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• FWPD issues Public Safety Alert for missing man

  15-09-2022 23:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) issued a Public Safety Alert at 5:40 p.m. for a missing 19-year-old.Isaiah Rodriguez is 5 feet 2 inches, weighs 191 pounds and has a black buzz cut.Rodriguez was last seen wearing glasses, a white baseball jersey with black sleeves, blue sweatpants and black tennis shoes.Anyone with information should call the FWPD at 260-427-1222.
  
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• FWPD cancel Public Safety Alert for missing man

  15-09-2022 23:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) has located 19-year-old Isaiah Rodriguez who was listed in a Public Safety Alert Thursday evening.The FWPD advised the public to disregard the earlier alert.Rodriguez had been reported missing through a Public Safety Alert at 5:40 p.m. before being found by police.
  
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• Veteran receives warm welcome after Honor Flight

  15-09-2022 23:06 via wane.com
  
  NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (WANE) - Veteran Leo Judy returned from his Honor Flight Wednesday night, but his celebration waited until Thursday.
  The Korean war veteran doesn't have a family in his hometown, but that didn't stop North Manchester from welcoming him home.He had a few positive words about the flight: "Good time, good flight, good people."And upon seeing hundreds of students from Manchester Elementary, he had a few more words.
  "Surprised I'll tell ya! It just about brings tears to you."Th
  
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• Where will Allen County's ARPA money go?

  15-09-2022 22:43 via wane.com
  
  Allen County still has nearly $70 million in ARPA funds waiting to be spent.But county residents will have to wait to find out where the money will go.Thursday, an item on the County Council agenda indicated the Allen County Commissioners had decided where they wanted the the ARPA money to be spent. Broken down, the split was $20 million for contractual projects and $49 million for infrastructure improvement. There were no further details.But a Tuesday draft from the commissioners delivered to t
  
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• Courts: 32-year-old tries to pass as teen to get out of auto theft charge

  15-09-2022 22:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 32-year-old woman tried to tell police she was only 17 in an attempt to get out of an auto theft charge Wednesday, according to Allen Superior Court documents.Court docs: Man stole guns from storage unit, faces burglary and sex misconduct charges
  Fort Wayne Police officers pulled over a Lincoln MKZ reported stolen out of Michigan around 3 p.m. on South Anthony Boulevard. Officers called in back-up and treated the stop as "high-risk," court documents said.
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• Some Indiana lawmakers pushing to expand contraception access

  15-09-2022 22:27 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS - With the state's near-total ban on abortion set to take effect Thursday, a bipartisan group of Indiana lawmakers want to expand access to contraception.The proposal would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills or patches to women age 18 and older after administering a health screening. Those patients would not need to see a doctor to obtain the prescription.State Rep. Rita Fleming (D-Jeffersonville), a retired obstetrician-gynecologist, has pushed for the change for se
  
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• Court docs: Man stole guns from storage unit, faces burglary and sex misconduct charges

  15-09-2022 22:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne man is accused of breaking through the wall of a storage unit this past weekend to steal a gun safe full of firearms, according to newly released Allen Superior Court documents.Man once charged in coach's killing found guilty of possessing gun
  He's now also facing sexual misconduct charges stemming from an investigation initiated in 2020, court records said.
  Joe Gil, Jr.Fort Wayne Police arrested 27-year-old Joe J. Gil, Jr., after he tried to flee officers
  
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• Tigers from 'Tiger King' staying at Black Pine

  15-09-2022 22:24 via wane.com
  
  ALBION, Ind. (WANE) -- Four of the dozens of big cats removed from the roadside zoo featured in the Nexflix documentary "Tiger King" can now officially call Black Pine Animal Sanctuary home.Black Pine said Thursday that it received notice that tigers Prince, Ima, Elvis & Patronus are now permanent residents of the Albion animal sanctuary, "where they will be able to live out the rest of their lives."In May 2021, Black Pine announced it had taken in the big cats from the former Tiger King Zoo
  
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• Prosecutor: 'No criminal action' by Fort Wayne employee who used city contractor for personal concrete work

  15-09-2022 21:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- An investigation has found no criminal activity in an allegation levied against a city of Fort Wayne employee who hired a city contractor to perform work at his home.The prosecutor's office said Thursday it found "no criminal actions" by a city employee who was said to have received free services from a city vendor.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now Daily NewsSIGN UP NOW
  That didn't happen, it turned out.State police told WANE 15 that
  
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• USPS installs new package sorting machine in Fort Wayne

  15-09-2022 21:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced a new package sorting machine capable of processing more mail and freeing up space for other services is now up and running in Fort Wayne.The new Single Induction Package Sorter (SIPS) machine can process 2,100 packages — ranging from .1 ounces to 20 pounds — every hour.GM investing nearly $500M in Marion plant for EV productionThe SIPS machine will also free up space to sort letters and flat mail.This machine i
  
