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• 'I Dew'?: Indiana man to marry a can of Hard Mtn Dew in Las Vegas

  04-10-2022 22:48 via wane.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, Nev. — "Hard Dew, I do."That is what an Indiana man will be saying on Wednesday during a ceremony to celebrate his lifetime commitment to a can of Hard Mtn Dew. That's right, an Avon resident is set to marry a PepsiCo product in Las Vegas this week.Over the summer, the Mtn Dew brand sent out a call to all single fans of the drink. The task: to "express their unwavering love and devotion to HARD MTN DEW," a press release from the company said.The event, dubbed the "Hard Dew, I do
  
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• Girl Scouts launches annual Fall Product Program; offers nuts, chocolates

  04-10-2022 22:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana launched its annual Fall Product Program, which runs from now through Oct. 30.During the program, girls will learn and practice the five skills of entrepreneurship: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. Girl Scouts receives $15M grant to address girls’ needs in IndianaAll proceeds will stay local and will be used for activities, trips and community service projects.Orders
  
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• WANE 15 wins Station of the Year at Indiana Broadcasters Association awards ceremony

  04-10-2022 22:31 via wane.com
  
  CARMEL, Ind. (WANE) -- WANE 15 was honored with three awards including Station of the Year at the Indiana Broadcasters Association's Spectrum Awards.The awards ceremony was held Tuesday in Carmel.WANE 15 won the coveted TV Market 2 Station of the Year honor.WANE 15 also won Best General News Story for Malakai’s Law by Alyssa Ivanson and Jamie Duffy, and Best News Feature/Use of Medium for Pat Hoffmann's feature on the lunch rush at Coney Island.WANE 15 was also nominated for Local Communit
  
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• Young deputy in Florida fatally shot by friendly fire

  04-10-2022 22:28 via wane.com
  
  POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) — A 21-year deputy appeared to have been fatally shot by friendly fire from deputies with whom he was serving a warrant in central Florida early Tuesday, authorities said.The Polk County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that Deputy Blane Lane was shot in the left arm and chest at a trailer in Polk City, Florida, while serving a warrant with three other deputies on a suspect wanted for failing to appear on a felony drug charge.Shots were fired after deputies discove
  
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• Teen suspect charged with murder in shooting death

  04-10-2022 22:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A 16-year-old male juvenile suspect accused of being involved in an Oct. 2 shooting that killed another teen is being charged with murder, police say.After responding to a shooting at the 300 block of W. Wildwood Ave. Sunday night, police later found the suspect a few blocks north of the scene. Teen killed in shooting near Wildwood Ave ID’dPolice say the suspect has not yet been waived into adult court, but there will be a hearing soon to request the suspect
  
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• LAWSUIT: Huntington U cross-country and track program allowed doping, rape

  04-10-2022 22:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Two former Huntington University cross country and track runners claim in a federal lawsuit they were doped, sexually assaulted and raped by a coach - and that school officials and other coaches allowed the abuse.
  Lawyers for the runners, who WANE TV is not identifying, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Northern Indiana late last week.
  "University leadership has been made aware that a civil suit was filed that names the University, as well as individuals f
  
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• Fort Wayne Community Schools looks to solve "concerning" gun issue

  04-10-2022 22:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A third gun in less than two weeks was brought onto an FWCS school property on Monday.The gun was found at North Side High School. It follows guns being found at Wayne High School and Haley Elementary School.While all three cases resulted in students doing the right thing and reporting seeing something out of the ordinary, leading to no further threats, the district's director of communication and marketing, Krista Stockman, called it a "very concerning" trend the dist
  
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• Pair accused in fishing scandal won thousands of dollars, boat in string of wins

  04-10-2022 21:06 via wane.com
  
  CLEVELAND (WJW) - The world of competitive fishing, where anglers battle for cash and prizes, is being rocked by a cheating scandal that unfolded at a tournament in Cleveland on Saturday.
  The tournament to crown the best walleye fishermen on Lake Erie took a scandalous turn when the local tournament director discovered that the two fishermen considered the team to beat inflated the weight of their catch by stuffing the fish with lead sinkers and then padding the inside of the walleye with fillet
  
