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• 'I have a small army of firearms:' Huntington man sentenced for illegally making, selling guns

  10-05-2023 23:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On Wednesday, a U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Huntington man to four and a half years in prison after he pleaded guilty to dealing and manufacturing illegal guns.In addition to a 54-month prison sentence, 26-year-old Adam Meekin will also serve two years of supervised release.According to documents in the case, authorities started an investigation in 2018 based on seized firearms from Indiana, Illinois and Michigan that were used in crimes, which eventuall
  
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• Son of Martin Luther King Jr. to visit Fort Wayne for monument dedication

  10-05-2023 22:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is visiting Fort Wayne for the dedication of a monument that honors the Civil Rights activist.Pillars of Hope and Justice is a monument that honors King's legacy and the historic speech he made in Fort Wayne on June 5, 1963, according to a release from the city. King's speech was one of several that year leading up to "I Have a Dream". Sixty years later, the monument is being officially dedicated to the leader on June 5.The event in
  
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• Former escape room owner offers new game show experience in Fort Wayne

  10-05-2023 21:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — With two Fort Wayne residents each showing their game show prowess on national television in the last month, community members may be itching to do the same on a smaller scale.Thanks to the recent opening of Fort Wayne Game Show Experience, that dream can now be a reality. Fort Wayne native returns to Wheel of Fortune, wins againCorey Ford, owner of Fort Wayne Game Show Experience, previously owned an escape room, but he said he wanted to offer a fun activity that
  
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• Escape room owner offers new game show experience in Fort Wayne

  10-05-2023 21:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — With two Fort Wayne residents each showing their game show prowess on national television in the last month, community members may be itching to do the same on a smaller scale.Thanks to the recent opening of Fort Wayne Game Show Experience, that dream can now be a reality. Fort Wayne native returns to Wheel of Fortune, wins againCorey Ford, owner of Fort Wayne Game Show Experience, also owns an escape room, but he said he wanted to offer a fun activity that allowe
  
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• Amazon offers Prime shoppers $10 if they opt for pickup

  10-05-2023 21:05 via wane.com
  
  Amazon’s new incentive pays you to help reduce theftIN THIS ARTICLE:LG C2 Series 42-inch Class OLED TVApple Watch Series 8Charmin Ultra Gentle Toilet PaperAccording to an article on NewsNation, porch pirates stole about 260 million packages last year in the U.S. To help combat this problem, Amazon has launched a new incentive program. By using Amazon's pickup option, not only are customers guaranteed to always get what they ordered, but they get paid to do it, too. That's a win/w
  
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• Dessert caterer opens bakery, coffee shop in Fort Wayne

  10-05-2023 20:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A business that has catered desserts for the past three years has now opened a walk-in bakery and coffee shop in Fort Wayne.Since 2019, Sweet Cream Bakery has been on Crescent Avenue near the intersection with State Boulevard. Now, the space is open to the public, adding "coffery" to the title and espresso to the menu along with a rotating selection of cupcakes and other desserts for walk-in customers.The bakery offers tables and couches to enjoy your sweet treats insid
  
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• Crews respond to fire at home in southeast Fort Wayne

  10-05-2023 20:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Firefighters responded Wednesday afternoon to a fire at a southeast side home.The flames reportedly started around 2 p.m. at a house in the 3100 block of Central Drive.No injuries were reported, crews at the scene told WANE 15.
  
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• Spring property tax payments due

  10-05-2023 19:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The spring property tax payments are due Wednesday, May 10, and land owners who use the monthly installment plan may want to check on the status of their payments.Months ago the Allen County Assessor's Office changed the monthly installment processing system. Anyone who used the old system needs to have registered on the new system.
  Thee was no notification sent out about the monthly payment change, so in the case of one taxpayer, a lump sum payment was necessary to avoid
  
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• FDA advisers endorse over-the-counter birth control pill

  10-05-2023 19:37 via wane.com
  
  A panel of outside advisors to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted Wednesday that the benefits of making a birth control pill available over the counter outweigh the potential risks.The vote represents a major step forward in the decades-long push to make birth control pills available without a prescription for the first time ever.The FDA is expected to make a final decision later this summer. The agency does not have to follow the panel's recommendation.Members of the agency's ad
  
