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• 'It blew up': Photo recreation goes Fort Wayne-viral, sparks generational memories

  26-05-2023 23:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — It's a common phrase that a picture is worth a thousand words, but how many memories is it worth?It's a question that a Fort Wayne family has been finding the answer to since uploading a viral Facebook post in April.
  "It blew up. I got so many comments on how great the photo was," Andy Harvey said.The post showed two side-by-side pictures of Andy's 92-year-old father, Harry Harvey. One from 1940 and one from 2021.
  The side-by-side photos that Andy uploaded to
  
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• 'I didn't know a radio could do that:' New equipment for Fort Wayne firefighters

  26-05-2023 22:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) will soon have new, state-of-the-art radios to improve communication during a fire.The bulk of the cost was picked up by a grant.The current radios have been in service since 2011 and are no longer supported by the vendor."It's like going from a Nokia flip phone to getting your first iPhone," firefighter Kameron Bell said during a training session. "I didn't know a radio could do that."The ability to talk from firefighter to firefi
  
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• Courts: Fort Wayne teen sentenced to 55 years for faux drug deal killing

  26-05-2023 22:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - An Allen Superior Court judge sentenced a 16-year-old boy who admitted to a south side killing this past October to 55 years in prison Friday.
  Austin Moran previously pleaded guilty to one count of murder as part of a deal with prosecutors and admitted to shooting 19-year-old Yael Edu Esparza near West Wildwood Avenue this past fall.
  As part of the deal, prosecutors agreed to drop a 20-year enhancement Moran faced for using a firearm in the commission of a crime.
  The ju
  
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• Courts: Bat attack that left man comatose nets two years for Fort Wayne woman

  26-05-2023 22:30 via wane.com
  
  WARNING: The following story contains graphic details not suitable for all readersFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A woman convicted in an attack where she split a man's skull with a baseball bat received a 2-year prison sentence in Allen Superior Court on Friday.
  A jury previously convicted 29-year-old Brittany Shears of felony counts of aggravated battery and neglect of a dependent in the attack, which left a man comatose in the early morning hours of July 17.Courts: Not guilty on attempted murder fo
  
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• Courts: Jury awards Fort Wayne woman $2.6 million in medical malpractice suit

  26-05-2023 21:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A jury in Allen Superior Court awarded a Fort Wayne woman more than $2.6 million in damages Thursday for a botched medical procedure that left her with a disfigured and virtually unusable lower right leg.
  Initially filed in 2014, the lawsuit stemmed from when Zandra A. Chapman went to the now torn down St. Joseph Hospital for a cardiac catheterization procedure back in 2012.
  A cardiac catheterization is a roughly 30- or 40-minute procedure where a doctor puts a catheter
  
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• ISP: Man charged with OWI after Miami County crash

  26-05-2023 21:37 via wane.com
  
  MIAMI COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A 52-year-old Peru man received a felony OWI charge on Thursday following a crash in Miami County, according to Indiana State Police (ISP).At approximately 11:10 p.m., ISP responded to a crash near the intersection of N. Broadway Street and Shields Avenue in Peru, Indiana.One of the drivers, identified as Timothy D. See, reportedly displayed signs of impairment and failed field sobriety tests, according to ISP. Volunteer firefighter killed in tanker crash in Ran
  
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• Teacher of the Year named for Southwest Allen County Schools

  26-05-2023 21:21 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A elementary school teacher was surprised with an award Friday for her work in Southwest Allen County Schools.Jennifer Peeper, who currently teaches fourth graders at Covington Elementary School, was given the Teacher of the Year award.A release from the district said Peeper started teaching at SACS in 2013 after teaching in Maracaibo, Venezuela and Cape Town, South Africa.A few years into working in the district, Peeper realized many students were coming to school wi
  
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• Escaped inmate's daughter shares video asking him to turn himself in

  26-05-2023 21:03 via wane.com
  
  LIMA, Ohio (WANE) - As the search continues for an inmate who escaped Tuesday from an Ohio correctional institution, the man's daughter shared a video asking her dad to turn himself in.The Ohio State Highway Patrol shared the video Friday of Bradley Gillespie's daughter sending a message directed to her dad.James Lee and Bradley Gillespie (Allen County Sheriff's Office)
  "Hey Dad, if you're hearing this, I'd prefer you to turn yourself in before something bad happens," the woman said in the video
  
