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• Jersey Mike's to begin annual donation campaign throughout March

  28-02-2023 23:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The two Jersey Mike's restaurants in Fort Wayne are helping contribute to assisting charities this March in their "Month of Giving" campaign.The campaign will join forces with Hoosier Burn Camp, a non-profit organization committed to providing life-changing experiences for young people that have suffered trauma through severe burn injuries.Donations for the Hoosier Burn Camp will last until March 29, which is recognized as their "Day of Giving" for the campaign. O
  
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• Water Lantern Festival returns to Fort Wayne this spring

  28-02-2023 22:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The annual Water Lantern Festival is returning this spring in Fort Wayne.
  The Water Lantern Festival is a family-friendly event that welcomes people to get together and meet new faces to create a peaceful, memorable experience.This festival will be held April 15 at the Ivan Lebamoff Reservoir Park south of downtown.Throughout the event, which lasts from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., people can enjoy food trucks and listen to music. At 8 p.m., visitors will be invited to
  
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• Warmer Wednesday headed our way

  28-02-2023 22:05 via wane.com
  
  Temperatures rose through the 40s this afternoon, ending up around 50°. That's significantly above our average of 40°, but even warmer air gets sent into the region tomorrow with a warm front passing through.
  Temps in the 40s this afternoon carry into evening before falling into the 30s later tonight.
  Wednesday's high temperatures in Fort Wayne will hit 60°. We'll be a little cooler north and warmer to the south. Winds will be occasionally gusty, up to 20 mph. They'll start in the mo
  
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• Two students at Columbia City, Homestead to compete in state poetry competition

  28-02-2023 22:05 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — Two students from Columbia City and Homestead high schools will soon head to Indianapolis to compete in a state poetry competition.On Saturday, March 4, Allison Mullett of Columbia City High School and Gaia Splendore of Homestead High School will join 12 other students for the Indiana Poetry Out Loud State Finals.During the event, participants will read, memorize and recite classic and contemporary poems. Vera Bradley cracks Forbes’ list of best midsize U.S. employers, leads
  
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• 2 students at Columbia City, Homestead to compete in state poetry competition

  28-02-2023 22:05 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — Two students from Columbia City and Homestead high schools will soon head to Indianapolis to compete in a state poetry competition.On Saturday, March 4, Allison Mullett of Columbia City High School and Gaia Splendore of Homestead High School will join 12 other students for the Indiana Poetry Out Loud State Finals.During the event, participants will read, memorize and recite classic and contemporary poems. Vera Bradley cracks Forbes’ list of best midsize U.S. employers, leads
  
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• Grabill man arrested for shooting at vehicle that crashed into his barn

  28-02-2023 21:44 via wane.com
  
  GRABILL, Ind. (WANE) — A Grabill man accused of firing his .357 revolver at a pickup truck that had driven onto his property and destroyed his barn is now facing a felony charge.
  The Allen County Police Department 56-year-old Timothy A. Anderson on a preliminary felony count of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon this past Friday.According to police, Anderson was asleep in his camper just after midnight when he heard a loud noise outside. When he went to investigate, he told police
  
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• Fort Wayne woman sentenced to 12 years for child abuse

  28-02-2023 21:21 via wane.com
  
  ANGOLA, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne woman accused of beating a 3-year-old girl so severely she may have suffered permanent injuries received a 12-year prison sentence in Steuben County late last week.
  A Steuben Circuit Court judge handed the sentence down to 26-year-old Dakota McHenry on Friday, according to court records.
  Previously, McHenry pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing serious bodily injury to someone who is under 14 years of age as part of a deal with Stueben County
  
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• Animal Care and Control removes 2 dogs left in bed of pickup truck parked on Fort Wayne street

  28-02-2023 21:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control officers have been to the 600 block of Florence Avenue -- north of downtown -- five times since Monday evening.A sixth visit on Tuesday afternoon -- around 2:00 p.m. -- resulted them in removing two dogs that appear to be huskies from the bed of a maroon Dodge Ram pickup truck with a shell covering the bed.WANE 15 had also received messages about the truck and checked into it twice on Tuesday. Both times, the two dogs were still in th
  