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• Man once charged in coach's killing found guilty of possessing gun

  15-09-2022 20:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The man who was acquitted in the 2017 killing of a North Side high school football coach has been found guilty of shooting up a home in 2019.A federal court jury found Henry E. Underwood guilty of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now Daily NewsSIGN UP NOW
  According to court documents, Underwood fired at least four shots into a home South Monroe Street home in Dec. 30, 2019
  
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• Safety Village to get updated via roofing company

  15-09-2022 19:09 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Safety Village will be receiving much needed updates thanks to a local roofing company.
  4Ever Roofing is partnering with the City of Fort Wayne and the Fort Wayne Police Department to update the village, which is on the south side of town and consists of roughly 30 miniature buildings. Built in 1991, the village is used to provide children with lessons in traffic safely, pedestrian rules and self-protection.GM investing nearly $500M in Marion plant for EV productionIt's
  
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• Courts: BP agrees to pay $2.75 million to settle air pollution lawsuit

  15-09-2022 18:18 via wane.com
  
  HAMMOND, Ind. (WANE) - BP will pay $2.75 million in penalties and environmental projects in order to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company's oil refinery in Whiting of repeatedly violating legal limits on deadly air pollution.
  That's according to newly released U.S. District Court documents and a media release from the Environmental Integrity Project. The Sierra Club filed the lawsuit against BP in 2019.Indiana now open to nuclear power, but when and at what cost?
  The Whiting refinery, which
  
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• GM investing nearly $500M in Marion plant for EV production

  15-09-2022 18:04 via wane.com
  
  MARION, Ind. (WANE) -- General Motors plans to build 1 million electric vehicles by 2025, and the automaker will lean on its Marion plant for help.GM announced Thursday plans to invest $491 million to expand and upgrade its Marion Metal Center plant to support its electric vehicle production. The plant will be renovated and expanded by 6,000 square feet to accommodate increased operations.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now Daily NewsSIGN UP NOW
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• Courts: Mom accused of breaking into home to get daughter charged with kidnapping, burglary

  15-09-2022 17:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A mother accused of breaking into a home to take her daughter away from a man caring for the girl is now facing felony counts of burglary and kidnapping.
  Kerayla R. BrightAllen County Prosecutors formally charged 23-year-old Kerayla R. Bright with a Level 4 felony count of burglary and a Level 5 felony count of kidnapping along with a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief on Thursday.
  Bright's daughter, whose age was not given, had previously been placed in the custody
  
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• PFW Military Appreciation Day

  15-09-2022 15:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Purdue University Fort Wayne held their Military Appreciation Day on Thursday. Many resources, activities, and information on the military services around the area and on campus.
  Director of Military Student Services, Dr. Michael Kirchner explains why this day is held in September instead of others.
  "With the school year kicking off and taking advantage of the warmer weather, to bring the community out and educate the community," said Dr. Kirchner.
  From 11 a.m. to 2 pm.
  
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• PFW hosts Military Appreciation Day

  15-09-2022 15:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Purdue University Fort Wayne held its Military Appreciation Day on Thursday.Many resources, activities, and information about military services around the area and on campus were offered.
  Director of Military Student Services Dr. Michael Kirchner said this day is held in September to take advantage of the weather."With the school year kicking off and taking advantage of the warmer weather, to bring the community out and educate the community," said Dr. Kirchner.
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• US moved online, worked more from home as pandemic raged

  15-09-2022 15:51 via wane.com
  
  During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home in the United States tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spent more than a third of their income on rent went up, according to survey results released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.Providing the most detailed data to date on how life changed in the U.S. under COVID-19, the bureau's American Community Survey 1-year estimates for 2021 showed that the share of unmarried
  
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• Spooky! Zombies to overtake downtown Fort Wayne for Fright Night

  15-09-2022 15:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fright Night will offer "something unusually spooky" when it returns to downtown Fort Wayne next month.The 13th annual Fright Night is set for Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to midnight.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now Daily NewsSIGN UP NOW
  The free, family friendly event - billed as "a night to dismember" - features activities for all ages around downtown. Guests are encouraged to dress in their vest zombie costume.The popular Zombi
  
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• Biden approval rises sharply ahead of midterms: AP-NORC poll

  15-09-2022 14:59 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s popularity improved substantially from his lowest point this summer, but concerns about his handling of the economy persist, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Support for Biden recovered from a low of 36% in July to 45%, driven in large part by a rebound in support from Democrats just two months before the November midterm elections. During a few bleak summer months when ga
  
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• Fund for Iowa teen who killed rapist raises $200k+ in under 24 hours

  15-09-2022 13:57 via wane.com
  
  DES MOINES, IOWA (WHO) -- A GoFundMe account created for the 17-year-old Iowa teen who pleaded guilty to killing her rapist has raised more than $200,000 in fewer than 24 hours.
  Pieper Lewis was 15 years old when she stabbed and killed 37-year-old Zachary Brooks after, she says, he repeatedly raped her.She pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury. She faced up to 20 years in prison, but a judge on Tuesday handed her a deferred sentence that allows her to serve five years of pr
  
