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• 'Mercedes-Benz of indoor pickleball:' Officials offer new details on Spiece Fieldhouse pickleball courts

  19-07-2023 23:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Ace Pickleball Club has set high aspirations for the pickleball courts coming soon to Spiece Fieldhouse."Scott and I want to be hyper focused on having the Mercedes-Benz of indoor pickleball facilities," said TK Herman, a key figure behind the Spiece Fieldhouse pickleball project.In the past week, both Spiece Fieldhouse and Ace Pickleball Club have provided new details regarding an agreement that will transform the basketball mecca into 21 pickleball courts.On Tuesday,
  
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• Officials celebrate grand opening of 250 rental homes in northwest Fort Wayne

  19-07-2023 22:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On Wednesday, Greater Fort Wayne Inc. and Next Chapter Neighborhoods celebrated the grand opening of Dupont Meadows, a rental home neighborhood in northwest Fort Wayne.Dupont Meadows offers 250 single-family rental homes with either one-, two-, three-, or four-bedroom options.Next Chapter Neighborhoods has also worked on similar neighborhoods in South Carolina and Georgia. ‘Genuinely nice:’ Neighbor weighs in on ‘Golden Bachelor’Shane Malek, exe
  
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• Q&A with outgoing Indiana Sec. of Commerce Brad Chambers

  19-07-2023 19:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Brad Chambers left his job in the private sector when Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb (R) appointed him as Secretary of Commerce in 2021.He is widely rumored to be considering a run for Governor in 2024.Chambers conducted this interview Wednesday via Zoom, weeks before his term comes to an end on Aug. 4.WANE 15: How would people in northeast Indiana know you or know your work?CHAMBERS: Great question. I tried personally really hard to get up to northeast Indiana on a num
  
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• Water main break floods streets, leaves vehicles partially submerged

  19-07-2023 15:44 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS – A water main break flooded streets and left multiple vehicles partially submerged on the near northeast side of Indianapolis.According to Citizens Energy, the break happened Wednesday morning along E. 25th Street near Parker Avenue. Crews are at the scene working to isolate the break.Image from scene of water main break at 25th Street and Parker Avenue on July 19, 2023Image from scene of water main break at 25th Street and Parker Avenue on July 19, 2023Image from scene of wa
  
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• Former Purdue professor sentenced for domestic battery, agrees plea deal

  19-07-2023 15:36 via wane.com
  
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A former Purdue University professor accused of beating his wife in front of a 10-year-old boy locked in a dog cage was sentenced last week for domestic battery.John Froiland was sentenced on July 14 to one year in community corrections after admitting to committing domestic battery in front of a child less than 16 years old. The plea deal saw the following charges against Froiland dropped: 
  battery on a person less than 14 years old
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• Missouri man charged in Indiana trooper's traffic death seeks change of venue

  19-07-2023 15:18 via wane.com
  
  PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — An 18-year-old Missouri man charged with murder in the traffic death of Indiana State Police Trooper Aaron Smith requested a change of venue Tuesday for his upcoming trial, online court records show.The request Tuesday seeks to move the trial of Eddie Jones of Sikeston, Missouri, to another county or to bring a jury in from another county, news outlets reported. Remembering the life of fallen Indiana State Police Trooper Aaron SmithJones also is charged with auto th
  
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• More road work in southwest Fort Wayne for resurfacing project

  19-07-2023 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The second phase of a road project brings more lane restrictions to southwest Fort Wayne.There are intermittent lane restrictions on Getz Road between West Jefferson Boulevard and South Bend Drive; South Bend Drive between Covington Road and West Jefferson Boulevard, and Liberty Mills Road between Amber and West Hill roads.
  The second phase started Tuesday and is expected to last through July 27. The work is part of a City of Fort Wayne Transportation Engineering R
  
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• No one wins Mega Millions; jackpot reaches $720 million

  19-07-2023 11:46 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) -- The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $720 million after no winning ticket was sold — again. It’s now one of two national lotteries with enormous jackpots but equally enormous odds against winning them.No ticket for Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing matched the white balls 19, 22, 31, 37, 54 and the gold Mega Ball 18.The new jackpot is Mega Million's seventh-largest ever, the lottery said in a news release. On Monday, the nation’s other big lotter
  
