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• Haunted house inspections make sure the only frights are planned

  07-10-2022 22:42
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — It is spooky season, but it’s also the season of precaution. On Friday, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security inspected The Thirteenth Hour haunted house in Indianapolis to make sure the only frights are the planned ones."We're coming out to see compliance and making sure everything's safe, making sure that people can go through the haunt, have a good time and not have to worry about if the worst happens," said Mitchell Kreiger, a code official for IDHS.From exit
  
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• Shops in Georgetown Square vandalized by gunfire

  07-10-2022 22:40
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Shops at Georgetown Square were damaged by what appeared to be gunfire early Friday.Multiple businesses in the shopping center at East State Boulevard and Maplecrest Road reported damage Friday.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now WANE 15 Breaking News AlertsSIGN UP NOW
  A window of JJ's Antique Shop was shattered, and another window of Encore Energy had an apparent bullet hole. Beer cans were discarded in front of the businesses.Here are
  
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• Veteran opens screen printing business in Columbia City

  07-10-2022 22:07
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) — Veteran Jonathon Strack announced the opening of Beary Crafty Designs LLC, a screen printing business in Columbia City, Friday.The business specializes in printing on clothing and hats, but offer prints on almost any kind of surface including fabric, paper, wood and plastic.Beary Crafty Designs will work with organizations in northeast Indiana, southern Michigan and northwest Ohio.Strack says he wants to offer customers an affordable, local alternative for cust
  
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• 10/7 Highlight Zone Prep Football Scoreboard

  07-10-2022 22:00
  
  Snider -- Bishop Dwenger --
  Concordia -- Carroll --
  Homestead -- Wayne --
  North Side -- Northrop --
  Bishop Luers -- South Side --
  Leo -- Columbia City --
  Norwell -- Huntington North --
  East Noble -- New Haven --
  Bellmont -- DeKalb --
  Bluffton -- Adams Central --
  Woodlan -- South Adams --
  Southern Wells -- Heritage --
  Lapel -- Jay County --
  Angola -- Garrett --
  Eastside -- Central Noble --
  Churubusco -- West Noble --
  Lakeland -- Fairfield --
  Prairie Heights -- Fremont --
  Wabash -- Tippecanoe Vall
  
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• 'Impractical, expensive and don't work': Metal detectors not a solution to guns in schools, officials say

  07-10-2022 21:59
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Noblesville school shooting in 2018 sparked the Indiana Department of Administration to dole out more than 3,400 metal detector wands to school districts all over the state at a price tag of more than $350,000 of taxpayer money.
  Today, those wands are used sporadically at best among local school districts. Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now WANE 15 Breaking News AlertsSIGN UP NOW
  And no metal detector wand was used in the finding of g
  
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• First freezing fall temps come tonight

  07-10-2022 21:34
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The entire area is under some type of frost/freeze alert for early Saturday morning, as low temperatures will bottom out right around 32°.The coldest morning of fall yet brings frost/freeze alerts across the region.A Freeze Warning is in place for the entire area from 2 AM to 10 AM Saturday, with the exception of Kosciusko and Wabash Counties, where Frost Advisories will go into effect during the same timeframe. Temperatures will be slightly higher in those two coun
  
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• Bunnies in the brush pile: Creating natural habitats can provide shelter for small animals

  07-10-2022 20:44
  
  Winter comes and woodland creatures seek a place, away from predators, away from the cold, away from undue noise, a place to shiver in snowstorms and keep dry. This kind habitat is shrinking in the suburbs when leaves and leftover twigs are flung in to large bags to be discarded.But there are alternatives to the extra-tidy yard cleanup that will help bunnies in the brush, and other animals like the endangered song birds, mice, chipmunks, even raccoons and groundhogs, those animals that are part
  
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• Pentagon chief gives go ahead to change military bases named after Confederate generals

  07-10-2022 20:09
  
  (The Hill) - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has given the go ahead to alter the names of some 1,111 military installations and facilities related to the Confederacy, according to a new memo released Thursday. Following a final report from the Naming Commission — which last month put forward its suggestions to rename or remove the more than 1,100 items that fall under the purview of the Defense Department (DOD) — Austin has concurred with all of the commi
  
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• Fatal crash, gunfire interrupt teenager's funeral procession

  07-10-2022 20:05
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A funeral procession for a 17-year-old who died of a suspected drug overdose was violently interrupted by a collision that killed a 12-year-old and critically injured his 6-year-old brother, according to authorities in Akron, Ohio. Two episodes of gunfire followed the crash.The crash came Thursday afternoon as the procession, led by a marked police cruiser, made its way through the city. One of the drivers fled on foot, authorities said, and at least one shot was fired,
  
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• CBS sources indicate there's enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden

  07-10-2022 19:38
  
  (CBS) Sources have told CBS News the FBI and IRS believe that after years of investigating Hunter Biden, the organizations have enough evidence to charge the President's son with tax and gun-purchase related crimes, but none connected with his business dealings overseas.
  An attorney for the President's son called the allegations "inherently biased, one-sided and inaccurate."
  Skyler Henry has the latest from Washington, DC.
  
