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• 'Rock & Roar:' Fort Wayne Children's Zoo offers music series geared toward adults

  16-06-2023 23:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On June 29, Fort Wayne Children's Zoo will host a new summer music series aimed toward adults.The music series, dubbed "Rock & Roar," will feature local bands playing in the Australian Adventure area of the zoo.The events are only available to people ages 21 and over, and customers can also buy craft beer from Hop River Brewing Company and walk around portions of the zoo. Hop River Brewing Company to kick off summer concert seriesFort Wayne Children's Zoo will host
  
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• Federal judge grants partial block on Indiana's gender-affirming care ban for minors

  16-06-2023 23:18 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge in Indianapolis issued a preliminary injunction Friday that partially blocks an Indiana bill banning gender-affirming care for minors from becoming state law.Senate Bill 480, which passed during the legislative session earlier this year, bans gender-transitioning care for any Hoosier under the age of 18. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed the bill into law on April 5, one day after referring to the bill as being "clear as mud."The ban is set to go into effe
  
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• Fort Wayne man sentenced to 66 years for molesting 10-year-old

  16-06-2023 22:56 via wane.com
  
  WARNING: This story contains graphic content not suitable for all readers - especially for readers under 18 years of age.
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - “He prays a lot and he rapes people. He rapes kids.”
  That's what a 10-year-old girl told investigators in April 2020 as she described encounters with 58-year-old Net Shar, who was accused of molesting her over the span of two years, according to newly released Allen Superior Court documents.An Allen Superior Court judge sentenced Shar t
  
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• Hop River Brewing Company to kick off summer concert series

  16-06-2023 22:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Starting Friday, Hop River Brewing Company will host the first live music performance for "Live from The Patio Summer Concert Series."The concert series runs until Sept. 1 and will feature bands from across Indiana:
  OK Boomer Band - June 16 at 7 p.m.Squirrelcage - July 7 at 7 p.m.Grateful Debs/Sundaze July 9 at 3 p.m.Burgers for Breakfast with Los Galaxy - July 21 at 7 p.m.Humans Among Us - August 4 at 7 p.m.Namby Pamby with Be Colony - August 18 at 7 p.m.Rag Tag Bunch
  
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• Who was she? Mary Jane Doe found in a Fort Wayne basement in 1992 could be identified with help from genetic investigators

  16-06-2023 22:07 via wane.com
  
  WARNING: This story contains content that may not be suitable for all readers.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The nameless woman was found 31 years ago wrapped in a moving blanket and floating in a flooded basement in a Reynolds Street home.Pregnant, white, between 20 to 25 years of age, her case went into the voluminous file of missing persons until recently, when Deputy Coroner Christopher Meihls forged a relationship with licensed forensic genetic genealogist, Lisa Needler.While Meihls waits for t
  
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• 'Remember Jesus': Fort Wayne Salvation Army leadership change

  16-06-2023 22:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Founded in 1865 by Methodist Minister William Booth, the Salvation Army has a uniquely itinerant leadership structure.
  Those in charge of certain regions will shuffle around every couple of years.
  "The hope and the thought was that people would be fresh when they moved," said Core Officer Kenyon Sivels with the Salvation Army. "[When the Salvation Army first started] you moved about every four to six months, not years, months. As the Salvation Army has evolved ove
  
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• Study finds Hoosiers need to earn $19 an hour to afford rent; most don't

  16-06-2023 21:28 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — A new study published by Prosperity Indiana paints a dire picture for Hoosiers as the gulf continues to grow between renters' wages and the rising price of rent leaving more and more Hoosiers either unable to afford housing or having to dedicate most of their income to keeping a roof over their head.
  A roof they don't even own.
  "It feels like we are being set up to fail," said an unhoused Indianapolis resident. Study: Indiana is one of the worst states to find a job inA stud
  
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• Fort Wayne woman is Vera Bradley Outlet Sale famous

  16-06-2023 21:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Thousands of shoppers from across the state and country descend on the Vera Bradley Outlet Sale. Frequent shoppers may recognize one of the many workers who keep the sale moving smoothly.
  Ginger Leonard's been to every single Vera Bradley Outlet Sale. All 37of them. She's also been a worker for the last 30 years.
  She's done every job over the years: setting up, sorting, organizing and reorganizing the tables full of merchandise and serving at shopping bag "guard" outsid
  
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• Man in critical condition after accidentally pulling trigger on stolen gun: FWPD

  16-06-2023 20:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police determined a shooting Friday near the Sunoco gas station on Coldwater Road was accidental.Police at the scene told WANE 15 a man was walking along the road when he reached into his pocket and accidentally pulled the trigger of a gun.A gun that was stolen, police added.Police said the man is in critical condition. No more information was provided.
  
