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• FWCS says student brought a gun to Wayne High School

  22-09-2022 23:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) alerted parents of an incident Thursday where a student brought a gun to Wayne High School.Administrators located the student after hearing the student may have had a weapon and had the gun confiscated by Wayne's school resource officer. Gun found at Wayne High School days after initial reportNo direct threat was made to students or staff, and FWCS did not clarify what type of gun the student had.FWCS is asking for anyone with q
  
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• Jury convicts CA man in 1999 rape of woman in Warsaw

  22-09-2022 23:20 via wane.com
  
  WARSAW, Ind. (WANE) -- A California man has been found guilty of raping a woman in Warsaw 22 years ago.Rodriguez Todd, 53, of La Mesa, California, was convicted last week in Kosciusko Superior Court of Rape and Kidnapping.It was Nov. 23, 1999, between 7 and 8 p.m., when a woman said she was kidnapped by a man wearing a fake beard and mustache from a Shell gas station in Warsaw. The woman said she'd been traveling from Logansport, where she lived, to Ligonier to visit her gravely ill father when
  
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• Courts: Shaken child suffers brain bleed, man charged

  22-09-2022 23:05 via wane.com
  
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  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne man is accused of causing shaken injuries to his daughter that were so severe she needed to be treated for a bleed on her brain, according to Allen Superior Court documents.
  Allen County Prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged 25-year-old Elijah Joseph Seslar with Level 3 felony counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury and domestic battery to a victim unde
  
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• Biden vows US won't walk away from storm-struck Puerto Rico

  22-09-2022 22:40 via wane.com
  
  SAN SALVADOR, Puerto Rico (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday the full force of the federal government is ready to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Fiona even as Bermuda and Canada's Atlantic provinces were preparing for a major blast from the Category 4 storm.Speaking at a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials in New York, Biden said, “We’re all in this together.”Biden noted that hundreds of FEMA and other federal offi
  
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• Courts: Man who goes by 'Mad Max' accused of raping a woman while she slept

  22-09-2022 22:38 via wane.com
  
  WARNING: This story contains graphic content not suitable for all readersFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man who went by the alias "Mad Max" is accused of raping a woman while she slept at a southwest side apartment complex, according Allen Superior Court documents.
  Allen County Prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged 29-year-old Jacquail Belcher with a Level 3 felony count of rape when the victim is unaware. ISP: Angola man tried to break into trooper's home
  Belcher is accused of allowing the wom
  
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• Jury acquits man in meth-fueled shooting of brother

  22-09-2022 22:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Two brothers, one who shot the other after a meth-fueled night. They still love each other and the older brother, the victim, still speaks to his brother sitting in the Allen County Jail.But Thursday, Ian Goodman, 27, sat with his fiancé, Jessica Day, in Superior Court Judge David Zent’s courtroom awaiting the verdict on younger brother, Ryan Goodman, 23, facing six counts, the most serious being aggravated battery knowingly inflicting an injury that creat
  
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• Canada to drop vaccine mandate at border Sept. 30

  22-09-2022 21:56 via wane.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signed off on Canada dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering the country at the end of September, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.
  Canada, like the United States, requires foreign nationals to be vaccinated when entering the country. No change in the mandate is expected in the U.S. in the near term.Unvaccinated foreign travelers who are allowed to enter Canada are currently subject to m
  
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• Courts: Man fled police in U-Haul truck before crash

  22-09-2022 21:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne man is accused of leading police on a chase in a U-Haul truck before crashing on the north side of town last week, according to newly released Allen Superior Court documents.
  Justin EdwardsU-Haul, van go up in flames along with suspect's pants
  Officers arrested 26-year-old Justin R. Edwards after he crashed the truck on a median at Lima and West Washington roads before fleeing on foot, court documents said.
  Edwards is accused of driving the U-Haul recklessl
  
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• Take a look inside the Union Street Market at Electric Works

  22-09-2022 21:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Local media was given a tour on Thursday of the new Union Street Market at Electric Works, which is set to open later this fall.The market features two buildings: a west hall and an east hall with an atrium between the two.The west hall will have more of a food court feel. The east hall will have more of a grocery-style feel and the hours will reflect both of those genres.Late-evening food will be accessible on the west side, as it will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. H
  
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• Court docs: Women left children in car to drink in bar

