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• January 2023 was the 6th warmest on record

  01-02-2023 23:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - January 2023 is in the books and it will go down as one of the warmest Januarys in the Summit City.We ended up 8.7 degrees above average for the month, with our warmest day happening on January 3rd! We climbed all the way up to 62 degrees on this date, which set a new daily record high temperature for January 3rd. Overall, we only had three blue below average days in the month, compared to 28 red above average days.
  As a result of all the warmth, January 2023 will go do
  
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• January 2023 was the 6th warmest January on record

  01-02-2023 23:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - January 2023 is in the books and it will go down as one of the warmest Januarys in the Summit City.We ended up 8.7 degrees above average for the month, with our warmest day happening on January 3rd! We climbed all the way up to 62 degrees on this date, which set a new daily record high temperature for January 3rd. Overall, we only had three blue below average days in the month, compared to 28 red above average days.
  As a result of all the warmth, January 2023 will go do
  
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• Lottery Luck: Does it live in Auburn?

  01-02-2023 23:38 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) -- The place to go to buy lottery tickets in 2023 has been Auburn, Indiana.In the month of January, there were seven winners in the city of Auburn with at least $1,000 in prize money.
  That includes a $20,000 winner at a Kroger, and a $1,007,800 winner with multiple claimants sold at the Auburn Fuel Mart. There was a $3,000 prize winner with multiple claimants sold at the Fuel Mart on the same day as the million dollar winner.Is Auburn the lucky spot to play the lottery?&ldquo
  
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• Here's when the Shamrock Shake will return to McDonald's

  01-02-2023 23:26 via wane.com
  
  (WHTM) — February is upon us — which can only mean one thing: it's almost time for the beloved Shamrock Shake to return to McDonald's restaurants.
  On Wednesday, the fast-food giant announced the legendary green treat's return — as well as the return of the fan-favorite OREO Shamrock Shake.
  Shamrock Shakes are made with vanilla soft serve ice cream with a minty flavor blended with Shamrock Shake syrup and topped with whipped topping.McDonald’s fan creates live map to track
  
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• Nurse accused of stealing a patient's meds, domestic battery in separate cases

  01-02-2023 22:51 via wane.com
  
  WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - When questioned by a detective, the woman said that yes, she did use marijuana from time to time.
  And yes, she did take prescription medications.
  But the 34-year-old registered nurse denied stealing drugs, despite the fact officers found a bottle of nerve pain pills in her home that appeared to belong to someone else.
  When asked if she had a drug problem, the woman said she didn't know.Nurses: Guilty verdict for dosing mistake could cost livesThat's according to Wells
  
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• Fort Wayne man pleads guilty in 2021 Ossian shooting

  01-02-2023 22:40 via wane.com
  
  WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - During the second day of his trial, a Fort Wayne man accused of attempted murder in a 2021 shooting in Ossian changed his plea to guilty.Reonte Moore, 23, is accused of shooting a man during a fight outside Berne Workwear in October 2021. Argument between employees leads to shooting at Ossian workwear business; two arrestedOn January 24, Moore pleaded guilty to the attempted murder charge, a level 1 felony. A second charge, unlawful possession of a firearm by a seriou
  
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• Groundhog Day livestream: Will Phil see his shadow?

  01-02-2023 19:50 via wane.com
  
  The Groundhog Day special, including Phil's prediction, will be live-streamed here beginning at 7 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, Feb. 2PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Punxsutawney Phil will make his prediction Thursday morning at Gobbler's Knob.As Bill Murray once said, “Well, it’s Groundhog Day…again,” but at least you don’t have to risk being snowed in at a Punxsutawney bed and breakfast this year.Weathering the cold for you,
  
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• Groundhog Day: Here's how to watch Phil's 2023 prediction

  01-02-2023 19:50 via wane.com
  
  The Groundhog Day special, including Phil's prediction, will be live-streamed here beginning at 7 a.m (ET). on Thursday, Feb. 2PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Punxsutawney Phil will make his prediction Thursday morning at Gobbler's Knob.As Bill Murray once said, “Well, it’s Groundhog Day…again,” but at least you don’t have to risk being snowed in at a Punxsutawney bed and breakfast this year.Weathering the cold for you,
  
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• Groundhog Day 2023: Six more weeks of winter

  01-02-2023 19:50 via wane.com
  
  The Groundhog has spoken! Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter!
  A replay of the event will be added shortly.
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  PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Punxsutawney Phil will make his prediction Thursday morning at Gobbler's Knob.As Bill Murray once said, “Well, it’s Groundhog Day…again,” but at least you don’t have to risk being snowed in at a Punxsutawney bed and breakfast this year.Weather
  
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• Groundhog Day 2023: How to watch live from home

  01-02-2023 19:50 via wane.com
  
  The Groundhog Day special, including Phil's prediction, will be live-streamed here beginning at 7 a.m (ET). on Thursday, Feb. 2PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Punxsutawney Phil will make his prediction Thursday morning at Gobbler's Knob.As Bill Murray once said, “Well, it’s Groundhog Day…again,” but at least you don’t have to risk being snowed in at a Punxsutawney bed and breakfast this year.Weathering the cold for you,
  
