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• These are TripAdvisor’s 10 highest-rated Indiana hotels

  18-06-2023 23:00 via wane.com
  
  INDIANA (WANE) – Vacationing in Indiana gives visitors plenty to check out, like Indiana Dunes National Park, or the Indianapolis Zoo. After the day has ended, guests will likely be looking to get the best value on booking a hotel. With that in mind, TripAdvisor’s list of the best value hotels in Indiana gives visitors a few options for highly-rated stays.The 10 highest-rated Indiana hotels on TripAdvisor are sorted by best value, which takes a few factors into consideration, in
  
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• Woman run over by ambulance, killed in Ohio

  18-06-2023 22:45 via wane.com
  
  PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) – The Parma Heights Police Department is investigating the death of a 68-year-old woman who was run over by an ambulance.According to a press release from police, officers and paramedics responded to an apartment in the Cleveland suburb Saturday at around 9 p.m.Police say a neighbor called to request someone check on the 68-year-old woman.Though authorities spoke to the woman, police say she refused treatment. Your gun or your ganja: It’s illegal for marijua
  
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• Heat wave triggers big storms in US Southeast, raises wildfire concerns in Southwest

  18-06-2023 21:26 via wane.com
  
  (AP) - Triple-digit temperatures prompted more heat advisories across much of the southern U.S. on Sunday, triggered severe thunderstorms that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people from Oklahoma to Mississippi and produced gusty winds that raised wildfire threats in Arizona and New Mexico.A suspected tornado struck near Scranton, Arkansas early Sunday, destroying chicken houses and toppling trees onto houses, the National Weather Service said. There were no immediate reports
  
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• Night Markets at The Garden

  18-06-2023 20:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A night at the movies? How about a night at The Garden's market?People of all ages are able to attend this monthly event. Which happens every 3rd Wednesday, May through September. The remaining dates are ...
  June 21July 19August 16September 20
  The Garden is located at 3308 N Anthony Blvd. The event runs from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.Every Night Market features an art show opening in The Gallery, live music on the patio, drinks under the Veranda, food trucks, and artisan v
  
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• The mystery of missing persons in America's National Parks

  18-06-2023 19:57 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — As millions of people head to the U.S. national parks this summer, many may be unaware of the mysterious cases of people who've vanished within the parks.The National Parks Service has faithfully kept records of visitors who disappear, often without a trace. NewsNation looked into the mysterious disappearances of those who simply set out to bask in the beauty of our nation.Whether it's the waterfalls of Yosemite, the meteor showers over Bryce Canyon, or the slot canyons of Z
  
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• Will mail be delivered on Juneteenth?

  18-06-2023 18:02 via wane.com
  
  (WHNT) — Monday, June 19, marks Juneteenth, a federally-recognized holiday in the U.S.
  That also means you won't be getting any mail on June 19, at least not from the U.S. Postal Service.Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free – two months after the end of the Civil War and more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. “The Real Juneteenth” in the FortIn 2021, President Joe Biden signed a law designating
  
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• West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins resigns hours after drunken driving arrest

  18-06-2023 17:58 via wane.com
  
  West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has resigned a day after his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving in the latest incident in a Hall of Fame career that imploded quickly.The university announced the resignation Saturday night. It came a month after the university suspended him for three games for using an anti-gay slur while also denigrating Catholics during a radio interview.The 69-year-old Huggins leaves as the third-winningest coach all-time in Division I with 935 career victories,
  
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• Bus driver arrested on DUI charge while driving MLB team to Milwaukee

  18-06-2023 17:50 via wane.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A bus driver was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence while transporting the Pittsburgh Pirates from Chicago to Milwaukee for their weekend series with the Brewers.Illinois State Police said the driver was traveling away from officers seeking to escort the bus on its trip to Milwaukee late Thursday night. Troopers said they observed more erratic driving and eventually stopped the bus on the right shoulder of Interstate 94 in Chicago.Police said the driver wa
  
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• Air Quality Action Day issued for today and Tuesday

  18-06-2023 17:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has issued an Air Quality Action Day (AQAD) and is forecasting high ozone levels for Monday, June 19, 2023, and Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Fort Wayne is included in this Air Quality Action Day.Canadian wildfire smoke is once again resulting in an Air Quality Action Day for Monday.Air quality will be up in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category Monday.Aside from Fort Wayne, other northern cities are under
  
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• Air Quality Action Day is issued for today

  18-06-2023 17:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has issued an Air Quality Action Day (AQAD) and is forecasting high ozone levels for Monday, June 19, 2023. Fort Wayne is included in this Air Quality Action Day.Canadian wildfire smoke is once again resulting in an Air Quality Action Day for Monday.Air quality will be up in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category Monday.Aside from Fort Wayne, other northern cities are under this AQAD. Including,North C
  
