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• New Haven becomes latest Indiana city to push for remote workers

  18-01-2023 23:56
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) — The City of New Haven launched its remote worker recruitment program Wednesday, joining a list of more than two dozen Indiana cities that have made similar moves.The cities involved are working with MakeMyMove, a talent recruitment company, with the goal of adding more than 500 new Hoosiers and over $40 million in annual economic impact to the state."We're all-in on using this support to recruit new city residents and support continued investment into these efforts
  
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• Shooting in Defiance County leaves 1 in 'critical' condition

  18-01-2023 23:46
  
  DEFIANCE COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) — Authorities arrested one person Wednesday following an altercation that left another person in "critical" condition from a gunshot wound, according to the Defiance County Sheriff's Office (DCSO).On Wednesday, authorities received reports of a shooting at the 7000 block of Stever Road in Defiance County.When officers arrived, they found one victim suffering from a single gunshot wound. Court Docs: Death of Border Collie puppy adds to inmate’s chargesDuri
  
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• Board of Zoning Appeals approves delay of jail meeting

  18-01-2023 23:21
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Thursday, the Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals approved a continuance request from the Allen County Board of Commissioners (ACBC) for a hearing about the new county jail.With the continuance being granted, the hearing will now be pushed back to Feb. 16. Landowner signs purchase agreement for site of new county jailIn a press release Wednesday, the ACBC cited the community information meeting from Jan. 10 and a Jan. 13 report from the Department of Planning Se
  
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• Allen County Commissioners to request to push back upcoming jail hearing

  18-01-2023 23:21
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Wednesday, the Allen County Board of Commissioners (ACBC) announced it will request a continuance of the hearing about the new county jail set for Jan. 19.If the continuance is granted, the Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals hearing would be pushed back to Feb. 16. Landowner signs purchase agreement for site of new county jailIn a press release, the ACBC cited the community information meeting from Jan. 10 and a Jan. 13 report from the Department of Planning Se
  
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• Police: Crash in Grant County leaves 1 dead

  18-01-2023 22:15
  
  GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A crash in Grant County Wednesday morning left one person dead, according to the Grant County Sheriff's Office (GCSO).The GCSO said authorities were dispatched to the area of 53rd Street and South Western Avenue at approximately 9:32 a.m. on reports of a crash and arrived to find two vehicles in the northbound lane of South Western Avenue.A preliminary investigation showed a vehicle driven by Ashley Rose had been travelling southbound in the northbound land of S
  
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• Tom Didier officially announces run for Fort Wayne mayor

  18-01-2023 21:56
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne City Councilman Tom Didier (R) officially kicked off his campaign for Fort Wayne mayor Wednesday with a public announcement at the Allen County Republican Party Headquarters.Didier has expressed interest in running for the position for months, but Wednesday represented the next step in the process by officially announcing plans to file for mayor."I'm running for mayor to put Fort Wayne first [and] to put the needs of our community above any other consid
  
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• FWPD photo receives national recognition from US Justice Department branch

  18-01-2023 21:38
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Recently, a photo showing a Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) officer and a young student reading together received national recognition from a branch of the U.S. Justice Department.The photo shows Officer Juana Saldana connecting with a local student from Guatemala by helping the student read a book.According to the FWPD, Saldana, who is fluent in Spanish, had been asked by a school in March 2022 to meet the student who had just moved to Fort Wayne and had an e
  
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• Allen County Coroner identifies victims from Arcola Road crash

  18-01-2023 20:02
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — The Allen County Coroner's Office (ACCO) has identified the two victims involved in a crash near the intersection of Arcola and Yellow River roads in west Allen County Sunday night.The victims have been identified as 40-year-old Laine C. Arvey of Fort Wayne and 49-year-old Matthew P. Tustison of Fort Wayne. 2 killed in fiery crash on Arcola RoadThe victims were the first two traffic fatalities in Allen County in 2023, according to the ACCO.The ACCO said the caus
  
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• FWPD: 2 arrested on drug charges after 'lengthy investigation'