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• Sheriff's deputy attacked, killed by dog in Indianapolis while doing favor for a for friend

  10-05-2023 19:24 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) – An Indiana sheriff's deputy is dead and her son is in the hospital after they were attacked while dogsitting at their home in Indianapolis on Tuesday.Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called around 8 p.m. to the city's east side, on reports of an aggressive animal. Upon arrival, IMPD said officers spoke with neighbors who said that a person had been attacked by an aggressive dog inside a nearby home. Officers attempted to get inside an
  
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• IOSHA investigating death at Amazon facility

  10-05-2023 19:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE/AP) - The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) is investigating the death of a worker Monday at an Amazon fulfillment center in Fort Wayne. IOSHA opened the investigation Tuesday. It's not known how long that investigation could take.
  On Wednesday, the Allen County Coroner's Office released its autopsy report which indicated the worker death was caused by blunt force injury and it was ruled an accident.
  The coroner identified the worker as 20-year-
  
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• Coroner: Fort Wayne Amazon center death due to blunt force injury; worker ID'd

  10-05-2023 19:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A worker's death at an Amazon fulfillment center in Fort Wayne on Monday was caused by blunt force injury and ruled an accident, according to the Allen County Coroner.
  The coroner identified the worker as 20-year-old Caes David Gruesbeck but released little else about the man's death.Amazon employee dies after injury at Fort Wayne facility: policeEmergency crews and police were called to the fulfillment center warehouse at 9798 Smith Road on Monday afternoon after a rep
  
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• Sheriff's deputy killed, child bit in dog attack on Indy's east side

  10-05-2023 18:43 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — A Marion County sheriff's deputy is dead and her son is in the hospital after they were attacked while dogsitting at their home on the city's east side.Indianapolis Metropolitan police crews were called around 8 p.m. to the 1700 block of Forsythia Drive, near the intersection of 16th Street and Franklin Road on the city's east side, on reports of an aggressive animal.Upon arrival, IMPD said officers spoke with neighbors who said that a person had been attacked by an aggressi
  
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• Sam's Club is selling a giant inflatable 'Friends' couch sprinkler

  10-05-2023 18:17 via wane.com
  
  BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. DetailsNOSTALGIC AND REFRESHING SUMMER FUN IS JUST A CLICK AWAYIN THIS ARTICLE:
  BigMouth Inc. Friends Couch SprinklerSunny & Fun Slide 'N' Spray Inflatable Water SlideHearthSong Rainbow Arch Sprinkler InflatableKids love cooling off with colorful inflatable sprinklers, but why should they have all the fun? If you've ever longed for a fun and refreshing play sprinkler of your own — and you happen to be a "Fr
  
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• Plan for the future of 18 Fort Wayne neighborhoods adopted

  10-05-2023 18:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A plan addressing the future needs of 18 neighborhoods that comprise what's known as the Packard Area of Fort Wayne has been adopted.
  The Packard 2030 neighborhood plan is the result of efforts by Fort Wayne's Neighborhood Planning and Activation Workgroup and the Packard Area Planning Alliance.The Packard area is comprised of the following neighborhoods:Broad RiverFoster ParkSherwood to PettitCourts of WoodhurstHarrison HillSouth WayneCreighton HomeHoagland Maset
  
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• FWPD squad car involved in 3-car crash on West Jefferson

  10-05-2023 18:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating a crash involving an officer and two other drivers Wednesday morning on West Jefferson Boulevard.An FWPD squad car could be seen on the side of the road outside Casa! Ristorante. Two other cars were in the lot nearby.Several FWPD units were at the scene investigating. It's not clear if anyone was injured.WANE 15 has a crew at the scene, and this story will be updated as we learn more.
  
