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• The Lofts at Headwaters Park receives TIF funding

  17-01-2023 23:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission approved the use of $1.6 million in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds for the Lofts at Headwaters Park project Tuesday.The funds will be given over the period of three years.
  The mixed-used development was originally planned to cost $67 million in 2020, but officials with the development said inflation is pushing the price to nearly $100 million now. The Lofts at Headwaters Park gets extra $3M in funding as start of construction
  
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• $100,000 winning Powerball ticket sold in Indiana

  17-01-2023 22:52 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Take a second look at your Hoosier Lottery Powerball ticket because you could be the lucky Hoosier who won $100,000.
  The Hoosier Lottery reveals that a winning $100,000 ticket was purchased at Pak-A-Sak gas station located at 330 E. Center Street in Warsaw.
  Saturday's winning Powerball numbers were: 24-26-39-47-57 with the Powerball of 23. According to the Hoosier Lottery, the winning $100,000 ticket matched four out of the five numbers.If you're the lucky winner, contact th
  
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• MLK Club continues effort to rename Calhoun Street

  17-01-2023 22:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Even when it was a dirt road in the 1820s, one of the central and most well known streets in Fort Wayne has always been known as Calhoun Street.The MLK Club, Inc. is looking to change that and re-write Fort Wayne's future. They want it changed to "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd."On its website about the effort, the MLK Club outlines reasons why they want to see a change happen, which is largely based off of who John Calhoun was and what he represented.A flyer for the
  
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• Healthier Moms and Babies rebrands identity

  17-01-2023 22:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Healthier Moms and Babies, a local nonprofit, announced Monday the organization has rebranded in order to add a "new visual identity and brand ideology."The organization aims to provide programs, resources and education to vulnerable families within the community with the goal of reducing infant mortality and improving the outcome of pregnancies. Fort Wayne celebrates new Ukrainian sculpture downtown"Our new identity reflects the comprehensive nature of who we are
  
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• Healthier Moms & Babies unveils new look

  17-01-2023 22:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Healthier Moms & Babies, a local nonprofit, announced Monday the organization has rebranded in order to add a "new visual identity and brand ideology."The organization aims to provide programs, resources and education to vulnerable families within the community with the goal of reducing infant mortality and improving the outcome of pregnancies. Fort Wayne celebrates new Ukrainian sculpture downtown"Our new identity reflects the comprehensive nature of who we a
  
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• Purdue Fort Wayne free shuttle service aims to offer safety, convenience to, from campus

  17-01-2023 21:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For safety and convenience, Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) is piloting a free shuttle service from student housing at The Arch and St. Joe Place apartment complexes.Three university fleet vans driven by PFW retirees are scheduled to shuttle between three locations about every 15 minutes, And on Friday, students can sign up for a ride to Kroger on North Clinton Street, according to a news release.The shuttle started this week. The vans hold up to seven students
  
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• Courts: Trial begins in ski mask murder at apartment complex

  17-01-2023 20:44 via wane.com
  
  Apartment complex video a crucial component in caseFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A murder trial began Tuesday involving a homicide victim who wore a ski mask as drama between he, a woman and the man accused of killing him unfolded at a south side apartment complex in September 2021.The shooting was captured on surveillance video.The accused shooter, Derrick D. “Dun Dun” Dennis, II, 25 at the time, was said to be in a relationship with a woman named “Tuu Tuu.”Court docs:
  
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• Another angler breaks Indiana record for biggest burbot

  17-01-2023 20:27 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) - After 32 years, Indiana's record for catching the biggest burbot was broken twice in two weeks by men fishing on Lake Michigan.Indiana's Department of Natural Resources first said Scott Skafar caught two burbots on Dec. 30, both of which broke a record that had been held since 1990. One of the fish weighed in at 10.2 pounds. Angler catches two fish on Lake Michigan that break Indiana state recordThat record was broken again Jan. 10, DNR said, when Phillip Duracz caught a burbot weighing
  
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• Fort Wayne celebrates new Ukrainian sculpture downtown

  17-01-2023 20:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A new sculpture in downtown Fort Wayne has symbolism that hits close to home for a Ukrainian immigrant who helped create it.Lena Balger, an artist and designer with Arts United, infused her Ukrainian heritage with the city's latest sculpture. The title, “Na Krylah Nadi”, which translates to “On Wings Of Hope”, was inspired by the poem “Contra Spem Spero” by Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka.Balger worked with designer Torey E. Dunn II to c
  
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• Kerry Sanders retiring from NBC News

  17-01-2023 19:50 via wane.com
  
  Longtime Florida-based correspondent Kerry Sanders is retiring from NBC News.
  Sanders, who joined NBC in 1991, announced his retirement Tuesday on the "Today" show, a program his reports have appeared on for decades.
  "You have brightened our mornings, Kerry, on screen and off, and we cannot let you go without celebrating your many, many highlights," host Savannah Guthrie told Sanders before the network played a montage of the reporter's work over a three-decade career.
  Sanders has covered nearly
  
