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• Warsaw church scandal still in limbo 1 year later; ISP finishes investigation

  22-05-2023 23:00 via wane.com
  
  WARSAW, Ind. (WANE) — On May 22, 2022, a church in Warsaw, Indiana, generated headlines that made national news for the days to come.“I have no defense,” then Pastor John Lowe II told his congregation. “I committed the adultery. To say it plainly: I didn’t make a mistake, I didn’t have an issue, I didn’t have an affair, I didn’t make a misjudgment – I sinned. I need to say that, and you deserve to hear it.” Video: Woman accuses War
  
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• Ex-Auburn softball coach charged with child solicitation, stalking

  22-05-2023 23:00 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Whenever he'd hug or walk by them, he'd find a way to inappropriately touch them.That's what the girls later told investigators.
  He also befriended them on social media and asked for photos of what they were wearing almost daily, the girls said. If they didn't respond quickly enough to his messages, he'd become angry, they told investigators.
  Once, he drove to a girl's home and even became "aggressive" with her parents.Those are the accusations against 50-year-old St
  
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• Grammy Award-winning artist Ashanti to perform in Fort Wayne

  22-05-2023 22:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter is set to perform in Fort Wayne this fall.Ashanti will be performing at the Embassy Theatre on October 13. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. for "An Evening with Ashanti", the Embassy said Monday in a release.Ashanti, who is also an actor and author, has released six studio albums in her 20-year career and received a number of awards including eight Billboard Awards, a Grammy, two American Music Awards, two Soul Train Awards a
  
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• Courts: Accused shooter asks 'LOL why u ain't blow back' when victim ducks to miss bullet, faces charges from 2 incidents

  22-05-2023 22:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — First, he shot at a father dropping off his son at Weisser Park Youth Center and then wanted to know why he didn’t “blow back.”Eight days later around 4:15 a.m., he shot up the back of a home in the 3700 block of Bowser Avenue, one bullet striking a man in his buttock.Daeshawn Jones, 18, was charged in both incidents and faces charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and intimidation for the May 8 incident that occurred around 4:30 p
  
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• Invading Indiana: The top invasive plants in our area

  22-05-2023 21:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - As you are doing your spring planting this year, you should make sure you know what plants are actively invasive in our area. Turns out there are more than you might realize.April frost leaves impacts as planting time nearsJayde Grisham, Educator in Urban Agriculture and Horticulture at the Allen County Purdue Extension office, knows all about invasive plants. Before we talk about which plants are currently most invasive, let's focus on how a plant becomes invasive and
  
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• You can now rent seated scooters in Fort Wayne, just don't ride them on sidewalks

  22-05-2023 19:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) There's a new option available for those wishing to get around downtown Fort Wayne without using their own power. Veo has added 100 seated scooters for people to rent in addition to the stand-up electric scooters that have been available for years.The seated scooters are here for a one-year trial according to Nick Jarrell, Manager of Right of Way & Landscape Services for the City of Fort Wayne.
  The seated scooters can only be ridden on the street in a bike lane. Just
  
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• Ford says it will stop competing in over-served markets, won't be all things to all people

  22-05-2023 18:54 via wane.com
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford CEO Jim Farley says the company will stop competing in over-served market segments and instead will place big bets on connected vehicles and digital services.The days of Ford being all things to all people are over, Farley said at the company's capital markets day event Monday.The company, he said, has been “stuck in a box,” with thin profit margins, weak growth and low stock valuation.Ford, Farley said, will emphasize software and services as well a
  
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• Court docs: Love triangle likely at heart of Garrett shooting

  22-05-2023 18:49 via wane.com
  
  GARRETT, Ind. (WANE) - A love triangle likely led to one man firing a gun at another man in a drive-by shooting attempt in downtown Garett this weekend, according to newly release DeKalb Superior Court documents.
  Garrett Police arrested Quanah J. Plowman shortly after the shooting, which damaged two pickup trucks parked in the 100 block of East King Street - near the intersection with North Randolph Street - shortly before 2 a.m. this past Saturday morning, court documents said.Intoxicated drive
  
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• Courts: Defendant sorry, but not sorry as judge hands down 80 years for murder

  22-05-2023 18:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Derrick Dennis Jr. apologized Monday morning to the family of the man he is convicted of murdering back in 2021.Derrick Dennis II was sentenced Monday morning to 80 years in prison after being convicted of murder and using a firearm in a commission of an offense.
  Dennis, convicted of murder in January of the shooting death of Gery Rucker in September 2021, apologized to both families, his mother and the victim's mother just before Allen Superior Court Judge David Zent h
  
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• Staff member at DeKalb Middle on leave after allegedly grabbing student's wrist 'aggressively'

  22-05-2023 17:50 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A staff member at DeKalb Middle School is on administrative leave after being accused of aggressive behavior toward a student, district officials said Monday.According to a release from the district, a staff member "grabbed a student by their wrist in an aggressive manner" Friday afternoon.School officials addressed the situation and a report was filed with the Department of Child Services, according to the release. The staff member was put on administrative leave th
  
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• Debt ceiling talks could affect gas prices. Here's how

  22-05-2023 17:12 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) As Americans gear up for the start of the summer driving season with Memorial Day weekend, the nation’s average price of gasoline is unchanged from a week ago at $3.51 per gallon, 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 price of diesel has fallen 3.2 cents in the last week and stands at $3.94 per gallon.“In the run up to Memorial Day, the national aver
  
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• Intoxicated driver leads police on chase that ends at his house in DeKalb County

