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• Spencerville family loses house and belongings in fire, thankful for support from community

  19-12-2022 23:31 via wane.com
  
  DEKLAB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- This past Saturday, a Spencerville family lost their home after a fire sparked underneath the house and tore all the way through the roof.Mitchel and Amanda Weirich told WANE 15 they were out Christmas shopping and were just about ready to go pick up their two sons from grandma and grandpa's house when they got a call they couldn't believe.They rushed home to find tall flames and a handful of fire engines. Nothing was salvageable, and they lost their three dogs and
  
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• Councilman Russ Jehl wants 3rd party on body cam footage to avoid "embarrassing" Mayor Henry

  19-12-2022 23:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — City Council members have slowly been giving their reaction to the footage of Mayor Henry's arrest.
  On Monday, Russ Jehl spoke to WANE 15 about his thoughts.
  "My reaction was you hear the officer walk away, confer with themselves, talk about being intimidate, talk about needing to find a new job," Jehl said. "I really think the Mayor should apologize to them." VIDEO: Mayor Henry arrest footageIn addition to pleading with the officer's cause, Jehl would like a thir
  
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• Democratic incumbent holds seat after Ohio House recount

  19-12-2022 23:02 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic state Rep. Richard Brown is headed back to the Ohio House next year after automatic recount results released Monday upheld his razor-thin margin of victory in the fall election.Brown's win over Republican Ronald Beach IV, of Obetz, makes the tiniest of dents in the veto-proof supermajority with which Republicans were projected to control the House for the next two years. Their advantage is now 67-32, rather than 68-31.The GOP also won a supermajority in the
  
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• Police: 1 dead in Mercer County crash after car runs stop sign

  19-12-2022 23:01 via wane.com
  
  MERCER COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) — One person is dead after a crash in Mercer County Monday morning, according to police.At approximately 6:28 a.m., authorities received a call regarding a crash at the intersection of Rice and Oregon roads in Center Township.Police conducted an investigation, which revealed that 26-year-old Serina Siano was driving southbound on Rice Road while 43-year-old Becky Fuson was traveling eastbound on Oregon Road. Police make arrest in double homicide in Paulding Count
  
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• 15 Fury Alert: How much snow are we getting this week?

  19-12-2022 22:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A significant winter storm moves in later this week.Here's a quick breakdown of the timeline and weather conditions coming our way.Thursday: Rain/ice/snow possible. Mainly rain during the day with temps above freezing.Friday (A 15 Fury Alert Day) : Snow accumulations start late night/overnight and continue all day Friday. It will be a terrible travel day at a time when many want to hit the roads early to reach their destinations. Wind gusts up to 50 mph teamed with the
  
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• Grieving mother who punched bailiff pleads guilty to lesser charge in Allen Superior Court

  19-12-2022 21:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — When she punched the bailiff, she couldn’t even remember how it happened.That’s what Ana Maria Gomez Nolasco told Magistrate Sam Keirns Monday morning when she agreed to a plea deal on a charge for battery to a public safety official and resisting arrest.Still grieving, the diminutive 41-year-old Gomez Nolasco was trying to hold her emotions in check as she recounted in Spanish why she took such an action. She was trying to punch Tre Zwieg, now 20, who
  
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• DNR: Tree stand 'malfunctions', causing fatal fall in Indiana forest

  19-12-2022 20:19 via wane.com
  
  MONROE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating what caused a tree stand to malfunction, resulting in a man's death Saturday in Morgan-Monroe State Forest.According to the state's Department of Natural Resources, emergency crews arrived after the man who fell was found by a hunter in an area of the forest near State Road 45. Investigators determined 57-year-old Kevin Leech from Heltonville was deer hunting in a tree stand when police said the stand malfunctioned
  
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• FBI warns families of sextortion schemes targeting thousands of minors

  19-12-2022 18:45 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (WANE) - A national public safety alert has been issued by the FBI, warning families about an "explosion" of financial sextortion schemes targeting thousands of minors.In partnership with Homeland Security Investigations and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the FBI released statistics Monday that show at least 3,000 children and teens over the past year have been extorted for money and coerced into sending explicit images online. In total, the FBI said there hav
  
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• Amber Heard settles defamation case against Johnny Depp

  19-12-2022 17:50 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Actress Amber Heard said she has settled the defamation case brought by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.Heard made the announcement in an Instagram post on Monday, which comes about six months after a Virginia jury found that she acted with actual malice in issuing false statements about Depp abusing her during their relationship.Heard was ordered to pay Depp $10.35 million in damages, and Depp was also ordered to pay Heard $2 million for a false statement by Depp’s lawyer claimi
  
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• Gas nearly $2 cheaper than 6 months ago

