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• The Deck reveals opening day for 2023 season

  03-05-2023 23:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — One of Fort Wayne's most popular bars will soon be open for the 2023 season.On Wednesday, The Deck at the Gas House announced it will open for the season on May 17. Checking out what The Deck has to offerLocated along the St. Marys River by Headwaters Park, The Deck offers a variety of food along with a full bar in an outdoor setting.In February, The Deck teased a May opening by announcing the bar was looking to hire for the season.
  
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• Day after Primary conversation about Mayoral race

  03-05-2023 23:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- It's the mayoral showdown many people expected. Wednesday WANE 15 spoke with both Tom Didier and Tom Henry about the race ahead.
  Henry and Didier are excited and ready to get to November. WANE 15 discussed what their goals are, challenges and what they both bring to the table going against their opponent.
  Mayor Henry's goals include the environment and how it effects the city's growth. Didier spoke about importance of neighborhoods is his biggest goal to tackle.
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• Docs: Former teacher, track coach at Bishop Luers accused of having sex with 3 students

  03-05-2023 22:49 via wane.com
  
  *WARNING* This story has graphic details not suitable for all readers.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The plan was for the high school senior to dog-sit for her teacher while he was away.But soon, the dog-sitting escalated and she was going to her teacher's house in northeast Fort Wayne while he was home.Then one night, after drinks, he took her virginity.She was 17.That's what one woman told Fort Wayne Police happened four years ago while she had then 29-year-old Jordan Miller as a speech teacher at
  
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• Fort Wayne women travel to London for coronation

  03-05-2023 22:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - From Fort Wayne, Indiana to London, England. 3,388 miles. Nine hours in an airplane. And a lifetime of excited expectations coming to life.
  Barb Richards and Mindy Kinder, along with their good-sport husbands, made the trek across the Pond to be there for the coronation celebration.
  The women say they've always been big fans of the Royal family and didn't want to miss such a big moment.First coins featuring King Charles III unveiled by Royal MintThey arrived in London d
  
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• Sheriff: LaGrange standoff ends with empty house, man on the run

  03-05-2023 22:29 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A standoff involving SWAT units from multiple police agencies at a home in LaGrange on Wednesday ended with no injuries, an empty house and a man on the run.Police are now looking to find Joshua Alan Wilson, who will likely face charges of intimidation with a firearm, invasion of privacy, domestic battery and strangulation.
  Wilson somehow slipped out of a home on foot after holding police in a standoff for hours.
  A woman called emergency dispatchers early Wednesday
  
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• Embassy Theatre is prepared to fill calendar with loss of Philharmonic; Musicians to perform all over Northeast Indiana

  03-05-2023 22:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Philharmonic announced on Tuesday that it's switching home venues for the 2023-24 season after decades of calling the Embassy Theatre in downtown Fort Wayne.With a move to the Auer Performance Hall inside the Rhinehart Music Center on Purdue University Fort Wayne's campus, Philharmonic management said they're excited for the new opportunities headed their way.WANE 15 spoke to The Embassy Theatre's Chief Marketing Officer, Carly Myers, on Wednesday about
  
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• Founder of Preferred Automotive Group dies following battle with cancer

  03-05-2023 22:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Jay Leonard, the founder of Preferred Automotive Group, has died, according to Preferred Auto officials.Preferred Auto Controller Carissa Ryan confirmed with WANE 15 that Leonard, 61, died after a four-month battle with brain cancer.According to Leonard's bio page on Preferred Auto's website, Leonard started the first Preferred Auto in 1989 and turned it into the largest independent used car dealership in Indiana, which consists of two locations on Illinois and Li
  
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• 'Chickens to return to roost': Vendetta over 1986 car deal leads to arsons, likely prison time

  03-05-2023 21:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - With a thirst for revenge three decades in the making, Dewey Fredrick claimed he torched four vehicles at two used car lots over the course of a summer morning last year because he'd been sold a lemon in 1986.
  "It was time for the chickens to return to roost," Fredrick told investigators at the time.
  Now, they may be coming to roost for him.
  The 80-year-old will likely be sentenced to three years in prison and 12 years on various forms of probation that will require him
  
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• Fort Wayne father pleads guilty in 2020 crash that killed daughter

