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• Straight No Chaser performing at the Embassy this holiday season

  09-05-2023 23:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The a capella group Straight No Chaser is going on a holiday-themed tour and making a stop in Fort Wayne.Straight No Chaser will be performing at the Embassy Theatre on Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m, according to a release from the venue. The concert is part of the group's "Sleighin' It" tour that will begin in the fall. Country star Cole Swindell to perform in Fort WayneTickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Prices range from $46 to $76, according to the release. Get details here.
  
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• Woman embroiled in Trump lawsuit has ties to Fort Wayne

  09-05-2023 23:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A woman with ties to Fort Wayne is being awarded $5 million in the case that accuses former president Donald Trump of raping her in 1996.Before her highly publicized lawsuit against Trump, E. Jean Carroll made a name for herself in the mid-1990s with an advice column in Elle magazine, stories published in Esquire and even a writing stint on Saturday Night Live.
  But her roots are in Fort Wayne.
  Carroll, back then known as Jeanie Carroll, graduated from South Side High Sc
  
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• Cedarhurst of Fort Wayne hosts birthday party for ducks born on property

  09-05-2023 23:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For weeks, residents and officials at Cedarhurst of Fort Wayne have waited for a duck on their property to lay her eggs.Cedarhurst of Fort Wayne leads Daisy and her 12 ducklings to a pond near the property on May 9, 2023.
  Now, with the 12 ducklings hatched and attached to their mother's hip, the residents threw a party to celebrate in the form of "The Waddle-Speck-Quackular."Brooke Peters, executive director of Cedarhurst of Fort Wayne, said the duck, named Daisy
  
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• NACS presents new plans, costs, and timelines for new middle school, a new central office, and other renovations

  09-05-2023 22:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- At Monday night's school board meeting, the Northwest Allen County Schools board hosted its first public hearing related to plans to address overcrowding at schools in the district.Superintendent Wayne Barker began the presentation with a recap of how they got to this point.It included results from a population and enrollment forecast presented to the district in October of 2022 by Dr. Jerome McKibben. Canterbury School breaks ground on Fine Arts CenterMcKibben's forec
  
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• Canterbury School breaks ground on Fine Arts Center

  09-05-2023 21:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Tuesday, Canterbury School broke ground on the site of the school's future Fine Arts Center.The land will be home to an 18,000-square-foot facility that will serve as the hub for The Academy of the Arts at Canterbury.Canterbury Fine Arts Center (Credit to Design Collaborative)
  David Jackson, Head of School at Canterbury School, said the groundbreaking ceremony was a "euphoric moment."Canterbury School to add 18,000-square-foot fine arts center"Our facilities re
  
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• Lindenwood Cemetery is a burial ground for thousands of Civil War veterans

  09-05-2023 21:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Cemeteries across America often have unique features to them and many include things the public may not know about.One cemetery in Fort Wayne is one of the oldest cemeteries in the region where many soldiers who fought in the Civil War are buried. Lindenwood Cemetery on West Main Street has been a final resting place for people, especially military veterans since 1860. The front entrance to the cemetery contains six flagpoles to honor all the U.S. military branches.Sitt
  
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• LIVE: Jury rejects claim of rape against Trump, awards accuser $2M

  09-05-2023 21:06 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors rejected E. Jean Carroll’s rape claim against Donald Trump, but found him liable for battery in 1996 attack.The jury awarded Carroll at least $2 million.The details of the verdict were to be announced at 3 p.m. in a federal courtroom in New York City.Word of the verdict emerged just a few hours after the jury began deliberating in the case, which alleges Trump raped Carroll in a luxury Manhattan department store in 1996.U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan read
  
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• LIVE: Jury reaches verdict in suit accusing Trump of rape

  09-05-2023 21:06 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors reached a verdict Tuesday in the lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of raping advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996.The verdict was to be announced at 3 p.m. in a federal courtroom in New York City.Word of the verdict emerged just a few hours after the jury began deliberating in the case, which alleges Trump raped Carroll in a luxury Manhattan department store in 1996.U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan read instructions on the law to the nine-person j
  
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• LIVE: Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M

  09-05-2023 21:06 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House.The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of jury deliberations. Jurors rejected Carroll’s claims that she was raped, but found Trump liable for sexually abusing her.Hours earlier, U.S. District Judge Lewis A.
  
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• Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M

  09-05-2023 21:06 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House.The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of jury deliberations. Jurors rejected Carroll’s claims that she was raped, but found Trump liable for sexually abusing her.Hours earlier, U.S. District Judge Lewis A.
  
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• Jury reaches verdict in suit accusing Trump of rape

  09-05-2023 20:53 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors have reached a verdict in a lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of raping advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.The verdict was to be announced at 3 p.m. in a federal courtroom in New York City.Carroll, one of more than a dozen women who accused Trump of sexual assault or harassment, went public in 2019 with her allegation that the Republican raped her in the dressing room of a posh Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s.Trump, 76, chose not to attend the
  
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• Get a free McChicken at McDonald's for one day only

  09-05-2023 20:22 via wane.com
  
  (WSYR) — Love chicken sandwiches? How about free chicken sandwiches? If so, you can head to McDonald's for a free McChicken.The restaurant chain has announced a one-day-only deal, offering the sandwich for free to McDonald's customers all day Wednesday — but there's a catch.(Courtesy of SHIFT Communications)
  To get your free McChicken (regular or spicy), you have to order using the McDonald’s app, though no purchase is necessary. Ale ‘n’ Angus Pub wins Best NY Burge
  
