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• Who decides how the MLK Bridge lights up?

  29-05-2023 23:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — At 318 feet long, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge is hard to miss when entering downtown Fort Wayne.
  It's even harder to miss at night when LED light strips turn the bridge into a light show.
  "The standard operating is yellow and gold. Yellow and gold are city colors," said Kyle Winling, Fort Wayne traffic engineer.
  Winling is one of the few people that can change the colors on the bridge and set a "program" for the colors to run."I get to do the program, th
  
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• Temps in the 90s this week

  29-05-2023 22:41 via wane.com
  
  After our hot Memorial Day, get ready for the warmth to continue this evening and daytime high temperatures to continue to increase as this week rolls on. In fact, our first 90s of the year are coming our way.This evening, temps will be in the 80s through 8 pm. Humidity is low. Outdoor dinners have no weather worries with our rain-free outlook continuing and the wind being light.Temps will be in the 60s most of early morning, though some spots will dip briefly to the upper 50s at dawn.Not a bad
  
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• 'Fire rainbow' shines in sky over Fort Wayne on Memorial Day

  29-05-2023 22:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — In addition to 80-degree weather and sunny skies, a rare weather phenomenon graced the sky over Fort Wayne on Memorial Day: a "fire rainbow."A fire rainbow — also known as a circumhorizontal arc — happens when sunlight passes through the ice crystals of high, thin cirrus clouds in just the right way. Tire flies off race car, hits parked car during Indy 500A WANE 15 viewer from Waynedale provided a photo of the fire rainbow.
  
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• Where are all the current construction projects in Fort Wayne?

  29-05-2023 18:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- While the official start of summer doesn't come until late June, warmer temperatures have already hit the area and that can only mean one thing: construction.It has already been a busy construction season within Fort Wayne city limits.There are various projects all over. From big developments like The Pearl and Electric Works that impact traffic, to regular paving and streetscape work.There are additional closures and restrictions this year in downtown and near the riv
  
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• Why is Memorial Day in the spring?

  29-05-2023 18:20 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Though Memorial Day may seem randomly placed on the calendar, there's a reason it always falls on the last Monday of May.To understand, you need to go back roughly 155 years.
  It was 1868, three years after the Civil War had ended. Major General John A. Logan, the leader of the Grand Army of the Republic (an organization of Union veterans), declared that May 30 should serve as Decoration Day. On that day, Logan wanted Americans to place flowers on the graves of the war dead, acc
  
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• Police: Angola man leads officers on 'short, high-speed' motorcycle pursuit

  29-05-2023 17:46 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — An Angola man faces a felony charge and several misdemeanor charges after reportedly leading police on a motorcycle pursuit, according to the Steuben County Sheriff's Office (SCSO).Just after 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, police responded to a home in the 4400 block of County Road W. 400 N. for a complaint of invasion of privacy.When officers arrived, they learned that 48-year-old James L. Slabaugh II of rural Angola was reportedly on the property in violation of a pro
  
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• Marion National Cemetery honors and remembers those who served

  29-05-2023 16:00 via wane.com
  
  MARION, Ind. (WANE) - More than four million Americans are buried in the VA's 155 National Cemeteries. They're in 42 states and Indiana has three. The closest to Northeast Indiana is 40 minutes south of Fort Wayne in Marion.
  "This is home for me. We consider it a national shrine. We are mainly veteran employees that work here and we take a lot of pride in what we do," Dave Drake, the Marion National Cemetery's assistant director, said.
  A soldier's home first opened on the property in 1890 to giv
  
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• Are you flying the flag correctly for Memorial Day?

  29-05-2023 15:11 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Memorial Day, observed on the final Monday in May, honors those who have died in American wars. To mark the day, you may be wondering – how do I fly the United States flag?Thankfully, we have the United States Code, which officially addresses dozens of subjects, including how Old Glory should be flown on Memorial Day.According to the Code, the flag should fly at half-staff from sunrise until noon on Memorial Day.
  Then, it should be “raised briskly” t
  
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• What's the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day?

  29-05-2023 15:02 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - While some may view Memorial Day as the unofficial start to summer – and the chance at a three-day weekend – the day carries a heavier meaning.Memorial Day, which falls on the last Monday in May, honors Americans who gave their lives in service. It was declared a national holiday by Congress in 1968.The day's history technically started more than 100 years earlier when, in 1866, Waterloo, New York, held a city-wide 'Decoration Day.' According to USO, citizens we
  
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• Memorial Day tradition continues on Parnell Avenue

  29-05-2023 14:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- For over 70 years the Fort Wayne Memorial Day parade has honored the fallen men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our county. Many line up and down Parnell Avenue to support several community organizations who are involved in the parade.
  The parade begins at the corner of Netttie and Parnell Avenues, and will travel north on Parnell ending at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. From there, a small ceremony will take place at the Coliseum where there will
  
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• The forgotten history of Memorial Day

  29-05-2023 14:32 via wane.com
  
  (The Conversation) - In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country.The holiday was Memorial Day, an annual commemoration was born in the former Confederate States in 1866 and adopted by the United States in 1868. It is a holiday in which the nation honors its military dead.Gen. John A. Logan, who headed the largest Union veterans’ fraternity at that time, the Grand Arm
  
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• Annual Waynedale Memorial Day Parade is full of local pride and Positively Fort Wayne

  29-05-2023 09:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Cities and towns across the country observe Memorial Day with patriotic traditions. In Waynedale, there's no bigger tradition than the annual Memorial Day Parade.Every year, thousands of people line the parade route wearing patriotic gear, waving flags, and reflecting on the meaning of the day. Dozens of groups and organizations take part in the parade which is organized this year by American Legion Post 241. This organization is Positively Fort Wayne 365 days a yearFor
  
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• Sunshine and the hottest temps of the season

  29-05-2023 09:29 via wane.com
  
  An early-season heat wave is bringing the hottest temperatures of the year. Highs will be in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. The heat wave continues through the weekend with dry conditions.It will warm quickly this morning with temperatures in the lower 80s by lunchtime.
  Temperatures will be a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday with a high near 90 this afternoon. Dew points will be in the 50s so humidity will be at tolerable levels.
  The evening and overnight hours will bring mild condit
  
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• From the Civil War to today's mattress sales, Memorial Day is full of contradiction

  29-05-2023 05:54 via wane.com
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.Auto club AAA said in a travel forecast that this holiday weekend could be “one for the record books, especially at airports,” with more than 42 million Americans projected to travel 50 miles (80 kilometers) or more. Federal officials sa
  
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