  03-05-2023 21:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A Fort Wayne man pleaded guilty on Wednesday regarding a 2020 crash that caused the death of his daughter, according to new Allen Superior Court documents.As part of the plea agreement, A Lee pleaded guilty to one count of reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony.Conditions from the plea agreement include Lee being sentenced to six years in prison but only having to serve a maximum of two years.Lee will also have his driving privileges revoked for an undetermined amoun
  
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• Columbia City mayor: Sports card scheme was a 'systematic deception of city officials' by parks director

  03-05-2023 21:40 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) - When Columbia City Parks & Rec director Mark Green first purchased baseball cards from Sport Spot in Fort Wayne, he told the owner the cards were sold at local concession stands.“The kids loved the cards,” Green told the owner. Green said he was allowed to buy things on the Columbia City credit card as long as he reimbursed the municipality. Columbia City Parks director fired over suspicious financial activityThat was in 2018 when he first used the ca
  
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• Fed hikes rates despite recession fears

  03-05-2023 20:13 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) - The Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates Wednesday by another 0.25 percentage points, brushing aside concerns about the financial sector and an expected recession later this year.The Fed's rate-setting committee voted Wednesday to boost its baseline interest rate to a range of 5 to 5.25 percent, the point where Fed officials expected in March to stop hiking rates, according projections from the Fed's last meeting.The latest rate hike is the tenth in a row since the Fed bega
  
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• Staff find knife in student's lunch box at Summit Middle School

  03-05-2023 19:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Staff at Summit Middle School found a folding knife in a student's lunch box Wednesday, according to a letter sent out to families.No one was harmed with the knife, according to Park Ginder, the superintendent of Southwest Allen County Schools.Early Wednesday morning, students reported that another student may have had a knife at school. A school resource officer searched the student and their belongings, finding a knife in their lunch box, the letter said.The student w
  
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• Courts: Fort Wayne mom's crash injured daughter; purse loaded with drugs

  03-05-2023 18:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A woman behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle that flipped on its top at a southwest side intersection causing injuries to herself and her daughter Monday is accused of having a purse full of fentanyl and other drugs.
  Fort Wayne police arrested 34-year-old Paige Magley shortly after the crash, which happened at the intersection of Illinois Road and Magnavox Way just before 10 p.m. VIDEO: Police vs. pedestrian crash in downtown Fort Wayne caught on cameraMagley is
  
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• Penalty reduced for man who took leaf blower from garage

  03-05-2023 18:04 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's top court has overturned the burglary conviction of a man who stole a $500 leaf blower from a resident's garage because the man did not use “force, stealth, or deception” to commit the crime.The unanimous decision announced Wednesday by the Ohio Supreme Court also vacated an 8- to 12-year prison sentence given to Donald Bertram. The justices instead ruled he should be convicted of the lesser offense of misdemeanor criminal trespassing, which could b
  
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• Olive Garden owner buys Ruth's Chris Steak House for about $715 million

  03-05-2023 17:19 via wane.com
  
  The Ruth’s Chris Steak House chain is being acquired by Darden Restaurants for about $715 million.The original Chris Steak House was opened on New Orleans' Broad Street in 1927, and it was acquired by Ruth Fertel in 1965. The company has 154 locations worldwide, including 80 company-owned or -operated restaurants and 74 franchised restaurants. Why is Ruth’s Chris Steak House called ‘Ruth’s Chris Steak House’?The company, now based in Winter Park, Florida, suffered a
  
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• Fort Wayne's DaMarcus Beasley to be inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame

  03-05-2023 17:16 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) He's arguably one of the most recognized athletes to ever come fromFort Wayne and on Saturday, DaMarcus Beasley will be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. The former South Side High School soccer star will be joined by Landon Donovan as members of the 2023 class during the ceremony at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.Beasley's storied career is chronicled on the National Soccer Hall of Fame website. A defender and midfielder, he made 126 appearances for the U.
  