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• What's old is new again, Ohio brings back tourism slogan

  10-05-2023 17:29 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WANE) Ohio officials including Governor Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that a tourism slogan used by the state between 1984 and 2001 is coming back.
  "Ohio, The Heart of it All," will be used to promote the state as a tourist destination as well as a great place to live, learn, work, and raise a family.“As Ohio evolves into a powerhouse for technology and innovation, we're looking at the classic "Ohio, The Heart of it All" tagline in a new way," said Governor DeWine. &ldquo
  
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• Previous crashes by Fort Wayne police officer involved in pedestrian death had been 'preventable'

  10-05-2023 15:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Records related to a Fort Wayne police officer involved in a crash that killed a pedestrian at a downtown intersection last month indicate previous crashes he had been involved in were "preventable."
  Henry Najdeski died after being struck by a pickup driven by on-duty officer Sgt. Joshua Hartup on April 19 as he walked across Main Street. Hartup struck Najdeski while he was making a left turn from Calhoun onto Main.
  WANE 15 previously reported that since being hired in 19
  
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• 4 staff leave Indianapolis-area school where kid ate vomit

  10-05-2023 15:02 via wane.com
  
  BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Four staff members at a suburban Indianapolis school have been fired or have submitted their resignations after a 7-year-old special education student was told to eat his own vomit.The board of the Brownsburg Community School Corp. approved the actions Monday night for the staff at Brown Elementary School.They are among five staff members the Hendricks County Prosecutor’s Office has charged with neglect or failure to report neglect after the February inci
  
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• Wendy's to test AI chatbot at Ohio drive-thru

  10-05-2023 14:51 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A fast food chain is teaming up with Google to add artificial intelligence to its menu.Wendy's is planning to launch an AI chatbot to automate its restaurants' drive-thrus, a representative for the company told Nexstar's WCMH on Tuesday. Dubbed FreshAI, the AI tech will hold limited conversations with customers, handling their food orders and answering frequently asked questions. The bot will integrate with the store's hardware and cash register systems for processi
  
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• Here's why Indiana's gas tax will increase in July

  10-05-2023 14:26 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana agency confirmed Tuesday that the state’s gasoline tax will go up by one cent this summer under an annual increase that Republican legislators voted recently to extend by three years.The inflation-related increase for the fuel tax the goes toward infrastructure projects currently rings in at 33 cents a gallon. That will go up the maximum of a penny to 34 cents a gallon on July 1, the Indiana Department of Revenue said. Will we see $4 a gallon at the pum
  
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• Columbia City climber in Alaska likely triggered avalanche, fell

  10-05-2023 13:21 via wane.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two mountain climbers missing in Alaska likely triggered a small avalanche, and officials said Tuesday the projected path of their suspected fall would end at a heavily crevassed glacier.“That is the area we are focusing our aerial search efforts in the days to come,” Denali National Park and Preserve spokesperson Maureen Gualtieri said.Eli Michel, 34, of Columbia City, Indiana, and Nafiun Awal, 32, of Seattle, are presumed to have fallen Friday while c
  
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• Woman killed in shooting off Lillie Street

  10-05-2023 09:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne police are investigating a fatal shooting near an alley off Lillie Street.Shortly after 11:30 Tuesday night, several people called 911 to report hearing gunshots in the 1300 block of Lillie. Responding officers located a woman near an alley behind a home, suffering from a gunshot wound. Medics pronounced her dead.Investigators have searched the area for witnesses. They're asking anyone with information to contact the Fort Wayne Police Department at 427-1201,
  
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• Police identify victim, suspect in fatal Lillie Street shooting

  10-05-2023 09:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department has identified both the suspect and victim from a fatal shooting that happened near an alley off Lillie Street Tuesday night.Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, several people called 911 to report hearing gunshots in the 1300 block of Lillie Street.
  Responding officers located a woman, identified by the FWPD on Wednesday as Kiera Zepke, near an alley behind a home suffering from a gunshot wound. Police: Child dies after being struck in
  
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• Lantern release held for late Amazon employee

  10-05-2023 06:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Amazon Employees held a lantern release Tuesday night after an employee died at the Fort Wayne fulfillment center on Smith Road Monday.Employees came together to show their support by releasing lanterns off into the sky at dusk, just before 9:30 p.m. Over 50 people attended the event with signed lanterns with sayings like, "in memory of" on them.Amazon employee dies after injury at Fort Wayne facility: policeThe lantern release event was put on by employees who said it
  
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• Lantern release held for Amazon worker who died

