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• Police looking for missing 19-year-old man last seen in Andrews in September

  08-12-2022 23:00 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — The Huntington County Sheriff's Department (HCSD) and the Andrews Police Department are asking for assistance in finding a missing 19-year-old man who has been missing since September.The HCSD said in a Facebook post 19-year-old Randy Owen Holley was last seen in Andrews during the week of Sept. 12 and has not been heard from since. Stolen safe could hold key to unsolved homicide in southern IndianaHolley was entered as a missing person Oct. 13, according to the HCSD.Anyone with i
  
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• Police find missing 19-year-old man last seen in Andrews in September

  08-12-2022 23:00 via wane.com
  
  UPDATE: The Huntington County Sheriff's Department announced on its Facebook page at 6:29 p.m. on Dec. 8 that Holley has been found and is safe.(WANE) — The Huntington County Sheriff's Department (HCSD) and the Andrews Police Department are asking for assistance in finding a missing 19-year-old man who has been missing since September.The HCSD said in a Facebook post 19-year-old Randy Owen Holley was last seen in Andrews during the week of Sept. 12 and has not been heard from since. Stolen
  
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• NIPSCO offering more energy assistance programs for income-eligible customers

  08-12-2022 22:08 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — NIPSCO is encouraging income-eligible customers to apply for additional energy assistance programs the company launched Dec. 1.Some of the programs NIPSCO offers provide a one-time benefit of up to $400 per year to those who qualify.One program, SERV, is aimed toward active military members and veterans, while another program, SILVER, is geared toward helping customers ages 60 or older. Police reveal identity of Philly’s slain ‘Boy in the Box’"Our mission is to d
  
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• Court docs: Driver revived with 2 doses of Narcan now wanted in 2020 crash case

  08-12-2022 21:51 via wane.com
  
  At least one of the victims still has extreme painWhen officers arrived at the crash scene, it took two doses of Narcan to revive the driver who admitted to drinking two bottles of wine and taking two Percocets.However, when Andre Wilson, Jr. was taken to the hospital with injuries, a blood test revealed a blood alcohol level of .262% – three times the legal limit of .08% - along with Fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to court documents.Wilson, 34, was charged this week with causing
  
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• Amazon will tip your delivery drivers if you do this limited-time Alexa hack

  08-12-2022 21:41 via wane.com
  
  BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details.Help reward those delivering gifts and everyday essentials this holiday seasonMost of us shop from Amazon quite a bit throughout the year. However, during the holidays, the number of packages arriving on your doorstep likely increases. Fortunately, if you want to help the hardworking drivers who cart all those boxes around feel appreciated, Amazon has found a way to reward them this holiday season.Check out this simple
  
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• Accused gas station killer headed for mental hospital after incompetency is found by judge and defense

  08-12-2022 20:05 via wane.com
  
  Accused killer will not be released, legal expert saysFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Three families continue to suffer as the legal case against Joseph Bossard continues on to a third year. Bossard is accused of shooting to death two young men and severely wounding a third in February 2021.As of Thursday, Bossard has been at the Allen County Jail for 94 weeks, after being taken into custody several hours after he was charged with shooting and killing Anderson Retic, 19, and Joshua Cole Cooper, 19, both
  
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• Parkview partners with city to bring grocery store to Fort Wayne's southeast side

  08-12-2022 19:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The need for a grocery store to provide fresh food options on Fort Wayne's southeast side is no secret. The area is officially a food desert, meaning residents don't have easy access to healthy food options.But that could soon change with Thursday's announcement that the City of Fort Wayne is partnering with Parkview Regional Medical Center and Affiliates (PRMC) on the Pontiac Street Market.According to a news release from the City of Fort Wayne, PRMC will provide financi
  
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• Police reveal identity of Philly's slain 'Boy in the Box'

  08-12-2022 19:13 via wane.com
  
  His name was Joseph Augustus Zarelli.Nearly 66 years after the battered body of a young boy was found stuffed inside a cardboard box, Philadelphia police say they have finally unlocked a central mystery in the city’s most notorious cold case: The victim’s identity.Revealing it to the public Thursday, authorities hope it will bring them a step closer to the boy’s killer and give the victim — known to generations of Philadelphians as the “Boy in the Box” —
  
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• Stolen safe could hold key to unsolved homicide in southern Indiana