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• Feds: 288 'digital drug lords' busted selling fentanyl online

  03-05-2023 16:55 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (WPIX) -- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that nearly 300 people selling fake pills and other fentanyl products on the dark net have been busted."The drug traffickers are confident that operating anonymously on the dark web, they can operate outside the bounds of law," Garland said. "They are wrong."Garland said the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team had been working on various cases since the fall of 2021, ultimately arresting 288 peopl
  
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• Jenny Craig closing all locations: report

  03-05-2023 16:54 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – All Jenny Craig locations will imminently shutter, according to internal communications obtained by NBC News.
  Hourly employees at Jenny Craig weight loss centers were told by email that their last day was Tuesday, NBC reported. Corporate and salaried employees' last day is set for Friday.Nexstar reached out to Jenny Craig for comment on NBC's reporting, but didn't immediately hear back.The company, based in Carlsbad, California, offers meal plans, food delivery and coaching for
  
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• Carlsbad-based Jenny Craig closing all locations: report

  03-05-2023 16:54 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – All Jenny Craig locations will imminently shutter, according to internal communications obtained by NBC News.
  Hourly employees at Jenny Craig weight loss centers were told by email that their last day was Tuesday, NBC reported. Corporate and salaried employees' last day is set for Friday.Nexstar reached out to Jenny Craig for comment on NBC's reporting, but didn't immediately hear back. Bed Bath & Beyond liquidation sale has started. Here’s what you need to knowThe co
  
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• Proposed Purdue Fort Wayne music technology building gets funding boost

  03-05-2023 16:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The new Indiana state budget approved by the General Assembly includes $15 million for a planned music technology building on the campus of Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW).Governor Eric Holcomb is expected to sign the budget into law on Friday according to a news release from PFW.
  The overall cost of the new building is estimated to be $22 million and with a significant donation from Chuck and Lisa Surack along with the Auer Foundation, that figure is within reach.&ldq
  
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• UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022

  03-05-2023 16:25 via wane.com
  
  ROME (AP) — More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday.The Global Report on Food Crises, an alliance of humanitarian organizations founded by the U.N. and European Union, said people faced starvation and death in seven of those countries: Somalia, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Nigeria, South Sudan
  
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• ‘May the 4th be with you’ gifts for the Star Wars super fan

  03-05-2023 16:14 via wane.com
  
  BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details.Star Wars fans have stayed true for nearly half a centuryIN THIS ARTICLE:
  Star Wars The Mandalorian Grogu RCStar Wars R2-D2 Popcorn MakerLego Star Wars Ultimate Millennium Falcon
  Reportedly, even George Lucas didn’t believe in the original Star Wars movie. There weren’t any sequels planned when the first film was released. It was a science-fiction movie that had a limited fan base. Lucas allegedly pred
  
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• Olympic medal-winning sprinter Tori Bowie dies at 32

  03-05-2023 16:12 via wane.com
  
  Tori Bowie, the sprinter who won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, has died. She was 32.Bowie's death was announced Wednesday by her management company and USA Track and Field. No cause of death was given.Growing up in Sandhill, Mississippi, Bowie was coaxed into track as a teenager and quickly rose up the ranks as a sprinter and long jumper. She attended Southern Mississippi, where she swept the long jump NCAA championships at the indoor and outdoor events in
  
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• Sheriff: Wife of suspected Texas gunman has been arrested

  03-05-2023 15:15 via wane.com
  
  CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A day after the man suspected of killing five of his neighbors in a Texas shooting was arrested, the sheriff says his wife has also been taken into custody.Divimara Lamar Nava, 53, wife of suspect Francisco Oropeza, was in custody in connection with the Friday night shooting, according to Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson.Nava had previously denied knowledge of Oropeza’s whereabouts, Henderson said, but authorities believe she hid him in the home near C
  
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• Missy, Willie and George Michael among Rock Hall inductees

  03-05-2023 14:44 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius and the late George Michael have all been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Kate Bush also finally reaching the top of that hill.The Cleveland-based institution announced Wednesday the artists and groups entering the hall as the class of 2023, a list that includes The Spinners, Rage Against the Machine, DJ Kool Herc, Link Wray, Al Kooper and Elton John's
  
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• Teen accused of killing 8 children, guard in Serbian school shooting

  03-05-2023 13:37 via wane.com
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A teenager opened fire at his school in Serbia’s capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard before being arrested in the school yard, police said. Six more children and a teacher were hospitalized.A father of a student at the school in central Belgrade said the shooter entered his daughter’s classroom, firing at her teacher and then her classmates as they ducked under their desks. Most students were able to flee through a back door, acc
  
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• UPDATE: 7-month-old infant inside car stolen from Indy's west side found

  03-05-2023 04:39 via wane.com
  
  UPDATE: Late Tuesday night, IMPD confirmed Jackson Shugars had been found and "appeared" to be fine. IMPD said Shugars would be checked out medics. The investigation remains ongoing.INDIANAPOLIS — An AMBER Alert has been issued for an infant child who is missing from the west side of Indianapolis after his mother's car was stolen Tuesday night.Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said authorities were called around 7:45 p.m. by a woman saying her car was stolen from the 4000 block o
  
