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• Free meals handed out at Junk Ditch Brewing Company

  19-06-2023 23:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Junk Ditch Brewing Company held its quarterly free meal giveaway event Monday afternoon.Starting at 2:30, anyone who wished to drive through or walk up and grab a free meal could do so.They handed out 400 free meals. “I think it’s great. I think It’s great way to be part of our community," Andrew Smith said. "A great way to give back. It shows that people are wanting to be part of an experience like this and wanting to respond well to a free meal and
  
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• Encanto Latino, the event center that is replacing the former Venice restaurant

  19-06-2023 23:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - For decades, it was The Venice, known for great Italian food.Now it will be the Encanto Latino event center, according to a sign posted outside the small commercial building at 2242 Goshen Road.The building changed hands in October. No names are attached to the property records, but Encanto Latino LLC bought the property from the Zurzolo family who, at one time, promised a pizza-pasta carryout at the site.
  The president of Encanto Latino, LLC is listed as Lilliana Caro,
  
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• Encanto Latino event center replacing the former Venice restaurant

  19-06-2023 23:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - For decades, it was The Venice, known for great Italian food.Now it will be the Encanto Latino event center, according to a sign posted outside the small commercial building at 2242 Goshen Road.The building changed hands in October. No names are attached to the property records, but Encanto Latino LLC bought the property from the Zurzolo family who, at one time, promised a pizza-pasta carryout at the site.
  The president of Encanto Latino, LLC is listed as Lilliana Caro,
  
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• 'Big, fat, hairy deal': 45 years of Garfield comics

  19-06-2023 23:20 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) - On this day in 1978, the nation was introduced to a lazy cat who loves lasagna.Garfield first appeared nationwide on June 19, 1978, although readers of a newspaper in Pendleton were the first to get a sneak peek of the cynical cat with the comic's prototype titled "Jon".Known for phrases like "Big, fat, hairy deal" and "I hate Mondays," the cat quickly became a figure readers could relate to.Years ago, Jim Davis gave WANE 15 a sketch of the famous cat which is proudly framed at our stat
  
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• Planting curbside garden was an "act of anarchy," but it's turned into a sensation on NextDoor

  19-06-2023 22:17 via wane.com
  
  Elzey Street resident plants donated peppers and other vegetables an easement outside her home for anyone to enjoyFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- First, she got all the neighbors on board.Then, she made an announcement on NextDoor.By the middle of Monday afternoon, more than 3,600 people gave her a smiley face or a heart emoji. The commenters had nothing but praise and blessings.“I feel like (I) just committed the highest form of anarchy,” landscaper Crystal Parsons wrote after she and he
  
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• Police: Woman drives off I-69 exit ramp in DeKalb County crash

  19-06-2023 21:47 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A Butler woman is in the hospital following a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 69 in DeKalb County, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office.According to police, 41-year-old Lisa-Marie Balasandiran was heading south on I-69 at approximately 12:40 p.m. and attempted to take Exit Ramp 329 near Auburn. Bobcat kept as a pet in Kentucky has new home at northeast Indiana sanctuaryThe DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said Balasandiran ran off the roadway down a stee
  
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• DNR releases new, improved outdoors smartphone app

  19-06-2023 19:58 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has updated its smartphone app.
  As noted by the DNR, there are lots of outdoor recreation apps, but only this one gets its information straight from the source.
  The app is available to iPhone and Android users and is also formatted for use on tablets like iPad and Galaxy Tab.Returning users will notice that the app has been completely rebuilt on a new platform for better device compatibility, featuring a new interface, b
  
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• Marie Callender's frozen shepherd's pie recalled due to 'flexible plastic'

  19-06-2023 19:39 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHNT) — Nearly 3,000 pounds of frozen beef shepherd’s pie products have been recalled due to the possibility of "clear, flexible plastic" pieces.According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), 2,717 pounds of frozen dinners from Marie Callender's were recalled after the firm received several complaints from consumers. Sausage links recalled over possible ‘thin strands of black plastic’Products affected b
  
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• Bobcat kept as a pet in Kentucky has new home at northeast Indiana sanctuary