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• Gas prices rise for third straight week, diesel continues to fall

  17-01-2023 19:29 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the third straight week, the nation’s average gas price has increased, rising 2.5 cents from a week ago to $3.28 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 up 14.9 cents from a month ago and 2.2 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 7.2 cents in the last week and stands at $4.56 per gal
  
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• The small Indiana town that makes you feel like you're in a Hallmark movie, according to Best Life

  17-01-2023 16:48 via wane.com
  
  SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. -- Hallmark movies may tell stories about people from all different walks of life, but one of the classic themes is the appreciation of small town living.A new list is celebrating that aspect, and Shipshewana, Indiana made the cut.The town of less than 1,000 was featured in Best Life's list of "10 Small Towns in the U.S. That Feel Like You're in a Hallmark Movie." Will In-N-Out ever come to Indiana? This is what the company told us"Hallmark movies almost always feature a small,
  
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• Police: 8 people shot, 1 critical at Florida MLK Day event

  17-01-2023 14:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida said eight people were shot during an Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, with one of the victims listed in critical condition.The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office confirmed all the victims in the Monday shooting in Fort Pierce were adults, WPBF-TV reported.The shooting occurred at Ilous Ellis Park at 5:20 p.m. during an MLK Car Show and Family Fun Day, which the sheriff's office said was attended by more than 1,000 people, the TV station rep
  
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• Baby, teen mom among 6 killed in shooting at California home

  17-01-2023 12:56 via wane.com
  
  VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Six people — including a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby — were killed in a shooting early Monday at a home in central California, and authorities are searching for at least two suspects, sheriff's officials said.Deputies responded around 3:30 a.m. to reports of multiple shots fired at the residence in unincorporated Goshen, just east of Visalia, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office said.“Actually the report was that an active shooter was
  
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• Jim Banks to run for Indiana's open 2024 Senate seat

  17-01-2023 12:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- With a lot of discussion and prayer with his wife and three daughters, Representative Jim Banks (3rd District) announced Tuesday he would enter the 2024 race for U.S. Senate."We believe strongly that Indiana deserves a conservative senator to replace Mike Braun and I'm stepping up to the plate to kick off my campaign," he told WANE 15 in an interview before the announcement.Braun announced he would give up the seat to run for Indiana Governor.Banks, 43, began his fourt
  
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• No injuries following heavy southeast FW house fire

  17-01-2023 02:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - No one is hurt following a heavy fire on Fort Wayne's southeast side Monday night.Fire crews responded to reports of a house fire at 2008 South Hanna Street.
  Traffic is currently blocked off at the intersection of Hanna Street and Lasselle Street as crews work to clear the scene.
  South Hanna StreetA WANE 15 crew member on the scene said at least three fire trucks were there, as well as an emergency medical crew.No physical flames were seen from outside the house and cre
  
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• Fire crews return to southeast Fort Wayne home where dog died in fire

  17-01-2023 02:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fire crews returned to a home Tuesday morning where a dog died following a fire on Fort Wayne's southeast side Monday night.Investigators said it was an accidental cooking fire.Fire broke out at a home located on South Hanna Street in Fort Wayne on Monday, January 16, 2023.Fire crews responded to reports of a house fire at 2008 South Hanna Street. Firefighters reported seeing flames from the rear of the home when they arrived.Five adults and a second dog were able to ge
  
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• Dog dies in heavy southeast Fort Wayne house fire

  17-01-2023 02:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - No people were hurt but a dog died following a fire on Fort Wayne's southeast side Monday night.Investigators said it was an accidental cooking fire.Fire crews responded to reports of a house fire at 2008 South Hanna Street.
  Firefighters reported seeing flames from the rear of the home when they arrived.Five adults and a second dog were able to get out of the fire safely.Crews have returned to the scene to battle hot spots.During the initial call out, traffic was blocke
  
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• Local business bears pain of high egg prices

  17-01-2023 00:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Egg prices have continued to climb into the new year, a trend that was established at the tail end of 2022.According to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture, the average carton of eggs in America was valued at about $4.25 last month.Per the report, that price was '238% higher than the $1.79 price set in December 2021.'But the pain isn't just felt when consumers are deciding whether or not they can skip eggs this week, it's also hurting smal
  
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• Downtown Fort Wayne eatery bears pain of high egg prices

  17-01-2023 00:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Egg prices have continued to climb into the new year, a trend that was established at the tail end of 2022.According to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture, the average carton of eggs in America was valued at about $4.25 last month.Per the report, that price was '238% higher than the $1.79 price set in December 2021.'But the pain isn't just felt when consumers are deciding whether or not they can skip eggs this week, it's also hurting smal
  
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