  22-05-2023 16:57 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - An Auburn man was arrested Sunday after crashing into a car and leading police on a chase to his house, damaging more property along the way, according to DeKalb County officers.Police arrested 60-year-old Dana Gierhart, who police believe was driving while intoxicated when the series of events unfolded that afternoon.Around 3 p.m., a DeKalb County Sheriff Deputy saw a crash near 7th Street and Touring Drive, according to a release from the sheriff's department. Gier
  
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• Venmo to be officially available for teenagers, although many use it already

  22-05-2023 16:47 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Teenagers will officially be allowed to open a Venmo account with their parent's permission, the company said Monday, expanding the popular social payments app to a age demographic that is likely to embrace it almost immediately.Using Venmo won't necessarily be new to a good number of teens — parents often set up accounts for their children through their own accounts, which is a violation of Venmo's terms of service. There have been guides on the Internet for some tim
  
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• Check your mail: TurboTax users start receiving settlement checks from Intuit

  22-05-2023 16:09 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – If you see a letter from "Intuit Multistate Settlement Administrator" in your mailbox this month, don't throw it out with the junk. It's could be a payment from the $141 million TurboTax settlement.Eligible recipients have started receiving the checks, which are being mailed out throughout May, according to the settlement administrator.
  TurboTax's parent company Intuit was ordered to pay back customers who should have qualified for free tax filing in the 2016, 2017 and 201
  
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• Indiana man killed after his grandfather's grenade detonates

  22-05-2023 15:59 via wane.com
  
  LAKE COUNTY, Ind. -- 47-year-old Bryan Niedert of Lakes of the Four Seasons is dead after a live grenade found inside his grandfather's belongings exploded.Lake County authorities say Niedert was killed and his two teenage children were injured after the detonation. Police responded to reports of an explosion around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20.
  Investigators learned that a family was going through a grandfather's belongings at a home on Lakeshore Drive when they found a grenade. That's when someo
  
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• Americal Idol contestant to perform in hometown of Wabash

  22-05-2023 15:30 via wane.com
  
  WABASH, Ind. (WANE) - An American Idol contestant is coming home to Wabash for a special performance.Zachariah Smith, 19, made it to the top five in the singing competition this season.A 2021 graduate of Wabash High School, Smith is performing at the Honeywell Center June 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale May 26 at 10 a.m. Find details here.It's not Smith's first time performing on the Honeywell stage, as he was a student in the Honeywell Media Arts Program. He's also an alumnus of the Wabash Co
  
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• "Diet Weed" or Delta-8, the marijuana loophole

  22-05-2023 15:09 via wane.com
  
  INDIANA - (WTWO/WAWV) - The legislative session in Indiana has come to a close, and while there were several bills regarding the decriminalization of marijuana proposed, none made it out of committee.
  However, there is a substance legal in Indiana that some call "diet weed", and experts said can cause very similar side effects to marijuana.
  “On one hand we have the marijuana plant. The marijuana plant contains Delta-9 THC. So Delta-9 THC, that’s the psycho-active substance. That&rsqu
  
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• Disaster Unemployment Assistance deadline is Monday

  22-05-2023 15:07 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) –  Indiana residents who were unable to work as a direct result of the March 31-April 1 tornado outbreak have until Monday May 22, 2023, to apply for Disaster Unemployment Insurance (DUA).Eligible individuals in Allen, Benton, Clinton, Grant, Howard, Johnson, Lake, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Sullivan, and White counties can file a claim with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to request benefits. FEMA funds DUA, but the Indiana Department of Workforce
  
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• Biden gets low ratings on economy, guns, immigration in AP-NORC Poll

  22-05-2023 14:23 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden embarks on his reelection campaign, just 33% of American adults say they approve of his handling of the economy and only 24% say national economic conditions are in good shape, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Public approval of Biden's handling of the economy remains low in a time of high inflation, a difficult housing market and concerns about a potential U.S. government debt default. Americ
  
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• 'Rough Draft', new taproom opens in Wells Corridor

  22-05-2023 13:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Coffee, beer and pizza all under one roof, 'Rough Draft Co.' opened their doors two weeks ago in the Bloomingdale neighborhood. 'Rough Draft' offers a wide range of locally owned beers on tap.
  Wane 15 caught up with one of the owners of 'Rough Draft' Kyle Snodgrass about the space, unique style, and what the goal of the taproom is. Snodgrass co-owns 'Rough Draft' with his wife, Kaylie.This organization is Positively Fort Wayne 365 days a year'Rough Draft' is located at 1
  
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• Motorcyclist hurt in deer collision on I-69

  22-05-2023 10:50 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A man from Garrett was hurt late Sunday night, when the motorcycle he was riding hit a deer on I-69 in DeKalb County.According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, Jordan R. Gunion, 24, was traveling north on I-69 near the 325 mile marker just before 10 p.m. when a deer entered from the east side.Gunion's Honda B60 hit the deer, went off the interstate and slid into the median. Gunion was able to get off the motorcycle as it continued sliding.Medics took him to a h
  
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• WATCH: Fight involving referee breaks out at basketball game in Fort Wayne

  22-05-2023 00:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A video of a spectator and referee fighting at a basketball game at SportONE Parkview Fieldhouse has gone viral across social media. The incident happened on Saturday.
  In the video, you can see the spectator approach the referee. The video then jumps to the two physically fighting.
  Witnesses tell WANE 15 the spectator spoke to the referee and was then asked to leave the game. The spectator then started arguing with the referee, which is when the fight started.Witnesses
  
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