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• JUDGE: Indiana senator's wrongful death lawsuit to remain public; proceedings delayed

  08-05-2023 23:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A wrongful death lawsuit filed against an emergency room doctor elected as state senator will remain public, an Allen Superior Court judge ruled Monday.
  The proceedings against Dr. Tyler Johnson, R-Leo-Cedarville, as well as Parkview Health and Professional Emergency Physicians will be delayed until a month after Indiana's legislative session, however.
  Johnson is being sued by the mother of a 20-year-old woman who was seen by Johnson at Parkview Regional Medical Center'
  
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• Banned Books lists? How Allen County schools remove books

  08-05-2023 23:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Across the nation, banned books have been a topic of discussion. But, what does that look like for schools in Allen County?
  WANE 15 asked all four Allen County school districts for their banned books list and each district said they do not have such a list. However, Northwest Allen County, East Allen County, Southwest Allen County, and Fort Wayne Community school districts do have procedures in place to remove material if necessary.
  When WANE 15 asked to have a conversat
  
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• Bluffton High School teacher, and Indiana Teacher of the Year, visits the White House

  08-05-2023 23:26 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) -- Last October, Bluffton High School history teacher Tara Cocanower was named Indiana Teacher of the Year.She knew that the culmination of that would be a trip to the White House, which recently happened.Cocanower referred to it as a "surreal" experience several times.From seeing the West Wing and the Rose Garden, to being in the same rooms where so many important world leaders and historical figures have stood, to the excitement of seeing so many historical artifacts and
  
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• Apartments planned on Fort Wayne's southeast side

  08-05-2023 22:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Michigan businessman who has owned cell phone stores and other businesses on the city’s south side is now proposing to build one and two-bedroom apartments on Lafayette Street at Sherwood Terrace.“I’m going to do something nice for the city,” Jack Dadou said last week during a phone interview.A Michigan-based business man is proposing to building 16 apartments Lafayette Street at Sherwood Terrace
  According to a site plan Dadou filed with the Fo
  
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• Fort Wayne Neurological Center to join IU Health

  08-05-2023 22:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — IU Health has announced a partnership with Fort Wayne Neurological Center (FWNC) that IU Health officials say will "significantly increase" its specialty presence in Fort Wayne.FWNC specializes in a particular area of neurology that focuses on the study and treatment of multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and dementia, according to IU Health."We are excited to join IU Health and leverage the strengths of the state's largest health care system system and partnership with
  
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• Pacers to move Mad Ants away from Fort Wayne

  08-05-2023 21:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne's NBA G-League basketball team is moving on from the Summit City.City officials in Noblesville have pledged to build a $36.5 million arena that will become the new home for the Mad Ants, according to a press release from Pacers Sports & Entertainment (PSE).Pacers Sports & Entertainment released a rendering of what will be a 3,400 seat, 85,000-square-foot arena once the team relocates to Noblesville.
  As part of the move, the basketball team—named
  
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• Mad Ants to say goodbye to Fort Wayne

  08-05-2023 21:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne's basketball team is moving on from the Summit City.City officials in Noblesville have pledged to build a $36.5 million arena that will become the new home for the Mad Ants, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ).As part of the move, the basketball team—named in honor of Fort Wayne’s namesake “Mad” Anthony Wayne—will get a new nickname that is still being decided, according to the IBJ, and the current moniker will s
  
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• Brian Regan bringing comedy tour to Fort Wayne

  08-05-2023 21:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A stand-up comedian is performing in Fort Wayne this winter.Brian Regan is coming to The Clyde on Dec. 7.Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Visit the comedian's website to get your tickets.
  
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• Amazon employee dies after injury at Fort Wayne facility: police

  08-05-2023 20:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - An Amazon employee died Monday after an injury at the facility in Fort Wayne.Officers with the Allen County Sheriff's Department were called to the Amazon facility off Smith Road on reports of an injured employee.Police said the employee, who has not been identified, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. They were pronounced dead at the hospital, according to police.The death is still under investigation.
  
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• 73-year-old dies after head-on crash in southwest Fort Wayne: coroner

  08-05-2023 19:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man who was in life-threatening condition after a head-on crash Friday has now died, according to the Allen County Coroner.The coroner identified the man as 73-year-old John Eugene Wolfe.Wolfe was driving on Covington Road when another vehicle was speeding and lost control, hitting Wolfe's car head-on, police at the scene determined.The coroner determined the cause of Wolfe's death was multiple blunt force injuries due to the crash, and his death was ruled an accident
  
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• These Fort Wayne streets will be repaved in the coming days

  08-05-2023 19:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A number of streets in the southwest area of Fort Wayne are slated to be repaved in the coming days. The first project gets underway Tuesday, May 9, weather permitting.
  Traffic will be maintained during the repaving.Here's the schedule:
  5/9-5/10 Ardmore Ave. between N. Washington Road and Jefferson Blvd.5/10-5/12 Freeman St. between Ontario St. and Nuttman Ave..5/11-5/15 Covington Road between Fillmore St. and Freeman St.5/11-5/16 Portage Road between Freeman St. and Tayl
  
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• Ex-trucker leads state police on chase across 3 Indiana counties

  08-05-2023 19:04 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A Delaware man who was fired from a trucking company was taken into custody Saturday after leading police on a cross-county pursuit in a stolen semitrailer.Durrell Kelley, 31, is now charged with theft, reckless driving and resisting law enforcement, according to a release from Indiana State Police.Troopers with ISP began investigating after they got a call claiming a semi had been stolen by an employee who had been fired, and the semi was suspected to be on the In
  
