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• Police: Man with shotgun leads to 4 arrests for drug trafficking

  20-03-2023 23:43 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — On Monday, the Steuben County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) said a reported altercation involving a man with a shotgun led to four people being arrested in connection to a drug trafficking investigation.On Sunday, police responded to a home at the 900 block of S. Wayne St. in Angola on reports of a "violent altercation with a person armed with a shotgun."Police learned that the incident reportedly occurred 12 hours earlier to police being notified and happened at a
  
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• Crews investigate fire at southeast Fort Wayne home

  20-03-2023 22:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department is investigating a fire in southeast Fort Wayne.Crews arrived at a home in the 2900 block of Manford Street around 5:30 p.m.WANE 15 has a crew at the scene to learn more.
  
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• Headwaters Park splash pad won't be ready for 2023 season; likely ready in 2024

  20-03-2023 22:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The splash pad at Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne has sat dormant since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in full force.While there were hopes that it would be up and running again in 2023, Headwaters Park Alliance executive director Geoff Paddock told WANE 15 on Monday that the splash pad won't be ready to be turned on when summer temps hit.“I think the biggest delay right now has been the difficulty in putting a plan together because it is intr
  
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• Warming this week

  20-03-2023 21:34 via wane.com
  
  The Vernal Equinox is at 5:24 pm and this marks the official start of spring. At this time, the sun will be shining directly over the equator.
  This evening's temperatures will fall from the upper 40s and we won't be quite as cold overnight with temperatures around 30 sunrise Tuesday morning.Our warm-up continues Tuesday with a high in the lower 50s. Clouds will increase by afternoon ahead of a Pacific weather disturbance.Showers will begin around midnight tomorrow night into Wednesday with showe
  
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• Fort Wayne golf courses open Tuesday and Wednesday

  20-03-2023 20:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Foster, Shoaff and McMillen Park golf courses will open for the 2023 season this week, City of Fort Wayne officials announced Monday.
  Foster and Shoaff will open at noon on Tuesday while McMillen will open 10 a.m. Wednesday.
  After opening day, the first start time will be 10 a.m. at the courses until at least the end of the month, city officials said. All of the courses will start out as walking only and opening for the driving ranges will be a day-to-day decision.
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• FOR SALE: Covington Manor Farms home listed for $3.7 million on Zillow

  20-03-2023 20:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - If you're looking for a home with some history behind it, this house for sale could be a great fit for a family looking for lots of space.The home is called Covington Manor Farms and is located at 3333 W Hamilton Road South on the southwest side of Fort Wayne near Interstate 69. It's an English Tudor style home that is more than 6,800 square feet and sits on 64 acres of property. The listed price on Zillow is $3,699,000.According to Zillow, the home contains five garage
  
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• Police: Evansville man arrested after threatening hospital guard with samurai sword

  20-03-2023 20:41 via wane.com
  
  HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) - An Evansville man was arrested on Monday after police say he threatened a hospital security guard with a samurai sword.According to a probable cause affidavit, officers were dispatched to Deaconess Hospital for reports of disorderly conduct just before 1:30 a.m.. Officers say they arrived and found Daniel Lawrence, 38, shirtless with a samurai sword outside of the door to the hospital. Tri-State businessman appears in court after being sentenced for theft and fraud
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• Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend appoints new Superintendent of Catholic Schools

  20-03-2023 20:32 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend will have a new Superintendent of Catholic Schools after the current superintendent announced plans to retire on Monday.Dr. Joseph Brettnacher will be replaced by Associate Superintendent of Catholic Schools David Maugel on July 1.Maugel has been at his position since 2021 and previously served as the principal of NorthWood High School for 16 years. ‘The soldiers come first’: Fort Wayne Civil War nurse remembered for selfless, sympa
  
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• Ohio man charged with raping children younger than 13

  20-03-2023 18:52 via wane.com
  
  MARION, Ohio (WANE) An Ohio man is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly raping children.According to the Ohio Attorney General's Office, Michael Ray Stith, 49, of Prospect, Ohio was indicted and taken into custody last week. He's charged with seven counts of rape. Each of the victims were younger than 13.Authorities believe there may be more victims and even though Stith has been arrested, the investigation remains open.Anyone with information about Stith and these allegations is encoura
  
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• Human remains found by Ohio outdoorsman identified

  20-03-2023 17:31 via wane.com
  
  GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (WANE) Human remains discovered by a person looking for shed whitetail deer antlers in southeast Ohio earlier this month have been identified.
  The remains are those of Koby Roush, who was last seen alive in Jackson, Ohio in July 2020 according to the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. Roush's vehicle was found six days later in Gallia County.
  “First and foremost, I want to express my sincere sympathy to the family of Koby Roush,” Gallia County Sheriff Matt Ch
  
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• Canterbury gives honorary diploma to former student, 2-time plane crash survivor

  20-03-2023 17:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It's not graduation season, but Canterbury High School handed out a special diploma Monday.Former Canterbury basketball standout and two-time plane crash survivor Austin Hatch received an honorary diploma.The Fort Wayne native survived a 2003 airplane crash that killed his mother, sister and brother.In 2011, Hatch had just committed to play basketball at the University of Michigan when his father and stepmother were killed in another plane crash in Charlevoix, Michigan,
  
