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• Fatal drunk driving crash nets 16 years in prison

  09-01-2023 22:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A New Haven man who previously admitted to his role in a drunk driving crash that left one woman dead received a 16-year prison sentence Monday, according to Allen Superior Court records.
  A judge handed down the sentence to 38-year-old Douglas E. Acosta, II, as part of a plea agreement Acosta made with Allen County prosecutors this past October.
  Acosta had been driving a maroon Ford F250 with his children in tow when he lost control of the truck as it was speeding aroun
  
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• Philharmonic management addresses 'unfounded filing' for unfair labor practice

  09-01-2023 22:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Philharmonic management on Monday addressed musicians' "unfounded filing" of unfair labor practice charges.The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players' Association announced Sunday charges were filed Jan. 7, alleging the Philharmonic coerced employees unlawfully by “interrogating them about their intention to engage in a strike.”The website for the National Labor Relations Board shows a case was filed Monday, Jan. 9 against the Philharmonic, but no details are avail
  
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• Dennis 'Tiny' Parker, longtime Coney Island employee, passes away

  09-01-2023 22:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Monday, Dennis "Tiny" Parker, a longtime employee at Fort Wayne's Famous Coney Island, died after a battle with "extremely serious" health problems, according to Coney Island's Facebook page.Parker worked at Coney Island for over 45 years, and during that time, co-owner Jimmy Todoran said he was "one-in-a-million, people came to see him and he touched a lot of people over the years." Lunch rush at Fort Wayne’s Famous Coney Island is Positively Fort Wayne!
  
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• Police: 1 in 'critical' condition after US 30 crash at Webster Road

  09-01-2023 22:23 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A three-vehicle crash on U.S. 30 involving a semitruck left two people in the hospital and one person in "critical" condition, according to the Allen County Sheriff's Department (ACSD).At approximately 11:45 a.m. Monday, authorities responded to the intersection of U.S. 30 and Webster Road on reports of a three-vehicle crash with injuries.When officers arrived, they found two injured drivers and began talking with witnesses. ‘Opening soon’ in Fort Wa
  
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• Yelp's Top 10 Fort Wayne restaurants

  09-01-2023 22:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- With Fort Wayne's mix of new and classic restaurants, WANE 15 asked Yelp to compile a list of the Top 10, according to their thousands of crowd-sourced reviews.This year's list reflected a trend in the appeal of Asian food."We noticed dishes like Bánh xèo, Korean rice hot dogs and rice rolls growing in interest," explained Brittany Smith with Yelp, "so it is clear that these types of cuisines continue to rise in popularity."Smith said the Yelp data scient
  
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• Officials: Damar Hamlin released from hospital

  09-01-2023 21:20 via wane.com
  
  CINCINNATI (WIVB) -- UC Health officials said that Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been released from the hospital on Monday morning and flew back to Buffalo, health officials said.
  This comes one week after Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest while on the field with the Bills in their game against the Bengals, which was later canceled after being postponed. Since then, he was in the care of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He will be transferred to another hospital in Buffalo.Doctors said
  
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• Damar Hamlin released from ICU, flies home to Buffalo to continue recovery

  09-01-2023 21:20 via wane.com
  
  CINCINNATI (WIVB) -- UC Health officials said Bills safety Damar Hamlin was released from UC Medical Center on Monday morning and flew back to Buffalo, where he will continue to recover at Buffalo General Medical Center.This comes one week after Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest while on the field with the Bills in their game against the Bengals, which was later canceled after being postponed.Doctors said that Hamlin began walking on Friday, which is also when a breathing tube got taken out. They s
  
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• Damar Hamlin continues recovery at Buffalo General, Gates Vascular

  09-01-2023 21:20 via wane.com
  
  CINCINNATI (WIVB) -- UC Health officials said Bills safety Damar Hamlin was released from UC Medical Center on Monday morning and flew back to Buffalo, where he will continue to recover at Buffalo General Medical Center and Gates Vasuclar Institute.In an update provided by Kaleida Health on Tuesday, hospital officials said Hamlin "is in good spirits" and was joined by his mother, father and younger brother.
  The medical team at Buffalo General Medical Center and Gates Vascular Institute will be w
  
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• Indiana lawmakers return for session of spending decisions

  09-01-2023 19:50 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers return Monday the Statehouse for the start of this year’s legislative session with a large budget surplus and a long list of big-ticket spending wishes to sort through.The drafting of a new two-year state budget will be the primary focus of the Republican-dominated Legislature during its session expected to last until late April, but debates on topics such as hot-button social issues and a push for marijuana legalization could force their way to
  
