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• Mike Braun says decision near on Indiana governor run

  16-11-2022 23:52 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Sen. Mike Braun said Wednesday that the long list of possible 2024 Republican candidates for governor won’t sway his decision on whether to enter that race.Braun has talked openly for months about the possibility of trying to replace Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, who can’t seek reelection because of term limits, rather than running again for the U.S. Senate seat he won in 2018. The two elections will take place at the same time.Braun said Wednesday a
  
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• NACS, SACS eyeing student enrollment numbers

  16-11-2022 22:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Two Allen County school districts are paying close attention to their enrollment numbers for two different reasons.Northwest Allen County Schools had discussions at its school board meeting this week about having to expand by either building a new school or adding onto existing ones.Superintendent Wayne Barker told WANE 15 that both of the district's middle schools are basically at capacity and that Carroll High School is filling up as well.NACS already opened a new el
  
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• Police: Juvenile in custody over 'cruel acts' to calf in Mercer County

  16-11-2022 22:17 via wane.com
  
  MERCER COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) — The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation after receiving a call Tuesday night about a "disturbing video" involving a juvenile and a calf.According to police, dispatch received a call about the video just before 9:00 p.m. Tuesday where the caller reported the video showed a juvenile "doing cruel acts to a young calf."Police started an investigation that led to multiple juvenile suspects being identified, and one of the juveniles is in cu
  
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• Mercer County police investigate reported video showing juvenile 'doing cruel acts' to a calf

  16-11-2022 22:17 via wane.com
  
  MERCER COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) — The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation after receiving a call Tuesday night about a "disturbing video" involving a juvenile and a calf.According to police, dispatch received a call about the video just before 9:00 p.m. Tuesday where the caller reported the video showed a juvenile "doing cruel acts to a young calf."Police started an investigation that led to multiple juvenile suspects being identified, and one of the juveniles is in cu
  
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• Former Fort Wayne teacher admits to battery, sentence suspended

  16-11-2022 22:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 75-year-old substitute teacher who admitted to slapping a special needs student will serve no jail time, according to Allen Superior Court documents.
  Jeffrey J. McCracken pleaded guilty to one Level 6 felony count of battery to a person under 14 years old Wednesday and was immediately given a one-year suspended sentence per a deal he made with Allen County prosecutors, court documents said.
  McCracken had been accused of striking a child diagnosed with Down Syndrome wh
  
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• Ex-teacher admits to battery, sentence suspended

  16-11-2022 22:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 75-year-old substitute teacher who admitted to slapping a special needs student will serve no jail time, according to Allen Superior Court documents.
  Jeffrey J. McCracken pleaded guilty to one Level 6 felony count of battery to a person under 14 years old Wednesday and was immediately given a one-year suspended sentence per a deal he made with Allen County prosecutors, court documents said.
  McCracken had been accused of striking a child diagnosed with Down Syndrome wh
  
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• Downtown Wabash gears up for holiday festivities with Jingle Jubilee

  16-11-2022 21:40 via wane.com
  
  WABASH, Ind. (WANE) — With the holidays quickly approaching, Downtown Wabash, Inc. is gearing up for the season with its annual Jingle Jubilee.Jingle Jubilee, which will take place Nov. 18, has been around for decades.The event will include the annual lighting of the Wabash County Courthouse, a holiday-inspired kid zone, and shopping campaigns. Man sentenced to lifetime hunting ban, a first for IndianaThe shopping campaign, called Shop Local to Win (SLTW), encourages citizens to shop local
  
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• Studies find automatic braking can cut crashes over 40%

  16-11-2022 21:35 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Two new U.S. studies show that automatic emergency braking can cut the number of rear-end automobile crashes in half, and reduce pickup truck crashes by more than 40%.The studies released Tuesday, one by a government-auto industry partnership and the other by the insurance industry, each used crash data to make the calculations. Automatic emergency braking can stop vehicles if a crash is imminent, or slow them to reduce the severity.Some automakers are moving toward a volunt
  
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• Family fighting e-waste smelter project, plan commission in court

  16-11-2022 21:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A family claims an e-waste smelting plant proposed for the city's southeast side was improperly given the go-ahead by the Fort Wayne Plan Commission and will harm a 150-year-old nearby farm. Recycler proposes building 140 feet high on Adams Center RoadThe family - David Bulmahn, Ronald Bulmahn and Janet Bulmahn - filed a challenge in Allen Superior Court last week to the proposed 140-foot-high recycling plant planned by the United Kingdom-based company Exurban at Adams
  
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• US overdose deaths may be peaking, but experts are wary

  16-11-2022 20:14 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Have U.S. drug overdose deaths stopped rising? Preliminary government data suggests they may have, but many experts are urging caution, noting that past plateaus didn't last.U.S. overdose death rates began steadily climbing in the 1990s driven by opioid painkillers, followed by waves of deaths led by other opioids like heroin and — most recently — illicit fentanyl. Last year, more than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses — the highest tally in U.S. hi
  
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• NW Indiana woman pleads guilty in abuse death of brother, 10