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• 2 dogs left in bed of pickup truck parked on Fort Wayne street, Animal Care and Control investigating

  28-02-2023 21:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control officers have been to the 600 block of Florence Avenue -- north of downtown -- five times since Monday evening.They received complaints about a maroon Dodge Ram pickup with two dogs that appear to be Huskies in the bed of the truck with a shell covering the bed.WANE 15 also received messages about the truck and checked into it twice on Tuesday. Both times, the two dogs were in the back of the truck parked right next to the intersectio
  
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• Vera Bradley cracks Forbes' list of best midsize U.S. employers, leads Indiana

  28-02-2023 20:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Vera Bradley has made Forbes' list ranking the top 500 midsize employers for 2023.Indiana was represented on the list by eight employers, with the best ranking being Vera Bradley in Fort Wayne.Vera Bradley is best known for its flower-patterned quilted bags. (Associated Press)
  The store was ranked 188 among the top midsize employers. Additionally, the business also ranked in the top five among industries that focus on clothing, shoes and sports equipment.
  Between
  
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• Reports of the latest phone scam from Indiana State Police General Headquarters

  28-02-2023 19:59 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) — Indiana State Police have been receiving many concerns regarding a recent phone scam in the area.This particular scam has involved the ISP General Headquarters phone number, according to a release Tuesday from ISP. The caller identification says, “Indiana State Police,” with a phone number of 317-232-8248 displayed.
  The scammer identifies as an Indiana State Police Trooper and has been telling callers they have pending drug charges in Texas. The scammer th
  
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• FDA restricts imports of 'tranq' drug xylazine

  28-02-2023 18:23 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would restrict imports of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer that has "increasingly been found" in illicit drugs like fentanyl and heroin.Under the import alert, xylazine shipments are subject to heightened FDA scrutiny, and FDA staff may detain shipments of xylazine and the ingredients used to make it to ensure they're meant for legitimate use.The agency said it is coordinating with animal health stakeholders to ensure that drugs c
  
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• Worker trapped in grain bin rescued after 5 hours: 'I was trying to stay calm'

  28-02-2023 17:46 via wane.com
  
  CLARK COUNTY, Ill. (WAWV/WTWO) — A man who was trapped inside a grain bin on Tuesday said he was trying his hardest to stay calm while rescuers worked for nearly five hours to get him free.Jason Sluder has worked at Littlejohn Grain Inc. for the past five years. Part of his job includes cleaning out the grain bins — something he was doing on Tuesday when he came across a clump plugging up the bin.To break it up, Sluder was walking on the beans."We were just trying to get a plug undon
  
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• Dyer Family Foundation opens second round of grant applications for Black-owned businesses in Fort Wayne

  28-02-2023 17:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The second round of grant applications are open in support of Black-owned businesses, the Dyer Grant Program announced.This round, which opens Tuesday, focuses on benefiting Black-owned businesses in departments such as healthcare, restaurant, management, accounting, media and childcare services.The beginning of the next round of applications took place at the Clyde Theatre, focusing on businesses in the Greater Fort Wayne area.Applications are due by March 28. Th
  
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• Fort Wayne officials: Construction on Pontiac Streetscape set to begin

  28-02-2023 16:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Construction will soon begin on Pontiac Streetscape project, City of Fort Wayne officials announced TuesdayCity officials also released a new rendering of the project, which will be designed to make the corridor more pedestrian friendly and enhance both pedestrian and vehicular access to businesses and to encourage reinvestment throughout the corridor.
  The city's Community Development Division is behind the project, which has an estimated investment of $2.8 million, off
  
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• Fort Wayne officials: Construction on Pontiac corridor set to begin

  28-02-2023 16:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Construction will soon begin on Pontiac Streetscape project, City of Fort Wayne officials announced TuesdayCity officials also released a new rendering of the project, which will be designed to make the corridor more pedestrian friendly and enhance both pedestrian and vehicular access to businesses and to encourage reinvestment throughout the corridor.
  The city's Community Development Division is behind the project, which has an estimated investment of $2.8 million, off
  
