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• Much colder days next week

  27-01-2023 23:50 via wane.com
  
  A mostly cloudy sky with periods of snow is the outlook from now through the evening. While the snow will fall heavily, at times, accumulations will be less than an inch.
  Winds are gusty because of a fast-moving front moving through our area.Winds gust in from the SW as high as 35 mph.Saturday will be quiet during the day with rain and snow developing after midnight and lingering into Sunday morning.
  Light snow quickly approaches the area this afternoonA quick inch of snow is possible with this
  
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• Fort Wayne firefighters save one of their own in Thursday night fire

  27-01-2023 23:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne firefighters saved one of their own during a fire on the southeast side of the city Thursday night.
  Crews responded to the kitchen fire in the 2800 block of Stinson Drive around 10:30 p.m.Firefighter hurt battling house fire in southeast Fort WayneWhile inside the home, a firefighter had a medical event. Fellow firefighters pulled him out of the home and performed CPR and used a defibrillator on him. He was then transported to a hospital, where Fort Wayne Pro
  
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• Philharmonic musicians to perform free concert in downtown Fort Wayne

  27-01-2023 23:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Friday, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians announced they will be hosting another free concert while the musicians are on strike.The concert will be held at 7:00 p.m. Feb. 4 at Plymouth Congregational Church at 501 W. Berry St. in downtown Fort Wayne and will feature "chamber orchestra favorites," including Bach, Vivaldi and Holst. Huntington family keeps igloo tradition aliveThe event will be the third concert the musicians have hosted since the strike star
  
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• Sweetwater names Mike Clem as new president

  27-01-2023 22:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Sweetwater recently announced the promotion of current employee Mike Clem to president of the company.Clem has worked at Sweetwater for over 20 years and previous served as the company's chief growth officer where he oversaw and implemented strategic growth plans in all areas of the business, Sweetwater said in a release."Mike's vision, leadership and character have had an invaluable influence on the company since he first joined the team," said Sweetwater CEO Joh
  
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• Pence: 'I take full responsibility' for classified documents ending up at Indiana home

  27-01-2023 22:30 via wane.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday said he takes “full responsibility” for classified documents ending up at his home in Indiana and pledged to cooperate with any investigation into how it happened.“During the closing days of administration, when materials were boxed and assembled, some of which were shipped to our personal residence, mistakes were made,” Pence told Fox News in his first public comments since his office disclosed earlier this week that classified
  
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• County reaps reward from higher interest rates, county treasurer says

  27-01-2023 22:06 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — Allen County is reaping the boon from higher interest rates.That is what Allen County Commissioners learned Friday at their weekly meeting when Allen County Treasurer William Royce reported favorable growth from 2021 through last year.“All of 2021, we earned $782,000 in interest. In 2022, and remember, rates weren’t high for the whole year, they’ve been gradually going up as the year’s gone along, we’re at $3.2 million,” Royce
  
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• 1/27 Highlight Zone Prep Basketball Scoreboard

  27-01-2023 22:00 via wane.com
  
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  Concordia -- North Side --
  Homestead -- Northrop --
  Bishop Luers -- Wayne --
  Carroll -- Snider --
  Bishop Dwenger -- South Side --
  Heritage -- Adams Central --
  Bluffton -- Jay County --
  South Adams -- Southern Wells --
  West Noble 50 Fairfield 31
  Churubusco -- Central Noble --
  Fremont -- Prairie Heights --
  Eastside at Westview PPD.
  Lakeland -- Garrett --
  Tippecanoe Valley -- Manchester --
  North Miami -- Southwood --
  Rochester -- Northfield --
  Whitko -- Peru --
  Maconaquah -- Cass --
  
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• Construction underway for new Parkview facility off Illinois Road

  27-01-2023 21:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Parkview is expanding further into southwest Fort Wayne. The new outpatient center will be located at Illinois Road and Glencarin Boulevard.The new facility will have an emergency room and urgent care, with the latter being a brand new service for that part of Fort Wayne. It will also have outpatient services with imaging and lab services.Parkview said the second and third floors will have specialty clinics for cancer and heart treatments along with other specialt
  
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• Commissioners contract for survey of new jail site; 'part of the due diligence'

  27-01-2023 20:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Allen County Commissioners are working toward finalizing the purchase of 2911 Meyer Rd. in order to build a new county jail there.Friday, at the weekly commissioners’ meeting, they unanimously voted to contract with Foresight Consulting, to survey the 142-acre property, owned by local real estate magnate Bill Bean. The $18,000 contract is part of the due diligence necessary to complete the deal, Commissioner president Therese Brown said.“The ultimate goal
  