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• Northern Indiana residents warned about mosquito-borne virus

  07-10-2022 18:58
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Health officials are warning northern Indiana residents to take precautions to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes after detecting a rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus in the region.State public health and animal health officials issued the warning Thursday after determining that the eastern equine encephalitis virus was active in multiple northern Indiana counties, with four horse testing positive for the virus.State veterinarian Dr. Bret Marsh said the viru
  
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• Commissioner: Looking for new jail sites after 8 possible locations fell through, but maybe not

  07-10-2022 18:06
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The Allen County commissioners may be back to square one.Commissioner Rich Beck told WANE 15 Friday that the 8 possible locations for a new county jail have each "failed" and the county is looking for a new site.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now Daily NewsSIGN UP NOW
  "We’re out looking for sites because we’ve gone through our 8 and they’ve all failed at some point in time," Beck told WANE 15.
  "We’re as frustr
  
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• Commissioner: Looking for new jail sites after 8 possible locations fell though, but maybe not

  07-10-2022 18:06
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The Allen County commissioners may be back to square one.Commissioner Rich Beck told WANE 15 Friday that the 8 possible locations for a new county jail have each "failed" and the county is looking for a new site.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now Daily NewsSIGN UP NOW
  "We’re out looking for sites because we’ve gone through our 8 and they’ve all failed at some point in time," Beck told WANE 15.
  "We’re as frustr
  
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• Commissioner: Looking for new jail sites after 8 possible locations fell though

  07-10-2022 18:06
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The Allen County commissioners are back to square one.Commissioner Rich Beck told WANE 15 Friday that the 8 possible locations for a new county jail have each "failed" and the county is looking for a new site.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now Daily NewsSIGN UP NOW
  "We’re out looking for sites because we’ve gone through our 8 and they’ve all failed at some point in time," Beck told WANE 15.
  "We’re as frustrate
  
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• Wild Zoo Halloween opens Saturday

  07-10-2022 15:27
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo's annual Wild Zoo Halloween opens Saturday, with spooky fun set for each weekend in October.Wild Zoo Halloween is open Oct. 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.There will be treat stations for children and fall treats for animals, and a fall maze in the African Journey. The zoo will also be decorated, and photo spots will be available.Children are encouraged to dress in costume and bring a treat bag. John Mellencamp announces 2
  
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• Wild Zoo Halloween kicks off festivities

  07-10-2022 15:27
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo's annual Wild Zoo Halloween opens Saturday, with spooky fun set for each weekend in October.Wild Zoo Halloween is open Oct. 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.There will be treat stations for children and fall treats for animals, and a fall maze in the African Journey. The zoo will also be decorated, and photo spots will be available.Children are encouraged to dress in costume and bring a treat bag. John Mellencamp announces 2
  
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• Judge to decide next steps on Ohio 'heartbeat' abortion ban

  07-10-2022 14:10
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge in Ohio was scheduled to hear arguments Friday on whether to extend a block on Ohio's law banning virtually all abortions on a more permanent basis.Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins previously decided to pause the law through Oct. 12, after it took effect in the wake of federal abortion protections being overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. Indiana ACLU: No rush to halt judge’s pause on abortion banThat marked the second 14-day pause Jenki
  
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• A cold end to the week with widespread frost tonight

  07-10-2022 13:30
  
  After a few October days in the 70s, a cold front that moved through early this morning is bringing much colder air to end the week. You'll want to trade the shorts and t-shirts in for long sleeves and hoodies today.Expect mostly cloudy skies this morning and gusty northerly winds that will be subsiding a bit as the morning goes on. By the afternoon, we'll see skies turn partly cloudy, with high temperatures only reaching the mid-50s. If you're heading out to the area high school football games
  
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• WATCH: Woman drives on California freeway with 3 wheels, sparks flying

  07-10-2022 13:17
  
  (KTLA) -- A motorist on the 405 Freeway in Orange County, California, was captured on video driving her vehicle with the hatchback completely open and a missing passenger-side front tire. “Rather dangerous situation happening here on the 405, tailgate open. There’s no tailgate party going on in sight,” Instagram user Chad Towersey, who captured the video, can be heard saying. Sparks are seen flying off the passenger-side rim as the woman drives down the roadway,
  
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• Colts, Matt Ryan found a way in OT win at Denver

  07-10-2022 13:15
  
  INDIANAPOLIS – They found a way.Which is the objective, right?Listen to a battered and bruised Matt Ryan after he and the Indianapolis Colts found a way by transforming an unsightly Thursday night meeting with the Broncos in Denver into an utter masterpiece in the form of a 12-9 overtime victory.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now Blue Zone NewsSIGN UP NOW
  “Wins are what we need,’’ he said. “We’ve got to play better than we did
  