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• SACS plans for community forum with leadership coach

  28-02-2023 16:23 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The superintendent of Southwest Allen County Schools sent out a letter to district families Monday detailing some more specific plans to continue the conversation around diversity and inclusion.Two weeks ago, Superintendent Dr. Park Ginder made a YouTube video addressing how SACS would move forward after a social media post showing a student in blackface began circulating earlier this month. The superintendent said in the video local organizations and an international
  
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• 'American Pickers' to visit Indiana in search of rare finds, antique treasures

  28-02-2023 16:22 via wane.com
  
  The hit History Channel series “American Pickers” is returning to Indiana in April.The show follows antique and collectible pickers as they travels across the country looking for treasure among the trash and discarded items found in junkyards, basements, garages and barns.They aim to find items worthy of saving and give them a new lease on life in an antique store or personal collection. They’re looking for private collectors with fascinating stories; the show isn’t looki
  
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• Waste shipments resume from Ohio toxic train derailment

  28-02-2023 16:11 via wane.com
  
  EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment in Ohio began moving out again Monday, after concerns were raised during the weekend about oversight of where it was being shipped, federal officials said.The Environmental Protection Agency also announced that two new hazardous waste sites will receive some of the shipments — an incinerator in Grafton, Ohio, and a landfill in Roachdale, Indiana.The EPA now is getting close to having enough certi
  
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• Indiana state trooper shoots man during probe of guns, drugs

  28-02-2023 15:24 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana State Police trooper shot and wounded a man Monday in Indianapolis after he fled from troopers tracking him as part of a guns and drugs investigation, state police said.The man was taken to a hospital in stable condition, and no officers were injured in Monday morning's shooting in the parking lot of an apartment complex, said state police Sgt. John Perrine.The shooting happened as three state troopers were following up on an investigation of a person with se
  
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• Shooting west of Fort Wayne leaves one critical, suspect in custody

  28-02-2023 14:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A person is in custody following a shooting that left a man in critical condition late Monday evening.According to a press release from the Allen County Sheriff's Department, officers were called to a shooting in the 13700 block of Ledgestone Place located off Illinois Road west of West Hamilton in western Allen County.After they arrived, officers and medics found the shooting victim who was described as being an adult male. The man was taken to a hospital in critical con
  
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• Shooting west of Fort Wayne leaves 1 critical; Police identify suspect

  28-02-2023 14:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A person is in custody following a shooting that left a man in critical condition late Monday evening.According to a press release from the Allen County Sheriff's Department, officers were called to a shooting in the 13700 block of Ledgestone Place located off Illinois Road west of West Hamilton in western Allen County.After they arrived, officers and medics found the shooting victim who was described as being an adult male. The man was taken to a hospital in critical con
  
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• Indiana bill for switch to partisan school boards stalls

  28-02-2023 13:25 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new push by Republican Indiana lawmakers to have local school board candidates run with political party affiliations has stalled for this year's legislative session, as they did not advance the proposal before a Monday deadline.A legislative committee had endorsed a bill establishing a system for voter referendums in the state’s nearly 300 school districts on whether to change from the current nonpartisan school board elections in favor of requiring candidates t
  
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• Five takeaways from the big COVID-19 'lab leak' story

  28-02-2023 12:03 via wane.com
  
  The tangled story of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a new twist.On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal revealed that the Department of Energy had shifted its position, now holding that the most likely source of the virus was a laboratory mishap, presumably in Wuhan, China — the so-called “lab leak theory.”The department reportedly only has “low confidence” in the finding.But the new position is still a major development, especially on a topic so politica
  
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• A cooler day with a much warmer start to March

  28-02-2023 09:26 via wane.com
  
  Cooler air will move in and out of the area over the next 24 hours making way for a very mild start to March. The workweek will end with rain and snow.Temperatures will be chilly during the morning with temperatures around 40 around lunchtime. Winds will still be gusty at times with northwest winds gusting up to 30 mph.Skies will be mostly cloudy overnight with temperatures nearly steady in the middle 30s.March will definitely be coming in like a lamb with temperatures in the lower 60s and we'll
  