  10-05-2023 06:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Amazon Employees held a lantern release Tuesday night after an employee died at the Fort Wayne fulfillment center on Smith Road Monday.Employees came together to show their support by releasing lanterns into the sky at dusk. More than 50 people attended the event. Many of the lanterns had sayings like "in memory of" written on them.Amazon employee dies after injury at Fort Wayne facility: policeThe lantern release event was put on by employees who said it was the least
  
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• Northrop United Sound students perform Tuesday

  10-05-2023 04:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It was a special evening at Northrop High School. It was a moment that broke barriers.A group of musicians at the school had the opportunity to perform with the Northrop Orchestra. These musicians though are a part of a program called Play with Us.
  Students get ready to play.Applied skills students perform.Applied skills students perform.Applied skills students perform.A great performance!Here's how it works - For the past two years, applied skills students at Northrop
  
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• Fort Wayne City Council discusses Indiana Tech construction

  10-05-2023 03:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne City Council discussed clearing right of way for new construction at Indiana Tech.
  The move will vacate Schick Street from East Washington Boulevard to East Wayne Street at 914 to 982 Schick Street to accommodate the construction of new residential facilities and parking for Indiana Tech.Councilman Geoff Paddock also serves on the Indiana Tech Board of Trustees and is excited at the prospect of Indiana Tech's enrollment growing. Southwest Fort Wayn
  
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• Police: Motorcyclist taken to hospital after DeKalb County crash

  10-05-2023 03:54 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — An Angola man is in the hospital after being ejected from his motorcycle following a single-vehicle crash near Garrett on Tuesday, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department (DSCD).At approximately 7:00 p.m., 22-year-old Justyn Morrison was heading southbound on County Road 7 near County Road 54 at a high rate of speed when Morrison attempted to slow down, according to the DCSD. Ex-trucker leads state police on chase across 3 Indiana countiesPolice sai
  
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• Police investigate crash west of downtown Fort Wayne

  10-05-2023 03:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Authorities are investigating the scene of a crash west of downtown Fort Wayne Tuesday night, according to dispatchers.Numerous police vehicles were seen near the roundabout at Bass and Thomas Roads.Authorities investigate a crash near the roundabout at Bass and Thomas roads.
  Authorities have not said if anyone suffered injuries in the crash.WANE 15 has a crew at the scene and will provide updates as the situation unfolds.
  
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• Police: Child dies after being struck in driveway west of downtown Fort Wayne

  10-05-2023 03:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A small child is dead following a crash in a driveway west of downtown Fort Wayne Tuesday night, according to the Allen County Sheriff's Department (ACSD).At approximately 8:26 p.m., the ACSD responded to reports of a crash in the 4500 block of Bass Road near the intersection of Bass and Thomas roads.Authorities investigate a crash near the roundabout at Bass and Thomas roads.
  A preliminary investigation showed an adult was backing out of a driveway in an SUV and
  
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• Southwest Fort Wayne townhouse complex gets shot down by City Council

  10-05-2023 03:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — After a weekslong controversy, a townhouse complex set for South Bend Drive was shot down by Fort Wayne City Council on Tuesday. Application shows townhomes proposal across from Canterbury SchoolAfter the Plan Commission gave City Council a recommendation to not pass, council listened by rejecting the rezoning proposal for the project with a 1-6 vote.With Thomas Didier and Jason Arp absent, Councilman Russ Jehl was the only vote in favor of the plan.Townhomes
  
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• 'Welcome Home' celebrations for Honor Flight set to return

  10-05-2023 01:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For the first time since October 2019, Honor Flight Northeast Indiana will be able to host "Welcome Home" celebrations to honor military veterans.The next Honor Flight and corresponding "Welcome Home" celebration will take place May 24.In 2020 and 2021, the celebrations were initially canceled due to COVID-19, and the celebrations have still been on pause due to construction at Fort Wayne International Airport. Honor Flight confirms date for new Purple Heart Fligh
  
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• Courts: Accused killer in double homicide believed teen cheated him in business deals, prosecutor says

  10-05-2023 00:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A few days after two teenagers were found shot to death in a garage on Cumberland Avenue in December 2021, Tre Zwieg was charged with their deaths.No motive for the shootings was given until Tuesday when Allen County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Tom Chaille said in opening arguments that Zwieg believed one of the victims, Brendan Cole, had cheated him on business deals.Zwieg was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of felony murder, burglary and using a firear
  
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