  16-11-2022 20:12 via wane.com
  
  CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A northwest Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to neglect in the death of her 10-year-old brother, who prosecutors said endured months of abuse from her and her spouse before he died in 2020.April L. Wright, 28, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of neglect of a dependent resulting in death. She admitted in her plea agreement that she and her wife, Rachel R. Wright, 28, dislocated two of Leviticus Kuchta’s cervical vertebrae and his mandible, resulting in
  
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• Indiana confirms first monkeypox related death

  16-11-2022 19:33 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) The Indiana Department of Health on Wednesday reported the first death of a resident where monkeypox was a contributing factor. Due to patient privacy laws, no other details about the patient were provided.
  According to the health department, monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, which is part of the same family of viruses as smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms usually start within 21 days of exposure to the virus. The most reported symptom
  
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• Security guard tackles shooter who fired AR-15 inside Buffalo clinic, video shows

  16-11-2022 19:24 via wane.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Police in Buffalo, New York, have released footage of a security guard at a substance abuse treatment facility restraining a man who fired an AR-15 inside the clinic on Thursday.A police spokesperson said officials believe the incident was an attempted robbery tied to drug activity that was connected to a separate shooting earlier the same day.No one was injured by the shots fired inside the Alba de Vida facility, police said.
  Footage from the facility's surveillance
  
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• Consumer Reports survey: Hybrids most reliable, pickups worst

  16-11-2022 17:47 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Gas-electric hybrids were the most dependable vehicles sold in the U.S. in the past year, while big pickup trucks and fully electric automobiles performed the worst in Consumer Reports' annual reliability survey.Hybrids generally are tried-and-true designs with few frills, while automakers are cramming glitchy electronic features into expensive new pickups and EVs, the nonprofit group says.Hybrid technology has been around for more than two decades, and even though the vehic
  
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• 'Tis the season for utility scams

  16-11-2022 16:40 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) With winter and colder weather arriving, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is warning residents to watch out for scams.He says be on the lookout for these telltale tactics:
  Call to tell you that you have utility payments overdue and that you must pay right away — often through unorthodox methods such as wiring money or using gift cards.Call “as a courtesy” to let you know you overpaid your utility bill — and asking for personal information the
  
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• Trump 2024 bid won't deter DOJ amid criminal probes

  16-11-2022 16:39 via wane.com
  
  What does Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to seek the White House in 2024 mean for the numerous criminal probes into the former president?Not a whole lot.“The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into Donald Trump even though he was the former president, a likely candidate, and the de facto leader of the Republican Party,” Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, wrote on Twitter.“His announcement today changes nothing. It was already ‘b
  
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• As its popularity surges, pickleball injuries on the rise

  16-11-2022 15:58 via wane.com
  
  (CBS) Pickleball is now the fastest growing sport in the U.S., with about 5 million players across the country, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. But as more people pick up paddles, doctors are seeing a surge in pickleball-related injuries.Jackie Montemarano started playing pickleball during the pandemic, And now, she can't stop. “It's fun. It's addicting,” she says.Montemarano hits the court near her Staten Island, New York home up to six times a week and c
  
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• Help Wanted: red kettle bell ringers needed for Salvation Army

  16-11-2022 15:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Salvation Army needs your help this holiday season, as they are looking for volunteers to be kettlebell ringers.Every year, the Salvation Army collects donations to help feed and take care of residents across the nation, which includes right here in Fort Wayne.The need this time of year is great for the Salvation Army, and now they are asking for your help. They need 7,500 hours of volunteer work for people to stand outside the stores and ring the bells.Starti
  
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• Help Wanted: Kettlebell ringers needed for Salvation Army

  16-11-2022 15:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Salvation Army needs your help this holiday season, as they are looking for volunteers to be kettlebell ringers.Every year, the Salvation Army collects donations to help feed and take care of residents across the nation, which includes right here in Fort Wayne.The need this time of year is great for the Salvation Army, and now they are asking for your help. They need 7,500 hours of volunteer work for people to stand outside the stores and ring the bells.Starti
  
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• Fentanyl vaccine may have been discovered, researchers say

  16-11-2022 15:00 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Researchers at the University of Houston believe they've developed a vaccine targeting synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, that could end the cycle of addiction for millions of Americans.The findings, which were published in the journal Pharmaceutics, have been described as a potential "game-changer" to save countless lives by reversing the effects of the powerful drug."Authorities were able to confiscate enough fentanyl to kill everyone in the United States, so it's a ve
  
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• Poland, NATO say missile landing wasn't Russian attack

  16-11-2022 13:38 via wane.com
  
  PRZEWODOW, Poland (AP) — Poland said Wednesday there is “absolutely no indication” that a missile which came down in Polish farmland, killing two people, was a intentional attack on the NATO country, and that neighbor Ukraine likely launched the Soviet-era projectile as it fended off a Russian air assault that savaged its power grid.“Ukraine’s defense was launching their missiles in various directions and it is highly probable that one of these missiles unfortunatel
  
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• Killer who stabbed 4 Idaho students to death still at large

