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• 'Man killer': Remembering Fort Wayne's forgotten speedway

  19-09-2022 23:09 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Racing is in the blood of many Hoosiers.
  The Indy 500 has helped fuel a love for the sport unseen in many other places, but its history in the state derives much further north than the hallowed bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  The Fort Wayne Speedway built in 1928 by Frank Funk was once one of the most vaunted tracks in the country.
  Its danger and legacy has recently been chronicled by former North Side High School history teacher Dan Heath who wrote a book ab
  
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• 'Man killer': Last lap down memory lane, Fort Wayne's forgotten speedway

  19-09-2022 23:09 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Racing is in the blood of many Hoosiers.
  The Indy 500 has helped fuel a love for the sport unseen in many other places, but its history in the state derives much further north than the hallowed bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  The Fort Wayne Speedway built in 1928 by Frank Funk was once one of the most vaunted tracks in the country.
  Its danger and legacy has recently been chronicled by former North Side High School history teacher Dan Heath who wrote a book ab
  
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• 'This is a chance to serve my country': Fort Wayne investment rep helping build DC memorial

  19-09-2022 22:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - He remembers sitting in a room during college and listening to the radio.
  He heard the numbers read - one after the other, all the way up to 29.
  He held 42.So Ronald R. Covington, whose father carried a Browning Automatic Rifle through Eastern Europe during World War II and whose uncle flew jets in the Congo,did not go to Vietnam.
  By the time he graduated college, he already had a family and thought the military wasn't an option.
  Flash forward 40-some years, and Covingt
  
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• Yes, it can happen: Snake finds its way into toilet of Alabama home

  19-09-2022 21:30 via wane.com
  
  EUFAULA, Ala. (WRBL) - So, it turns out that finding a snake in your toilet is a real – if uncommon – possibility.Great.Friday, police officers in Eufaula, Alabama were called to a home with a slithering surprise.“We never know from one day to the next what kind of call we will receive during our shift. Today was no exception, however, a snake in the toilet wasn’t on our list of possibilities. Day shift removed the unwelcomed visitor and released it to a more su
  
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• Jan. 6 panel members offer long-awaited elections reform bill

  19-09-2022 21:23 via wane.com
  
  Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), two members of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, introduced a bill on Monday to reform the Electoral College Act, offering a number of provisions to protect elections from interference by state and federal lawmakers.The Presidential Election Reform Act would make clear that the role of the vice president in presiding over the counting of electoral votes is purely “ministerial.”It also takes aim at pot
  
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• Speedy trial turns into release on murder charges, but suspect is incarcerated for other reasons

  19-09-2022 19:37 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A man charged in a 2015 homicide case would have gone free today, but for the fact he’s serving another sentence in a state prison.In June, Donte Curry, 41, was charged in the shooting death of Harold Von Harrington, 26, in November 2015, a case that went cold until prosecutors located witnesses willing to testify.One witness, however, is serving a federal sentence in Arizona and prosecutors said in court Monday, they didn’t believe he’d be available
  
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• Parents wanted after Ohio child found locked in cage, another holding meth pipe

  19-09-2022 19:30 via wane.com
  
  LOGAN, Ohio (WCMH) - Two Ohio parents face arrest warrants and a grandmother is in custody after deputies in Ohio found a 3-year-old in a cage and a 2-year-old holding a drug pipe Sunday during a search of a house, according to the Hocking County Sheriff's Office.
  HCSO says they conducted a search warrant at a residence during an investigation into sexual assault.
  When authorities arrived at the home, they say they found a 3-year-old locked in a cage that was secured with zip ties and had bugs i
  
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• Procession for Officer Burton set to take place

  19-09-2022 18:37 via wane.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- The Richmond Police Department along with other agencies will be escorting Officer Seara Burton back home from Dayton on Monday afternoon.The escort is scheduled to leave the Dayton area at 1:30 p.m. on Monday. The route will take I-75 North from Dayton to I-70 West to Richmond. Once the escort reaches Richmond, it will follow U.S. 40 from the interstate to North 5th Street, passing Officer Burton's police car, and then onto East Main Street. From there it will go back ont
  
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• Police departments escort Officer Burton to Richmond

  19-09-2022 18:37 via wane.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- The Richmond Police Department along with other agencies escorted Officer Seara Burton back home from Dayton on Monday afternoon.The escort was scheduled to leave the Dayton area at 1:30 p.m. on Monday. The route took I-75 North from Dayton to I-70 West to Richmond. Once the escort reached Richmond, it followed U.S. 40 from the interstate to North 5th Street, passing Officer Burton's police car, and then onto East Main Street. From there it went back onto U.S. 40 to Doan &
  
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• How to get a student loan refund if you paid during pandemic