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• Ex Auburn softball coach appears in court for child seduction case

  26-05-2023 20:26 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) - A man who used to coach softball in Auburn appeared in court virtually Thursday from the DeKalb County Jail, where he had been booked on charges of child seduction and stalking.Steve Kaufman, 50, is accused of inappropriately touching multiple girls ages 14 and under on a travel softball team he created as well as showing up at one girl's home to yell at her and her parents when she did not respond to social media messages he sent her, according to DeKalb Superior Court doc
  
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• Verdict: Accused triple homicide shooter found guilty on all counts

  26-05-2023 19:54 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - An Allen County jury found a local man guilty Friday on three counts of murder.Jacquail Belcher, 30, was accused of shooting to death Breondon Pinkston, 28, Deshaun Devon Richards, 25 and Dernail Ivory Brown, 26, on July 28, 2018, a few minutes after midnight as they rode in a small passenger car at Fourth and Harrison streets.He was found guilty of murder and of using a firearm in the commission of a murder which typically adds 20 years to a sentence. In all, he
  
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• Former Northwest Allen County Schools Superintendent takes new job

  26-05-2023 19:09 via wane.com
  
  VIGO COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A former Northwest Allen County School's (NACS)Superintendent who took a leave of absence and ultimately retired from the district after serving for 12 years has been named the top administrator for the Vigo County School Corporation.Chris Himsel was announced as the new superintendent on Tuesday.Himsel’s retirement from NACS took effect on June 30, 2022. In January 2022 he announced a leave of absence to address health concerns.
  He was named Superintendent of the
  
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• Passenger opens airplane door mid-flight; 12 slightly hurt

  26-05-2023 18:37 via wane.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A passenger opened an emergency exit door during a plane flight in South Korea on Friday, causing air to blast inside the cabin and slightly injure 12 people, officials said. The plane landed safely.Some people aboard the Asiana Airlines Airbus A321 aircraft tried to stop the person, who was able to partially open the door, the Transport Ministry said.The person was detained by airport police on suspicion of violating the aviation security law, a ministry statemen
  
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• LOOK: Red Panda exhibit opening at Fort Wayne Children's Zoo

  26-05-2023 17:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne is now home to one of the country's largest Red Panda habitats.The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo announced Red Panda Ridge is opening to the public Saturday when the zoo opens for the day at 9 a.m. It's one of the largest Red Panda habitats in U.S. zoos, according to the release.The exhibit is the first in the zoo's reimagined Asian Trek area, which is also home to a Chinese muntjac deer named Zoji, and five Asian birds including a white-eared pheasant, Gretel; V
  
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• Grant advances cleanup of abandoned Huntington factory after 2022 arson

  26-05-2023 17:36 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) - A federal grant totaling nearly $1 million is moving progress along for the cleanup of a Huntington factory that was deliberately set on fire in 2022.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday a Brownfield Cleanup Grant Award of $991,000 to support Huntington's efforts to remediate the contaminated site, demolish what's left and make a plan for the property to be used again in the future, the city announced in a release.H.K. Porter is a facility that si
  
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• Accused child sex trafficker with Indiana ties lands on FBI's 10 Most Wanted list; reward increased to $250,000

  26-05-2023 16:54 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- A man with Indiana ties landed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.According to the FBI's St. Louis Field Office, 58-year-old Donald Eugene Fields II is wanted for alleged involvement in sex trafficking. Authorities said Fields II trafficked at least one child in Missouri between 2013 and 2017.
  "It is alleged that he did knowingly attempt to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, maintain, patronize and solicit a person whom he believed was under the age of
  
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• Police look for missing Fort Wayne woman

  26-05-2023 16:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are looking for a woman who was last seen walking her dog on the city's south side.A public safety alert was issued Friday morning around 10:30 a.m. for a 32-year-old woman described by police as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 98 pounds, and who walks with a limp. Police said she was last seen wearing pink glasses with pink tinted lenses, wearing a floral top and beige shorts, and walking a white Shih-Tzu.Anyone with information on the missing woman can
  
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• Police locate missing Fort Wayne woman

