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• FWFD reveals causes of 4 Fort Wayne fires from Monday

  16-05-2023 22:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) revealed the reasons behind four fires that occurred in Fort Wayne on Monday.Southwest Fort Wayne FireThe FWFD responded to a house fire in the 3000 block of Sand Point Road just before 6:00 a.m. Monday morning.
  On Tuesday, FWFD Deputy Chief Adam O'Connor said an electrical issue caused the fire, although crews at the scene were unable to find the exact location of the electrical malfunction.O'Connor said most of the evidence
  
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• Infant, toddler hospitalized after 3-car crash in LaGrange

  16-05-2023 22:15 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Four people, including an infant and a toddler, were injured in a 3-vehicle crash Monday morning, according to a release from the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office.Eighteen-year-old Andrya Marshall told police she was driving a Chevy Equinox on US 20 and took her eyes off the road "for only a short amount of time," according to the release. She told police that when she looked back up, a Chevy Trailblazer was stopped in front of her and she couldn't avoid hitting th
  
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• Police: 5 taken to hospital after buggy crash in LaGrange County

  16-05-2023 21:56 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — On Monday, a crash involving a buggy in LaGrange County sent five people — including four children — to the hospital, according to the LaGrange County Sheriff's Office (LCSO).Just before 9:00 a.m., police responded to the intersection of State Road 9 and County Road 500 South on reports of a crash involving a box truck and a buggy.When authorities arrived, they found the driver and the passengers of the buggy laying along the side of the road.Cras
  
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• Whitko reverses course, keeps mental health therapists

  16-05-2023 21:40 via wane.com
  
  LARWILL, Ind. (WANE) - Mental health therapists will stay within Whitko Community Schools, the school board announced Monday night.
  Previously, there were plans to restructure the district's "Social Emotional Learning" program which would've eliminated all mental health therapists working within the schools, superintendent Tim Pivarnik said during the school board meeting.
  During a board work session last week, however, various members of the district's staff and those mental health therapists s
  
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• DNR offers safety tips ahead of summer boating season

  16-05-2023 21:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - May is progressing along and Memorial Day Weekend is almost here! That means many boaters are looking to get back out on the water. However, you should make sure you have a safety plan in place before heading out on the lake.Stay safe on lakes and river with tips from DNRCaptain Jet Quillen, Public Relations Captain for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement, says that water safety starts at home. Parents should talk to their children about the dang
  
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• PLEA DEAL: Fort Wayne man faces 20 years in apartment burglary and shooting

  16-05-2023 20:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It began with an ex-roommate looking for revenge.
  It turned into a robbery where a man ended up duct taped to a chair and shot multiple times in the leg and shoulder.Now, one of four people accused of being involved in a burglary gone wrong that left a man so badly wounded he may have trouble walking for the rest of his life is looking at 20 years in prison.
  Brieon Gray, 22, pleaded guilty to a Level 1 felony count of burglary causing serious bodily injury in Allen Supe
  
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• Recalled Gerber baby formula was sent to US retailers after recall began, wholesaler says

  16-05-2023 18:56 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An infant formula recalled over potential bacteria contamination was distributed to retailers across eight states even after the recall begun, according to a release published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week.In March, Perrigo Co. issued a voluntary recall of certain lots of its Gerber Good Start SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula “out of an abundance of caution” due to the possible presence of Cronobacter sakazakii, a germ that can cause seri
  
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• Crash report reveals new details in death of 19-year-old found in Wabash River

  16-05-2023 18:21 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) - A crash report reveals new details leading up to the death of a 19-year-old whose body was found last week in the Wabash River.Investigators determined Branden Beer was driving too quickly for the rainy weather that day, according to the report.The search for Beer began May 3, when his vehicle was found in the river but he was not inside. He was last seen on April 30, the report said, and Beer's mother found tire tracks that appeared to lead off the road into the river.Ei
  
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• Man accused of burglarizing Evansville Goodwill