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• Teen swerves left of center, hits oncoming semi, police say

  16-06-2023 20:25 via wane.com
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A Bluffton teen broke his leg Friday after the SUV he was driving collided with a semi on State Road 124.The teen was heading east near the intersection of CR 400 W when he drove left of center and struck an oncoming semi according to the Adams County Sheriff's Department. The SUV sideswiped the empty tanker trailer.
  The teen, identified as Clayton J. Zootman, 18, of Bluffton, was taken to a hospital for his broken leg. A female passenger was also taken to a hospital.Th
  
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• Chicago boy, 7, drowns after being swept away in Lake Michigan along Indiana shoreline

  16-06-2023 19:45 via wane.com
  
  PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A 7-year-old Chicago boy drowned after he was swept away while playing in Lake Michigan along northwestern Indiana's shoreline during hazardous beach conditions, authorities said Friday.The boy was pulled from the lake Thursday evening in Porter County and taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said.An autopsy was completed Friday morning and the boy's cause of death was ruled an accidental drowning, the DNR
  
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• Police investigating death at home on East State west of Georgetown

  16-06-2023 19:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Fort Wayne police on Friday were at the scene of a death investigation at a home in the 5000 block of East State Boulevard.Multiple police vehicles could be seen outside the one-story home surrounded by police tape early that afternoon. Officers on the scene would not initially talk about why they were there. Officers eventually told WANE 15 police are involved in a death investigation.In a release sent out later that day, police said a victim was found with a gunshot wou
  
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• Police called to home on East State west of Georgetown

  16-06-2023 19:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Fort Wayne police were called to a home in the 5000 block of East State Boulevard early Friday afternoon.Multiple police vehicles could be seen outside the one-story home surrounded by police tape. Officers on the scene would not talk about why they were there. Dispatchers would only say there was an investigation underway at the location.This is a developing story and WANE 15 will provide an update once more information becomes available.
  
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• Manchester University breaks ground on $20 million expansion

  16-06-2023 19:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Manchester University's presence in Fort Wayne is growing.
  A groundbreaking ceremony took place Friday morning at Manchester's Fort Wayne location on Diebold Road. It included Manchester staffers as well as elected officials and business leaders.The $20 million expansion will allow the university to expand educational opportunities in health careers such as physical therapy and nursing.
  
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• UPS workers vote to authorize strike in high-stakes negotiations for a new contract

  16-06-2023 18:42 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Unionized UPS workers voted overwhelmingly on Friday to authorize a strike, setting the stage for a potential work stoppage if the package delivery company and Teamsters can’t come to an agreement before their contract expires next month.The Teamsters said 97% of unionized workers voted for the authorization.The Teamsters have urged workers to authorize a strike to give them more leverage in negotiations with the company, but a yes vote does not mean a strike is immin
  
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• Defiance driver crashes, tries to hurt officer responding to scene: police

  16-06-2023 18:41 via wane.com
  
  DEFIANCE COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) - A man was charged Thursday after crashing a car and attempting to hurt an officer responding to the scene.According to a release from the Defiance County Sheriff's Office, police responded to the intersection of Domersville Road and Pinehurst Drive on reports of a single-vehicle crash.Officers approached the man involved, who then tried to injure an officer, the release said. Police took 40-year-old Nathan A. Wireman into custody without further incident, the relea
  
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• COURTS: Murder charge refiled against Fort Wayne man more than a year after being dropped

  16-06-2023 18:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Late in 2021, a key witness turned up dead.That left Allen County prosecutors with little choice at the time.
  They had to request murder and gun charges they filed against 31-year-old Sedrick A. Williams in connection to the killing of a man found on some train tracks be dismissed, essentially ending a case that had already been a year in the making.
  Friday, they refiled those charges against Williams.
  Williams is accused of shooting and killing 40-year-old Marlon Kimbr
  
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• Father planned killings of 3 young sons, lined them up to shoot them in Ohio home, prosecutors say

  16-06-2023 18:11 via wane.com
  
  MONROE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons admitted to planning the killings and lined them up before executing them with a rifle, prosecutors said Friday.Chad Doerman, 32, who is also accused of wounding the boys' mother at the family’s home, has been charged with aggravated murder, authorities said.Clermont County's chief prosecutor of Municipal Court, David Gast, said during Doerman's arraignment Friday that one of the boys tried to f
  
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• Driver rolls tour bus after hitting semi on I-65

  16-06-2023 17:57 via wane.com
  
  LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Passengers aboard a tour bus all refused medical treatment after a crash on I-65 in northwest Indiana Thursday morning.
  According to Indiana State Police, the bus was heading north on the interstate in Lake County shortly after 9 a.m. when the driver failed to notice traffic had slowed ahead of him. The driver took evasive action by driving onto the right shoulder. He then overcorrected and lost control of the bus which hit a semi and then caromed off a guardrail for 75
  
