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• GM to sink over $900M into 4 plants, including Defiance plant

  20-01-2023 23:35 via wane.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — General Motors says it will spend more than $900 million to update four factories, with the bulk going to an engine plant in Flint, Michigan, to build the next-generation V8 for big pickup trucks and SUVs.Factories in Rochester, New York; Defiance, Ohio; and Bay City, Michigan; also will see investments, some to make V8 engine components as well as parts for future electric vehicles, the company said Friday.The investments won't create any new jobs, but they will preser
  
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• CleanEatz meal prep, café opens on Illinois Road

  20-01-2023 22:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — CleanEatz, a "healthy café" that also offers meal prep, opened its doors Thursday at a new location on Fort Wayne's west side.Located at 4916 Illinois Road, CleanEatz offers a weekly meal plan menu with six meal choices and one pizza option.According to a release, all meals are freshly prepared each week and included portion-sized meals with doctor-recommended balance of protein, carbs and healthy fats. ‘Opening soon’ in Fort Wayne, Handel&rsquo
  
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• Clean Eatz meal prep, café opens on Illinois Road

  20-01-2023 22:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Clean Eatz, a "healthy café" that also offers meal prep, opened its doors Thursday at a new location on Fort Wayne's west side.Located at 4916 Illinois Road, Clean Eatz offers a weekly meal plan menu with six meal choices and one pizza option.According to a release, all meals are freshly prepared each week and included portion-sized meals with doctor-recommended balance of protein, carbs and healthy fats. ‘Opening soon’ in Fort Wayne, Handel&rsq
  
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• During winter months, Indiana becomes the vacation destination of choice for many species of migratory birds

  20-01-2023 22:01 via wane.com
  
  SULLIVAN COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — When it comes to certain species of geese, Indiana is a balmy winter destination as they escape the frigid temperatures of their breeding grounds.According to Indiana Department of Natural Resources State Ornithologist Allisyn Gillet, the birds tend to gather on both large bodies of water and in large farm fields for a few reasons."The reason why you end up getting a whole bunch of birds in fields, usually during the day, is because they are here specifi
  
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• 1/20 Highlight Zone Prep Basketball Scoreboard

  20-01-2023 22:00 via wane.com
  
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  Bishop Luers -- Bishop Dwenger --
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  South Adams -- Jay County --
  West Noble -- Fremont --
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• Northeast Indiana cattle farm to add 78-acre operation to "grow" 8,000 cows

  20-01-2023 21:56 via wane.com
  
  Hearing on large 'cattle growing operation' in Steuben County slated for Monday nightSTEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — Steuben County planning officials are expecting a crowd Monday evening at a public hearing on a proposed 78-acre “cattle growing operation” that would accommodate 8,000 head of cattle.The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 6 p.m. at the Steuben County Community Center at 317 S. Wayne St., in Angola. Public comment will be heard.Charlie Pettibone, as
  
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• LIVE: Evansville Police hold press conference discussing Walmart shooting

  20-01-2023 21:34 via wane.com
  
  EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) - Chaotic scenes of the moment several Evansville Police officers rush into the west side Walmart following an active shooter situation Thursday night."We can't imagine what the witnesses and employees and customers inside went through," says Officer Taylor Merris with the Evansville Police Department. "Our hearts are with them. But without the bravery and professionalism of our department, there could have been a lot more lives lost last night."Bucshon releases statement
  
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• Investigation continues after Walmart shooting

  20-01-2023 21:34 via wane.com
  
  Warning: Body cam footage shown in the press conference above may be disturbing to some viewers.EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) - Chaotic scenes of the moment several Evansville Police officers rush into the west side Walmart following an active shooter situation Thursday night."We can't imagine what the witnesses and employees and customers inside went through," says Officer Taylor Merris with the Evansville Police Department. "Our hearts are with them. But without the bravery and professionalism of ou
  
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• Evansville Police hold press conference discussing Walmart shooting

  20-01-2023 21:34 via wane.com
  
  EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) - Chaotic scenes of the moment several Evansville Police officers rush into the west side Walmart following an active shooter situation Thursday night."We can't imagine what the witnesses and employees and customers inside went through," says Officer Taylor Merris with the Evansville Police Department. "Our hearts are with them. But without the bravery and professionalism of our department, there could have been a lot more lives lost last night." Bucshon releases statemen
  
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• Plea deal: Teen to serve 16 years for 2021 Halloween shooting