  26-05-2023 16:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police have found a woman who was last seen walking her dog on the city's south side.A public safety alert was issued Friday morning around 10:30 a.m. for a 32-year-old woman described by police as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 98 pounds, and who walks with a limp. Police said she was last seen wearing pink glasses with pink tinted lenses, wearing a floral top and beige shorts, and walking a white Shih-Tzu.At 10:45 a.m. police say they found the woman in the W
  
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• Court docs: Fight at Fort Wayne bar leads to double shooting and attempted murder charge

  26-05-2023 16:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It began with one man punching another inside a south side bar after 2 a.m.
  It ended with people spilling to the outside, multiple gunmen firing their weapons in various directions, a security guard firing a gun of his own, two people left in life-threatening condition from bullet wounds and one man facing an attempted murder charge.
  Those are the details in newly released Allen Superior Court documents describing a melee turned double shooting outside Las Lomas Mexican
  
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• You can meet this American Idol contestant in Wabash

  26-05-2023 15:33 via wane.com
  
  WABASH, Ind. (WANE) - One of the top five contestants on the latest season of American Idol is coming to Wabash to meet fans ahead of a performance in his hometown.Downtown Wabash, Inc. announced Zachariah Smith will host a meet and greet June 2 on Miami Street as part of the city's monthly First Friday event.Americal Idol contestant to perform in hometown of WabashFans get the chance to take photos with Smith, get an autograph for $1, and can enter to win tickets to his performance at the Honey
  
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• WATCH: City councilman, police officer save man from burning home

  26-05-2023 15:04 via wane.com
  
  EDISON, N.J. (WPIX) -- A man in Edison, New Jersey, is lucky to be alive thanks to a pair of heroes -- one in uniform and the other in a suit."I saw a tower of smoke," said Woodbridge Township Councilman Kyle Anderson.Anderson was driving when he saw a house on fire. He pulled over, and a woman calling 911 told him a man was still inside toward the back."I could see there was a door open, and there was a gentleman who was struggling, so I went in, helped him out, but he couldn't move any fu
  
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• Indiana doctor reprimanded for talking publicly about Ohio 10-year-old's abortion

  26-05-2023 12:51 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from neighboring Ohio.The state Medical Licensing Board voted that Dr. Caitlin Bernard didn’t abide by privacy laws when she told a newspaper reporter about the girl’s treatment in a case that became a flashpoint in the national abortion debate days after
  
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• What are poppers and why is the FDA warning about them?

  26-05-2023 03:06 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans to make sure the tiny bottles they're drinking aren't accidentally something else — poppers, in particular. But you may be wondering just what that means."Poppers" is a term used to refer to a variety of liquid chemicals, typically amyl nitrate, which are sometimes inhaled by people recreationally for enhanced sexual arousal and temporary relaxation. While these items can be sold (and are widely available in place
  
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• Police: 1 hurt in 3-car crash by Prairie Farms dairy plant

  26-05-2023 01:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police are investigating a crash involving three vehicles north of downtown Fort Wayne Thursday evening.Officers were seen at the intersection of Lima Road and Norfolk Avenue in front of the Prairie Farms Dairy plant, which is located just south of Glenbrook Square.An officer at the scene told WANE 15 that three vehicles were involved and that one person suffered minor injuries in the crash.Medical personnel transported the injured person to the hospital.Google Ma
  
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• Fort Wayne woman's ALS journey is one of faith, hope and love

  26-05-2023 00:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - In fall of 2020, Kathy Winter started to have issues with her left leg. Then in spring 2021, her words started to slur.
  "It takes about five seconds on Google to realize this is serious," she said.
  Kathy went to a family doctor and then a neurologist and had test after test. MRI after MRI. A second opinion. But, it was clear. Kathy had ALS.
  ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that causes the body's nervous system to stop
  
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• Courts: 'I didn't do it. I didn't kill nobody' - accused killer in triple homicide denies knowing three victims

  26-05-2023 00:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — So where was Jacquail Belcher the night of June 28, 2018?At his home on Plaza Drive, babysitting his little sister, Shadasha Lee, now 12, and another sibling?Or was he with three companions he reportedly shot to death at Fourth and Harrison Streets around midnight and then got himself to Break & Run on Goshen Road?Those two conflicting narratives ran side by side Thursday on the final day of testimony at the murder trial of Belcher, 30, accused of killing 
  
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