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• Man sentenced to 82 years for killing of barber

  28-10-2022 23:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A second man connected to the 2019 shooting death of a local barber received roughly 82 years in prison for his role in the killing Friday, according to Allen Superior Court records.
  Jamari DodsonJury finds man guilty in 2019 death of Fort Wayne barber
  Previously, a jury found 22-year-old Jamari L. Dodson guilty in of murder and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and using a firearm in the commission of a crime in the killing of 46-year-old Michael LoVette, Jr.
  
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• Trick or truth? Halloween safety myths and real tips

  28-10-2022 23:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Every year around Halloween, parents are warned to check their child's candy before they eat it.
  Warnings of razorblades, drugs, and other tamperings have led to scares, but are they necessary? WATCH: Candy falls from the sky in helicopter dropSgt. Jeremy Webb with the Fort Wayne Police Department said it's unlikely to happen."You know, I've been on 17 years and I've never heard anything about about poisoned candy," said Webb.
  Candy being poisoned or tampered with is mo
  
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• Woman sentenced in crash that killed husband

  28-10-2022 22:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The woman who was arrested in a crash that claimed the life of her husband early this year has been sentenced.Kaycee A. Reed was sentenced to two years in prison to be followed by a year on electronic monitoring through Community Corrections.Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now WANE 15 Breaking News AlertsSIGN UP NOWReed pleaded guilty last month to a charge of Reckless Homicide through a plea agreement with Allen County prosecutors.Reed
  
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• An actual ton of candy is up for grabs in Wabash

  28-10-2022 22:27 via wane.com
  
  WABASH, Ind. (WANE) -- Want some treats? How about a whole ton of treats?The Downtown Wabash Trick-or-Treat Extravaganza will be held Saturday from 5-7 p.m. in downtown Wabash. The event is free and open to the public.Here's the draw: ..."a whole ton of candy, more trick-or-treating at more than 15 small businesses, a costume contest, community vendors, family photo opportunities, haunted mini golf at the Wabash County Museum, local attractions and food vendors."Wabash Trucking will provide a to
  
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• Here's when the Allen County commissioners will make final decision about a new jail

  28-10-2022 22:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Allen County will have to wait until Dec. 16 to learn where the new jail will be constructed.Currently there are four sites being investigated and it’s a little more difficult than just finding 60 to 70 acres for a future jail complex. The Allen County Commissioners, in charge of choosing the site, are pressured to find a site by the December date to satisfy a federal judge’s order.Nine criteria are considered when assessing potential locations:Proximity to
  
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• 10/28 Highlight Zone Prep Football Scoreboard

  28-10-2022 21:55 via wane.com
  
  6A Sectional 2
  Carroll -- Penn --
  Elkhart -- Warsaw --6A Sectional 3
  Homestead -- Hamilton Southeastern --
  Fishers -- Northrop --5A Sectional 12
  Anderson -- North Side --
  Snider -- Bishop Dwenger --4A Sectional 19
  Leo -- East Noble --
  DeKalb -- Columbia City --4A Sectional 20
  Mississinewa -- Huntington North --
  Kokomo -- Western --3A Sectional 26
  West Noble -- Knox --
  Jimtown -- John Glenn --3A Sectional 27
  Norwell -- Concordia --
  Garrett -- Yorktown --3A Sectional 28
  Chatard -- Hamilton Heights
  
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• Basketball goals recalled 4 years after the death of northern Indiana teen

  28-10-2022 21:38 via wane.com
  
  GRANGER, Ind. -- Four years after a northern Indiana teen died, an Evansville company is recalling the basketball goal attributed to his death.In June 2018, Nolan Gerwals was playing basketball with his little sister. That's when a basketball rim, backboard, and support bracket detached from the wall and hit him.Emergency crews responded to his home around 6 p.m. and transported him to Memorial Hospital where he later died from his injuries.Northern Indiana news outlets report the teen's death w
  
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• Powerball jackpot surges to the 2nd largest in its history

  28-10-2022 21:31 via wane.com
  
  (WJW) – It's been nearly three months since someone took home the Powerball jackpot.Not a single player in the last 36 consecutive drawings has managed to match all six numbers. Since the grand prize was last awarded on Aug. 3, the jackpot has grown to the second-largest in Powerball history at an estimated $825 million. The grand prize can be taken through an annuity, paid annually over 29 years, or in a cash lump sum of $410.2 million, according to the official Powerball website.Tickets
  
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• Rock n' Roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis dies at 87

  28-10-2022 19:12 via wane.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) -- Jerry Lee Lewis, the last surviving member of the Million-Dollar Quartet at Sun Studio in Memphis, has died at the age of 87, his publicist confirmed Friday.
  Called one of the greatest entertainers and piano players ever, Lewis was known for decades to fans as The Killer for his songs and the way he rattled the ivory. It was a musical ability that he knew was a gift. 
  His music would take him from his home in Louisiana to Memphis to record at Sam Phillip's Sun
  
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• Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen announce divorce

  28-10-2022 17:28 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen finalized their divorce on Friday after more than a decade of marriage, according to posts on their social media accounts.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and Brazilian model both posted separate statements to their Instagram stories, confirming their divorce after about a month of speculation. Multiple outlets, including CNN and TMZ, reported earlier in the day that the couple would mutually petition to end their marriage of 13 y
  
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• More treats than tricks in the Halloween forecast