  19-09-2022 18:24 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — When President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive student loan debt, many borrowers who kept making payments during the pandemic wondered if they'd made the right choice.Borrowers who paid down their debt during a pandemic freeze that started in March 2020 can in fact get a refund — and then apply for forgiveness – but the process for doing that hasn’t always been clear.If you think you’re eligible, here’s what you need to know:WHO IS ELIGIB
  
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• Silver Alert issued for 12-year-old missing from Columbia City

  19-09-2022 17:43 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) - A Statewide Silver Alert has been declared for a girl missing from Columbia City.The Indiana State Police Fort Wayne Post and the Whitley County Sheriff's Department are investigating the disappearance of Emery Osborne, described as a 12-year-old white female, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 145 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
  She was last seen Monday morning at 7 a.m. wearing a maroon shirt, navy blue shorts, white flip flops and walking her dog. The dog has since ret
  
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• Police find missing 12-year-old from Columbia City

  19-09-2022 17:43 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) - Investigators said Monday afternoon they found a girl that had been missing from Columbia City.Emery OsborneIndiana State Police said 12-year-old Emery Osborne was found in a field, safe, and was reunited with her family.Emery, who is homeschooled, reportedly went missing Monday morning at 7 a.m. while walking her dog in the area of East Hiler Road. The dog returned home alone that morning. Teen girl killed, 5 hurt in crash in LaGrange CountyInvestigators believed Em
  
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• Woman pleads guilty in vehicular reckless homicide that killed spouse

  19-09-2022 17:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A Yoder woman pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in a vehicular accident that claimed the life of her husband.Kaycee Reed, 28, appeared in front of Magistrate Sam Keirns and took responsibility for crashing her car on Lower Huntington Road around 2:20 p.m. Jan. 8. The accident caused the death of her husband, Corbin Reed, also 28. Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now WANE 15 Breaking News AlertsSIGN UP NOW
  Reed's plea deal dismisses the
  
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• ISP: Adams County man arrested for child porn

  19-09-2022 17:22 via wane.com
  
  DECATUR, Ind. (WANE) - A cyber tip from a missing and exploited children's group culminated in the arrest of a 58-year-old Decatur man over the weekend, according to the Indiana State Police.
  Detectives arrested Brian K. Peck on a felony count of possession of child pornography after serving a warrant at a home in the 5500 block of N. 600 E. in Decatur on Friday. Troopers and investigators seized multiple electronic devices as well, a police statement said.Teen girl killed, five hurt in crash in
  
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• Three Rivers Festival director out after 1 year

  19-09-2022 17:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Three Rivers Festival is looking for new leadership - again.Justin Shurley confirmed to WANE 15 he's no longer executive director of the festival. He's taken a new position as Director of Philanthropy at The League for the Blind and Disabled, he said.It was not immediately clear why Shurley left the festival. He would not comment further.Shurley was hired in late June 2021 - two weeks before the 2021 festival - to replace Jack Hammer, who led the Three Rivers Festi
  
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• Sunshine returns and so does humidity today

  19-09-2022 16:38 via wane.com
  
  We are going to see increasing sunshine this afternoon with temperatures pushing back up into the 80s. The string of 80s continues through midweek just before the start of fall.
  Early showers and storms come to an end early this morning. Skies will become partly cloudy especially by late this morning with temperatures in the middle 70s by noon.
  Summer warmth will stick around today with sticky conditions through this afternoon along with sunshine and a high in the lower 80s.
  A refreshingly clear
  
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• Gas prices fall for 14th consecutive week

  19-09-2022 16:21 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the 14th consecutive week, the nation’s average gas price has fallen, declining 3.9 cents from a week ago to $3.64 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 stations nationwide. The national average is down 25.7 cents from a month ago but 45.9 cents higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has declined 7.0 cents in the last week and stands at $4.93 per gallon.“With
  
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• Teen girl killed, 5 hurt in crash in LaGrange County

  19-09-2022 15:59 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A teen girl was killed and five others were hurt in a crash in LaGrange County Friday afternoon.The crash happened around 3:45 p.m. at S.R. 5 and C.R. 700 South, two miles west of Topeka.According to a report from the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office, a Pontiac Bonneville and a Ford Fusion collided.The Bonneville, driven by 17-year-old Jordan Collyer of Topeka, was headed south on S.R. 5 and turned onto C.R. 700 South in front of the oncoming northbound Ford drive
  
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• Vera Bradley Classic wraps up Monday

  19-09-2022 13:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Vera Bradley Classic has been a popular event in Fort Wayne, and on Monday they will wrap up their 28th year.
  The slate of events started on Friday with mixed doubles pickleball tournaments.New this year to the Classic is the first men's doubles pickleball tournament.There is also a women's doubles pickleball tournament going on Saturday, as well as two golf tournaments.
  The Classic Celebration will conclude the Vera Bradley Classic on Monday.The money raised
  