  16-05-2023 17:41 via wane.com
  
  HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) - The Evansville Police Department have arrested a man accused of burglarizing a Goodwill.According to an affidavit, on May 13 at about 8:56 p.m., officers were dispatched to 814 Ulhorn Street, ADM Grain. Dispatch advised a witness stated someone hopped a fence going into the factory located at the address. Further updates stated the offender hopped back over the fence and ran to the semi-truck located in the Goodwill's parking lot.Two men arrested in Evansville robbery inve
  
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• COVID's total cost to the economy will reach $14 trillion by end of this year, research finds

  16-05-2023 17:05 via wane.com
  
  (The Conversation) - The economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. will reach US$14 trillion by the end of 2023, our team of economists, public policy researchers and other experts have estimated.Putting a price tag on all the pain, suffering and upheaval Americans and people around the world have experienced because of COVID-19 is, of course, hard to do. More than 1.1 million people have died as a result of COVID-19 in the U.S., an
  
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• Armed intruder shot, killed after breaking into home: Bluffton PD

  16-05-2023 16:37 via wane.com
  
  WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Bluffton Police are investigating what led to the death of a man who allegedly broke into someone's home Sunday night.Officers from Bluffton and Wells County responded to a report of breaking and entering with injury around 11:15 p.m. at a home in the 3400 block of East State Road 124, according to a release from the Bluffton Police Department.First responders found a man identified as 38-year-old Tavis Beavans of Bluffton, who was pronounced dead at the scene.The ini
  
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• Nearly 2,000 organ pipes stolen from Memphis church

  16-05-2023 15:58 via wane.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) - Restoration work on a nearly 100-year-old pipe organ at a historic downtown Memphis church has stopped after someone stole 1,800 pipes that had been boxed up and were headed to a repair shop in the Boston area.Stolen Penske moving truck (Courtesy: Calvary Episcopal Church)
  Calvary Episcopal Church is asking the public to be on the lookout for a yellow Penske moving truck with a Massachusetts plate.
  Organist-Choirmaster Dr. Kristin Lensch said when they arrived at church S
  
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• Here's where Fort Wayne ranks on U.S. News & World Report 'Best Places' list

  16-05-2023 15:31 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) U.S. News & World Report has published it's latest "Best Places" lists and Fort Wayne fares very well.The Summit City comes in at number 5 in the "Top 25 Most Affordable Places to Live in the U.S." ranking, number 15 in "Best Places to Retire" ranking, and number 33 in the "Best Places to Live" ranking.
  Green Bay, Wisconsin grabbed the top spot in the "Best Places to Live" ranking, Lancaster, Pennsylvania was ranked tops for "Best Places to Retire," while Hickory, North Carolina garne
  
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• Illinois girl abducted at 9 found safe 6 years later in North Carolina; mom charged

  16-05-2023 15:29 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH ELGIN, Ill. (WGN) — An Illinois girl who was abducted at 9 years old has been found safe in North Carolina six years later, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.Kayla Unbehaun at 9 years old. (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
  North Carolina's Asheville Police Department said Tuesday that officers responded to a business in Asheville on Saturday after receiving a report from an employee who had recognized Kayla Unbehaun as the missing
  
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• New Mexico gunman who killed 3 and injured 6 shot randomly at cars, houses, police say

  16-05-2023 13:26 via wane.com
  
  FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — An 18-year-old man armed with at least three guns roamed through a northwestern New Mexico community firing randomly at cars and houses, killing three people and injuring six others including two police officers before he was killed, authorities said.The shootings occurred around 11 a.m. Monday in Farmington, a city of about 50,000 people near the Four Corners — where New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado meet — that is a supply line and bedroom communi
  
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• FW non-profits unite for community collection day

  16-05-2023 13:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- The Mustard Seed Furniture Bank and Fort Wayne Habitat Restore are partnering with Treasure House, Lighthouse Family Thrift Store, and Franciscan Center Family Thrift to help the local community for Community Collection Day.
  Items accepted during the Community Collection Day include everything from clothing, linens, toys, and housewares to furniture, building materials, and appliances. The organizations ask that all donated items be clean, in working order, and free of r
  