  20-01-2023 20:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A teenager charged as an adult in connection with a 2021 Halloween shooting that left another teen severely injured will likely serve 16 years in prison, according to a plea agreement he made with Allen County prosecutors.
  Azheon B. Patterson, who was 15 when prosecutors initially charged him early last year with one count of attempted murder, admitted to a count of aggravated battery as part of the plea deal Friday.
  Azheon B. Patterson
  The agreement calls for the attem
  
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• Updated Allen County Jail layout to be online by Feb. 7

  20-01-2023 20:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) --On or before Feb. 7, residents will have the opportunity to view online a revised layout of the proposed new Allen County Jail.The Allen County Commissioners held a public meeting on Jan. 10 with design and graphics that gave nearby residents in the Sunnymede housing development and on Bremer Road an idea of how the jail would be positioned on the 142-acre site at 2911 Meyer Road.The jail, often cited as the single largest public construction project undertaken by
  
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• Electric Works sign lighting ceremony details revealed

  20-01-2023 19:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The Fort Wayne area community is invited to take part in a history making event later this month; the official lighting of the sign atop the Electric Works campus.The lighting is set to take place Monday, January 30 at approximately 6:15 p.m.“The Northeast Indiana community has supported the redevelopment of the Electric Works
  campus since its inception," said Katy Silliman, senior experience director for Electric Works.
  “This historic site has truly been rebo
  
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• Flu season continues to ease in Indiana

  20-01-2023 18:54 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- After a brutal start to the flu season, the flu season is continuing to ease, with activity reaching low levels.On Friday, the Indiana Department of Health released its weekly influenza report, showing cases and deaths in the week ending January 14.Officials say 156 people have died from the flu so far this season. This is 24 more deaths than reported in the previous week.Of the deaths this season, the majority occurred in people who were 65 years old or older. So far, there have
  
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• Megabus adding service to Fort Wayne starting January 25

  20-01-2023 18:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) One of the largest bus companies in the United States will begin offering service to and from from Fort Wayne on January 25 to a number of destinations including Chicago and Columbus, Ohio.Megabus has partnered with Miller transportation to significantly expand the routes it serves. Megabus will use the Citlink facility located at 121 West Baker Street in downtown Fort Wayne.
  Schedules and other information can be found on the Megabus website.
  Megabus describes itself as
  
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• Courts: Guilty verdict in 2021 apartment complex killing

  20-01-2023 18:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A jury in Allen Superior Court found a Fort Wayne man guilty of murder Thursday in connection to a 2021 killing at a south side apartment complex that stemmed from drama and fighting between three people.
  Derrick D. "Dun Dun" Dennis, II, who was 25 at the time of the killing, is now facing upwards of 45 to 85 years in prison for the shooting death of 19-year-old Gerry Rucker.Courts: Trial begins in ski mask murder at apartment complexRucker was shot several times by Den
  
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• Candles recalled over combustion risk after injury reported

  20-01-2023 17:59 via wane.com
  
  DUBLIN, Calif. (WXIN) -- Candles sold at Ross Stores nationwide are being recalled after someone was injured when a candle combusted, breaking its glass container.The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the recall involves about 5,800 Taylor and Finch 6-Wick Scented Candles. They were sold from August 2022 through October 2022 in Spiced Apple & Rosewood and Cedarwood & Clove scents.
  Ross Stores has a store on Lima Road in Fort Wayne.
  The recalled candles were sold in 44-ounce red or
  
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• Windy end to the workweek with some snow showers

  20-01-2023 17:00 via wane.com
  
  After a busy January weather day that brought thunder and lightning, small hail, gusty winds, and even ended with some snowflakes flying, the weather today is much more typical for January.Expect scattered lake enhanced snow showers to continue this afternoon. Note though the better chances will be through the first part of the afternoon before the snow showers become more spotty in nature by late this afternoon and evening. These snow showers are due to the gusty winds coming in from the west-n
  
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• Courts: Man sentenced to 65 years on murder conviction in Whitley County

  20-01-2023 16:59 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne man found guilty of shooting another man and dumping the body in a Whitley County ditch received a 65-year prison sentence earlier this week.
  Robert Drake, 29, had previously been convicted by a jury or murder this past December in connection to the death of 30-year-old Curtis Thomas.
  Thomas had gone to a motel in Fort Wayne one morning this past March to meet with a woman identified as 20-year-old Ashlynn "Iris" McClain. The plan was to have sex and use
  
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• Officer who hit woman in McDonald's dispute placed on leave

  20-01-2023 15:36 via wane.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer has been put on administrative leave after video showed him punching a Black woman several times as she was taken into custody following a dispute at a McDonald’s over extra cheese on a Big Mac.The incident, captured on video by a bystander, occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Monday at the restaurant in Butler Township, Ohio. It began after Latinka Hancock, 31, of Dayton, bought a Big Mac and returned to the restaurant a short time later because
  