  19-12-2022 17:06 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the sixth straight week, the nation’s average gas price has fallen, declining 11.9 cents from a week ago to $3.09 per gallon Monday according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 57.1 cents from a month ago and 20.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 14.1 cents in the last week and stands at $4.77 per
  
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• Boy who got new heart inspires tribe to boost organ donation

  19-12-2022 16:53 via wane.com
  
  (AP) - Greyson Parisien’s time on earth was short. But the boy with dark-rimmed eyeglasses who was enchanted by the music in “Frozen,” the sound of ripping paper and his dad playing the guitar is having an outsized impact on his tribal community in the far reaches of North Dakota.His journey to correct a heart defect led the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to add an organ donation box to tribal IDs, which it unveiled during a November ceremony.This photo provided by Re
  
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• More than 30,000 candles recalled because they can burn too hot, jars can break

  19-12-2022 16:08 via wane.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Advantage Sales & Marketing is recalling more than 30,000 of its Good Matters Three-Wick Candles because of fire and laceration hazards, officials said.Officials with the Consumer Product Safety Commission said the candles can “burn at higher than usual temperatures” and the jars can break.(US Consumer Product Safety Commission)These candles come in a glass jar with a wooden lid, officials said. Only the 21-ounce candles are affected by this recall.A
  
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• Prices for these 5 staples soared earlier in 2022. See where they are now

  19-12-2022 16:02 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – If concerns over COVID-19 variants were top of mind earlier in the pandemic, in 2022 inflation was foremost when it came to the topics worrying most Americans, according to multiple polls.On Tuesday, new government data showed that consumer price increases are cooling but are still 7.1% higher this November than they were a year ago. Despite the overall increase, the new data are giving experts hope that inflation is steadily slowing."Inflation was terrible in 2022, but the out
  
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• East terminal expansion up next for Fort Wayne International Airport

  19-12-2022 16:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Expansions are on the way for the east terminal of Fort Wayne International as part of the airport's ongoing renovation project.Starting in May 2023, the east terminal expansion focuses on renovating the concourse area and expanding the airport's first floor, adding up to a 35,500-square-foot renovation.
  Part of Project Gateway, the announcement comes after November's reopening of the terminal drive and the extensive West Terminal Expansion and Rehabilitation.Among all
  
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• Indiana man, woman arrested for shoplifting during Shop With a Cop event

  19-12-2022 15:47 via wane.com
  
  JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- Two people were arrested after allegedly shoplifting at an Indiana Meijer while dozens of sheriff's deputies were present for a Shop with a Cop event.More than 50 law enforcement officers from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office and Clark County FOP 181 participated in this year's Shop With a Cop event on Wednesday, December 14 at a Meijer in Jeffersonville.As the shopping got underway, the sheriff's office said Robert Crabtree, 35, was caught trying to steal items fr
  
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• Man to be sentenced in murders of 8 from another Ohio family

  19-12-2022 15:45 via wane.com
  
  WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight people from another southern Ohio family faces the possibility of life in prison without parole when he is sentenced Monday.The main question is whether 31-year-old George Wagner IV will get any chance of parole, and if so, how soon. A Pike County judge may hear statements from relatives of the victims before deciding that.Wagner denied any knowledge of his family’s involvement in the 2016 shootings of seven adults and a t
  
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• Man convicted in slain Ohio family case gets life in prison

  19-12-2022 15:45 via wane.com
  
  WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in what one surviving relative called a “monstrous act” of mass murder.George Wagner IV was sentenced after an emotional hearing at which the victims’ anguished family members spoke of their devastation and grief, and urged the judge to show no mercy toward a man they called evil and remorseless.&ldqu
  
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• Visitor restrictions back at Parkview hospitals due to spread of virus

  19-12-2022 14:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Parkview has restrictions in place for hospital visitors due to a spread of respiratory virus activity in the area, the health system said Monday.
  The restrictions- which Parkview said are temporary- include preventing any visitors under the age of 12, and any visitors with flu symptoms. Masks are encouraged but not mandatory. Patients can have up to two visitors at a time.“Health care providers across the country are seeing a significant increase in hospitalizati
  
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• Jan. 6 panel wraps work with 'roadmap to justice' for Trump

  19-12-2022 14:22 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection, with lawmakers on Monday declaring that they have assembled a “roadmap to justice” to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and his allies.As they cap one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory, the panel’s seven Democrats and two Republicans are expected to recommend criminal charges against Trum
  
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• Jan. 6 panel pushes Trump's prosecution in forceful finish

  19-12-2022 14:22 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection, with lawmakers expected to cap one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory with an extraordinary recommendation: The Justice Department should consider criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.At a final meeting on Monday, the panel’s seven Democrats and two Republicans are poised to recommend criminal charges against
  