  22-09-2022 20:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Two 31-year-old women are facing felony of neglect of a dependent charges for leaving a car-load of children outside a downtown bar while they went inside to drink, according to newly released Allen Superior Court documents.
  Allen County Prosecutors filed formal charges against Melissa C. Bentley and Alicia Terry on Thursday.ISP: Angola man tried to break into Trooper's homeBentley and Terry are accused of going to Henry's at 536 W. Main St. this past Monday between 8 p
  
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• Health Department holds a drive-through booster clinic, tests its preparedness

  22-09-2022 20:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Health Department hosted a drive-through event Thursday where new COVID booster shots were offered from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Allen County Department of Health Medical Clinic.These new boosters are called "bivalent boosters," meaning that they target two separate strains of COVID.
  This booster targets both the original strain and Omicron variant.Recently approved by the CDC, the health department strongly encourages those who already have base-l
  
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• Jan. 6 hearing witness from Ohio avoids jail time for Capitol riot

  22-09-2022 20:15 via wane.com
  
  An Ohio man who testified at a congressional hearing about why he stormed the U.S. Capitol avoided imprisonment when a federal judge sentenced him on Thursday to two years of probation for his role in the mob's attack.After his televised testimony at a U.S. House committee's hearing in July, Stephen Ayres approached and apologized to a group of police officers who had struggled to repel the crowd of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021.Ayres apologized again on Thursday — this time to the court and the
  
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• Class action lawsuit filed against Kia, Hyundai over viral thefts

  22-09-2022 19:10 via wane.com
  (KTLA) - Last month, the Los Angeles Police Department alerted the community to a viral TikTok challenge that encourages the theft of Kia and Hyundai vehicles.One in five vehicle thefts this year have been a Kia or Hyundai, police said, and officials believe it is in part due to the lack of an "immobilizer," an anti-theft device that's absent from key-started Kias and Hyundais manufactured between 2011 and 2021.With the immobilizer's absence, the cars can be stolen with only a USB cable and a sc
  
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• Salomon Farms Fall Harvest Fest returns this weekend

  22-09-2022 18:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- With the fall-like temperatures in the forecast, the Fall Harvest Fest is the perfect way to kick-off the fall season with your family.
  The two-day festival celebrates the history and culture of the American Farm. Many hands-on activities for the whole family to enjoy including, farm animals, a horse-drawn wagon ride around the park, corn husking, and so much more!
  The former Fort Wayne Children's Zoo ponies will make an appearance for rides.
  The festival runs Friday, Se
  
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• ISP: Angola man tried to break into trooper's home

  22-09-2022 17:54 via wane.com
  
  FREMONT, Ind. (WANE) -- An Angola man was arrested Wednesday night after an Indiana State Police trooper reportedly caught him breaking into his home.The incident happened just before 8 a.m. at a home along the 4600 block of West Nevada Mills Road, near Jimmerson Lake west of Fremont.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now WANE 15 Breaking News AlertsSIGN UP NOW
  According to a state police report, a neighbor spotted a man breaking out windows of Trooper George Youpel
  
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• Judge grants injunction for Indiana's abortion law

  22-09-2022 15:47 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A Monroe County special judge has blocked Indiana’s new abortion law from being enforced.Judge Kelsey B. Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction Thursday morning. The judge heard arguments in the case earlier this week. Judge considering temporary injunction on Indiana’s near-total abortion banThe ACLU of Indiana and a group of abortion providers filed a lawsuit to block the new law, which went into effect on Sept. 15. Described as a near-total ban on abortio
  
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• Indiana among 5 cheapest states to buy a house in 2022

  22-09-2022 15:38 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — This past August, Homebuyer.com released a study detailing the 15 cheapest and five most expensive places to buy a home in 2022.
  Research on mortgage rates is especially important right now as the Federal Reserve tries to cool what has been the hottest U.S. inflation rate in four decades.
  It's an economic trickle-down felt hardest by consumers as 60% of the country now lives paycheck-to-paycheck, dealing with everything from escalating grocery bills and rent to surging
  
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• Video shows passenger assaulting flight attendant

  22-09-2022 14:43 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBS) An unruly passenger was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday after he assaulted a flight attendant during a flight from Los Cabos International Airport in San José del Cabo, Mexico.According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who took the investigation since the assault happened in the air, the man was detained after the flight landed on suspicion of interfering with a flight crew, which is a federal offense.Video from inside the plane shows an
  
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• Police: SUV flipped on its side after car runs stop sign in DeKalb County