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• Get a pickup truck load of firewood for $10 at Mississinewa Lake

  01-02-2023 19:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) It might require quite a drive for some people, but it's hard to argue that a pickup truck full of firewood for $10 isn't a good deal.
  That's the cost for anyone who wants to cut up and removed downed trees in the 1812 Fields at Mississinewa Lake in Miami County. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources requires a permit which can be obtained for each load at the Mississinewa Lake park office between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. Permits are not available on observed sta
  
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• 'Nazi homeschool' sparks call for review of Ohio homeschooling

  01-02-2023 17:56 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One Ohio couple is said to be supplying “Nazi-approved material” for homeschooling, according to online reports.Now, state leaders are calling for more homeschooling regulations.The couple, alleged to be Logan and Katja Lawrence of Upper Sandusky, go by the online name The Saxton. Reports state the couple is using the Dissident Homeschool channel on Telegram to disseminate the material they’ve allegedly been developing for years.The group has nearl
  
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• Connecticut may exonerate accused witches centuries later

  01-02-2023 17:02 via wane.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, Alse Young was killed at the gallows in Connecticut, becoming the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft.The Windsor town clerk registered the death on May 26, 1647, in a diary entry that read: “Alse Young was hanged.” Young was the first of nine women and two men executed by the colony of Connecticut for witchcraft over 15 years, a period during which
  
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• Ohio high school musical abruptly halted, deemed 'vulgar'

  01-02-2023 16:43 via wane.com
  
  MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio (WJW) -- After months of planning, an Ohio school district abruptly canceled its high school musical, claiming it was "vulgar."In a statement, the Cardinal Local Schools superintendent Jack Cunningham said, "The Cardinal Local School District has decided that its spring musical production will not be 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.' Its dialogue and song lyrics contain vulgarity and are therefore not suitable for our pre-teen and teenage students in an educational
  
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• WATCH: Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow, and how accurate is he?

  01-02-2023 15:01 via wane.com
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) - It's the time of year when America tunes in to see what the winter outlook will be from Pennsylvania's famous forecasting groundhog, but how many times has he been right?Every Feb. 2 since the 1880s, it has been a tradition to wake Meteorologist Hall of Famer Punxsutawney Phil from a stump on Gobbler's Knob at 7:25 a.m. EST to see his prediction on whether or not winter is almost over. Legend has it that if Phil sees his shadow, then there will be six more weeks of
  
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• Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow

  01-02-2023 15:01 via wane.com
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) - The Groundhog has spoken! Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter! At 7:25 a.m. the famous rodent saw his shadow. But how accurate is he?Every Feb. 2 since the 1880s, it has been a tradition to wake Meteorologist Hall of Famer Punxsutawney Phil from a stump on Gobbler's Knob at 7:25 a.m. EST to see his prediction on whether or not winter is almost over. Legend has it that if Phil sees his shadow, then there will be six more weeks of winter. If he d
  
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• Trump endorses Jim Banks for Indiana Senate seat

  01-02-2023 14:50 via wane.com
  
  Former President Trump on Wednesday officially endorsed Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) in the Indiana Senate primary, another sign that the GOP is coalescing around his candidacy in the race. “Jim Banks is running for the United States Senate from the Great State of Indiana. I know Jim well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and WIN!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Strong on the Border, Crime, our Military and our Vets, Jim will fight for low taxes and
  
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• Tom Brady retires, insisting this time it's for good

  01-02-2023 14:35 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady, who won a record seven Super Bowls for New England and Tampa, has announced his retirement.Brady — the most successful quarterback in NFL history, and one of the greatest athletes in team sports — posted the announcement on social media Wednesday morning, a brief video lasting just under one minute.“Good morning guys. I'll get to the point right away," Brady says as the message begins. “I'm retiring. For good."He briefly retired after t
  
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• Prosecutors argue against granting bail request for Delphi murders suspect

  01-02-2023 12:56 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. -- Ahead of an upcoming bail hearing, Carroll County prosecutors doubled down on their request for Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen to remain in custody without bond.Carroll County's lead prosecutor Nicholas McLeland filed the state's response to Allen's petition for bail on January 31.Read the redacted Richard Allen court documents tying him to the Delphi murdersThe state said its evidence "adds up to strong and evident proof of guilt" that Allen murdered Libby German and Abby
  
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• Biden administration wants credit card late fees slashed to $8

  01-02-2023 11:59 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) - The Biden administration is set to propose a rule that would reduce credit card late fees from roughly to $30 to $8, saving consumers up to $9 billion annually, the White House announced on Wednesday.The rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with other actions — like the White House urging Congress to pass a bill to crack down on entertainment, utility and travel fees that hit many consumers — will be announced in the fourth meeting o
  
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• Fort Wayne makes Lawn Love's ranking for best kid-friendly vacation spots in the U.S.