  16-11-2022 12:05 via wane.com
  
  MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The killer — or killers — who stabbed four University of Idaho students to death remained at large Tuesday, prompting many students to leave the campus in the idyllic small town despite police assurances that there was no imminent risk to the community.So many students had left the scenic tree-lined campus in Moscow, Idaho, by Tuesday that university officials said a candlelight vigil scheduled for the next day would instead be held after the Thanksgiving b
  
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• NASA's mightiest rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo

  16-11-2022 07:51 via wane.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early Wednesday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago.If all goes well during the three-week, make-or-break shakedown flight, the rocket will propel an empty crew capsule into a wide orbit around the moon, and then the capsule will return to Earth with a splashdown
  
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• NASA's mightiest moon rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo

  16-11-2022 07:51 via wane.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago.If all goes well during the three-week, make-or-break shakedown flight, the crew capsule will be propelled into a wide orbit around the moon and then return to Earth with a Pacific splashdown in December.After years o
  
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• NASA capsule on way to moon after launch by giant new rocket

  16-11-2022 07:51 via wane.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space capsule hurtled toward the moon Wednesday for the first time in 50 years, following a thunderous launch of NASA’s mightiest rocket in a dress rehearsal for astronaut flights.No one was on board this debut flight, just three test dummies. The capsule is headed for a wide orbit around the moon and then a return to Earth with a Pacific splashdown in about three weeks.
  After years of delays and billions in cost overruns, the Space Launch System rocket
  
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• Ivanka Trump says she won't be 'involved in politics' as father announces 2024 run

  16-11-2022 05:28 via wane.com
  
  Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former President Trump, said she does not “plan to be involved in politics” on the same night her father announced that he is running for president in 2024.“I love my father very much. This time around, I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics,” Ivanka Trump told Fox News Digital in an interview.“While I will always love and support my father
  
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• United Way of Allen County celebrates 100th anniversary

  16-11-2022 04:19 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — To celebrate 100 years of United Way of Allen County, the Embassy Theatre and the Grand Wayne Convention Center each hosted events to commemorate the organization's achievements.The Embassy hosted an awards event, while the Grand Wayne Center hosted a gala. Crandall announces run for Fort Wayne City CouncilThe United Way of Allen County recognized local organizations for their efforts to make the community a better place.United Way of Allen County Board Chair John
  
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• Trump announces 2024 run for president

  16-11-2022 03:24 via wane.com
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. – Former President Trump, facing questions about his influence over the Republican Party, on Tuesday announced his entry into the 2024 race for the White House.Trump made the announcement during a much-anticipated event at Mar-a-Lago, his private estate and club in Palm Beach, Fla., just a week after a lackluster midterm election performance denied Republicans the “red wave” they had long anticipated and led to days of finger-pointing within the party.&nbs
  
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• Watch live: Trump makes 'special announcement'

  16-11-2022 02:55 via wane.com
  
  Former President Trump is seeking to reclaim the political spotlight with a Tuesday evening event at his Mar-a-Lago resort that he first teased a week ago, before the midterm elections.His “special announcement” is widely expected to be the launch of his 2024 presidential campaign, even as the former president faces pushback from within the Republican Party, with many saying such a move should come after next month's Georgia Senate runoff.The announcement comes amid multiple criminal
  
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• Stephanie Crandall announces run for Fort Wayne City Council

  16-11-2022 02:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A longtime staff member for Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry announced she will run for an At-Large seat on City Council.Stephanie Crandall, current Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the city, said she will run as a Democrat.“I’ve been honored to serve the residents of Fort Wayne for nearly a decade. I look forward to doing more as an At-Large member of City Council to ensure that beyond being an All-America City, Fort Wayne becomes known as a City f
  
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• Crandall announces run for Fort Wayne City Council

  16-11-2022 02:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A longtime staff member for Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry announced she will run for an At-Large seat on City Council.Stephanie Crandall, current Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the city, said she will run as a Democrat.“I’ve been honored to serve the residents of Fort Wayne for nearly a decade. I look forward to doing more as an At-Large member of City Council to ensure that beyond being an All-America City, Fort Wayne becomes known as a City f
  
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• Allen County Public Library hosts Fort Wayne Area Homeschools Spelling Bee

  16-11-2022 01:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Allen County Public Library hosted the Fort Wayne Area Homeschools Spelling Bee Tuesday.The event gave homeschool students the chance to compete in a classic school activity.The judges for the event included WANE 15 evening anchor Dirk Rowley, as well as Fort Wayne City Councilmembers Jason Arp and Sharon Tucker. Leaf collection extended again in north Fort Wayne"It's just really neat that we've had lots of local celebrities and different kinds of people to be
  
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• Police respond to crash in southwest Fort Wayne

  16-11-2022 00:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police responded to a crash that happened in southwest Fort Wayne Tuesday evening.
  Two cars were in the middle of the intersection of Covington and Hadley roads, but traffic was still able to get through without much trouble. Police detain suspects in shooting at Southtown Crossing WalmartIt is not known if anyone was hurt in the crash.WANE 15 will continue to provide updates as the situation unfolds.
  
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