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• Ohio Dollar General stores temporarily shut down amid overcharging lawsuit

  27-01-2023 19:57 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Dollar General stores across Ohio shut down Friday morning, and employees, the company's corporate office, and the state's attorney general were all providing different reasons. A sign posted on a Dollar General on Morse Road explains it is closed for an unspecified reason. (WCMH/Eric Halperin)
  Workers at the Clintonville location said they received a call from the retailer's corporate office telling them to close. They added that they did not know why or have a tim
  
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• Video: Footage of Paul Pelosi attack released

  27-01-2023 19:02 via wane.com
  
  Warning: Graphic and explicit videoSAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Footage of the attack on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi was released Friday morning.Police body cam footageBody cam footage from shows the San Francisco police officer walking up to the door. DePape and Pelosi answer the door. DePape is holding a hammer as well as Pelosi's arm. Pelosi also seems to have a hand on the hammer.Police ask what's going on. DePape appears to be smiling when answering, "Everything's goo
  
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• Arrest made in 2018 triple homicide in Fort Wayne

  27-01-2023 18:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)Fort Wayne police have made an arrest in a triple homicide that took place back in June of 2018.Jacquail Belcher, 29, was taken into custody at 11:15 a.m. Friday. He's charged with three counts of murder for the killings of Dernail Brown, DaShaun Richards, and Breondon Pinkston. The news release from the Fort Wayne Police Department did not indicate what led them to arrest Belcher.The three were killed on June 28. The police investigation began when emergency personnel res
  
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• Court docs: Woman's face slashed in knife attack

  27-01-2023 18:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man is accused of using a knife to slash and cut a woman so severely she passed out for roughly eight hours before she could contact emergency dispatchers for help.
  Fort Wayne Police arrested 33-year-old Joseph Teders shortly after the attack on the woman, who he knew, and booked him into Allen County Jail.
  The woman told investigators she had taken off her shirt before bed when Teders cut her in the back, according to Allen Superior Court documents. She turned to def
  
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• Courts: Man avoids murder conviction, still gets 30 years in killing of New Haven teen

  27-01-2023 17:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man who claimed a 16-year-old New Haven boy accidentally shot himself two summers ago - a story investigators never bought - dodged a murder conviction in connection to the killing.Still, he received a 30-year prison sentence Friday.
  Damarion Laster, who was 18 when police and rescue crews arrived at a home in August 2021 to find 16-year-old Bryson L. Patterson Jr. dead inside, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter last month.
  As part of a plea agreeme
  
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• Live: Day 2 of witness testimony in Alex Murdaugh murder trial

  27-01-2023 16:01 via wane.com
  
  Watch a live feed of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial above. Follow reporter Riley Benson @realrileybenson on Twitter for updates from Walterboro. Tune in to News 2 at 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. for full coverage. Scroll down for live blog.
  COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) - Witness testimony will resume Friday in the murder trial for Alex Murdaugh.
  Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife Margaret and youngest son Paul at their family property in June of 2021.ALEX MURDAUGH MURDER TRIAL: DAY 4
  
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• Sweetwater breaks $1B revenue mark for 3rd straight year

  27-01-2023 15:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Despite what it described as "current economic challenges," Sweetwater, the largest online seller of music instruments and pro audio gear, saw strong revenue growth in 2022. The company is headquartered in Fort Wayne with corporate offices located at U.S. 30 and Kroemer Road.
  The company, founded by Chuck Surack in 1979, saw over $1.57 billion in sales in 2022, which translated to 9.5% year over year revenue growth. It was the third straight year revenue exceeded $1 billi
  
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• Inflation cools further ahead of expected interest rate hike

  27-01-2023 14:55 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Inflation showed more signs of cooling Friday, according to data released by the Commerce Department, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to slow down its interest rate hikes next week.The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Fed’s preferred gauge of inflation, was up 5 percent annually in December, down from a 5.5-percent annual inflation rate in November and a nearly 7-percent rate in June of last year.Taking out the volatile categories of food and ener
  
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• Indiana man arrested in Florida for stealing from at least 11 cars, police say

  27-01-2023 13:38 via wane.com
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. -- Police in Florida arrested an Indiana man in connection to a series of vehicle burglaries in Sarasota and Manatee counties.Deputies arrested Michael Martin, 38, on Wednesday.Police said Martin was seen in surveillance photos entering 11 unlocked cars in neighborhoods on the north side of Sarasota County on January 21. He allegedly stole cash, gift cards, a laptop, and garage door openers. He used one of the garage openers to enter a home and steal a set of golf clubs, according
  