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• Banking sector fallout to play role in gas prices says GasBuddy

  20-03-2023 15:31 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the first time in two weeks, the nation’s average price of gasoline has declined, falling 4.2 cents from a week ago to $3.40 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 4.3 cents from a month ago but 82.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 5.6 cents in the last week and stands at $4
  
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• Channel catfish stocked in Indiana urban lakes

  20-03-2023 14:54 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) The Indiana Urban Fishing Program is celebrating 10 years of annually stocking channel catfish in urban lakes.
  Last week the Indiana Department of Natural Resources stocked nearly 2,000 catfish ranging in size from 10 to 14 inches in the following locations:Meadowlark Park Pond (Carmel - Hamilton County) – 100 catfishKrannert Lake (Indianapolis - Marion County) – 225 catfishWashington Township Park Pond # 2 (Avon - Hendricks County) – 100 catfishDubarry Park
  
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• 5 Connecticut children, ages 8-17, dead after New York crash

  20-03-2023 14:43 via wane.com
  
  SCARSDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Five children from Connecticut, ranging in age from 8 to 17, were killed in a fiery crash on a New York highway, police said.Police believe the vehicle was being driven by a 16-year-old boy when it veered off the Hutchinson River Parkway early Sunday in Scarsdale, hit a tree and caught fire. A 9-year-old boy, the sixth person in the Nissan Rogue, was the only survivor, according to a statement provided by Kieran O’Leary, spokesperson for the Westchester County
  
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• Man sentenced to life in slaying of 2 kids, wounding of 1

  20-03-2023 13:06 via wane.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge has sentenced a man to life in prison without parole after rejecting his insanity defense in the shooting deaths of two of his girlfriend's three young sons and the wounding of the third.Kevin Moore, 29, was sentenced Thursday to concurrent life terms on two aggravated murder counts in the February 2021 deaths of 14-month-old Gabriel Phillips and 5-year-old Ahmir Phillips, The Toledo Blade reported. He was also sentenced to a concurrent 10 to 15 years for
  
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• Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

  20-03-2023 12:51 via wane.com
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children.It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa.At least 18,000 people are forecast to die in the first six months of this year.“The current crisis is far from over,” says the report released Monday by the World Health Organization and the United Nations chil
  
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• New this week: 'Top Gun,' Lana Del Rey and 'Rabbit Hole'

  20-03-2023 12:45 via wane.com
  
  Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.MOVIES— The Oscar-nominated “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” was one of the high points in documentary in the past year. In it, Laura Poitras chronicles the pioneering photographer Nan Goldin, juxtaposing an intimate survey of her groundbreaking work in 1970s and 1980s New York and her contem
  
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• 'The soldiers come first': Fort Wayne Civil War nurse remembered for selfless, sympathetic nature

  20-03-2023 11:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - She's been gone for more than 150 years, but a group of veterans is making sure the legacy of Eliza George, better known as Mother George, is never forgotten.Eliza "Mother" George, courtesy of the Fort Wayne History Center
  Mother George was born in Vermont and moved to Fort Wayne in the mid 1800s. She is believed to be the mother-in-law of Fort Wayne Civil War Colonel Sion Bass of the 30th Indiana Infantry. In early 1862, Bass was wounded during the Battle of Shiloh and
  
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• Trump's call for protests sees muted reaction from supporters

  20-03-2023 10:53 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap.The ambivalence raises questions about whether Trump, though a leading Republican contender in the 2024 presidential race who retains a devoted following, still has the power to mobilize far-right
  
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• Spring officially begins with much warmer temps

  20-03-2023 08:37 via wane.com
  
  Sunshine and much warmer weather will bring the first official day of spring into our area today. The Vernal Equinox is at 5:24 pm and by that time we'll finally see temperatures more typical for this time of year.This morning will feature cold temperatures gradually warming into the upper 30s to around 40 by noon with plenty of sunshine.
  Temperatures will top out in the upper 40s by late afternoon as spring officially begins.
  It won't be quite as cold tonight with temperatures in the lower 30s
  
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• Dairy Queen to celebrate "Free Cone Day" on Monday

  20-03-2023 05:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - If your taste buds are craving something sweet, you're in luck! Participating Dairy Queen locations are giving away free small vanilla ice cream cones for Free Cone Day on Monday, March 20.Local business owners partner to offer free haircuts all dayThe Free Cone Day event lines up with the first official day of the spring season.The offer is limited to one cone per customer. Not all locations may be participating, and the offer may not be available for mobile and delive
  
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• Local business owners partner to offer free haircuts all day

  20-03-2023 01:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Owners of Triple E Construction and IMACK Barber Lounge partnered to give back to the community in their Get Clean for Spring event Sunday.Interactive learning for K-12 students at STEAM FestThe event took place at the IMACK Barber Lounge at their location off Spy Run from noon to 8 p.m.
  Everything at the event was free of charge to the public and included haircuts, food, entertainment, and a raffle. Carroll students run 150 miles in 24-hour relay for LeukemiaOrganizers
  
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