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• Marion juvenile shot, police looking for answers

  22-07-2023 23:16 via wane.com
  
  MARION, Ind. (WANE) — The Marion Police Department is investigating a shooting that shot and wounded a juvenile.According to a Facebook post, it happened in the 2800 block of South Brownlee. The post was made around 2:00 p.m. Saturday.No further information has been announced.If you have any information contact the Marion Police Department at (765)-662-9981 or Crime Stoppers.
  
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• Is it legal to place speed bumps on your street in Fort Wayne?

  22-07-2023 22:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Speed bumps can be a bit of a double-edged sword, as they can be a hindrance to the average driver, but they may also be what stops a speeder from hitting the gas and booking it through the neighborhood with no regard for other people’s safety.For neighbors with safety in mind, it might seem like a good idea to install speed bumps of their own in their street. But is that even legal to do in Fort Wayne, Indiana?The short answer, according to City of Fort Way
  
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• I Do Bridal Boutique mysteriously closes, leaving Fort Wayne brides without dresses

  22-07-2023 22:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Fort Wayne and area brides are in a state of panic after I Do Bridal Boutique closed its doors permanently.
  In a social media post Friday the boutique announced the permanent close. "The last three years have brought a number of changes and obstacles in the wedding industry that we have been fighting to overcome, but ultimately could not." The post explains that the boutique will make an effort to deliver the dresses in-store to brides while providing refunds to t
  
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• Human remains found in luggage at Texas ranch

  22-07-2023 21:12 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Authorities in Texas are investigating what appears to be a homicide after workers on a ranch in Bexar County discovered human remains inside a piece of luggage.The gruesome discovery was made Thursday morning around 10:45, Sheriff Javier Salazar of the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said in a news release this week."Some folks that were out here feeding animals … saw a duffel bag of some sort, a piece of luggage, out in the middle of the property," Salazar said.
  
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• Ron Sexton, longtime member of 'The Bob & Tom Show' comedic radio program has died

  22-07-2023 20:34 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Officials from The Bob & Tom Show have confirmed that Ron Sexton, 52, also known as "Donnie Baker", a longtime ensemble cast member, died Friday while on tour with his stand-up comedy show.He was a resident of Tampa, Florida.Ron Sexton pictured in the show studio (The Bob & Tom Show)Sexton was known by millions of listeners for the comedic characters he played on-air including; Donnie Baker, Kenny Tarmac Floyd the Trucker and his spot-on celebrity impersonations.The comed
  
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• Fort Wayne Pride Festival 2023; Parades and Parties

  22-07-2023 20:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Pride festival is celebrating its second day Saturday with a parade that brought in crowds from all over.
  Fort Wayne Pride is the largest area celebration of the LGBTQ community and includes live entertainment, a vendor market, a nonprofit resource fair, food, a beer tent, trivia, KidSpace, and Pride March.Here are some photos captured so far of the ongoing event!
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• Michigan man charged with murder and other crimes in case involving ex-girlfriend and her toddler

  22-07-2023 19:47 via wane.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping and killing her 2-year-old daughter has been charged with murder by Michigan’s attorney general.Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Rashad Trice, 26, on Friday with 20 counts, including one count each of first-degree premeditated murder and felony murder in Wynter Cole Smith's strangulation death. Both charges carry a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.The Lansing man fa
  
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• Counties with the highest unemployment in Indiana

  22-07-2023 19:25 via wane.com
  
  (Stacker) -- While significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, unemployment rates remain a subject of concern, though experts' views on a potential recession are mixed. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2007-2009—sent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was not until the spring of 2019 that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.As of May 2023, national unemployment is at 3.4%, with little change
  
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• Counties with the worst commutes in Indiana

  22-07-2023 19:13 via wane.com
  
  (Stacker) -- Commuting easily ranks as one of the least enjoyable parts of a person's day. Commuters encounter more physical health problems, and low-income commuters are less likely to gain financial stability—among a host of other negative impacts. And yet, America's commutes keep getting longer as people move farther away from the office, according to Census Bureau data.Stacker compiled a list of counties with the worst commutes in Indiana, using 2021 data from the Census Bureau. Counti
  
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• Slight rain chance this evening