  08-12-2022 18:46 via wane.com
  
  SULLIVAN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A stolen safe and television could hold the key to solving the killing of a retired southern Indiana farmer 10 years ago.On December 8, 2012, Lowell R. Badger, 85, of rural Sullivan County was found deceased at his rural Sullivan County home. The homicide is believed to have occurred sometime between Friday, December 7th, 8:00 p.m. and 9:23 a.m. on Saturday, December 8th, 2012. Since Badger’s death in 2012, Indiana State Police and the Sullivan County Sheriff&r
  
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• Philharmonic says musicians want 46 percent pay hike, willing to give 11.5 percent

  08-12-2022 18:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Fort Wayne Philharmonic negotiations for a new contract with musicians went south Thursday as the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players' Association announced the musicians are now on strike.Both sides have negotiated multiple issues regarding pay, scheduling flexibility, changes to work rules and conditions related to routine operations in the orchestra.Campbell MacDonald, Chairperson of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players’ Association said they have met with the board
  
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• Holiday Pops canceled due to Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players' Association strike; musicians plan free concert

  08-12-2022 18:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Fort Wayne Philharmonic negotiations for a new contract with musicians went south Thursday as the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players' Association announced the musicians would go on strike.Early Friday afternoon, The Fort Wayne Philharmonic announced that Friday and Saturday's Holiday Pops concerts have been canceled. An announcement on whether future holiday concerts will have the same fate will be announced next Friday, December 16.Those with tickets for this weekend's sh
  
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• Holiday Pops canceled due to Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians strike

  08-12-2022 18:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Fort Wayne Philharmonic negotiations for a new contract with musicians went south Thursday as the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players' Association announced the musicians would go on strike.Late Friday morning the musicians union announced all upcoming concerts would be canceled until a contract agreement is reached. That means the popular Holiday Pops concerts scheduled for Friday night and this weekend at the Embassy Theatre will not take place.
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• Fort Wayne Philharmonic negotiations for new contract

  08-12-2022 18:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Fort Wayne Philharmonic negotiations for new contract with musicians have multiple issues regarding pay, scheduling flexibility, changes to work rules and conditions related to routine operations in the orchestra.Campbell MacDonald, Chairperson of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players’ Association said they have met with the board 9 times over the recent months.
  In a press conference Thursday morning, Campbell released this statement:
  "We enter further negotiations t
  
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• Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians go on strike

  08-12-2022 18:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Fort Wayne Philharmonic negotiations for a new contract with musicians went south Thursday as the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players' Association announced the musicians have went on strike.Both sides have negotiated multiple issues regarding pay, scheduling flexibility, changes to work rules and conditions related to routine operations in the orchestra.Campbell MacDonald, Chairperson of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players’ Association said they have met with the boar
  
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• Mayor Henry to respond to bodycam arrest video opinion on Friday

  08-12-2022 17:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) On Tuesday, an opinion was issued indicating the City of Fort Wayne violated Access to Public Records Act (APRA) when it failed to release investigatory records and video footage of Mayor Tom Henry's OWI arrest in October. Thursday, Mayor Henry issued a statement regarding the opinion from  Indiana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt.APRA is a state law that says records held by government agencies are “presumed to be
  accessible for inspection or copyi
  
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• Mayor Henry to respond to bodycam arrest video opinion next week

  08-12-2022 17:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) On Tuesday, an opinion was issued indicating the City of Fort Wayne violated Access to Public Records Act (APRA) when it failed to release investigatory records and video footage of Mayor Tom Henry's OWI arrest in October. Thursday, Mayor Henry issued a statement regarding the opinion from  Indiana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt.APRA is a state law that says records held by government agencies are “presumed to be
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• 37th annual Festival of Gingerbread continues through next week

  08-12-2022 16:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The 37th annual Festival of Gingerbread at the History Center is open to the public for 10 more days.
  The Festival of Gingerbread, which started in 1985, offers 135 gingerbread creations from local artists.The artists range from preschoolers to professional artists. St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen serves about 1,300 hungry in annual Thanksgiving mealThe event will be held until Dec. 18 during the following hours:Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Friday-Saturday
  
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• Wordle beats out election results, Ukraine as most-searched term on Google in 2022

  08-12-2022 14:30 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) - Popular puzzle game Wordle was the most searched term on Google in 2022, beating out other search topics such as election results and Ukraine. In a news release on Wednesday, Google Trends shared that the world puzzle game came in first ahead of terms such as Election results, Ukraine, and late actress Betty White (the second, third, and sixth most popular terms searched) in total U.S. searches. Wordle also leads the pack in total searches globally, leading other searched
  