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• Storms out of the picture, quieter Tuesday ahead

  28-02-2023 05:57 via wane.com
  
  The remaining sprinkles are ending and we'll be dry as Tuesday begins. Many spots saw over an inch of rain on Monday. Low-lying spots remain with high water levels after this latest soaking rain.Radar estimates from approx. 11 PM Sunday to 11 PM Monday show that many spots, though not all, likely picked up more than 1" of rain.Storm damages homes in northeast Indiana
  With the rain exiting and no more developing from this current system, the severe weather threat has ended. Earlier Monday, strong
  
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• Public comment addresses cancellation of controversial Carroll High School play

  28-02-2023 04:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Public comment at the Northwest Allen County Schools board meeting lasted over an hour Monday night as students, parents and community members voiced their thoughts on a Carroll High School play being canceled after two days of auditions.Some parents complained about the content of the play. Now, there's an online petition calling for administrators to allow the play to go on.The show is called "Marian: The True Tale of Robin Hood." In it, Marian has always been Robin H
  
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• NACS moves forward with plans for another middle school

  28-02-2023 04:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Amid a contentious Northwest Allen County Schools (NACS) school board meeting Monday night, the board voted to approve moving forward on building a third middle school in the district.NACS officials have discussed possible expansions, including a third middle school and expanding Carroll High School, for months as the district faces an overcrowding issue.In November, NACS Superintendent Wayne Barker told WANE 15 the district was at nearly 100% capacity at its midd
  
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• IU Bloomington issues alert for armed person on campus

  28-02-2023 04:15 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University Bloomington has issued an alert notifying students of an armed person on campus.The alert, which was issued around 9:50 p.m. by IU Notify Bloomington, said the armed subject was reportedly in the area of 3rd Street and Faculty Avenue.
  "If you are on campus, trust your instincts and take safe shelter in the nearest available room," the message read. "Lock doors if possible and remain in place until you receive a final IU Notify update or law enforcemen
  
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• Local nonprofit releases report on Allen County infant mortality rates

  28-02-2023 04:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Monday, Healthier Moms & Babies released its 2023 Allen County Infant Mortality Report and highlighted some of the key takeaways from the report.Healthier Moms & Babies is a local nonprofit that aims to promote the health and safety of moms and babies by reducing infant mortality rates and improving the outcome of pregnancies.The report showed Allen County had an infant mortality rate of 6.9 for every 1,000 births.The figure represented an increase from
  
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• WATCH: Fort Wayne City Utilities cleans flooded streets, storm drains during rain

  28-02-2023 03:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — With heavy rains often comes flooded streets, and Fort Wayne City Utilities had to deal with standing water on some streets in Fort Wayne Monday.Frank Suarez, chief of communications for City Utilities, said crews work proactively during rainstorms in order to find spots across the city that need to be addressed.Some crews were using trucks equipped with hoses to suck out water from drainage areas where leaves had clogged the storm drains.Suarez said crews also wo
  
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• Fort Wayne Children's Zoo announces upcoming job fair

  28-02-2023 00:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — With the 59th season of the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo on the horizon, the zoo is planning to host a job fair in March to fill positions for the upcoming season.The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo will host a job fair Saturday, March 11, at the zoo, where officials will seek to hire for more than 150 seasonal positions who serve the roughly 600,000 annual guests that visit the zoo.
  All openings are temporary, according to the zoo, and positions range from 15 to 40 hours
  
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• Indiana House passes anti-bullying bill

  28-02-2023 00:29 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would require schools to investigate all reports of bullying and to notify parents of the students involved.Under House Bill 1483, students could be transferred to other schools in severe cases.The bill's author, State Rep. Vernon Smith (D-Gary), said he has been troubled by the rising suicide rates among teenagers nationwide."Students feel like there's no way out," Smith said.Smith said he wants to strengthen the state's laws
  
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