  22-07-2023 17:56 via wane.com
  
  This afternoon was pleasant where we've sat in the upper 70s and lower 80s. Expect a pleasant evening with temperatures slowly falling. There is a slight chance for a scattered shower or storm here or there this evening, but they will be few and far between. Most of our showers chances look to dimish after midnight, but a stray shower here or there cannot be ruled out. More shower/storm chances return for Sunday after sunrise. Overnight lows tonight drop to around 60 degrees for Fort Wayne.Overn
  
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• Scattered showers begin this afternoon

  22-07-2023 17:56 via wane.com
  
  This morning started off on the cooler side for a typical July day here. You may have been greeted by some patchy fog this morning if you were out and about early this morning. As temperatures rise, we'll see the fog continue to scatter out. Temperatures fell into the mid-50s in some locations, but we're slowly on the rise to our high temperature in the lower 80s!Both weekend days have a chance of scattered rain (isolated storms), but Sunday's chance is higher.Over the course of the weekend, we'
  
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• Mostly clear and quiet overnight

  22-07-2023 17:56 via wane.com
  
  This evening has been pleasant where we've sat in the upper 70s and lower 80s so far. Expect a pleasant overnight with temperatures slowly falling. There is a slight chance for a scattered shower or storm here or there this evening, but they will be few and far between. Our shower chances dimish after 10 PM. More shower/storm chances return for Sunday after sunrise. Overnight lows tonight drop to around 60 degrees for Fort Wayne.Overnight lows drop to around 60. Another refreshing night.Shower a
  
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• Vehicle accident at Fort Bliss leaves 1 soldier dead, 5 injured

  22-07-2023 16:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT BLISS, Texas (WGN) — A soldier is dead and five others are injured after a tactical vehicle crash at Fort Bliss, Texas, according to the U.S. Army.The non-combat crash was reported around 9:30 a.m. MST on Friday in the Fort Bliss training area, according to a news release.The conditions of those who were injured haven't been released. ‘Help me’ sign leads to rescue of kidnapped Texas girl in CaliforniaThe name of the soldier who was killed is being withheld until 24 hours
  
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• Family expresses gratitude after body believed to be missing girl found; search for boy continues

  22-07-2023 16:38 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — The family of a 2-year-old girl swept away along with another child by a flash flood that engulfed their vehicle on a Pennsylvania road is expressing gratitude at the discovery of a body believed to be hers.The body was found early Friday evening in the Delaware River near a Philadelphia wastewater treatment plant about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from where Matilda Sheils was carried away, authorities said Friday night. The Philadelphia medical examiner's
  
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• Body of girl found in river believed to be that of 2-year-old lost in Pennsylvania flash flood

  22-07-2023 16:38 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — The body of a young girl was recovered Friday in the Delaware River and was believed to be a 2-year-old who was one of two children swept away from their family's vehicle by a flash flood last weekend, authorities said.The body was found in the early evening near a Philadelphia wastewater treatment plant about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from where Matilda Sheils was carried away, authorities said in a nighttime news conference.
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• Cupkin children's cups sold on Amazon recalled over newly-detected lead levels

  22-07-2023 16:00 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — More than 345,000 children's cups are being recalled due to lead levels that exceed the federal content ban, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.Soojimus is recalling 8-ounce and 12-ounce models of its Cupkin Double-Walled Stainless Steel Children’s Cups — sold in various colors on Amazon and the Cupkin website from 2018 through earlier this year.Consumers in possession of the recalled Cupkin cups are urged to stop using them immediately an
  
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• Man convicted of 'monstrous' slaying of mother, child in 1987 will remain behind bars

  22-07-2023 15:38 via wane.com
  
  MUNCIE, Ind. — A man convicted of the "monstrous crime" of brutally stabbing a mother and her 5-year-old son to death in 1987 had hoped to serve the remainder of his 120-year sentence outside of prison and in the comfort of his home.But Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman thought otherwise.9 people escape house fire south of downtown Fort Wayne"(Harold Nettles) seeks mercy from the Court," wrote Hoffman in an objection filed in response to the convicted killer's request. "However, merc
  
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• Quiet morning continues, scattered rain this afternoon