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• New traffic signal near Blackhawk Christian School designed to keep students safer

  16-06-2023 17:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A new traffic signal near schools on East State Boulevard is designed to keep students safer following multiple incidents of drivers hitting pedestrians at the crosswalk.The signal at State's intersection with Arrowwood and Busche will be fully functional by Tuesday, according to a release from Fort Wayne Public Works. The installment comes after multiple instances of cars hitting students as they crossed State trying to get to Blackhawk Christian School and Blackhawk M
  
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• Infant found dead inside garbage truck in Ohio

  16-06-2023 16:31 via wane.com
  
  PLAIN CITY, Ohio (WCMH) — An infant was found dead inside an Ohio garbage truck Thursday afternoon after Plain City police received a call from the village's contracted refuse company.The infant appeared to be a full-term newborn from zero to one month of age, according to a news release from police.
  "My little brother comes around banging on the door saying there's a bunch of cops in front of our house," Plain City resident Dmitri Price said. "So I look out the window and there's about 12
  
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• Tornado devastates Texas Panhandle town, killing 3 and injuring dozens

  16-06-2023 14:52 via wane.com
  
  PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — A tornado tore through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, killing three people, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states.The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday. Local officials said Thursday night that two people were missing.Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher said three people were killed, including at least one p
  
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• Be Our Guest - Clean Eatz

  16-06-2023 13:06 via wane.com
  
  Be Our Guest is back with another 50 percent discount deal. This time it's Clean Eatz. Check out the video to see what makes this place unique and then click here for the $50 gift certificate for only $25 deal.
  
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• Attorneys allege poor treatment against man accused in Delphi killings

  16-06-2023 12:42 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — Attorneys for an Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls six years ago argued before a judge Thursday that the man has been mistreated at the prison he is housed in, requesting relocation to a different facility.A prosecutor in the case also said the man confessed multiple times to the murders while incarcerated, something his defense attorneys attributed to his declining mental state.Richard Matthew Allen was arrested October 2022 on two counts of murder in th
  
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• Help WANE 15 help the Community Harvest Food Bank

  16-06-2023 12:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) WANE 15 is proud to take part in the 2023 Founder's Day of Caring which celebrates our corporate parent Nexstar's commitment to giving back to the communities where it has broadcast stations.It's the 27th year for Founder's Day and as in previous years, WANE 15 is partnering with the Community Harvest Food Bank to help those less fortunate in our community.
  From 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. you can drop off food items at the WANE 15 studios located at 2915 West State Boulevard just e
  
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• Smoke from wildfires will move across the area today

  16-06-2023 12:26 via wane.com
  
  Wildfire smoke will be making another appearance todayUsually, folks love mild days like today with temperatures in the 70s, but today wildfire smoke may deteriorate the air quality bringing in a replay of the haze and smoke from the last two weeks.A weather system brought cooler air in last night from Canada and the wind flow has changed to the north. We've also seen smoke across Minnesota and the front will allow it to move east today and this weekend.
  The east coast will also see a smoky/hazy
  
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• Fort Wayne readies for Juneteenth celebrations

  16-06-2023 11:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- While many government offices will be closed Monday for Juneteenth, most of the Fort Wayne celebrations will take place Saturday.In 2021, Juneteenth was declared a national holiday to mark the day news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865.Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb typically makes a proclamation to recognize Juneteenth statewide, but it is not an official state holiday."This is a time to celebrate, organize a
  
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• LOOK: Storms in Wells, Adams counties bring hail, cause damage

  16-06-2023 02:25 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) — As storms swept across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio Thursday evening, the storms left both hail and storm damage in their wake in some areas.Live Doppler 15 Fury Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Nicholas Ferreri reported that scattered storms started to develop south of Fort Wayne, across parts of Wabash and Huntington counties, around 4:00 p.m. Thursday as a cold front moved south through the area and the air ahead of it reached temperatures around 80° and higher.The st
  
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• State Road 124 back open after downed power lines block lanes

  16-06-2023 01:13 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) — State Road 124 is back open after downed power lines shut down a section of State Road 124 in Bluffton, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT).INDOT reported on its Trafficwise website that downed power lines had blocked all lanes of State Road 124 between State Road 1 and Eastmoor Drive. East terminal expansion up next for Fort Wayne International AirportThe area opened back up to traffic around 10:00 p.m. Thursday night.
  
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• INDOT: Downed power lines shut down section of State Road 124 in Bluffton

  16-06-2023 01:13 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) — Downed power lines have shut down a section of State Road 124 in Bluffton, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT).INDOT reported on its Trafficwise website that downed power lines have blocked all lanes of State Road 124 between State Road 1 and Eastmoor Drive. East terminal expansion up next for Fort Wayne International AirportWANE 15 reported a severe thunderstorm warning in the area earlier Thursday, but it is unclear what caused the downed
  
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