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• HS coach dies after stepping on live wires following crash

  27-01-2023 10:21 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department is investigating a man's death following a crash Thursday evening.According to authorities, a truck was traveling north in the 2200 block of County Road 61 when the driver, 20-year-old Lane Burns of Butler, lost control and hit a utility pole. The impact caused the pole to snap in half and live wires fell across the road.Courtesy: Dekalb Co. Sheriff's Dept.
  A release from the sheriff's department says Burns got out of the truck
  
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• Butler man dies after stepping on live wires following crash

  27-01-2023 10:21 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department is investigating a man's death following a crash Thursday evening.According to authorities, a truck was traveling north in the 2200 block of County Road 61 when the driver, 20-year-old Lane Burns of Butler, lost control and hit a utility pole. The impact caused the pole to snap in half and live wires fell across the road.Courtesy: Dekalb Co. Sheriff's Dept.
  A release from the sheriff's department says Burns got out of the truck
  
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• Light snow again today and through the weekend

  27-01-2023 09:26 via wane.com
  
  Not much is going to change today or through the weekend. We'll still see clouds with some areas of light snow. In general, the snow will be light with most areas seeing under an inch.
  Put on that extra layer this morning with temperatures just creeping into the lower 20s by noon.Winds will be gusty because of a fast-moving front moving into our area this afternoon. The front will bring snow showers in after 4 pm with less than one inch possible.
  Snow showers will subside quickly through early e
  
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• Firefighters respond to house fire in southeast Fort Wayne

  27-01-2023 05:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) responded to the scene of a house fire in southeast Fort Wayne Thursday night.Firefighters were at the scene of a home in the 2800 block of Stinson Drive near the intersection of Hessen Cassel and Tillman roads. Fort Wayne begins construction on relocated Fire Station 14Authorities told a WANE 15 crew member there was a small kitchen fire, but it is not known what started the fire or if anyone was injured.WANE 15 will provide
  
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• Firefighter hurt battling house fire in southeast Fort Wayne

  27-01-2023 05:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a house fire in southeast Fort Wayne Thursday night.It started just before 10:30, at a home in the 2800 block of Stinson Drive. That's near the intersection of Hessen Cassel and Tillman roads. Fort Wayne begins construction on relocated Fire Station 14When fire crews arrived, heavy smoke was coming from the house. The fire started in the kitchen and took less than 25 minutes to get under control.Four adults were inside a
  
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• Huntington family keeps igloo tradition alive

  27-01-2023 03:43 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) — A wet, packy snow opens up all kinds of creative opportunities.Snow forts, snowmen, and yes, even igloos.And the latter is exactly what Christopher Gibbons and his son, 10-year-old Wade Gibbons, built Wednesday.
  "First southern boy to build an igloo up north," Christopher said while laughing.
  Christopher recently moved back to Indiana, citing his great co-parenting relationship, and wanting to make life as fun as possible for his son.Winter fun in the Summit
  
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• Local crews use over 1K tons of salt to combat winter storm

  27-01-2023 03:29 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — As heavy snow swept across Allen County Wednesday, crews worked around the clock to plow snow and cover the roads in salt.Lots of salt, to be exact.A spokesperson for the City of Fort Wayne told WANE 15 Thursday city crews used 800 to 900 tons of salt during Wednesday's winter storm, and an Allen County spokesperson told WANE 15 county crews used around 400 tons of salt. Did you clear your sidewalk of snow by 9 a.m.?Neither Fort Wayne nor Allen County said how m
  
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• More snow chances coming

  27-01-2023 01:20 via wane.com
  
  With scattered lake effect snow still out there and early morning temps all the way down to the mid-teens by daybreak, be sure to drive with caution. Any wet pavement from the day has frozen up now and, if the roads you're driving on have not been treated, they will be icy. This "black ice" is almost impossible to see.Morning lows in the teensLate night highs in the mid-30sFriday begins with the sky being partly cloudy, but it becomes mostly cloudy as our next weather system moves in from the we
  
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• Fort Wayne begins construction on relocated Fire Station 14

  27-01-2023 00:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and the Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) announced construction has started on a new Fire Station 14 for the FWFD in northeast Fort Wayne.Currently, Station 14 is located on Reed Road across from Snider High School, and the new location will be at the southeast corner of Reed Road and East State Boulevard.Officials said the new location will allow the FWFD to have "much-needed" space and easier access to major roadways. Work on trail ex
  
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