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• Indiana police kill shooter in Walmart, 1 person wounded

  20-01-2023 13:00 via wane.com
  
  EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A gunman fired shots at police as he weaved through the aisles of an Indiana Walmart before being killed by law enforcement, authorities said.At least one person in the store was wounded Thursday night by the shooter, who was not immediately identified, Evansville Police Department Sgt. Anna Gray told WFIE-TV. The victim was transported to a hospital and the severity of their injuries was not immediately known. No officers were injured, Gray said.The victim appeared
  
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• Windy with scattered snow showers today

  20-01-2023 10:30 via wane.com
  
  After a busy January weather day that brought thunder and lightning, small hail, gusty winds, and even ended with some snowflakes flying, the weather today will be much more typical for January.Expect scattered lake enhanced snow showers all throughout the day. Note though the better chances will be through the first part of the day before the snow showers become more spotty in nature by late this afternoon and evening. These snow showers are due to the gusty winds coming in from the west-northw
  
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• Proposed study could eliminate Indiana's income tax

  20-01-2023 04:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- If Indiana were to start its tax code with a blank slate, what would result?That was the thought behind Senate Bill 3, authored by State Senator Travis Holdman, (R, Markle)."Nobody can remember when they studied this last," Holdman told WANE 15 Thursday.If passed, the bill would create a Blue Ribbon Commission to examine property tax, individual income tax, corporate tax, local income tax and "the whole spectrum of taxation in the state of Indiana."In December, Holdman
  
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• New Haven mayor gives State of the City address

  20-01-2023 04:04 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) — New Haven Mayor Steve McMichael gave a State of the City address Thursday, praising the city's "strong and resilient" community and discussing various breakthroughs and challenges New Haven faces.Some of the projects Mayor McMichael discussed included the recent announcement of the New Haven Workforce Group, which aims to attract remote workers to move to New Haven, and the Fields of Grace sports complex the city has planned with Grace Gathering East."We will conti
  
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• Police: Indy man drove to Morristown to throw nails into driveways of homes with Trump flags

  20-01-2023 03:02 via wane.com
  
  MORRISTOWN, Ind. — The Morristown Police Department claim that an Indianapolis man has been driving out to Morristown since August to throw nails, screws, and other metal fasteners into the driveways of strangers who flew Pro-Trump and Anti-Biden flags and signs.
  Residents first started reporting finding the metal fasteners in their driveway at the beginning of August with police stating homes all throughout Morristown filed similar complaints. The nails and screws caused tire damage to ve
  
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• T-Mobile says data on 37 million customers stolen

  20-01-2023 01:23 via wane.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers, including addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth.T-Mobile said in a filing with the Security and Exchange Commission that the breach was discovered Jan. 5. It said the data exposed to theft — based on its investigation to date — did not include passwords or PINs, bank account or credit card info
  
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• Biden on classified documents probe: ‘There’s no there there’

  20-01-2023 01:21 via wane.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday downplayed a classified documents probe after materials were found in his home and a former office, telling reporters there’s “nothing there” when asked if the investigation is complete.“I think you’re going to find there’s nothing there. I have no regrets, I’m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. That’s exactly what we’re doing, there’s no there there,” Biden said.Biden reiterate
  
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• US union membership rate hits all-time low despite campaigns

  20-01-2023 01:19 via wane.com
  
  The U.S. union membership rate reached an all-time low last year despite high-profile unionization campaigns at Starbucks, Amazon, Apple and other companies.Union members fell to 10.1% of the overall U.S. workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was down slightly from 10.3% in 2021.The number of workers belonging to a union actually increased by 1.9% to 14.3 million. But that failed to keep pace with higher overall employment rates. The number of wage- and sala
  
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• FWFD: 3 pets rescued in north Fort Wayne house fire

  20-01-2023 01:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) responded to a house fire on Fort Wayne's north side Thursday afternoon.The fire happened at a house along Stonecreek Trail.The FWFD said firefighters found a fire in the kitchen that was later determined to be "accidental in nature," along with smoke throughout the rest of the house.Firefighters rescued three pets and found nobody in the home before bringing the fire under control "in a few minutes."The house suffered heavy s
  
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• City looks for new input on Foster Park Golf Course renovation

  20-01-2023 00:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Golfers had plenty to say when Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation asked for their input on how to bring the city-owned Foster Park Golf Course into the future.Now, those who use the two-mile trail around Foster Park will get their chance to weigh in.It seems when the first survey went out, only golfers responded because it was a golf course survey, according to Steve McDaniel, director of the Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Department. Last year, the department held s
  
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