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• 'Bigger than baseball': Looking back on reign of the Fort Wayne Colored Giants

  13-02-2023 23:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Colored Giants served as the longest Black baseball team to represent the city of Fort Wayne.
  Researchers say from 1907 to 1949, the Fort Wayne Colored Giants played baseball across the Midwest. Alfred Brothers Jr., PHD., said the team served as a bridge to all walks of life, bringing people together.   “It gave the community, both Black and white, a chance to get together. Because remember, Fort Wayne was very segregated in that tim
  
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• International keynote speaker to work with SACS students on racial discrimination

  13-02-2023 21:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- After a social media post showing a student in blackface began circulating online last week, Superintendent Dr. Park Ginder posted a video to YouTube Sunday night discussing how the district will move forward.That began with him discussing students' return to school on Monday, and an effort by the district to make all students feel safe and comfortable at school.Ginder sent an update to parents Monday morning that read:"Good morning, SACS families and caregivers.I woul
  
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• Prosecutor signals support for delaying bail hearing, trial in Delphi murders

  13-02-2023 20:26 via wane.com
  
  CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. – Prosecutors support a motion from defense lawyers to postpone the bail hearing and trial of Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen.In a response filed Monday in Carroll Circuit Court, Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland said the state didn’t object to the defense’s motion for a continuance.On Feb. 7, Allen’s attorneys asked Judge Fran Gull to push back the Feb. 17 bail hearing and his March trial. Defense asks for delay in Feb. 17 bail hearing for
  
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• Man killed after dump truck at Edy's plant backs over him identified

  13-02-2023 18:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A worker who was fatally hit Monday at the Edy's plant in Fort Wayne was on his phone and unaware of a dump truck backing up toward him, police determined.An autopsy confirmed that Todd Allen Ort, 53, of New Haven died from "multiple blunt impact injuries" and his death was ruled an accident.
  Around 11:40 a.m., police and paramedics responded to a crash at the Edy's facility in the 3400 block of Wells Street. An ambulance could be seen leaving the scene around noon.A pu
  
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• Man killed after construction vehicle at Edy's plant backs over him

  13-02-2023 18:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A worker who was fatally hit Monday at the Edy's plant in Fort Wayne was on his phone and unaware of a construction vehicle backing up toward him, police determined.Around 11:40 a.m., police and paramedics responded to a crash at the Edy's facility in the 3400 block of Wells Street. An ambulance could be seen leaving the scene around noon.A public information officer told WANE 15 a man was driving a construction vehicle that hit another man. In a release later that day,
  
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• Man fatally hit by construction vehicle at Edy's plant in Fort Wayne

  13-02-2023 18:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating after a man was fatally hit by a construction vehicle on the property of the Edy's plant.Around 11:38 a.m., police and paramedics responded to the incident at the Edy's facility in the 3400 block of Wells Street. An ambulance could be seen leaving the scene around noon.A public information officer told WANE 15 a man was driving a construction vehicle that hit another man. Identities of the driver and the man who died have not yet been
  
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• Fort Wayne Police investigate crash at Edy's plant

  13-02-2023 18:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating a crash on the property of the Edy's plant.Around 11:45 a.m., police and paramedics responded to a crash at the Edy's facility in the 3400 block of Wells Street. An ambulance could be seen leaving the scene around noon.WANE 15 is at the scene to learn more.This is a developing story.
  
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• Chris Christie to headline 2023 GOP Lincoln Day Dinner

  13-02-2023 18:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Former New Jersey Governor will headline the 2023 Allen County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner scheduled for April 19.
  "The appearance of Governor Christie continues the long line of nationally prominent speakers including, most recently, U.S. Senator Rick Scott, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Vice President Mike Pence that have appeared at GOP dinner events," said Allen County GOP Chairman Steve Shine.
  The Lincoln Day Dinner will be held at Ceruti's
  
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• What we know and don’t know about the latest objects shot down by the US

  13-02-2023 18:15 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) - Three more objects were shot down by the U.S. military over the weekend after officials said they posed a threat to civilian airspace. The remarkable development came roughly one week after the U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina days after it was first reported to be hovering over the continental United States.President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday authorized the mission, and Biden ordered the U.S. milit
  
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• Homes near Homestead High School vandalized