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• Fort Wayne Police Department investigating multiple robberies at Shell gas station

  19-07-2023 11:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a string of robberies at a Shell gas station. The station is located on the east side of the city.Police have been called to the Shell station at 6321 East State Boulevard multiple times. The latest robbery happened around 4:15 Wednesday morning, according to police.This is the second day in a row that a group of people entered the store and stole items, police said. However, the latest attempt resulted in an employee go
  
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• Driver totals truck after trying to miss deer in DeKalb County

  19-07-2023 10:37 via wane.com
  
  DeKALB Co., Ind. (WANE) - The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department is investigating a crash involving a driver attempting to not hit a deer in the roadway. The crash happened around 2 a.m. Wednesday.Photo provided by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department
  A Chevrolet GMT 400 was traveling southbound in the 600 block of County Road 27 in DeKalb County when the driver attempted to miss a deer standing in the roadway. The truck left the roadway before hitting a tree, according to the DeKalb County Sh
  
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• Mega Millions: Here are the winning numbers for the $640M jackpot

  19-07-2023 05:04 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - Yet another record-setting lottery prize is up for grabs. This time, it's a $640 million Mega Millions jackpot that has been growing for three months.
  If your ticket matches the numbers below that were drawn Tuesday night, you could be the winner of the seventh-largest Mega Millions jackpot on record.
  The Mega Millions numbers drawn on July 18 were: 19, 22, 31, 37, and 54, and Mega Ball 18. The Megaplier was 4X. These are the best, worst states to win the lottery inThis jackpot has b
  
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• 'Genuinely nice:' Neighbor weighs in on 'Golden Bachelor'

  19-07-2023 03:43 via wane.com
  
  HUDSON, Ind. (WANE) — The Golden Bachelor debuts this year, and its heartthrob is a 71-year-old widower from Hudson, Indiana.
  Gerry Turner will be looking for love in the spinoff of The Bachelor, which features a cast of hopeful romantics in the "golden years" of their life.Turner has several children and grandchildren that he shares his life with, but one of his neighbors said he's ready for love again after losing his wife, Toni. The first-ever ‘Golden Bachelor’ has been reve
  
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• INDOT hosts public meeting in Fort Wayne for electric vehicle infrastructure plan

  19-07-2023 02:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On Tuesday, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) hosted a public meeting in Fort Wayne regarding Indiana's Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan.INDOT officials aimed to provide updates to the public and to gather feedback on the plan. Largest inline skating competition coming to Fort WayneThe plan is federally required as part of Indiana's participation in the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, according to INDOT.Some aspects of th
  
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• COURTS: Ex-Huntington University coach seeks grand jury testimony in sexual battery case

  19-07-2023 00:19 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) — "Splitting verbal hairs."That's what an attorney representing 33-year-old Nicholas Johnson said during a hearing Tuesday where defense lawyers and prosecutors debated whether the embattled ex-Huntington University track coach should be entitled to printed out testimony given to a grand jury that ultimately indicted him on a felony count of sexual battery.Johnson's defense attorneys are seeking the testimony; prosecutors say he doesn't need to have it to make
  
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• Local influencers, rapper to help with Ludacris concert at Headwaters Park

  19-07-2023 00:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- When Relando Rencher got asked to host the upcoming Ludacris concert, he didn’t hesitate.A well-known local rapper who has performed all over the country, he’ll be bringing his style to the stage July 28 at Headwaters Park along with social media influencer and comic Kam Coleman and Daniel Todd aka "Antibizle."Todd will be in the background while Rencher, aka "AlienNature," will be out front with Coleman, aka "Snacks." DJ is DJ Double K, whose real name is
  
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• Local influencer, rapper to both emcee Ludacris concert at Headwaters Park

  19-07-2023 00:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- When Relando Rencher got asked to host the upcoming Ludacris concert, he didn’t hesitate.A well-known local rapper who has performed all over the country, he’ll be bringing his style to the stage July 28 at Headwaters Park along with social media influencer and comic Kam Coleman and Daniel Todd aka "Antibizle."Todd will be in the background while Rencher, aka "AlienNature," will be out front with Coleman, aka "Snacks." DJ is DJ Double K, whose real name is
  
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