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• Fort Wayne business catches fire overnight

  07-10-2022 11:47
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Heavy smoke filled the air early Friday morning after a fire sparked at a business in northeast Fort Wayne.
  Dispatched confirmed to WANE 15 that fire crews responded to the area of North Anthony Boulevard and Crescent Avenue. The fire was called out shortly before 5 a.m.Fire crews first on scene found fire on a store front and awning. Crews quickly extinguished the fire. There was smoke throughout the building that was removed.
  No injuries were reported. The cause of the
  
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• Fire in Fort Wayne NE strip mall

  07-10-2022 11:47
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Heavy smoke filled the air caused by a fire early Friday morning innortheast Fort Wayne.
  Dispatched confirmed to WANE 15 that fire crews responded to the area of North Anthony Boulevard and Crescent Avenue.
  This story is active, follow with updates.
  
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• Crazy Pinz steps closer to opening expansion

  07-10-2022 04:51
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Go-karts, mini-golf and more arcade games are slated to open at Crazy Pinz this fall.
  It comes after a little over a year of work. Dave Kerschner, owner of Crazy Pinz, says they have been working to get things done. He says the expansion came about because they saw a need.
  "By God's grace we've been so busy, and if you come in on a Saturday it's so packed and lines are so long, so we recognized that we needed to expand to hold more people and give everybody something to
  
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• Man accused in deadly Las Vegas stabbings to appear in court

  07-10-2022 04:49
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An attacker accused of killing two people and wounding six others with a large kitchen knife in stabbings along the Las Vegas Strip is expected in court Friday.Yoni Barrios, 32, is scheduled to make an initial appearance in the afternoon, according to the Clark County District Attorney's Office. It wasn’t immediately known whether Barrios had a lawyer who could comment on his behalf.He is being held in the Clark County Detention Center on two counts of murder and six
  
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• 8 stabbed, 2 dead in attack on Las Vegas Strip

  07-10-2022 04:49
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas police are investigating a stabbing attack on the Las Vegas Strip that left two people dead and six injured on Thursday. Police said the suspect used a large kitchen knife and was taken into custody.Surveillance video of the suspect running from the scene was released by Las Vegas Metropolitan police during an afternoon news briefing. Sheriff Joseph Lombardo described the suspect as a Hispanic man in his 30s who doesn't appear to be a local resident. Sheriff Lo
  
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• Does Allen County need more election poll workers?

  07-10-2022 04:45
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -Officials are gearing up election poll workers just about a month away from election day.According to the Allen County Election Board, each political party is responsible for providing poll workers. They've requested to have 656 poll workers in total.Derek Camp, Chair of the Allen County Democratic Party, says the Democratic Party has more than enough poll workers, even double the number asked of them. He attributes the turnout of poll workers to the overturning of Roe v
  
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• Grand Wayne Convention Center receives 2 national awards

  07-10-2022 03:29
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Grand Wayne Convention Center recently received two national awards based on event planners' nominations.The convention center took home the 2022 Awards of Excellence Prime Site Award from Facilities and Destinations magazine and the 2022 Best Convention Center Award from Meetings Today magazine.Each award stemmed from nominations that took various factors into account including the quality of the rooms, services and staff at each contending convention center.
  
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• Woman hands out over 50 coats to homeless

  07-10-2022 02:00
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Since 2011, Sally Segerson has been running Street Reach for the Homeless.The self-run program gives out food and much-needed clothing to the local homeless population, a task with growing importance as winter draws near.Local bike shop to host event raising money for fallen teen"I keep watching the ten-day forecast to see when we get the first week of nighttime temperatures in the 30s," Segerson said. "It puts those people who are living in the elements under strain fo
  
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• Police respond to motorcycle crash near Illinois, Getz roads

  07-10-2022 00:53
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police responded to a crash involving a motorcycle near the intersection of Illinois and Getz roads Thursday evening.Police dispatchers confirmed the eastbound lanes of Illinois Road are closed as of 6:49 p.m. as first responders investigate the scene. Fort Wayne Police bust fentanyl pill ring; 9 arrested, 5 homes raidedIt is not yet known if the motorcyclist or anyone else was hurt in the crash, and it is also not known how long the eastbound lanes of Illinois Ro
  
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• Motorcycle collides with pickup on Illinois Road

  07-10-2022 00:53
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police responded to a crash involving a motorcycle near the intersection of Illinois and Getz roads Thursday evening.Police say a motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Illinois Road when a pickup truck traveling westbound attempted to turn left onto Getz Road.The motorcycle had a green light, and the pickup truck had a green light as well, but not a green turn signal light granting the right of way, according to police.The motorcyclist was taken to a hospital, but
  
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