  22-09-2022 14:09 via wane.com
  
  GARRETT, Ind. (WANE) A driver avoided being seriously hurt after the SUV he was driving Wednesday night was flipped on its side after being hit by a car just north of Garrett in DeKalb County.According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, the driver of a Nissan Xterra was going south on State Road 327. After stopping at the intersection with State Road 8, the SUV was hit in the rear passenger side by a Ford Fusion that was going east on State Road 8 and failed to stop at the stop sign.Wayn
  
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• Walmart, Target starting holiday deals even earlier this year. Here's why

  22-09-2022 13:37 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart and Target plan to begin offering deals and price matching offers earlier this year to keep up with Americans pressed by soaring inflation and looking for ways to ease the potential sting of holiday shopping.Inflation that is hovering near four-decade highs, experts believe, could push families to get an earlier start on shopping with hopes of avoiding even higher prices later.The holiday sales strategies, announced on Thursday, come amid what is expected to be slow
  
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• ISP: Teens arrested going 111 mph on I-65 with alcohol and fake guns in vehicle

  22-09-2022 12:37 via wane.com
  
  JACKSON COUNTY, Ind. -- Two teenagers were arrested in Jackson County Wednesday morning after Indiana State Police reportedly caught them going more than 110 mph on I-65 with alcohol and fake firearms in the vehicle.Around 10 a.m., a trooper stopped a white Acura on I-65 South near the Seymour exit. State Police say the 17-year-old driver from Crothersville, Indiana was going 111 mph in a 70 mph zone. The passenger was a 16-year-old from Seymour. Bicyclist in life-threatening condition after cra
  
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• 'Fat Leonard', fugitive in massive Navy bribery case, caught in Venezuela

  22-09-2022 11:59 via wane.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard" who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scandals in U.S. military history has been arrested in Venezuela after fleeing before his sentencing, authorities said Wednesday.The international manhunt for Leonard Glenn Francis ended with his arrest by Venezuelan authorities Tuesday morning at the Caracas airport as he was about to board an airplane for another country, the U.S. Marshals Service said.Interpol Venezu
  
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• FWCS responds to 3 bus crashes in 2 days

  22-09-2022 03:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Fort Wayne Community Schools buses have been involved in three crashes within the last two days.WANE 15 can confirm that at least two of those crashes were not the bus drivers' fault. The district said the crashes were the result of distracted drivers.
  Attorney Phillip Truitt of Truitt Law Offices, who is not involved in any of these incidents, said that is the case many times. FWCS bus struck when car tries to drive around"It's fall and everyone is getting b
  
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• Bicyclist struck at intersection of Lake, Tecumseh near Lakeside Park

  22-09-2022 03:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police are investigating a bicyclist who was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Tecumseh Street Wednesday night.Police had the intersection blocked off as they were investigating the scene. FWCS bus struck when car tries to drive aroundThe bicyclist's condition is unknown at this time.WANE 15 has a crew at the scene and will provide updates as the situation unfolds
  
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• Bicyclist in life-threatening condition after crash at Lake, Tecumseh near Lakeside Park

  22-09-2022 03:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A man is in life-threatening condition after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bike at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Tecumseh Street after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night.Police arrived and initially found the bicyclist alert and conscious with a laceration to his head.The man stated he had head pain, and paramedics transported him to a local hospital in serious condition, which was later changed to a life-threatening condition by a physician. FWCS bus stru
  
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• Bicyclist in life-threatening condition after crash at Lake and Tecumseh near Lakeside Park

  22-09-2022 03:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A man is in life-threatening condition after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Tecumseh Street Wednesday night.Police arrived shortly after 8:30 and initially found the bicyclist alert and conscious with a laceration to his head.The man stated he had head pain, and paramedics transported him to a local hospital in serious condition, which was later changed to a life-threatening condition by a physician, accordi
  
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• Indiana's last Free Fishing Day set for this weekend

  22-09-2022 00:40 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) — Saturday, Sept. 24, will be an important day for Hoosiers who love the outdoors.Not only is it National Hunting & Fishing Day and National Public Lands Day, but it will also the last Free Fishing Day of the year in Indiana.Indiana residents can fish any of Indiana's public waters without a license or a trout/salmon stamp on Free Fishing Days. Lawmakers hear pros, cons of legalizing potAn annual fishing license in Indiana cost $23.Several hunting seasons are also o
  
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