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• Indianapolis named in top 10 cities for paranormal activity

  08-05-2023 18:08 via wane.com
  
  HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) - Do you believe in ghost stories?A report from Lawn Love has ranked the 200 largest cities in America based on how paranormal they are. According to their website, their metrics include the number of bigfoot sightings, haunted sights as well as paranormal conventions and events in the city.Their data puts Los Angeles in the number one spot overall, which also had the highest number of haunted sites and paranormal conventions and events according to their data. Not too far
  
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• University of Saint Francis names interim president

  08-05-2023 17:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The University of Saint Francis has named an interim president to replace Rev. Dr. Eric Albert Zimmer who previously announced his decision to step down.Dr. Lance Richey will begin his duties Tuesday, May 9. According to a press release from the university, Richey has been handling day-to-day responsibilities since Zimmer's announcement.“I am honored to lead the University of Saint Francis during the upcoming months to ensure our students continue to receive the hig
  
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• Pork tenderloin sandwich named Indiana's top comfort food

  08-05-2023 17:26 via wane.com
  
  INDIANA -- The foods Americans turn to when they want a taste of home can vary wildly from coast to coast and even from one state to the next.So what is the comfort food that defines Indiana and evokes memories of Hoosier living? According to Mashed, it is none other than the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich.In Indiana, pork tenderloins are BIG, often spreading well beyond the bun meant to house the massive slab of meat.According to Visit Indiana, Hoosiers’ love story with the tenderloin b
  
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• Gov. Holcomb directs flags at half-staff for Texas tragedy

  08-05-2023 17:20 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE/AP) Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has directed flags to be flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance of the victims of a shooting in Allen, Texas over the weekend.
  On Saturday a gunman stepped out of a silver sedan and started shooting people at a Dallas-area outlet mall, killing eight and wounding seven others — three critically — before being killed by a police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities said. Police: 8 killed in Texas mall shooting,
  
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• Wabash native in the top 5 on American Idol

  08-05-2023 16:51 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) - A 19-year-old from Wabash has made it to the top five on American Idol.Zachariah Smith, a 2021 graduate of Wabash High School, is advancing in the singing competition after performing a rendition of "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette, and Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" in a duet with fellow contestant Haven Madison.
  Morissette and Sheeran were guest judges on the show while Katy Perry and Lionel Richie were across the pond performing in a celebration of the coronation of King Charles III.
  
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• Gas prices continue to slide, but for how long?

  08-05-2023 16:50 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the third consecutive week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has fallen, declining 7.5 cents from a week ago to $3.50 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 down 7.5 cents from a month ago and 80.7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 6.3 cents in the last week and stands at $
  
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• How to recreate the glazed donut chrome nail trend at home

  08-05-2023 15:56 via wane.com
  
  BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. DetailsGLAZED DONUT CHROME NAILS ARE BOTH SUBTLE AND SOPHISTICATEDIN THIS ARTICLE:
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  With their shimmery, metallic-like finish that grabs attention, chrome nails are all the rage these days. One of the most popular twists on this eye-catching look is the glazed donut chrome nail trend. Although there are many variations, the look that rese
  
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• Sweet Breeze canal boat river tours begin in late May

  08-05-2023 15:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Sweet Breeze boat tours will begin later this month following the launch of the canal boat replica on the St. Marys River.
  Tours will begin on May 27 and tickets are now available by calling 260-427-6000 or at the FortWayneParks.org website. Private tour options are also available. A Season Kickoff Open House is scheduled for Friday, May 26, from 6:00-8:00 p.m.According to Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation, Sweet Breeze was built by Scarano Boat Builders out of Albany, NY
  
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• Judge sets a deadline to put Lake Erie on pollution diet

  08-05-2023 14:29 via wane.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's environmental regulators will have until the end of June to finish a plan to aimed at combating toxic algae blooms that have flourished in Lake Erie since the late 1990s.The deadline is part of settlement agreement a federal judge approved Thursday.The consent decree also calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to either approve the plan within 90 days or come up with its plan own if the federal agency determines the state's proposal isn't strong enoug
  
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• Once-cool Facebook may have 3 billion users, but many of them are old

  08-05-2023 13:08 via wane.com
  
  Facebook says it is not dead. Facebook also wants you to know that it is not just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years.Now, with the biggest thorn in its side — TikTok — facing heightened government scrutiny amid growing tensions between the U.S. and China, Facebook could, perhaps, position itself as a viable, domestic-bred alternative.There's just one problem: young adults like Devin Walsh have moved on.“I don’t even remember
  
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• Leadership Lab is a training ground for superheroes

  08-05-2023 12:15 via wane.com
  
  Superheroes don't always wear capes. Nonprofit leaders are real-life superheroes who look just like everybody else, but it's the passionate work they do, and the people they help, that make them who they are.The Foellinger Foundation Leadership Lab is meant to support, strengthen and inspire the vital work that nonprofit leaders do in Allen County. The nine-month program is part of the Helene Foellinger Leadership Development Initiative, launched in 2016. More than 200 nonprofit leaders have gra
  
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• ATV crash seriously injures Ohio man

  08-05-2023 10:54 via wane.com
  
  PAULDING COUNTY, OH (WANE)- The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investing an ATV crash that left a man seriously hurt.It happened Sunday evening in Paulding County.Police and medics responded to the crash around 9:10 p.m. on County Road 72 near Township Road 79 in Blue Creek Township. That's about 7 miles east of Payne, Ohio.42-year-old Matthew Roy Glass was traveling east on CR 72 when the ATV he was driving ran off the side of the road. The man hit a utility pole and overturned into a ditch, acco
  
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