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• Air Quality Action Day is issued for Monday

  18-06-2023 17:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has issued an Air Quality Action Day (AQAD) and is forecasting high ozone levels for Monday, June 19, 2023. Fort Wayne is included in this Air Quality Action Day.Aside from Fort Wayne, other northern cities are under this AQAD. Including,North Central Indiana, including the cities of: Elkhart, Goshen, Knox, Logansport, Plymouth, Peru, South Bend, Warsaw, and Winamac.Northeast Indiana, including th
  
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• New Miss Indiana from the Fort

  18-06-2023 16:03 via wane.com
  
  ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (WANE) —A new Miss Indiana has been crowned, who just so happens to be Miss Fort Wayne.
  Cydney Bridges, a 2023 graduate of Huntington University and Carroll High School alumni won the title of Miss Indiana on Saturday, June 17. Bridges also won a preliminary evening gown award and an overall interview award.Bridges has competed in the Miss America organization for many years and has earned numerous scholarships within her time. She currently is a registered nurse for the R
  
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• ISP: Anderson man loses control of vehicle, rolls off I-69

  18-06-2023 15:32 via wane.com
  
  MADISON COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — An Anderson man dies after losing control and then rolling off the interstate.The incident occurred Saturday, June 17 around 1:30 p.m. The Indiana State Police responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash on I-69 at the 217-mile marker.According to the press release, a man driving a 2010 Honda Fit was traveling northbound in the left lane. He attempted to make a lane change when he noticed another vehicle and swerved back to the left.This resulted in the dri
  
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• ISP: Interstate closed for hours after semi rear-ends another semi

  18-06-2023 14:19 via wane.com
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A interstate closing semis crash claims the life of one driver.The crash happened around 5:00 p.m. near the 250-mile marker of Interstate 69 near the rest park on Saturday June 17.
  According to the report, when troopers arrived on the scene they found a heavily damaged Red Freightliner semi tractor-trailer had rear-ended another Freightliner semi tractor-trailer stopped in traffic. The driver of the damaged semi was entrapped in the wreckage, unconscious
  
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• Here are the origins of Father's Day

  18-06-2023 13:38 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) Did you know it wasn't until 1972 that Father's Day became a national holiday? That was the year President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation designating the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.The origin of the day dates back to 1908 when a church in West Virginia held a ceremony to honor 385 men who died in a coal mine explosion the previous year. According to History.com, the following year a Washington state woman led a movement to establish a day to honor fathers similar to Mother's
  
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• Ohio Amber Alert children found in DeKalb County

  18-06-2023 10:02 via wane.com
  
  WATERLOO, Ind. (WANE) - The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department assisted Cleveland Police in locating a car associated with an Amber Alert Saturday evening. Sheriff's deputies located a car in Waterloo connected to the alert.According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, sheriff's deputies located the vehicle associated with the alert in the 4700 block of US 6 in Waterloo. The officers saw the car around 10:45 p.m. Saturday.
  Officers followed the vehicle to the Shell gas station in Waterloo
  
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• DeKalb County Sheriff's Department assists with Ohio Amber Alert

  18-06-2023 10:02 via wane.com
  
  WATERLOO, Ind. (WANE) - The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department assisted Cleveland Police in locating a car associated with an Amber Alert Saturday evening. Sheriff's deputies located a car in Waterloo connected to the alert.According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, sheriff's deputies located the vehicle associated with the alert in the 4700 block of US 6 in Waterloo. The officers saw the car around 10:45 p.m. Saturday.
  Officers followed the vehicle to the Shell gas station in Waterloo
  
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• 'Lucky to be alive': Florida deputy sucked into 100-foot drainage pipe while saving man

  18-06-2023 02:00 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A deputy of Florida's northwestmost county risked life and limb Friday to save a stranded motorist trapped amid torrential downpours and rising flood waters.Escambia County Deputy William Hollingsworth was on patrol in the early morning hours of June 16 to help stranded motorists caught in rapidly rising waters. Spotting a trapped citizen, Deputy Hollingsworth approached, unaware of the life-threatening incident about to unfold. ‘Go Away Green’: The color D
  
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• Do you say 'pop' or 'soda'? Regional dialect across the U.S. explained

  18-06-2023 01:11 via wane.com
  
  (WXIN/NEXSTAR) — Do you say "pop," "soda," or "Coke" when you're talking about carbonated beverages? Chances are where you live affects how you ask for a soft drink — and that has everything to do with your vernacular.But what does regional vernacular actually mean? ‘Go Away Green’: The color Disney paints things it doesn’t want you to see at its parksRegional vernacular or dialect is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as a language that's native to a region rath
  
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