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• ISP: Columbia City man arrested on child pornography charges

  19-04-2023 23:43 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) — A Columbia City man faces seven counts of possessing child pornography following a monthslong investigation, according to Indiana State Police (ISP).On Sept. 6, 2022, the ISP Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force started an investigation after learning that an online account had been used for child exploitation.During the investigation, ISP reportedly learned that the account belonged to 42-year-old John Cowdin II. ‘I failed to stop it’: Fort
  
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• OTD in 1993: Fort Wayne Wizards bring professional baseball back to Summit City

  19-04-2023 23:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Before the TinCaps paid homage to Johnny Appleseed in downtown Fort Wayne, professional baseball in Fort Wayne consisted of a "magical" bunch playing the national pastime next to the St. Joseph River.A concession worker sells clothing at Memorial Stadium during the first Fort Wayne Wizards home game.
  On April 19, 1993, the Fort Wayne Wizards brought professional baseball back to Fort Wayne when they played their first home game at Memorial Stadium in front of a se
  
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• Warmest day of the next 10 occurs tomorrow

  19-04-2023 22:30 via wane.com
  
  A warm front moving north across the region, and the warmer air that follows it, allows our temperatures to rise this evening through dinnertime. Highs will be in the mid-70s.After dinner, temps will fall gradually for the nighttime and they won't drop very far. Low temperatures will only be as low as the mid-50s during the early morning hours. So, no worries about a frost or freeze tonight!Tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week with a high in the lower 80s. Winds will be gusty during the
  
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• Man arrested on felony assault charges after standoff in Paulding County

  19-04-2023 22:19 via wane.com
  
  PAULDING COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) - A man was arrested Tuesday after a standoff in the Village of Grover Hill.Initial charges against 41-year-old Jeremy D. Hatcher include two counts of felonious assault, Level 2 felonies, and two counts of aggravated menacing, first degree misdemeanors.Just before 6 p.m., deputies with the Paulding County Sheriff's Department investigated a report of two people being threatened by a man with an assault rifle in the 200 block of Main Street, according to a release fr
  
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• Some non-profits in Fort Wayne struggle to find volunteers, following the national trend

  19-04-2023 22:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Organizations across the United States are having difficulty finding people to volunteer for them.This issue is not new. In fact, volunteerism has seen a steady decline for the past few decades. A survey from the U.S. Census Bureau and Americorps found in 2021 that 23.2% of Americans volunteered for an organization, a 7% drop from 2019.Some non-profit organizations in Fort Wayne are seeing this trend happen where they are. Kenyon Sivels, a corps officer for the Salvatio
  
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• 'I failed to stop it': Fort Wayne man admits role in killing of Decatur woman

  19-04-2023 22:11 via wane.com
  
  ***WARNING: THE FOLLOWING STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT***FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - He watched as the tiny woman was beaten, stomped on, bound and then submerged under water at the Suburban Extended Stay on West Coliseum Boulevard nearly two years ago.But that's all Terry Smith, Jr. said he did.
  The 36-year-old described himself as a “witness” to the beating and drowning of Tiffany Ferris during his hearing where he admitted guilt to a count of aggravated battery in front of an Alle
  
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• Scam warning involving Fort Wayne Police Department

  19-04-2023 21:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Recent comments from Fort Wayne residents on social media have signaled potential scammers impersonating Fort Wayne Police officers and soliciting money.The commenters claimed that they received calls from someone saying they're from the Fort Wayne Police Department and are seeking donations to buy new police gear.WANE 15 reached out to FWPD to see if they've received any reports of such scams.Sergeant Jeremy Webb said they haven't heard of that particular scam, but ha
  
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• Man pleads guilty to killing 2 outside Indiana factory

  19-04-2023 20:06 via wane.com
  
  FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — A man charged with killing a former girlfriend and her grandmother outside an Indiana factory in 2021 has pleaded guilty in a deal that takes a possible death penalty off the table, authorities said.In this Aug. 18, 2021, file photo law enforcement investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in the parking lot of the NHK Seating of America automotive plant near Frankfort, Ind.(Nikos Frazier/Journal & Courier via AP, File)
  Gary Ferrell II, who was 26 years old at th
  
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• Habitat gears up for record build season

  19-04-2023 19:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne is set to begin a historic build season with plans for 20 homes on the way. It would be the most ever built in a single season for the local affiliate.
  16 homes are set to be built in the Renaissance Pointe Neighborhood on the city's south side, and the other four will be spread throughout the city.Habitat has also partnered with the city of Fort Wayne. This past March, 40 residential lots were transferred from the city t
  
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• Search warrant turns up over a pound of meth in Paulding County