  18-01-2023 19:17
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Two Fort Wayne men face multiple drug-related felony charges stemming from a "lengthy investigation" by the Fort Wayne Police Department's Vice & Narcotics Division (FWPD).According to police, the Vice & Narcotics Division secured a search warrant for a house on Villa Park Court after obtaining information that 23-year-old Jacob Hoffman had reportedly dealing "large quantities" of counterfeit M30 pills that contained fentanyl.Detectives also conducted nume
  
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• Police: Pursuit ends in drug dealing, neglect arrest

  18-01-2023 17:14
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - An attempt by Fort Wayne police to wrap up a drug investigation led to a man leading officers on a pursuit and ultimately his arrest on drug dealing and neglect of a dependent charges Tuesday.
  Detectives with the police department's Gang and Violent Crimes Unit had been watching a home at 6204 Pheasant Pass and had gathered enough evidence to arrest a man identified as 26-year-old Kevin Jerelle Jones, Jr., according to a media release.Families of teens sue Fort Wayne ga
  
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• Indiana proposal limiting right to bail advances

  18-01-2023 15:26
  
  INDIANAPOLIS - Some Indiana lawmakers want to set new limits on which criminal offenders have the right to bail.Senate Joint Resolution 1 passed the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee mostly along party lines, with nearly all Republicans voting in favor of it. State Sen. Sue Glick (R-LaGrange) joined the Democrats in opposing it.Right now, Indiana's constitution only denies bail to those accused of murder or treason. It requires judges to offer bail in all other situations.State Sen.
  
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• Shooter stood over California mom holding baby, killed both

  18-01-2023 15:22
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother clutching her 10-month-old baby and pumped bullets into their heads in a brazen attack in a central California farming community that left six dead at a home linked to drugs and guns, a sheriff said Tuesday.Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the teenager was fleeing the violence early Monday when the killers caught up to her outside the home in Goshen, a central California community of about 3,000 residents in the agricult
  
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• Woman, child found dead inside north side Fort Wayne home after reported shooting

  18-01-2023 15:13
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Police are investigating the deaths of a woman and child found in a north side Fort Wayne home following a reported shooting Wednesday morning.Emergency crews were sent to the 1100 block of Skyline Pass northeast of the intersection of Coldwater and Cook Roads at around 8:35 a.m. in the Lincoln Village neighborhood.
  A shooting was reported at a home on Skyline Pass in Fort Wayne on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.According to Fort Wayne police, a relative may have found the b
  
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• Police called to shooting on Fort Wayne's north side

  18-01-2023 15:13
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Police are investigating a reported shooting at a home in a north side Fort Wayne subdivision.
  Emergency crews were sent to the 1100 block of Skyline Pass northeast of the intersection of Coldwater and Cook Roads at around 8:37 a.m. in the Lincoln Village neighborhood.
  Details are limited, but multiple Fort Wayne Police Department squad cars can be seen in the neighborhood and yellow tape surrounds one of the homes. A department public information officer is said to be on
  
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• Airborne tires hit semi cab in Ohio, driver killed

  18-01-2023 14:27
  
  MILLBURY, Ohio (WANE) A truck driver from Michigan died Tuesday after another rig lost a set of dual tires on I-280 in northwest Ohio.The incident took place just before 2 p.m. near State Route 795 according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.Courts: Trial begins in ski mask murder at apartment complexAn investigation determined that a semi was going south on I-280 when a set of dual tires came off one of the trailer axles. The tires went through the median and struck the cab of a northbound semi.
  
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• French nun who was world’s oldest known person dies at 118

  18-01-2023 11:51
  
  PARIS (AP) — A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern France said Wednesday.Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, was born in the town of Ales, southern France, on Feb. 11, 1904. She was also one of the world’s oldest survivors of COVID-19. Husband charged with murder in missing Boston mom caseSpokesman David Tavella said she died at 2 a.m. on Tuesday at
  
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• Savor Fort Wayne 2023 officially underway

  18-01-2023 08:06
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) It's a reason for people to try new restaurants or return to an old favorite; Savor Fort Wayne and the 12 days of dining deals will be back later this month.Over 70 restaurants will be offering special three-course meals at value prices from January 18 to 29.The special menu items and three-course pairings will only be available during this time and many participating restaurants will offer outdoor dining and carry out options.You can learn more at SavorFortWayne.com wher
  
