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• Fort Wayne café nominated for best new cocktail bar in region

  28-04-2023 23:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A café that opened last year in Fort Wayne is up for an award that would name it the best new cocktail bar in the region.Penny Drip, a spot that specializes in coffee and cocktails, is one of 10 bars in the central U.S. to be honored at the 2023 Spirited Awards, in a category which recognizes new establishments across the country that stand out for serving cocktails.“The Spirited Awards® is among the most internationally sought-after in the beverage and
  
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• Donald Rainwater to run for Indiana governor as Libertarian candidate

  28-04-2023 22:57 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — Another Hoosier has thrown their hat into the ring for the upcoming Indiana gubernatorial race.On Friday, Donald Rainwater declared he will run for the governor of Indiana in 2024 as a Libertarian.Rainwater also served as the Libertarian candidate during the 2020 gubernatorial race.Some of the issues Rainwater said he will focus on during his campaign include education, tax and administrative reform. Indiana Governor candidate Eric Doden floats tax relief for Hoosier nursesRainwat
  
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• Biden commutes sentence of Fort Wayne man charged in drug distribution conspiracy

  28-04-2023 21:57 via wane.com
  
  HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT/WANE) - President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 31 individuals on Friday, including a Fort Wayne man charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.According to a press release from the White House, Samuel Gemple was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by an eight-year term supervised release on Feb. 2, 2018.
  President Biden commuted Gemple's sentence to expire on June 30, 2023, with the remainder t
  
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• Allen County police ask for help to find missing man

  28-04-2023 21:05 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — The Allen County Sheriff's Department (ACSD) is asking the public for help as it attempts to find a missing man.Authorities said 35-year-old Seth Vanosdale was reported missing on April 18 and that his family has not seen or heard from him since March 23. Through donations, efforts continue to restore Auburn Garrett Drive-InVanosdale is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 185 pounds, is bald and has brown eyes.Seth Vanosdale (Photo provided by the Allen County Sheriff
  
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• Video released 4 years after Fort Wayne police officer shot and killed man

  28-04-2023 20:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Nearly four years ago, Shaquille Kelly was shot and killed by a Fort Wayne police officer after he crashed his gold Chrysler sedan into a home around 2 a.m. at the corner of Oliver and Grier streets on the city’s south side.In the interest of transparency, WANE 15 filed a public records request on the investigation on March 21st 2023. The dash cam video and other information was released to WANE 15 Friday and our editorial team is reviewing this video.BACKGROUNDTh
  
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• Through donations, efforts continue to restore Auburn Garrett Drive-In

  28-04-2023 19:40 via wane.com
  
  GARRETT, Ind. (WANE) - Restoration is in the works for the Auburn Garrett Drive-In Theatre months after a storm destroyed part of the screen.Photos in a Facebook post Thursday showed some progress on the drive-in. Part of the movie screen was destroyed after a storm swept through northeast Indiana in August 2022.Auburn Garrett Drive-in (Julie Yarde)
  The GoFundMe* that was started after the storm is close to $20,000 of the requested $125,000 in donations. ‘Raising funds to raise the screen&
  
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• Drew Barrymore’s Walmart collection is perfect for Mother’s Day

  28-04-2023 17:58 via wane.com
  
  BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details.Pamper mom on Mother’s Day with a present from Drew Barrymore’s Beautiful lineIN THIS ARTICLE:
  Beautiful 3-Quart Fondue SetBeautiful 1.5-quart Ice Cream MakerBeautiful Drew Chair
  If you are looking for a gift for mom this Mother’s Day that’s both pretty and functional, you may want to consider an item from Drew Barrymore’s Beautiful collection. Available at Walmart.com, the
  
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• Police investigate death of driver who crashed into trailer in southeast Fort Wayne

  28-04-2023 17:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating after they found a woman dead Friday morning in a southeast Fort Wayne crash.Police responded around 9:20 a.m. to reports of a crash in the 6100 block of Decatur Road, near the intersection with Paulding Road. Police determined a car had crashed into a trailer on private property, and said it likely happened shortly after 12 a.m.The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity has not yet been released.This crash is still bei
  
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• Man bites off part of LAPD officer’s finger at subway station

  28-04-2023 16:40 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (KTLA) - A homeless man allegedly bit off a portion of an officer’s finger during an arrest at a subway station in East Hollywood on Thursday.Los Angeles police officers assigned to the Metro Red Line were conducting routine activities at the Vermont/Santa Monica station when they spotted a man reportedly board the train with a meth pipe around 10:15 a.m.Police approached the suspect and escorted him off the train for a narcotics investigation. As the man was being held, he bec
  
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• Suspected fast food burglar caught after crashing into squad cars

  28-04-2023 15:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Police arrested a man Thursday who is believed to have been responsible for multiple burglaries at fast food restaurants in Fort Wayne.
  Fort Wayne police spotted the suspect, identified as David Sylvester, 54, driving a stolen Chevy Malibu on East Washington Boulevard shortly after 2:30 p.m.
  According to police, Sylvester attempted to evade capture and in the process hit multiple squad cars. After crashing into a concrete median outside the Hallmark Inn Parking lot, he wa
  