  19-04-2023 18:43 via wane.com
  
  ANTWERP, Ohio (WANE) Police in Paulding County, Ohio arrested two men after serving a search warrant at a home in the town of Antwerp on Monday.According to a news release from the Paulding County Sheriff's Department, the Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force obtained the search warrant following an investigation into drug dealing.During the search, officers found meth along with drug paraphernalia and a large amount of cash. A follow-up investigation led to the discovery of 17 ounces of meth.As a re
  
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• Rokita files lawsuit against Indiana car dealer for odometer rollback scheme

  19-04-2023 17:17 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Indiana's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a car dealer who allegedly rolled back odometers by a combined total of more than 3 million miles on vehicles sold in LaGrange County.Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit against Flexible Auto Sales LLC, owned and operated by John Allen. Allen is accused of rolling back the mileage readings on the odometers of at least 42 vehicles"in order to deceive purchasing consumers," according to court documents.Most of the vehicl
  
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• Motorcyclist in critical condition after crash on Fort Wayne's east side

  19-04-2023 17:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating a crash that left a motorcyclist in critical condition Wednesday morning.The crash happened along East Washington Boulevard near Meyer Road around 10 a.m.At this time it's not clear if any other vehicles were involved.WANE 15 has a crew heading to the scene and will update this story as more information becomes available.
  
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• Ohio 13-year-old dies after trying TikTok challenge

  19-04-2023 17:01 via wane.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A 13-year-old Ohio boy has died after participating in a TikTok challenge.Jacob Stevens, of Greenfield, was taken off life support this week after he overdosed on Benadryl.The social media challenge advises users to take 12 to 14 pills to hallucinate. TikTok removed all videos relating to the challenge and is now offering resources for substance abuse.Justin Stevens, Jacob’s father, had confirmed on a GoFundMe page that his son would be removed from life support
  
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• Texas cheerleader shot after parking lot mix-up outside grocery store

  19-04-2023 16:32 via wane.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — A Texas high school cheerleader was hospitalized Tuesday night after a shooting in a grocery store parking lot.
  Elgin Police said a 25-year-old man fired shots into a car at an H-E-B parking lot and injured two people.
  Lynn Shearer, owner of Woodland's Elite Cheer Co., said four cheerleaders who go to her gym were involved in the shooting.
  "It was unfortunate. These girls were just trying to get home," Shearer said.
  Shearer said the cheerleaders carpool from the Austi
  
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• Indiana nurse in mask case avoids jail time with plea deal

  19-04-2023 16:26 via wane.com
  
  JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana nurse facing a criminal charge for allegedly removing a nursing home resident’s oxygen mask hours before his death from COVID-19 will avoid jail time under a plea bargain.Connie Sneed, 54, of New Albany, pleaded guilty Thursday in Clark Circuit Court to a felony charge of knowingly or intentionally acting as a physician’s assistant without a license. She received a suspended sentence of 540 days.The charge can be reduced to a misde
  
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• Indiana Senate approves handgun training fund for teachers

  19-04-2023 15:56 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana state Senators advanced a bill Tuesday that would make state funding available for teachers seeking firearms training, a move critics have said could increase the number of guns in school to the detriment of students.The 42-8 vote comes after this past weekend's three-day National Rifle Association convention in Indianapolis, which fell on the second anniversary of a mass shooting in the city at a FedEx facility that killed nine people.The House bill first advan
  
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• FWPD: Motorcyclist critical after crash in southeast Fort Wayne

  19-04-2023 15:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A motorcyclist found layng on the side of the road on Fort Wayne's southeast side was in critical condition after a crash into trash cans early Wednesday morning, according to Fort Wayne police.Courts: Plea deal revoked for woman charged in fatal crash; sentenced to 4 years in prisonOfficers patrolling the area of found a motorcycle in the middle of the northbound lane of Hessen Cassel Road at the intersection of Rudisill Boulevard and a man on the side of the road, acc
  
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• Warmer temperatures arrive and surge into the 70s

  19-04-2023 14:55 via wane.com
  
  The atmospheric furnace gets turned up again today with high temperatures reaching into the middle 70s and it gets even warmer Thursday with a high in the lower 80s.
  Unfortunately, our streak of warm temperatures will end after two days as cooler air moves into the area Friday.
  It will be a chilly morning but we'll see temperatures moving into the middle 50s by noon with plenty of sunshine.Sunshine will be the main ingredient in our warm-up this afternoon with our short streak of summer-like tem
  
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• Going digital; Kroger to end home delivery of weekly ad insert

  19-04-2023 14:46 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) Starting May 28, you'll no longer get the Kroger sales circular in your mail or newspaper.
  Kroger indicated several factors played a role in the decision discontinue the ad delivery. The first has to do with the cost associated with printing the circular and another has to do with the declining number of people who subscribe to a newspaper.‘A weird, Spanish-American restaurant’ opens new location in Fort WayneThe printed ads will be available in stores, howe
  
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• Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions

  19-04-2023 12:10 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is deciding whether women will face restrictions in getting a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, while a lawsuit continues.The justices are expected to issue an order on Wednesday in a fast-moving case from Texas in which abortion opponents are seeking to roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug, mifepristone.The drug first won FDA approval in 2000, and conditions on its use have b
  
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• Warmer temperatures arrive and surge into the 70s this afternoon

  19-04-2023 09:41 via wane.com
  
  The atmospheric furnace gets turned up again today with high temperatures reaching into the middle 70s and it gets even warmer Thursday with a high in the lower 80s.
  Unfortunately, our streak of warm temperatures will end after two days as cooler air moves into the area Friday.
  It will be a chilly morning but we'll see temperatures moving into the middle 50s by noon with plenty of sunshine.Sunshine will be the main ingredient in our warm-up this afternoon with our short streak of summer-like tem
  
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• 'We need more diamonds:' Aboite Township residents voice concerns for more baseball, softball space

  19-04-2023 04:29 via wane.com
  
  ABOITE TOWNSHIP, Ind. (WANE) — The Aboite Township Parks Department held a public forum Tuesday to get input on a new five year master plan. The biggest concern from residents appeared to be the need for more baseball and softball fields.Michael Rost with the Aboite Township Park Board said there are currently six baseball diamonds in Aboite Township. Four of those diamonds are used by outside entities, leaving the Don Ayers Little League and the Aboite Softball League with the remaining t
  
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• More than $21 million in fentanyl pills found hidden in string bean shipment

  19-04-2023 04:01 via wane.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working the commercial side of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry between San Diego and Tijuana intercepted 3.5 million fentanyl pills concealed in a shipment of green beans.According to a CBP news release, the pills have a street value of more than $21.1 million.The bust was made on Monday night.China and Mexico to blame for fentanyl trafficking across U.S. borders, lawmakers say
  Bag filled with fentanyl pills discovered in a shi
  
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• City Council eyes added power on TRAA, police boards

  19-04-2023 03:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A balanced government is important for the success of any country, town or township.
  But right now, some members of Fort Wayne City Council think that the current system has grown to be inadequate.
  A big part of city government is the various boards that guide decision-making, everything from the Board of Zoning Appeals to the Plan Commission.
  And 2nd District Councilman Russ Jehl thinks that City Council should have more say on who serves on those boards.
  "L
  
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• Spring 2023 frost/freeze alerts now being issued despite the growing season not yet officially underway

  19-04-2023 03:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Tuesday night brings our first frost/freeze alerts of the spring season for northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The counties in blue are under a Frost Advisory for temperatures dipping as low as 33° to 36°. The counties in purple are under a Freeze Warning for temperatures dropping down to between 29° and 32°.Even though temperatures were around freezing Monday night, the decision was made Tuesday to begin issuing frost/freeze alerts because some crops
  
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• Spring 2023 frost/freeze alerts issued despite the growing season not yet officially underway

  19-04-2023 03:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Tuesday night brings our first frost/freeze alerts of the spring season for northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The counties in blue are under a Frost Advisory for temperatures dipping as low as 33° to 36°. The counties in purple are under a Freeze Warning for temperatures dropping down to between 29° and 32°.Even though temperatures were around freezing Monday night, the decision was made Tuesday to begin issuing frost/freeze alerts because some crops
  
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• Protect pets and plants, a freezing night coming

  19-04-2023 01:17 via wane.com
  
  With a mostly clear sky tonight, and winds becoming quite light, our temperatures will fall low enough, and for a long enough duration of time, that temperature-sensitive plants are at risk of being damaged. Pets shouldn't be left outside, either.Frost/freeze conditions are likely across the entire area and we have active alerts throughout the region.Areas north of Fort Wayne will drop to 29°-32° (Freeze likely) with areas around Fort Wayne and south staying slightly warmer, 33°-36&d
  
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• 21 University of Saint Francis seniors join Parkview Health during signing event

  19-04-2023 00:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Tuesday, 21 University of Saint Francis seniors joined Parkview Health during what event organizers called the "largest signing event we have had."Parkview Health representatives joined USF College of Health Sciences leaders joined to celebrate the signing event at the Doermer Family Center for Health Science Education."We had a lot of family represented here, which is an important part of the event," said Erin LaCross, senior vice president of Nursing Professi
  
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• Headwaters Park hosts 6th annual Tacos, Tequila and Margarita Fest this spring

  19-04-2023 00:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The 6th annual Tacos, Tequila and Margarita Fest will be coming back to Headwaters Park on May 13.
  The event will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana to present Ribbon Walk event in Fort WayneSpecialty features at the festival include several taco vendors, margarita flights, tequila sampling, three full bars and all-day music.Purchasing a ticket to the event in advance will warrant five drink tickets that can be used toward a margarita.
  
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