  28-10-2022 17:24 via wane.com
  
  Even though the Live Doppler 15 Forecast has some rain for Halloween the timing of the rain may end up keeping your little ghouls and goblins dry.
  Right now our forecast model data has the showers ending just after 2 pm. That means by 5 pm (The official start time for trick or treating in Fort Wayne), the rain will be over.
  Even without the rain, it will be a rather scary and dark night with mostly cloudy skies shrouding the late afternoon and early evening sunshine.
  The sunset for Hallows Eve i
  
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• Man booked into Carroll County Jail in connection with Delphi murders

  28-10-2022 17:23 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. -- Multiple sources indicate that a man named Richard Allen was booked into the Carroll County Jail around noon Friday in connection with the Delphi murder investigation.Allen, 50, has been moved to a state facility for his safety, sources said.Indiana State Police have scheduled a news conference for 10 a.m. Monday where updates on the investigation into the 2017 murders of Libby German and Abby Williams are to be announced. No indication of an arrest was made in the email notifyin
  
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• Major development coming in Delphi murder case

  28-10-2022 17:23 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. – A major development is in the works in the 2017 murders of Libby German and Abby Williams in Delphi.Authorities will hold a news conference on Monday with additional details, law enforcement sources tell FOX59.The teens disappeared on the Monon High Bridge on Feb. 13, 2017. They were reported missing, and their bodies were found around noon on Feb. 14, 2017. Delphi Murders: A look at the case 5 years laterThe high-profile murder case has gone unsolved for more than five year
  
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• New steakhouse 'sizzling soon' to Fort Wayne

  28-10-2022 17:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A new steakhouse appears to be headed to Fort Wayne.Black Rock Bar & Grill said on its website that a new Fort Wayne location was "sizzling soon."Close Thanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now Daily NewsSIGN UP NOWBlack Rock serves its steaks on 755-degree volcanic rock, which guests can cook the meat on themselves."Our concept ensures that every bite is just as hot and juicy as the first, and is always cooked just the way you like it," its we
  
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• Indiana police fatally shoot auto theft suspect after brief chase

  28-10-2022 16:54 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Suburban Indianapolis police fatally shot an auto theft suspect Thursday afternoon following a brief high-speed pursuit that ended on the Indianapolis east side.Lawrence Police Chief Gary Woodruff said officers around 3 p.m. located an occupied vehicle that had been reported stolen. The driver ignored an attempt to pull him over fled the scene.At the end of the chase reaching speeds up to 90 mph and lasting about 10 minutes, the officer shot the suspect, Woodruff said.
  
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• Biker's backpack ignites when trooper uses Taser

  28-10-2022 14:47 via wane.com
  
  SOME VIEWERS MIGHT FIND THE VIDEO DISTURBINGNORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas motorcyclist is expected to survive after he was engulfed by a fireball when a state trooper used a Taser on him during a traffic stop.The Oct. 13 traffic stop was captured on dramatic dashcam video provided Thursday to The Associated Press by Arkansas State Police.Police say 38-year-old Christopher Gaylor was carrying about a gallon of gasoline in a backpack when the trooper used the Taser during the traffic st
  
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• Auto prices finally begin to creep down from inflated highs

  28-10-2022 14:13 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — All summer long, Aleen Hudson kept looking for a new minivan or SUV for her growing passenger shuttle service.She had a good credit rating and enough cash for a down payment. Yet dealerships in the Detroit area didn't have any suitable vehicles. Or they'd demand she pay $3,000 to $6,000 above the sticker price. Months of frustration left her despondent.“I was depressed,” Hudson said. "I was angry, too.”A breakthrough arrived in late September, when a dealer
  
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• 8 found dead in Oklahoma house fire; homicide feared

  28-10-2022 13:12 via wane.com
  
  BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Eight people were found dead Thursday in a burning Tulsa-area house in what was being investigated as multiple homicides, police said.The fire was reported about 4 p.m. Thursday in a quiet residential area of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 13 miles (20 kilometers) southeast of Tulsa.Broken Arrow police said that although the fire and the deaths were being investigated as homicides, they did not believe an immediate threat to the public existed.Police spokesman Etha
  
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• "Marry the mortgage, date the rate:" Real estate broker weighs in on local housing market

  28-10-2022 04:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - One real estate broker issued an update on where the Allen County and surrounding areas housing market lies. This comes after an average long-term mortgage rate hike to above 7% for U.S. buyers was announced Thursday.
  Tiffiny Holmes, a real estate broker with Keller Williams, has been in real estate for 15 years. She says mortgage rates going up means that buying power will be affected even more.Average long term mortgage rates jump above 7% this week"Our median price r
  
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• Daylight saving time: When do we turn back the clocks?

  28-10-2022 04:43 via wane.com
  
  (WJW) — Ready or not, here it comes: the time to turn back your clocks an hour is right around the corner.Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 6.But did you know? It's possible this is one of the last times clocks fall back. On March 15, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill to make daylight saving time a year-round thing.To become law, the bill would next have to pass in the U.S. House of Representatives and then onto Pres. Joe Bi
  
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• Biden predicts student loan forgiveness checks will go out within two weeks

  28-10-2022 03:36 via wane.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday predicted that a court fight over his student loan forgiveness program would be quickly resolved, and that borrowers would soon see their refunds materialize."We're gonna win that case. I think in the next two weeks you're gonna see those checks going out,” Biden told Nexstar’s Reshad Hudson in an exclusive interview in Syracuse, N.Y.A federal appeals court ruling last Friday halted the loan forgiveness program and stopped the administration from disbursin
  
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