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• Dunkin' to give away free coffee for 1 year at its stores in Midwest

  28-04-2023 15:07 via wane.com
  
  Friday, April 28 is National Pay It Forward Day, and Dunkin' wants to pay it forward to its customers in a big way.The company will reward one lucky customer at random with free coffee for a year at its locations in the Midwest. The promotion is open to all in-store and drive-thru customers who visit between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Friday.According to a release, the giveaway is in honor of an anonymous Dunkin' customer in Dayton, Ohio who gave $4,000 in gift cards to his community. The do
  
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• Gov. Holcomb directs flags to be flown at half-staff in Noble County

  28-04-2023 14:33 via wane.com
  
  ALBION, Ind. (WANE) The passing of Ligonier Mayor Patricia "Patty" Fisel has prompted Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb to direct flags to be flown at half-staff in Noble County.Fisel was serving her fourth term as mayor when she passed away on Tuesday, April 25. Ligonier’s mayor passes awayAccording to Holcomb's directive, flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset in Noble County on Sunday, April 30.
  
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• Indiana General Assembly concludes 2023 session; Lawmakers approve 2-year budget plan

  28-04-2023 12:39 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- After nearly 18 hours of debate, the Indiana General Assembly's 2023 legislative session has come to an end.Members of the Indiana Senate and House of Representatives worked until early Friday morning, discussing the state's two-year budget plan. The plan was finally passed in the Indiana Senate around 2:50 a.m.; it passed in the House about one hour earlier.
  And with that, at 2:47 a.m., the Indiana General Assembly has concluded its 2023 session. The Senate finished an hour afte
  
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• Pedestrian deaths have risen 70 percent since 2010. Blame trucks.

  28-04-2023 12:02 via wane.com
  
  Pedestrian deaths on American roads have risen by more than 70 percent since 2010, an increase that safe-streets advocates ascribe partly to our national love affair with trucks. Vehicles struck and killed 7,388 pedestrians in 2021, compared to 4,302 in 2010, according to federal crash data tabulated by The Hill. Pedestrian deaths rose by another 5 percent in the first half of 2022. Trucks aren’t solely to blame, but they are a key factor. The number of pedestrians killed by ligh
  
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• 2 Army helicopters crash in Alaska, killing 3 soldiers

  28-04-2023 12:00 via wane.com
  
  JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army helicopters collided and crashed Thursday in Alaska while returning from a training flight, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth.Two of the soldiers died at the scene of the crash near Healy, Alaska, and a third died on the way to a hospital in Fairbanks. A fourth soldier was being treated at a hospital for injuries, the Army said in a statement.The names of those killed were being withheld until relatives could be notifi
  
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• Fundraiser brings in over $150K for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne

  28-04-2023 04:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Thursday, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne raised $158,000 during the organization's annual ReStore Your Passion fundraiser.During the fundraiser, pieces were sold off that were from the organization's "ReStores" after "Goddess Contractors" who each had a few months to repurpose each item. Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraiser to feature Dick VitaleEach item was sold through a live auction to the roughly 300 guests in attendance, said Hailie Boes, direc
  
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• Fundraiser brings in over $150K for Habitat for Humanity

  28-04-2023 04:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Thursday, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne raised $158,000 during the organization's annual ReStore Your Passion fundraiser.During the fundraiser, pieces were sold off that were from the organization's "ReStores" after "Goddess Contractors" who each had a few months to repurpose each item. Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraiser to feature Dick VitaleEach item was sold through a live auction to the roughly 300 guests in attendance, said Hailie Boez, direc
  
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• Bluffton rehab facility hosts community event, works to restore faith

  28-04-2023 03:52 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) — A Bluffton rehabilitation center hosted an educational community event Thursday evening as it attempts to regain community trust following complaints from local residents.Praxis of Fort Wayne by Landmark Recovery hosted the event at Roush Park & Splash Pad in Bluffton Praxis delivers improvement plan after woman’s deathExecutive Director Drew Mack said the organization has made multiple changes to address the needs of its patients, including an overhaul of
  
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• Fort Wayne man falls short in second Jeopardy! game

  28-04-2023 02:11 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — Jesse Matheny's time on Jeopardy! came to an end Thursday night after he lost his second attempt on the game show.The Daily Double and Final Jeopardy! questions came back again to haunt the Fort Wayne resident and Huntington native, but unlike Wednesday, the miscues proved to be insurmountable. ‘Dream come true:’ Fort Wayne man discusses time on Jeopardy!However, the end of Matheny's current run does not spell the end of Matheny's time on the game show thanks to a new
  
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• Civil War soldier related to Albion woman buried at Arlington National Cemetery

  28-04-2023 00:47 via wane.com
  
  (WANE/WDCW) — On Thursday, the long-lost remains of a Civil War soldier were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.The funeral happened not long after Albion resident Rachel Bender received the remains of Major Isaac C. Hart, a Union soldier in the Civil War who turned out to be Bender's great-great uncle.Hart was laid to rest in Arlington Nation Cemetery on Thursday 110 years after he passed away."He was laid to rest today finally, and he deserved that," Be
  
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