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• Historic DeKalb County chapel could be on the move

  09-05-2023 20:18 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) — The Meese Chapel has stood in Auburn for over 120 years.
  And while most buildings only leave their foundations when demolished, the Chapel is set to move.The chapel during construction
  "We would like to work with you (DeKalb County Airport), to find a new home for Meese Chapel because we know it can't stay there," said John Bry, former DeKalb County historian.
  Bry has been at the helm of the project to move the chapel since the DeKalb County Airport bought the la
  
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• Officials: Roughly $400K missing from downtown Fort Wayne church

  09-05-2023 19:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Federal authorities are investigating what happened to roughly $400,000 of funds that went missing from First Presbyterian Church in downtown Fort Wayne, according to recent letters church officials sent to parishioners.The letters, obtained by WANE 15, say the money was likely misappropriated over an extended period of time by someone no longer working at the church, which is located at 300 West Wayne Street across from the Main Branch of the Allen County Library.
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• Dunkin' Donuts is coming to downtown Fort Wayne

  09-05-2023 18:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Plans to build a new Dunkin’ Donuts store downtown were submitted this week to the Fort Wayne Plan Commission.Raj Patel of the Hari Group in Naperville, Illinois plans to build the new store at 1117 S. Clinton Street on approximately a half-acre bounded by East Jefferson Boulevard and South Barr Street, according to documents. Dunkin Donuts going in near GeorgetownThe developer is asking for site plan approval for an 800-square foot store with a drive-thru amenity
  
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• 3 injured after SUV hits car; driver says brakes stopped working

  09-05-2023 17:51 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Three people were sent to the hospital Monday after a crash at a DeKalb County intersection.According to a release from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, 40-year-old Ryan Huffman told police he was driving a 2008 GMC Acadia on County Road 24 and tried to brake for a stop sign at the intersection with CR 35. That's when he said the brakes stopped working, according to the report, and the SUV crashed into an oncoming 2008 Ford Fusion driven by 42-year-old Shannon Bol
  
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• AMC Theatres to make big change at concession stands

  09-05-2023 17:43 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – AMC is hoping to take a bite out of its overhead costs by launching its own line of branded candies to sell in theaters.AMC operates the theater complex at Jefferson Pointe in Fort Wayne.
  Adam Aron, the chairman and CEO of AMC Theatres, revealed the news in an earnings call last week, saying the plans were prompted by the rising cost of supplying brand-name candy in AMC’s multiplexes.“We noticed recently, as a result of pandemic and the supply chain shortages, that
  
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• Louisiana man accused of shooting girl playing hide and seek in head

  09-05-2023 15:22 via wane.com
  
  STARKS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been charged with aggravated assault and battery after shooting at children who had been playing hide and seek outside his home, striking a 14-year-old girl, officials said.The girl suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head early Sunday, and was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on social media Monday.Investigators learned
  
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• Rangers search for two overdue mountain climbers in Alaska, one from Columbia City

  09-05-2023 13:46 via wane.com
  
  DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — Aerial and limited ground searches were underway Monday in Alaska for two overdue mountain climbers whose last known tracks disappeared at the site of an avalanche, officials said.Eli Michel, 34, of Columbia City, Indiana, and Nafiun Awal, 32, of Seattle, were last known to be near Moose’s Tooth, a 10,300-foot (3,140-meter) mountain in Ruth Gorge, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) southeast of Denali, North America’s tallest mountai
  
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• Broadway performers support Carroll High School students in production of canceled play

  09-05-2023 03:35 via wane.com
  
  WARNING: The attached video contains a small amount of language that may not be suitable for all viewers.
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — As Carroll High School students prepare to independently produce a play previously canceled by school officials, word of the students' efforts has made it all the way to Broadway.Numerous cast members of the Broadway production of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," sent a video offering their support and best wishes to the Carroll students behin
  
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• Gov. Holcomb signs bill allowing pharmacists to prescribe contraception

  09-05-2023 02:34 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — A new Indiana law will expand access to contraception by allowing pharmacists to start prescribing birth control pills and patches later this year.Women would not need to see a doctor before obtaining the prescription, which is currently allowed in about half of all states in the U.S., according to the Indiana Pharmacy Association."There are several counties in Indiana where there isn't a provider who can provide contraception services, and so there is a pharmacy in all of t
  
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• Fort Wayne native returns to Wheel of Fortune, wins again

  09-05-2023 00:47 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — Three years after emerging victorious on his first stint on Wheel of Fortune, Northrup graduate Christian Dixie came out on top once again on Monday.Dixie returned to the popular game show as part of Wheel of Fortune's "Fan Favorite Week."Once again, Dixie survived and made it to the bonus round with just under $20,000 thanks to correctly guessing multiple puzzles.During the bonus round, Dixie navigated his way through the last puzzle and answered correctly with "Pay Them a Visit.
  
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• Fort Wayne native returns to Wheel of Fortune

  09-05-2023 00:47 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — Three years after emerging victorious on his first stint on Wheel of Fortune, Northrup graduate Christian Dixie looks to do it again on Monday.Dixie will once again participate in the popular game show as part of Wheel of Fortune's "Fan Favorite Week."In 2020, Dixie walked away with $65,000. ‘Wheel of Fortune’ win is Positively Fort WayneDixie told WANE 15 he did his best to prepare for his second stint by playing Wordle and versions of the Wheel of Fortune video game.
  
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