  19-06-2023 18:47 via wane.com
  
  ALBION, Ind. (WANE) - A bobcat whose story went viral for being kept as a pet in Kentucky has a new home at Black Pine Animal Sanctuary.The bobcat, previously named Bane, was seized by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife in February. According to a release from Black Pine, police had been getting reports that a bobcat was being kept as a pet. Officials investigated and learned the bobcat was from a private breeder in Arkansas and had been living at a home in Kentucky since he was a kitt
  
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• Watch: Florida deputy and man get sucked into drain pipe

  19-06-2023 17:56 via wane.com
  
  Incredible body camera footage shows a Florida deputy saving a man in flood waters this past Friday morningin Escambia County, Florida.According to Escambia County Sheriff's office, Escambia County Deputy William Hollingsworth was on patrol and helping stranded motorists caught in rapidly rising waters.Escambia County Sheriff's office said in a press release that Deputy Hollingsworth exited his patrol car to approach a citizen who was trapped in these rising waters. As he approached, Deputy Holl
  
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• Fort Wayne Metals, NASA team up to advance tech that could support moon exploration

  19-06-2023 17:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Metals is teaming up with a NASA research center to advance technology that could support missions to the moon.Shape memory alloy tire (Courtesy of NASA)
  Fort Wayne Metals said in a release the local manufacturer is working with NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to advance shape memory alloy material technology. The goal is to create rover tires that could support NASA's Artemis exploration efforts on the moon.The release said the two organizations ha
  
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• EACS pleased to have 'normalcy' after COVID school years

  19-06-2023 14:12 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE)- East Allen County Schools goal for the 2022-2023 school year was to have the traditions and rituals that the district had in place back at the forefront.
  Superintendent Marilyn Hissong sat down with WANE 15 for an end-of-year interview to discuss how the 2022-2023 school year went."This year has been a fabulous year," said Hissong. "I just I can't thank our parents, staff, students, everybody enough we've just had a great year." "It's nice coming off of COVID and just get
  
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• 'Strong Women Build Strong Communities': Habitat for Humanity's Women Build initiative critical to organization's mission

  19-06-2023 12:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne's Women Build initiative is critical in helping the organization build homes and build dreams for deserving families in our community. The Women Build is one of the fundraisers Habitat uses to raise money for its build season.
  Every Wednesday and one Saturday a month during the build season, a group of women, working alongside construction professionals, learn how to build a new home.
  In early June a group of women from Jack La
  
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• More than 1 million dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls

  19-06-2023 12:11 via wane.com
  
  More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care coverage following the end of the coronavirus pandemic.Most got dropped for not filling out paperwork.Though the eligibility review is required by the federal government, President’s Joe Biden’s administration isn’t too pleased at how efficiently some other states are accomplishing the task.“Pushing through things and rushing it w
  
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• Weekend mass shootings leave 6 dead and dozens injured across the US

  19-06-2023 11:57 via wane.com
  
  A spate of weekend mass shootings and violence across the U.S. killed at least six people, including a Pennsylvania state trooper, and left dozens injured.The shootings follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic. They happened in suburban Chicago, Washington state, central Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Southern California and Baltimore.“There’s no question there’s been a
  
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• 2 people found dead in north Fort Wayne home

  19-06-2023 03:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Two people were found dead inside a home in northern Fort Wayne Sunday evening.The house is located in the 12200 block of Shearwater Run. It's located in a development off of Carroll Road.Initial details regarding the incident are limited. Ohio Amber Alert children found in DeKalb CountyAccording to the Allen County Sheriff's Department, there's no threat of danger to residents in the area.The Allen County Coroner will rule on the cause and manner of the deaths pending
  
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• 2 people found dead in home near Carroll and Lima Roads

  19-06-2023 03:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Two people were found dead inside a home in Huntertown Sunday evening.The house is located in the 12200 block of Shearwater Run. It's in a development off of Carroll Road near Lima Road.According to the Allen County Sheriff's Department, a man and woman were both found dead after a call from a third party about two people needing medical attention came in.
  Police said both were suffering from apparent injuries, but it wasn't made clear how they suffered said injuries.
  
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