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• Judge to hear arguments this week on multiple issues in Delphi murder case involving Richard Allen

  09-01-2023 19:46 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. – A special judge will handle multiple issues this week regarding the Delphi murder case.A hearing is set for Friday, Jan. 13. Judge Fran Gull was initially set to hear arguments on a change of venue and a gag order in the case against Richard Allen.Allen’s defense attorneys requested a change of venue away from Carroll County because of the high-profile nature of the murders. A temporary gag order has been in effect since December; Gull could institute a gag order barri
  
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• How Hoosiers on Social Security can get the $200 Automatic Taxpayer Refund as a tax credit

  09-01-2023 19:38 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS – The state released some additional guidance regarding the Automatic Taxpayer Refund.Some Hoosiers will be able to claim the money as a refundable tax credit. Those eligible for the tax credit must meet the following conditions:
  They were not eligible for the initial, $125 Automatic Taxpayer Refund sent in 2022They received Social Security benefits in 2022They are not claimed as a dependent on someone else’s tax returnState says all refund checks printed and mailed, vas
  
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• Road work to temporarily close portion of Jefferson Boulevard

  09-01-2023 19:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Drivers can expect heavier traffic this week at a busy southwest side intersection, according to Fort Wayne's Traffic Engineering Department.Starting Wednesday, there will be lane restrictions on Jefferson Boulevard at Illinois Road. The construction extends to Apple Glen Boulevard, the road that leads to Apple Glen Crossing and Jefferson Pointe.Crews are installing a communication line underground, and the work is expected to be complete by Friday, the engineering depa
  
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• City: Construction at Superior roundabout for river protection project

  09-01-2023 18:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The roundabout that connects four streets in downtown Fort Wayne is under construction while two projects wrap up this month, including one that intends to keep sewage out of the St. Marys River.The City announced there are lane restrictions around Superior Circle, the intersection of Fairfield Avenue, Wells, Superior, and Ewing streets.
  Crews began work Monday on a "consolidation sewer pipe project," the City said, and the finished work will keep about 12 million gallo
  
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• 'Opening soon' in Fort Wayne, Handel's Homemade Ice Cream

  09-01-2023 18:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) It's been named "the #1 ice cream on the planet," by National Geographic and soon you'll be able to see why.Handel's Homemade Ice Cream was founded in Youngstown, Ohio in the 1940's and now has stores elsewhere in Ohio, Indiana and a handful of other states.The Handel's website indicates a store will be 'opening soon,' at 4916 Illinois Road, just west of Target in a strip mall where a Penn Station is located.WANE 15 has reached out to Handel's to nail down a specific date
  
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• Millions of Fisher-Price baby seats recalled after more than 100 infants die

  09-01-2023 16:53 via wane.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WXIN) -- Around 4.7 million Fisher-Price baby seats are being recalled again after they were linked to more than 100 infants' deaths.
  The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall involves all Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play Sleepers. The inclined baby seats were initially recalled in 2019 after reports of more than 30 infants dying. Since the original recall, more than 70 additional deaths have been reported, including eight that reportedly happened after the recall announ
  
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• Bluffton Police share updated description of missing woman

  09-01-2023 16:25 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) - Bluffton Police released an updated description of a woman who has been missing since New Year's Day.Bluffton Police Department shared this description on Facebook Monday morning.
  A Silver Alert is in place for Celeste Cuthbert- also known as Celeste Wright- a woman who was last seen on foot leaving a Lancaster Street home in Bluffton around 4:45 p.m., police said. Celeste is 48 years old, 5′ 5″ tall, weighs 147 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.
  The po
  
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• Bluffton Police share another updated description of missing woman

  09-01-2023 16:25 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) - For the second time this week, Bluffton Police released updated information on a woman who has been missing since New Year's Day.Bluffton Police Department shared this description on Facebook Monday morning.
  A Silver Alert is in place for Celeste Cuthbert- also known as Celeste Wright- a woman who was last seen on foot in Bluffton around 4:45 p.m., police said. Celeste is 48 years old, 5′ 5″ tall, weighs 147 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. Bluffton p
  
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• Man charged with death of Indiana woman walking dogs in OWI crash

