to close out WWE's WrestleMania and end the Tribal Chief's 1,316-day championship run - by far the longest since the days of Hulk Hogan.
  But it's what happened afterward that has Fort Wayne etched into wrestling lore.
  For more than 20 minutes, Rhodes' theme song - tit
  
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• Sentencing delayed in child neglect death case until August

  19-04-2024 19:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- One of two local women accused of child neglect resulting in a baby’s death thought she’d learn her sentence Friday in Allen Superior Court.But 24-year-old Sharon Marie Myers’ plea agreement was brokered on a deal to testify against her co-defendant, Chrisona Bright, 26, whose trial was delayed.Bright’s trial, originally scheduled for mid-April, will now take place Aug. 20 with Myers’ sentencing delayed until Aug. 30. According to court do
  
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• Fisherman drowns in Steuben County lake

  19-04-2024 19:23 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Conservation officers are investigating what led to the drowning of a 76-year-old man who was fishing Thursday in Steuben County.The man was identified as Thomas Frazie of Waterloo, according to a release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.Around 4:15 p.m., a 911 call reported a fisherman was in distress in Little Turkey Lake on the southwest side of the county.The initial investigation revealed Frazie was fishing in a boat when, for an unknown reason,
  
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• Parkview Health looks to South America to hire experienced nurses

  19-04-2024 18:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Through a partnership with Northeast Indiana Talent Attraction (NEITA), Parkview Health recently hired 15 international nurses that will aid in bringing experienced healthcare workers to the state.Parkview Health and NEITA have worked together for more than five years, and the international program represented the latest example of teamwork between the two organizations."They've helped us with a lot of our recruitment initiatives, so when they came to us with this idea
  
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• Afternoon headlines Friday, April 19

  19-04-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Friday, April 19.
  
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• Cooler afternoon with more chilly air on the way

  19-04-2024 17:49 via wane.com
  
  There will be a few more clouds through late this afternoon and early evening with dry chilly air sticking around for the weekend. Pockets of heavy rainfall fell overnight and early this morning in our areaWinds will be gusty this afternoonEven with some sunshine this afternoon temperatures will struggle to increase past the middle 50s.
  Cooler temperatures this afternoonSaturday will bring more sunshine but we won't get a break from the cooler temperatures with a high in the lower 50s.More sun t
  
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• Virtual reality arcade opens in Fort Wayne

  19-04-2024 17:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A new virtual reality arcade store is ready to welcome the community with 8 new stations and over 200 games.Inception Virtual Reality is now open in the Old Cookie Cottage location off Coliseum Boulevard, 508 Noble Drive. With VR really picking up steam in the past couple of years, this new store has nothing but virtual reality games.When you put on a VR headset, you are transported into a completely different world where you can interact with the virtual env
  
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• FAA investigating near-miss of planes colliding

  19-04-2024 16:47 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDCW) - The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into a dangerously close call between two planes on the runway. A Southwest flight that was taxiing and a JetBlue flight preparing to take off almost collided.Both planes came to a stop before maneuvering away. It happened around 7:40 on Thursday morning. The JetBlue 1554 was on its way to Boston. It was delayed for nearly six hours. The airline said it inspected the plane before it eventually took off. FAA intends stricter
  
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• Bowen Center adds 24/7 crisis services

  19-04-2024 15:43 via wane.com
  
  WARSAW, Ind. (WSBT) - The Bowen Center in Kosciusko County has added a crisis response service aiming to address urgent mental health issues. The service is the first of its kind in the county, serving thousands across 30 additional counties.First welcoming patients in January, the Bowen Center's Crisis Response service has opened a door to thousands who struggle with mental illnesses.Though the center has always offered crisis services, this new service offers that care 24/7.Through a $4.4 mill
  
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