  22-07-2023 15:34 via wane.com
  
  This morning started off on the cooler side for a typical July day here. You may have been greeted by some patchy fog this morning if you were out and about early this morning. As temperatures rise, we'll see the fog continue to scatter out. Temperatures fell into the mid-50s in some locations, but we're slowly on the rise to our high temperature in the lower 80s!Both weekend days have a chance of scattered rain (isolated storms), but Sunday's chance is higher.Over the course of the weekend, we'
  
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• Korean War Veterans honored in ceremony on 70-year anniversary

  22-07-2023 14:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Thursday, Korean War Veterans will be honored by the Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum on the 70-year anniversary of the end of the Korean War.The Museum and Shrine will host a Korean War Veterans Armistice Day on July 27 from 11 am to 12 pm at the event center at 2122 O'Day Road. Korean War veterans and their families are invited to attend the ceremony.Reverend Dr. Youngsoo An, from First Presbyterian Church, will perform a prayer at the ceremony followed b
  
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• He came face to face with an alleged serial killer. 12 years later, his tip helped crack the case

  22-07-2023 14:07 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In the winter of 2010, shortly after police discovered the remains of his roommate and three other women buried on a remote stretch of Long Island shoreline, Dave Schaller provided detectives with a description of the person he believed to be the killer.More crucially, Schaller told them about his truck.The man they were looking for was a towering, Frankenstein-like figure with an “empty gaze” who drove a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche, Schaller recalled t
  
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• Arizona woman injured in Yellowstone bison attack says 'yes' to boyfriend's hospital proposal

  22-07-2023 13:34 via wane.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who suffered fractured vertebrae and collapsed lungs after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park has said “yes” to her boyfriend's hospital proposal.Chris Whitehill said he planned to propose to Amber Harris during their vacation in the park this week, but after spending just one night there, an encounter with a bison upended those plans.The couple from the Phoenix area had walked to a lodge for some coffee Monday and deci
  
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• Quiet morning, scattered rain possible later

  22-07-2023 11:13 via wane.com
  
  This morning starts off with temps sitting near 60° and some spots fall to the upper 50s. Humidity levels will remain low today.Both weekend days have a chance of scattered rain (isolated storms), but Sunday's chance is higher.Over the course of the weekend, we'll have high temperatures in the low 80s both days. Sunday holds the best chance for scattered rain and a few t-storms (no severe weather expected), but a few showers/storms popping up today can't completely be ruled out.Next week's b
  
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• 'Feels like an event:' Fort Wayne City Tennis Tournament takes over Swinney Park

  22-07-2023 03:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne's annual City Tennis Tournament is back as residents packed Swinney Park to play and watch "the sport of kings."Friday marked the first of four straight days that the tournament will take place, with the tournament ending Monday, July 24.Josh Rifkin, a co-organizer of the tournament, said he is pleased with the turnout on Thursday considering the decline of the tournament in recent years. Fort Wayne tennis tournament looks to revive grand past"It's an awesom
  
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• Huntertown Fire Department nears grand opening of second station

  22-07-2023 00:56 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The Huntertown Fire Department will soon have a second fire station to utilize.The department announced on Facebook that its second station, located in the 14000 block of Tonkel Road, is "operationally in service and staffed." PHOTOS: Huntertown, Perry Township fire station No. 2Although an official grand opening date has not been announced, officials said a ceremony will be held soon.The department's first station is located at 15412 Lima Road in downtown Huntertown
  
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• Drumming the day away, Make-A-Wish granted at Sweetwater

  22-07-2023 00:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Across the county Make-A-Wish grants thousands of wishes each year. Friday, one of those wishes came true at Sweetwater Sound. Traveling all the way from Georgia a day of drumming was all this wish kid could ask for.
  17-year-old Mary Webb loves music and loves playing drums even more. Her one wish, to meet and play with her favorite YouTube drummer, Casey Cooper.
  Webb lives in Georgia and she was diagnosed with a nixed germ cell tumor the summer before her freshman year
  
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• Grant, Blackford county authorities assist US Marshals with pursuit across 2 counties

  22-07-2023 00:10 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) -- The Grant County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) and the Hartford City Police Department helped U.S Marshals arrest a "wanted fugitive" during a pursuit across two counties Friday.The GCSO received a request to assist the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) around 9:30 a.m. Friday by conducting a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by someone who had two warrants.When authorities tried to initiate a traffic stop on Interstate 69 in Grant County, the vehicle fled, leading to a pursuit into Blackford Co
  
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