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• Vera Bradley Classic raises $1.1 million to fight breast cancer

  19-09-2022 13:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Vera Bradley Classic wrapped up their 28th year Monday with a check for $1.127 million to fuel the fight against breast cancer.
  The slate of events started on Friday with mixed doubles pickleball tournaments.The 2022 Vera Bradley Classic raised $1,127,000.00 for breast cancer research.New this year to the Classic is the first men's doubles pickleball tournament.There was also a women's doubles pickleball tournament Saturday.
  The weekend concluded on Monday wit
  
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• Photos: World bids farewell to Queen Elizabeth II

  19-09-2022 13:20 via wane.com
  
  Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers.
  Crowds massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.
  The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II with the Imperial State Crown resting on top is carried into Westminster Abbey during the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, in London, Monday Sept. 19, 2022. (Tristan Fewings/Pool Photo via AP)This photo issued by B
  
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• Skies gradually clear through the morning

  19-09-2022 13:13 via wane.com
  
  A fast-moving weather system will give us a few showers or an isolated storm early this morning. Skies will clear through late this morning. Summer heat and humidity will stick around a couple more days with significant changes coming for the start of fall.
  Early showers and storms come to an end early this morning. Skies will become partly cloudy especially by late this morning with temperatures in the middle 70s by noon.
  Summer warmth will stick around today with sticky conditions through this
  
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• CASS Housing Walking Club preparing for Fort 4 Fitness community event

  19-09-2022 12:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The annual Fort4Fitness Fall Festival weekend is nearing, meaning thousands of people are training hard for the city's premier fitness event. That includes a group from CASS Housing, an organization that provides safe and affordable housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.CASS Housing Walking Club
  CASS Housing's Walking Club will participate in the 4-mile run/walk Oct. 1 in downtown Fort Wayne. Executive Director Becca Graf says the group is
  
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• Queen Elizabeth II mourned at funeral by Britain and world

  19-09-2022 11:20 via wane.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.In a country known for pomp and pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle: Ahead of the service, a bell tolled 96 times — once a minute for each year of Elizabe
  
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• LIVE: Queen Elizabeth II mourned at funeral by Britain and world

  19-09-2022 11:20 via wane.com
  
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  LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.A day packed with events in London and Windsor began early when the doors of 900-year-old Westminster Hall were closed to mourners after hundreds of thousands had filed in fro
  
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• LIVE: Britain and the world to lay Queen Elizabeth II to rest

  19-09-2022 11:20 via wane.com
  
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  LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world are laying Queen Elizabeth II to rest on Monday at a state funeral that is drawing presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and up to a million people lining the streets of London to say a final goodbye to a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.A day packed with funeral events in London and Windsor began early when the doors of 900-year-old Westminster Hall were closed to mourners after hun
  
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• Some early showers or storms

  19-09-2022 09:41 via wane.com
  
  A fast-moving weather system will give us a few showers or an isolated storm early this morning. Skies will clear through late this morning. Summer heat and humidity will stick around a couple more days with significant changes coming for the start of fall.
  Early showers and storms come to an end early this morning. Skies will become partly cloudy especially by late this morning with temperatures in the middle 70s by noon.
  Summer warmth will stick around today with sticky conditions through this
  
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• Richmond Officer Seara Burton passes away

  19-09-2022 06:10 via wane.com
  
  RICHMOND, Ind. (WANE) - Richmond Police Officer Seara Burton, who was shot in the line of duty on August 10th, has passed away.The following was posted on the Richmond Police Department Facebook page early Monday morning:MEDIA RELEASE
  September 18, 2022It is with profound sadness that we announce that Officer Seara Burton #140/K9-2 passed away at 9:59 p.m. tonight at Reid Health surrounded by her family. She succumbed to the injury she received in a criminal act that occurred on August 10th, 202
  
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• Storms overnight exit by daybreak Monday

  19-09-2022 05:30 via wane.com
  
  Showers and storms will be scattering their way through the area before daybreak Monday. A few storms could be on the stronger side, with gusty winds, hail, and heavy downpours. Most storms though will be your average garden-variety storms and this will not be a significant severe weather event.Once the storms exit, we'll see mostly cloudy skies Monday morning, with the slight chance for a lingering rain shower. We'll turn partly cloudy by the afternoon, with a stray shower chance lingering into
  
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• Line to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state closed

  19-09-2022 00:19 via wane.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden paid his respects at Queen Elizabeth II's coffin on Sunday as thousands of police, hundreds of British troops and an army of officials made final preparations for the queen's state funeral — a spectacular display of national mourning that will also be the biggest gathering of world leaders for years.People across Britain paused for a minute of silence at 8 p.m. in memory of the only monarch most have ever known. At Westminster Hall, where the qu
  
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