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• AMBER Alert issued for 7-month-old infant inside car stolen from Indy's west side

  03-05-2023 04:39 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — An AMBER Alert has been issued for an infant child who is missing from the west side of Indianapolis after his mother's car was stolen Tuesday night.IMPD said officers were called around 7:45 p.m. by a woman saying her car was stolen from the 4000 block of W. Washington Street and that her 7-month-old infant son was inside.
  The car, a gold/tan 2003 Ford Taurus with damage on the right front panel, has an Indiana "In God We Trust" license plate with the number TUN805. It was
  
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• Suspected Texas gunman caught hiding under laundry: sheriff

  03-05-2023 03:07 via wane.com
  
  CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A four-day manhunt in Texas for a gunman accused of killing five neighbors ended Tuesday not far from the site of the shooting when authorities, acting on a tip, said they found the suspect hiding underneath a pile of laundry in the closet of a house.Francisco Oropeza, 38, was captured without incident near Houston and about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from his home in the rural town of Cleveland, where authorities say he went next door and shot his neighbors
  
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• Suspected gunman in custody after 5 killed in Texas shooting: authorities

  03-05-2023 03:07 via wane.com
  
  CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — Authorities near Houston say they have caught a man suspected of killing five of his neighbors, including a 9-year-old boy, with an AR-style rifle after the family confronted him late at night about firing rounds in his yard.Francisco Oropeza, 38, was arrested Tuesday, four days after the shooting late Friday in the town of Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, according to Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson.Oropeza was arrested without incident, Henders
  
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• Man believed to be Texas mass shooting suspect in custody after 4-day search: authorities

  03-05-2023 03:07 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR/AP) - Authorities believe they have apprehended the man accused of shooting and killing five people in Cleveland, Texas over the weekend.
  Francisco Oropeza, 38, fled from the scene on Friday, prompting a four-day manhunt in Texas.A person believed to be Oropeza was arrested roughly 17 miles from Cleveland in Cut and Shoot, Texas, San Jacinto County District Attorney Todd Dillon told NBC News. Authorities have also told CNN the man has been taken into custody.
  Additional details have yet
  
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• Nathan Hartman wins Republican primary for Fort Wayne City Council's 3rd District race

  03-05-2023 02:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Tuesday, Nathan Hartman won the two-person race in the primary election to determine the Republican nominee for Fort Wayne City Council's 3rd District.Nathan Hartman
  Hartman garnered 58% of the vote to beat Mike Thomas.No Democrats ran for the open seat in the primary election, which will allow the Allen County Democratic Party to pick a candidate for the general election to run against Hartman.
  
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• Fort Wayne City Council's 4th District race narrows down to 2 after primaries

  03-05-2023 02:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Following Tuesday's primary election, only two candidates remain to vie for the seat left open by Fort Wayne City Councilman Jason Arp.Scott Myers won the Republican nomination with 56% of the vote, and Patti Hays won the Democratic nomination with 81% of the vote.Scott Myers
  Patti HaysCouncilman Arp left the seat open following his announcement to run for mayor of Fort Wayne.
  
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• Fort Wayne mayoral candidate Tom Didier wins Republican primary

  03-05-2023 01:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne City Councilman Tom Didier emerged victorious during Tuesday's primary election to determine the Republican nominee for Fort Wayne mayor.Didier squared off against fellow Councilman Jason Arp, food truck vendor Eddie Ribel, and Jesse Crammer, who had pulled out of the race after it was too late to remove his name from the ballot. WATCH: Mayor discusses primary victoryWith Tuesday's victory, Didier will face current Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry in the gene
  
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• WATCH: Mayor discusses primary victory

  03-05-2023 01:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Mayor Tom Henry talked with WANE 15 about his apparent primary victory Tuesday.
  
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• Apple releases first-ever 'Rapid Security Response' iOS update: What to know

  03-05-2023 00:21 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - If you use an iPhone or other iOS device, you may want to download Apple's latest software update immediately.On Monday, the tech giant launched Rapid Security Responses, which are meant to "deliver important security improvements between software updates.""They deliver important security improvements between software updates — for example, improvements to the Safari web browser, the WebKit framework stack, or other critical system libraries," Apple explains. "They may also be
  
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