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• Latest Philharmonic negotiations end with no results

  18-01-2023 04:25
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Nearly six weeks after Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians started their strike, both sides were still unable to reach an agreement during the latest negotiations Tuesday."Despite our near unanimous rejection of their most recent contract offer, [Philharmonic] management refused to respond to our outstanding proposals, was unwilling to bargain and set another artificial negotiation deadline for early February," said Campbell MacDonald, Players' Association chair. Th
  
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• Families of teens sue Fort Wayne gas station where they were shot

  18-01-2023 03:30
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The families of the three teens shot at a State Boulevard and Hobson Road gas station in 2021 have filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Quick Stop station and its owners, where police say the fatal encounter with Joseph Bossard began.Anderson Retic and Joshua Cole Cooper, both Fort Wayne 19 year-olds, were shot to death. Jaylin Rice, then 20, needed a long hospital stay to fight for his life and was left permanently injured. Court doc: Murder suspect returned to gas sta
  
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• Carroll photographer earns national recognition

  18-01-2023 03:29
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A Carroll High School senior recently returned from Miami, Florida after being chosen as one of 10 finalists for a national competition.Bayan Yunis received recognition as one of 10 finalists in the photography division of the National YoungArts Competition 2023.
  The organization, National YoungArts Foundation, is a nonprofit that focuses on identifying and supporting emerging artists across 10 disciplines, photography being among them. The Lofts at Headwaters Par
  
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• Fort Wayne Farm Show kicks off amid rising feed prices

  18-01-2023 03:11
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Farm Show kicked off Tuesday at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum amid changing times and rising costs within the agriculture industry.Recently, customers have seen a rise in the price of eggs, but those rising costs are a direct result of prices rising for everything that goes into producing those eggs."Feed prices are definitely up, all of the inputs going into the feed have increased," said Philip Leman, vice president of sales and marketing
  
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• Group of Sunnymede residents continue to speak out against new jail

  18-01-2023 02:18
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — After multiple meetings earlier in January opposing the new jail, Sunnymede residents gathered again Tuesday to possibly devise a plan to get the jail moved elsewhere.A primary goal for Tuesday's meeting was to gather information to present to the Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals at its next meeting, where community members will be able to provide public comment. Fort Wayne celebrates new Ukrainian sculpture downtownEvent organizers also assigned certain people
  
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• Feds: Man's gas tank hid 180 pounds of cocaine at Texas border checkpoint

  18-01-2023 00:52
  
  McALLEN, Texas (KVEO) — A man was arrested at a Texas checkpoint after allegedly transporting more than 180 pounds of cocaine hidden in his truck's gas tank, authorities said.Glafiro Valle Jr. was booked Jan. 14 on charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, federal records show.A criminal complaint obtained by Nexstar's KVEO details that federal DEA agents in McAllen began investigating
  
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• Court Docs: Death of Border collie puppy adds to inmate's charges

  18-01-2023 00:40
  
  ATTENTION: This article contains graphic material that may not be suitable for all readers.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- When Bishop was dropped off at the Northeast Indiana Veterinary Emergency Hospital in Fort Wayne, the puppy had two broken legs.The 5-month old Scottish Border Collie had been hit by a car, according to the woman who brought Bishop in. She’d found him in a parking lot on Coldwater Road.But on that morning, Jan. 20, 2022, Dr. Andrew Riebe found the injuries had nothing to do
  
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• ISP: Peru couple arrested following 9-month narcotics investigation

  18-01-2023 00:26
  
  MIAMI COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A nine-month narcotics investigation resulted in the arrest of a couple from Peru, Indiana, according to Indiana State Police (ISP).Authorities later received arrest warrants for Jordan Taylor, 32, and Wallace Taylor, 31, as a result of the investigation.On Jan. 12, a state trooper located Jordan at the intersection of U.S. 31 and Miami County Road 500 South and performed a traffic stop.
  During the traffic stop, the trooper utilized a narcotics-detecting police
  
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