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• Iconic Goodwill gets serious with online for thrifters

  04-10-2022 21:01 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Thrifters who flock to Goodwill stores will now be able to do more of their treasure hunting online.The 120-year-old nonprofit organization on Tuesday launched GoodwillFinds, a newly incorporated shopping venture that is making roughly 100,000 donated items available for purchase online and expanding Goodwill's internet presence that until now had been limited to auction sites like ShopGoodwill.com or individual stores selling donations online via eBay and Amazon.GoodwillFi
  
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• 3 hurt in 2-vehicle crash outside Decatur

  04-10-2022 20:20 via wane.com
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Three people were hospitalized after a crash Tuesday morning in Adams County.The crash happened around 7:20 a.m. at the intersection of C.R. 200 W and C.R. 500 N, about 2 miles west of Decatur. New Haven High School ‘safe and secure’ after reported threatAccording to a report from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, a black Chevrolet Impala was southbound on C.R. 200 W when it failed to stop at a stop sign and drove into the path of an eastbound Ford
  
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• Here are the products recalled in September

  04-10-2022 17:52 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) -- The Indiana Attorney General's Office has released its monthly list of items recalled for various safety reasons by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the following consumer products were recalled in September:RIDGE Jogging Strollers from UPPAbaby Cityscape Travel Jogger Strollers from Baby Trend Infant Bath Seats from Yuboloo Children’s Sandals from Kolan Children’s HearMuffs from Hearing Lab Tech
  
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• New Haven High School 'safe and secure' after reported threat

  04-10-2022 17:12 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) -- New Haven High School was placed on a lockout Tuesday morning after a threat was reportedly made.New Haven High School said in a letter that school administration learned Tuesday morning of a threat that was made Monday, directed to the school. Specific details of the threat were not released.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now WANE 15 Breaking News AlertsSIGN UP NOW
  The school was placed on "a lockout/secure status" Tuesday morning "aft
  
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• Beautiful October weather continues

  04-10-2022 17:00 via wane.com
  
  Our stretch of beautiful October days continues today, as we're once again seeing lots of sunshine across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. It was definitely a cold start to the day though, thanks to the clear sky and a strong area of high pressure in place. Fort Wayne saw a low temperature of 33 degrees! The good news is we're warming up quite nicely today and we'll eventually see high temperatures reach the lower 70s.Clear skies continue into tonight, although it will not be as cold. Low t
  
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• Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter and country queen, dies

  04-10-2022 16:34 via wane.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90.In a statement provided to The Associated Press, Lynn's family said she died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.Lynn already had four children before launching her career in the early 1960s, and her songs reflected her pride in her rural Kentucky bac
  
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• FAA mandates more rest for flight attendants to combat fatigue

  04-10-2022 15:50 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday announced a new rule increasing the amount of rest time airlines must give flight attendants between shifts.The new rule, which the FAA proposed late last year, boosts the required rest time from nine consecutive hours to 10 hours for flight attendants between their shifts, which can reach as long as 14 hours.Officials touted the new rule as helping mitigate fatigue among flight attendants.“It's been a long road, and it's a
  
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• Carmel, Zionsville, Westfield ranked in top 10 of 'Best Small Cities' in US

  04-10-2022 15:36 via wane.com
  
  Three central Indiana cities have placed in the top ten of a new national list of the best small cities to live in the U.S.Carmel (#2), Zionsville (#7), and Westfield (#10) ranked in the top ten of WalletHub's study of the"Best Small Cities in America." More than 1,300 cities were included in the study.
  The rankings were based on 43 "key indicators of livability," according to WalletHub. Factors include housing costs, quality of local schools, and restaurants per capita.Cities with populations f
  
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• 70-year-old Indiana man falls while climbing tree stand