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• Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

  08-12-2022 14:19 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price — and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.The deal, the second such exchange in eight months with Russia, procured the release o
  
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• EXPLAINER: Pronouns, nonbinary people and the Club Q attack

  08-12-2022 13:45 via wane.com
  
  The Colorado Springs gay bar shooting suspect’s assertion of being nonbinary has put gender identity and pronouns — and some sensitive questions around them — back in the spotlight.Respecting Anderson Lee Aldrich’s request to be referenced with they/them pronouns does not amount to placating someone accused of a heinous act, nonbinary people and advocates say.But they do worry that Aldrich’s high profile as a crime suspect could lead to negative assumptions about al
  
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• Biden releasing nearly $36B to aid pensions of union workers

  08-12-2022 13:15 via wane.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing the infusion of nearly $36 billion to shore up a financially troubled union pension plan, preventing severe cuts to the retirement incomes of more than 350,000 Teamster workers and retirees across the United States.The money for the Central States Pension Fund is the largest amount of federal aid provided for a pension plan, the Biden administration said, and comes from the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package th
  
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• Police arrest man after standoff on Barr Street

  08-12-2022 09:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department served a search warrant at a home on Barr Street and took a man into custody Wednesday night.According to a release from FWPD, the Vice and Narcotics Unit were conducting surveillance to serve a felony arrest warrant for Joseph Berumen, 22, at a residence in the 3000 block of Barr St. The preliminary charge of the arrest warrant was for unlawful carrying of a handgun.Officers confirmed that Berumen was inside the residence,
  
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• Linking of Richard Allen's gun to Delphi crime scene 'not science' says The Innocence Project

  08-12-2022 03:24 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. -- “This is not settled science.”Tania Brief, a senior staff attorney with The Innocence Project, is talking about a type of commonly used forensic examination accepted by law enforcement and courts for decades: tool mark analysis.It is how the Indiana State Police Laboratory says it confirmed an unfired 40-caliber cartridge was ejected out of a handgun of Richard Allen. The unfired round was found between the bodies of Abigail Williams and Liberty German. This is the on
  
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• Embassy Theatre announces winners from 2022 Festival of Trees

  08-12-2022 03:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Embassy Theatre announced the winners from the 38th annual Festival of Trees Wednesday.The event represents the theater's largest fundraising event. Experience the Festival of Trees at The EmbassyThe six winners each took home the top spot for a different category:Best DIY Craftmanship: "The Cardinal," sponsored by D.O. McComb & Sons and decorated by Dana FinkBest Original Design: "Just Plane Fun," sponsored by BAE and decorated by BAE employeesBest Tradit
  
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• Repave and Resurface: Huntertown is among several getting state money to improve roads

  08-12-2022 00:32 via wane.com
  
  State awarded $119 million for the second half of 2022ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — Last spring, Allen County received $1 million in the first round of state road-funding grants.With that money, along with local money amounting to $1.7 million, the county fixed 25 miles of roads, says Margaret Hershberger, project manager with the Allen County Highway Department.On Wednesday, the second round for the Community Crossings Matching Grant Program was announced, and some Allen County and nea
  
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• Police: Monroe Central High School cheerleading coach reportedly showed nude photo to minors

  08-12-2022 00:10 via wane.com
  
  PARKER CITY, Ind. (WANE) — A cheerleading coach from Muncie is facing three counts of a felony for reportedly showing a nude photo to members of her squad, according to the Randolph County Sheriff's Department (RCSD).Monroe Central Jr/Sr High School in Parker City, Indiana, contacted the RCSD Wednesday morning over concerns that a cheerleading coach was possibly sharing inappropriate material with some members of her squad.An investigation found the coach, identified as 28-year-old Hanna G
  
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• Police: Cheerleading coach reportedly showed nude photo to squad members

  08-12-2022 00:10 via wane.com
  
  PARKER CITY, Ind. (WANE) — A cheerleading coach from Muncie is facing three counts of a felony for reportedly showing a nude photo to members of her squad, according to the Randolph County Sheriff's Department (RCSD).Monroe Central Jr/Sr High School in Parker City, Indiana, contacted the RCSD Wednesday morning over concerns that a cheerleading coach was possibly sharing inappropriate material with some members of her squad.An investigation found the coach, identified as 28-year-old Hanna G
  
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