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• Cook Medical to cut 500 jobs globally under plan to refocus efforts

  16-05-2023 13:02 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Cook Medical will cut 500 jobs under a plan to refocus efforts on product innovation, the Indiana-based maker of medical devices said Monday.The cuts affecting about 4% of its global workforce will include about 223 workers in the U.S., including about 123 in Indiana.Cook Medical said the layoffs will affect sales representatives and other workers dealing with customers. No hourly workers in manufacturing or distribution will be laid off, the Bloomington-based comp
  
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• Fort Wayne Police Department honors officers, citizens alike at awards ceremony

  16-05-2023 03:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Police Department had its annual awards ceremony at the Public Safety Academy Monday night.The event gave the department an opportunity to recognize outstanding officers who stepped above and beyond the call of duty, civilians who aided in dangerous situations and other police employees like dispatchers.
  "It's great to see the officers' faces when they come up to get recognized," said Deputy Police Chief Mitchell McKinney. City of Fort Wayne seeks p
  
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• FWFD: House suffers 'moderate' damage in fire near McCormick Park

  16-05-2023 02:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne firefighters responded to a house fire on Fort Wayne's east side Monday evening.Crews were seen at a house in the 3500 block of Chestnut Street near McCormick Park and the intersection of Washington and Coliseum boulevards. Crews investigate fire at storage facility south of downtown Fort WayneWhen firefighters arrived, they located a fire in a bedroom in the back of the house.Crews were able to get the fire under control in 13 minutes, but the house su
  
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• FWFD: House suffers 'moderate' damage from fire near McCormick Park

  16-05-2023 02:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne firefighters responded to a house fire on Fort Wayne's east side Monday evening.Crews were seen at a house in the 3500 block of Chestnut Street near McCormick Park and the intersection of Washington and Coliseum boulevards. Crews investigate fire at storage facility south of downtown Fort WayneWhen firefighters arrived, they located a fire in a bedroom in the back of the house.Crews were able to get the fire under control in 13 minutes, but the house su
  
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• Firefighters tackle house fire near McCormick Park

  16-05-2023 02:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne firefighters responded to a house fire on Fort Wayne's east side Monday evening.Crews were seen at a house in the 3500 block of Chestnut Street near McCormick Park and the intersection of Washington and Coliseum boulevards. Crews investigate fire at storage facility south of downtown Fort WayneFirefighters deployed multiple ladders to access the top of the house, but it is not clear where the fire started. Fort Wayne Fire Department responds to house fi
  
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• At nearly $48M, this Indiana home is Zillow's most expensive Midwest listing

  16-05-2023 01:43 via wane.com
  
  SANTA CLAUS, Ind. (WGN) — The most expensive home currently listed on Zillow in the Midwest isn't some mansion in Minneapolis or a penthouse in Chicago. The honor falls to a $47,900,000 farm in southern Indiana.Big Tree Farm, near the border with Kentucky, is a 550-acre, or 0.86 square mile estate featuring a main home, a guest quarters building, an entertainment facility a.k.a. honky-tonk roadhouse, a full 1950s style diner, and its own classic car museum, among numerous other features. H
  
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• Fort Wayne Fire Department responds to house fire in southeast Fort Wayne

  16-05-2023 01:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) tackled a house fire in southeast Fort Wayne Monday evening.Crews were spotted in the 3000 block of Monroe Street. Crews investigate fire at storage facility south of downtown Fort WayneWhen WANE 15 arrived, crews were starting to wrap up, but a firefighter at the scene said the fire started in the basement.The FWFD said it will send a press release providing more details on the fire at a later time.
  
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• City of Fort Wayne seeks public feedback on Pontiac Street Market

  16-05-2023 00:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — As the grand opening of Pontiac Street Market inches closer, the City of Fort Wayne has requested public feedback on the grocery store slated to open in southeast Fort Wayne. Pontiac Street Market to lean on community feedback for product selectionAs a result, city officials will be hosting three open houses starting Tuesday to allow residents to provide feedback on preferred products and services for Pontiac Street Market. Construction begins on Pontiac Street Ma
  
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