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• Jan. 6 committee refers Trump for possible prosecution

  19-12-2022 14:22 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection, with lawmakers on Monday declaring that they have assembled a “roadmap to justice” to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and his allies.As they cap one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory, the panel’s seven Democrats and two Republicans are recommending criminal charges against Trump and ass
  
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• Christmas fun at the Blue Jacket Fantasy of Lights

  19-12-2022 12:15 via wane.com
  
  There's nothing quite like the wonder on a child's face the first time they see the incredible light display at the Blue Jacket Fantasy of Lights at Franke Park. The two mile route has 150 scenes containing roughly 650,000 beautiful LED lights, including eight new displays this year.It's a dazzling display of colors that can be mesmerizing to people young and old as they wind through illuminated arches and festive light displays in the park.Tony Hudson is the Executive Director at Blue Jacket
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• 11 people seriously injured in turbulence on Hawaii flight

  19-12-2022 12:13 via wane.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Severe turbulence rocked a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu Sunday, seriously injuring 11 people in what an Hawaiian Airlines official called an isolated and unusual event.Jon Snook, the airline's chief operating officer, said the airline hasn't experienced “an incident of this nature in recent history.” The flight was full, carrying 278 passengers and 10 crew members, he said during an afternoon news conference.Jim Ireland, director of Honolulu Emergency Medical
  
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• One councilmember responds to footage of Mayor's arrest, Arp holds back

  19-12-2022 06:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne's city council has been pretty quiet since the bodycam footage from the night of Mayor Henery's arrest was released.
  On the day it was released Councilman Tom Didier of the third district commented about how it would change his approach to the upcoming election, but it took until Sunday, Dec. 19th for other members of council to give their reaction to Wane 15.Full transcript of Mayor Henry’s OWI arrest video statementAt-large councilman Tom Freist
  
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• Crash in DeKalb County leaves one man injured

  19-12-2022 05:09 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A man is in critical condition after a single-car crash in DeKalb County on Sunday just after 2:30 p.m.Police say 23-year-old Marshall Davis was heading east on CR 28 and drifted off the road while approaching curves.While Davis attempted to bring the vehicle back onto the road, it overcorrected and rolled over two times.Police say he was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a head injury.He was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition.Police believe speed to b
  
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• OWI crash results in trailer explosion, hurt officer

  19-12-2022 03:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — An OWI crash leads to a trailer explosion in Angola, Indiana on Sunday.Angola Fire and Police departments responded to a damaged property call around 4 p.m. on Sunday evening.Upon arrival a police report says, a car crashed into a gas meter after turning too sharply.Police say they requested Nipsco come to the scene after a gas leak was detected.Per the police report the trailer residence that the gas meter was connected to exploded at 4:35 p.m., leaving one
  
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• Mobile home explodes in Angola, officer hurt by flying debris

  19-12-2022 03:42 via wane.com
  
  ANGOLA, Ind. (WANE) — A mobile home exploded in Angola after a driver, suspected of OWI, crashed into the residence and a gas meter connected to the residence Sunday afternoon.Angola Fire and Police departments responded to the scene around 4 p.m. on Sunday, according to a police report.
  Police say the car crashed into a gas meter after turning too sharply and Nipsco was called to the scene after a gas leak was detected.According to the police report, the mobile home that the gas mete
  
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• Narcan cutting overdose deaths in Fort Wayne, over 80 doses given freely every week

  19-12-2022 03:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Opioids have been a rampant issue in the United States and Fort Wayne.
  Last year Fort Wayne set a record for most overdose deaths in the city with 173.
  This year they've helped combat it with free Narcan.
  "What Narcan does is it actually kicks all of the opioids out of the opioid receptors in their brain and it allows that person to start breathing again," said Kevin Hunter captain of FWPD's narcotic division. "It basically saves their life."But getting Narcan int
  
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• Two Fort Wayne businesses donate to the Salvation Army holiday efforts

  19-12-2022 02:16 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Local business Hanning and Bean Enterprises is pledging to match all donations to the Salvation Army's Red Kettle, up to $125,000, through the end of the year.
  That's according to a media release from the Salvation Army, which called the donation a dollar-for-dollar match. Anyone can still give to the Red Kettle campaign through Christmas Eve, but all donations will be matched through Dec. 31.Currently, the Salvation Army is at $81,720 of its $233,000 goal.Salvation Arm
  
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• Kinky Boots moves closing performance location after power outages

  19-12-2022 01:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Power outages around Fort Wayne moved the closing performance of Kinky Boots across the street to the Arts United Center, according to Three Rivers Music Theatre's Facebook page.The show start time was also moved to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.The page says there are about 400 additional tickets available.
  
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