  04-10-2022 15:30 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WANE) - Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after a Stinesville man fell from a tree stand Sunday afternoon.Conservation officers were dispatched to the 9550 block of Elwren Lane in Bloomington, where they determined 70-year-old Davey Summitt was climbing a tree stand when he fell to the ground about 8 feet below.Officers said that even though Summitt was "rendered unconscious and injured" by the fall, the man made it back to his house and called for help. He was t
  
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• Here's your chance to work at Union Street Market at Electric Works

  04-10-2022 15:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Union Street Market, the public market and food hall at Electric Works, is hiring.The market will host a job fair Thursday to fill a variety of positions, including pitmaster/grillmaster, line and prep cooks, cashiers, tasting bar associates, bakers and day porters, among others.The job fair will be held at the Weigand Construction Office at 1021 Swinney Ave. from 4-7 p.m. Take a look inside the Union Street Market at Electric Works“Union Street Market will be op
  
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• Purdue makes world's whitest paint thinner than ever, with benefits for vehicles

  04-10-2022 14:23 via wane.com
  
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WANE) - Purdue University has found a way to beat their own record by making the world's whitest paint even thinner and lighter.Researchers at Purdue created the formula that earned a Guinness World Record in 2021. The goal was to eventually reduce the need for air conditioning in homes, and now they expanding that goal.A release from the university announced Monday a new version of the paint that can radiate heat away from cars, trains and airplanes.Purdue University
  
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• Three members of NW Indiana family killed in head-on crash

  04-10-2022 12:58 via wane.com
  
  INDIANOLA, Ill. (AP) — Three members of a northwest Indiana family died in a fiery head-on collision in eastern Illinois, authorities said.Lee J. Hall, 52; Felisha J. Hall, 46; and their daughter, Madison G. Hall, 18, all of Oxford, Indiana, were killed in the crash early Sunday on a road near Indianola, the Vermilion County Sheriff’s Department said.The Halls were riding in a pickup truck towing a car trailer when their truck was hit head-on by another pickup traveling in the opposi
  
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• Cold morning, warming up significantly in the afternoon

  04-10-2022 04:49 via wane.com
  
  Morning temperatures will be in the mid-30s by sunrise, climbing to about 60° around noon. You may wake up to find morning frost developed on some of your plants.The cold air sticks around until sunrise, but after that, we will see temperatures increase to near 70° for the high temperature of the day.While you'll need a jacket stepping out the door in the morning, you won't need one in the afternoon with high tempsaround 70°.Overnight temperatures into Wednesday morning will not be a
  
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• Cold morning, warming up in the afternoon

  04-10-2022 04:49 via wane.com
  
  Morning temperatures will be in the mid-30s by sunrise, climbing to about 60° around noon. You may wake up to find morning frost developed on some of your plants.The cold air sticks around until sunrise, but after that, we will see temperatures increase to near 70° for the high temperature of the day.While you'll need a jacket stepping out the door in the morning, you won't need one in the afternoon with high tempsaround 70°.Overnight temperatures into Wednesday morning will not be a
  
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• Police investigate shooting on Oliver Street

  04-10-2022 03:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Police are investigating a shooting in the 3600 block of Oliver Street on the city's southeast side.Police dispatchers confirm a victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.Dispatchers sent police to the scene after 9 p.m. on Monday.WANE 15 has a crew on the scene to learn more.
  
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• Brightpoint prepares heating and electric bill aid for winter

  04-10-2022 02:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Brightpoint has opened the application period for their energy assistance program (EAP) for this year.
  Applying for the EAP also automatically applies you for the Inflation Supplement if your application is approved before May 15th. With the supplement, approved customers will get $250 towards your heating bills and another $250 towards your electric bills for the accounts that Brightpoint has on file.While the program won't start to provide those in need with money for
  
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• Woman changing her odds of getting breast cancer

  04-10-2022 00:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the United States. In 2019, there were 264,121 new cases of breast cancer in women. That's the latest data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  One Fort Wayne woman is doing everything she can to never be part of those statistics.
  "I'm going to do whatever it takes to get to the finish line and hopefully live a very long and prosperous life with my kids and family," Heather Regan said.
  
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