  09-01-2023 15:31 via wane.com
  
  MONROE COUNTY, Ind. -- More than six months after a fatal crash that killed a Bloomington woman walking her dogs, the driver involved has been charged in connection to her death.Investigators said Caleb Washburn, 33, tested positive for opioids when taken into custody immediately following the June 10, 2022 crash that killed Stacy Lamb, 50, of Bloomington.Washburn told officers the collision was unavoidable because he only saw Lamb after he looked up from his phone, and by that time, it was too
  
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• What does the future hold for gas prices? GasBuddy releases 2023 forecast

  09-01-2023 14:47 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) After a tumultuous year for gas prices, some relief may be on the way in 2023. The yearly national average price of gas in 2023 is forecast to drop nearly 50 cents per gallon from that of 2022 to $3.49, according to GasBuddy’s 2023 Fuel Outlook released this past Friday. Continuing improvement in refinery capacity will help alleviate gasoline and diesel prices, though high levels of uncertainty remain amidst Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine and continuing economic concerns.
  
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• TikTok, WeChat banned from state government devices in Ohio

  09-01-2023 14:37 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State workers in Ohio will be banned from using TikTok, WeChat and other Chinese-owned social media apps on state-issued devices over concerns that sensitive personal information and business data collected by those platforms may be shared with the Chinese government.The ban was one of several executive orders signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Sunday shortly after he was privately sworn in for his second term. It will prohibit state agencies, boards and commiss
  
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• New guidance: Use drugs, surgery early for obesity in kids

  09-01-2023 13:15 via wane.com
  
  Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday.The longstanding practice of “watchful waiting," or delaying treatment to see whether children and teens outgrow or overcome obesity on their own only worsens the problem that affects more than 14.4 million young people in the U.S. Left untreated, obesity can lead to life
  
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• Giving and Gratitude: USF student changes stranger's life with stem cell donation

  09-01-2023 12:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Thousands of people are diagnosed with potentially life-threatening blood cancers every year according to Be The Match, an organization that connects blood cancer patients with people who donate life-saving bone marrow or blood stem cells.
  In fact, according to the group, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer in the U.S. every three minutes, and 70% of them depend on Be The Match to find them a donor who is not a blood relative.
  It was through the Be The Match regist
  
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• Some sunshine, above-average temps

  09-01-2023 04:55 via wane.com
  
  Monday morning starts on a cloudy note. There is a small chance we’ll see some sunshine in the later parts of the afternoon. Our highs will be in the lower 40s, but we’ll be warming up the next couple of days. And even in the 40s, we’re still above average for this time of year. We usually have temperatures in the lower 30s.
  Temperatures will begin to decline shortly after dinner time with lows in the upper 20s overnight into Tuesday morning. We’ll see temperatures a litt
  
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• Small chance for sunshine, warming up

  09-01-2023 04:55 via wane.com
  
  The sky remains cloudy as temps fall through the 20s during the early morning.
  Monday brings a chance to see some sunshine, but it's not as likely to come in the morning. If we do see the sun, it's most likely it would peek out in the afternoon. Some clouds will still remain in the sky, however. Highs will be around 40° (above our average in the low 30s).January 9's average low is 19°.January 9's average high is 33°.Temperatures will fall to near 30° into the overnight heading in
  
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• Crews quickly extinguished mobile home fire

  09-01-2023 03:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Fort Wayne Fire Department worked quickly to put out a mobile home fire late Sunday night.
  Crew arrived at 8:30 Sunday evening to the 3100 block of Wells Street and found a mobile home with heavy smoke. Crews were able get the fire under control in 10 minutes.
  According to the release, occupants were not home at the time and there were no injuries.
  This fire is under investigation.
  
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• After emergency landing on highway, plane is hit by SUV, injuring 3 people

  09-01-2023 02:57 via wane.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- After safely making an emergency landing on a Nevada highway Saturday morning, a small plane was hit by an SUV, Nevada State Police said. Three people were injured.The plane's pilot, an instructor pilot and the driver of a Nissan SUV were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, according to the State Police Highway Patrol's Southern Command.A DA20 two-seater plane experienced mechanical issues and was forced to land on U.S. 95, near Lee Canyon Road
  
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• 'Unlawful interrogation:' Musicians file charges against Philharmonic management

  09-01-2023 01:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Charges have been filed against Fort Wayne Philharmonic Managment by the American Federation of Musicians Local 58 for unfair labor practice.
  A release from The Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players Association (American Federation of Musicians Local 58) stated that charges were pressed on behalf of the Musicians on strike. The charge alleges that the Philharmonic coerced employees unlawfully by "interrogating them about their intention to engage in a strike" as well as fail
  
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