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• Sheriff: Inmate, jailer shared 949 phone calls before escape

  15-09-2022 13:06 via wane.com
  
  FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate who authorities say escaped with the help of a jail supervisor who later killed herself in Indiana shared nearly 1,000 phone calls with the woman before the breakout, news outlets reported.Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said Casey White and Vicky White, who were not related, may have planned his escape over the phone, but authorities must listen to each of 949 calls before making a determination.Authorities have said the two were in a roman
  
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• Tentative railway labor deal reached to avert strike, Biden says

  15-09-2022 11:58 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.He said the tentative deal “will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruption of our economy.”The Democratic president believes unions built the middle class, but he also knew a rail worker strike could have badly damaged the nation's economy. That left him in the awkward position o
  
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• Dense Fog Advisory for part of our area

  15-09-2022 11:44 via wane.com
  
  There is a FOG ADVISORY for areas northwest of Fort Wayne this morning until 9 am.Is your school delayed? Find OutWe will see fog this morning but it won't be as widespread as we saw yesterday. Skies will be mostly sunny through the afternoon with temperatures very similar to what we experienced yesterday. It will get July-like this weekend with highs in the middle 80s.Some patchy dense fog especially northwest of Fort Wayne otherwise partly cloudy with skies becoming mostly sunny by late mornin
  
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• Dense Fog Advisory for part of the area

  15-09-2022 10:55 via wane.com
  
  There is a FOG ADVISORY for areas northwest of Fort Wayne this morning until 9 am.
  We will see fog this morning but it won't be as widespread as we saw yesterday. Skies will be mostly sunny through the afternoon with temperatures very similar to what we experienced yesterday. It will get July-like this weekend with highs in the middle 80s.Some patchy dense fog especially northwest of Fort Wayne otherwise partly cloudy with skies becoming mostly sunny by late morning as temperatures climb into th
  
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• Thousands flock to Monroeville for Luke Bryan farm show

  15-09-2022 04:40 via wane.com
  
  MONROEVILLE, Ind. (WANE) – Popular country music singer Luke Bryan will perform in Monroeville Thursday night as part of his 2022 Farm Tour.The concert is at Spangler Farm and was expected to draw thousands of fans. Concertgoers were already tailgating at the farm's fields early Thursday afternoon.The country music superstar has brought his Farm Tour to rural Allen County multiple times.A Monroeville bar owner said the show boosts business in the small town every time, and draws people fro
  
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• Luke Bryan concert set to draw thousands to Monroeville

  15-09-2022 04:40 via wane.com
  
  MONROEVILLE, Ind. (WANE) – Popular country music singer Luke Bryan will perform in Monroeville Thursday night as part of his 2022 Farm Tour.The concert is at Spangler Farm and is set to draw thousands of fans.The Allen County Sheriff's Department says because of all the people in town, there will be road closures and cell service may be limited.Triple T's Bar manager Julie Simpson said Luke Bryan has performed in town multiple times and it boosts business in their small town.
  "I'm probably
  
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• Student exchange program looking to find families for 50 kids as deadline nears

  15-09-2022 04:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — With the deadline to find a home for around 50 foreign exchange students looming, PAX Student Exchange is urgently looking for people willing to be a host family and provide a home for a student before the fall semester's Sept. 15 deadline.PAX, short for Program of Academic Exchange, provides global education and exchange opportunities for students, host families, schools and communities to open doors, embrace cultures and become family.Through the program, high s
  
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• Wildfire smoke in the upper atmosphere returns to our area

  15-09-2022 03:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - If you thought the clear skies looked hazy on Wednesday, you would be correct. Wildfire smoke returned to the upper atmosphere above northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio Wednesday. This is one of the rare times this year, if not the only time, substantial concentrations have been found above our area.An approximate snapshot of the atmospheric smoke concentration late Wednesday can be found below. Note you can find a more detailed and up-to-date smoke and fire map by vis
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks Ohio law banning most abortions

  15-09-2022 03:05 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge temporarily blocked Ohio’s ban on virtually all abortions Wednesday, again pausing a law that took effect after federal abortion protections were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.The decision means abortions through 20 weeks’ gestation can continue for now, in keeping with state law in place before the ban.Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins’ decision to grant a 14-day restraining order against the law came as part o
  
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• Motorcyclist involved in crash on Lima Road

  15-09-2022 00:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police responded to a crash involving a motorcycle Wednesday evening on Lima Road just north of Coliseum Boulevard.
  Police say the motorcyclist rear-ended a car.The conditions of those involved are unknown at this time.WANE 15 has a crew at the scene and will provide updates as the situation unfolds.
  
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