  01-02-2023 08:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Lawn Love created a ranking list of the best vacation spots to bring children.The ranking consists of the 200 biggest U.S. cities. There were 23 total metrics considered in the comparison, such as transportation options, affordability and safety. These metrics were broken down into six main categories.Fort Wayne received an overall score of 17.21, finishing with a rank of 133 of 200. Here are the results for how Lawn Love ranked the city:
  Staying rank - 178Eating
  
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• Should you file your own taxes this year?

  01-02-2023 05:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Experts give advice to tax filers as residents prepare for a difference in tax returns this 2023 tax season.
  Officials with the Internal Revenue Service or IRS say multiple factors could affect this year's tax returns, which will cause them to be lower amounts of money back. Changes this year include the elimination of the Advanced Child Tax Credit, and there will be no Recovery Rebate Credit to claim pandemic-related stimulus payments.
  "In the past couple of years we s
  
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• Big hit on broadside of Fort Wayne barn

  01-02-2023 02:19 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Everyone's commute could use some fun to brighten up the trip to work.And if you drive past Aboite Center Road and Dicke Road on your way to work you may have found some.Toni McDevitt and her husband Bob have been decorating their barn for passersby for the better part of the past year."I design and, and he cuts and paints and puts it up," Toni said.
  She said that it started as simple Christmas decorations on the side of the barn before growing to happy birth
  
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• Barn messages bring smiles to Fort Wayne motorists

  01-02-2023 02:19 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Everyone's commute could use some fun to brighten up the trip to work.And if you drive past Aboite Center Road and Dicke Road on your way to work you may have found some.Toni McDevitt and her husband Bob have been decorating their barn for passersby for the better part of the past year."I design and, and he cuts and paints and puts it up," Toni said.
  She said that it started as simple Christmas decorations on the side of the barn before growing to happy birth
  
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• Michigan boy, 6, uses dad's phone to order $1K worth of food from GrubHub

  01-02-2023 01:59 via wane.com
  
  CHESTERFIELD TWP., Mich. (WLNS) – For 6-year-old Mason Stonehouse, money was no object last weekend.The youngster somehow managed to buy five orders of jumbo shrimp, salads, shawarma, chicken pita sandwiches, chili cheese fries, ice cream, grape leaves and rice.But that's just some of what Mason ordered.According to MLive, it all started on Jan. 28 when dad Keith Stonehouse was home alone with Mason while mom Kristin was out at the movies.
  Stonehouse said he let Mason use his phone to play
  
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• Indiana bill would fine hospitals that exceed price cap

  01-02-2023 01:59 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana lawmakers say one of their top priorities this session is lowering healthcare costs, and they've proposed a bill that would fine hospitals for exceeding new limits on pricing.Indiana lawmakers say Hoosiers are facing significantly higher healthcare costs compared to the national average."The average hospital facility fee in Indiana is 329% of the federal Medicare rates, while the national average is 260% of the federal Medicare rates," said State Rep. Donna Schaibley 
  
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• Courts: FBI informant says he watched accused shoot victim from his rear view window

  01-02-2023 01:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The dramatic arrival of an FBI informant in the trial of Donte Curry came with confusing testimony.Patrick Davis, a federal inmate serving time in Tucson, Arizona, said he drove Curry to Central Avenue in Fort Wayne on Nov. 21, 2015 because Curry asked him for a ride. Murder charge filed in 2015 killing; shooting was possibly a hitCurry, 42, didn’t want to take his own car, Davis said, because the police were looking for him.Donte Curry
  Davis, who entered the cour
  
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• Former reality TV persona facing 10 poaching charges in Michigan

  01-02-2023 00:24 via wane.com
  
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A former reality TV personality faces 10 charges related to illegal deer hunting in Kalamazoo County.The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said 55-year-old Scott Meisterheim was arraigned earlier this month on three counts of transporting/possessing untagged antlered white-tailed deer, two counts of breaking the limit of white-tailed deer, two counts of using another person’s hunting license, two counts of hunting white-tailed deer without a license,
  
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• Courts: Man competent to stand trial in mother's 2017 beating death

  01-02-2023 00:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Five years to the day of being formally charged with murder in connection to his mother's beating death, a New Haven man was deemed competent to stand trial.
  After a competency hearing Tuesday, an Allen Superior Court judge scheduled Chad Ingram's trial to begin July 11, according to court records.Ingram is accused of beating his mother, 61-year-old Heidi A. Colley, to death in 2017. Son jailed in mother’s death released, arrested againPolice were called to 1616 S
  
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• 4th Wings Etc. location coming to Fort Wayne

  01-02-2023 00:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A fourth location of Wings Etc. Grill & Pub is coming to southwest Fort Wayne, the chain announced Tuesday.The restaurant, which has headquarters in Fort Wayne, plans to open "near the end of 2023," according to a release. A 4,500-square-foot building is planned for the corner of Illinois Road and Glencarin Boulevard, the restaurant announced.A groundbreaking is planned for sometime this spring.There are three other locations open in Fort Wayne on Dupont, Maysville
  
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