  13-02-2023 18:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Neighbors in a southwest side neighborhood near Homestead High School woke up to graffiti on their garage doors Monday morning.Police say around 1 a.m., home video footage shows what appears to be a teenager wearing a white hoodie spray painting the garage door of a residence in The Homesteads addition, then running away. SACS addresses viral post of Homestead student in blackfaceThree additional homes had their garage doors spray painted, all with green paint.WANE
  
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• M&M's spokescandies 'back for good' after temporary layoff

  13-02-2023 17:56 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — After a brief hiatus, M&M's beloved "spokescandies" have returned.M&M's confirmed the news on its website after a Super Bowl spot featuring "Saturday Night Live" star Maya Rudolph, who temporarily replaced the candy mascots as the brand's spokesperson.
  Now, Red, Yellow and all the other M&M's spokescandies "are back for good," the company said after the Super Bowl spot featuring Rudolph. The ad also showed Red in an obviously unsweet sign of desperation.
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• Here's why gas prices will likely shoot up again according to GasBuddy

  13-02-2023 17:00 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the second straight week, the nation’s average gas price has seen a decline, dropping 7.3 cents from a week ago to $3.37 per gallon Sunday 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 10.9 cents from a month ago and 10.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 7.3 cents in the last week and stands at $4.52
  
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• Church childcare supervisor fired, charged after kids given sleep aid

  13-02-2023 15:45 via wane.com
  
  CUMBERLAND, Ind. (WXIN) — Paul Caudill started noticing behavioral changes in his 3-year-old daughter around Christmas time.“She would have random outbursts of emotion and it would always be toward bedtime," Caudill said. "She wouldn’t eat. She would complain about headaches.”Caudill said his wife was ready to take the toddler in for medical testing when Pastor David Faulk at New Life Church in Cumberland, Indiana, pulled him aside on Feb. 1st as he dropped his daugh
  
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• US jets down 4 objects in 8 days, unprecedented in peacetime

  13-02-2023 14:03 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days and the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over U.S. airspace that Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime precedent.Part of the reason for the repeated shootdowns is a “heightened alert” following a spy balloon from China that emerged over U.S. airspace in late
  
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• Grimes inspires next generation to be 'unapologetically you'

  13-02-2023 12:15 via wane.com
  
  When Tiffini Grimes walks into a room, she carries a simple, but powerful message for the next generation of leaders, especially young women of color. "Walk to your own beat and be unapologetically you," she says with a contagious smile.Grimes not only preaches it, she lives it.
  In her role as Deputy Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Purdue University she helps shape the ever-changing landscape of college athletics. It's a big job for a kid who says she grew up painfully shy b
  
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• Moving lights seen in the night sky Sunday evening

  13-02-2023 03:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - While you were likely watching the Super Bowl, something flew across the sky. No, it was not a UFO or a spy balloon, but it was likely a group of satellites!We've had reports from Fort Wayne, Decatur, Bluffton, Hicksville (Ohio), and even as far north as Lower Michigan. Mysterious night sky light sightingsOn our Bluffton camera, we observed the likely satellites moving toward the western facing camera from around 7:35 PM to 7:39 PM EST Sunday.
  According to SpaceX on Twi
  
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• SACS addresses steps forward after viral post

  13-02-2023 01:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- The Southwest Allen County School District shared a message with SACS families regarding the viral post of a Homestead student in blackface and the events that followed, Sunday evening.
  In the video, Superintendent Park Ginder spoke on the steps forward that the district is going to take. Ginder also explained over the past few days he has reached out to many local organizations and city leaders to improve "cultural competency throughout our district."Homestead freshman
  
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• SACS addresses steps forward after viral photo

  13-02-2023 01:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- The Southwest Allen County School District shared a message with SACS families regarding the viral photo of a Homestead student in blackface and the events that followed, Sunday evening.
  In the video, Superintendent Park Ginder spoke on the steps forward that the district is going to take. Ginder also explained over the past few days he has reached out to many local organizations and city leaders to improve "cultural competency throughout our district."Homestead freshman
  
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• AP source: Eagles' Steichen leads Colts' coaching candidates

  13-02-2023 00:01 via wane.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen is the leading candidate to be the next head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, a person familiar with the team’s decision told The Associated Press.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Sunday because Steichen is coaching the Eagles in the Super Bowl against the Chiefs and a deal hasn’t been completed.Steichen, who was one of three finalists for AP Assistant Coach of the Year, would
  
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