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• CRIKEY! Alligator found in Woodburn pond returned to its rightful home

  27-07-2023 23:12 via wane.com
  
  WOODBURN, Ind. (WANE) - He'd been missing for three weeks.
  His handlers searched the area day and night - sometimes even with night-vision goggles - hoping he'd turn up at the two nearby ponds or that someone would find him and call authorities.
  It's not every day a three-foot alligator kept in an enclosed habitat just vanishes.
  On Thursday, one which had been missing from Indiana Wild in Woodburn was finally found in a retention pond at a neighborhood called Ashlar Pointe currently under develo
  
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• Friday is hottest day of week (and year, so far)

  27-07-2023 22:57 via wane.com
  
  A warm, muggy night follows our hot, humid Thursday. The peak heat and humidity of the week arrives tomorrow, though. After that point, we'll become less hot and less humid over the weekend.Our Thursday night is uncomfortable with temps slowly falling from around the 90 mark and through the 80s. Low will be in the low 70s by sunrise. Another Air Quality Action Day has been issued FridayFriday's high reaches 93 but, with the humidity factored in, it will feel more like around 105. Friday will ano
  
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• Courts: No less than 10 years for senior citizen who shot a man 3 times last year

  27-07-2023 21:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Thursday, Carl M. Griffin came to court, sat down in the gallery with his girlfriend and another friend and went behind the rail when it was time to plead guilty.The senior citizen- who will be 73 in September- pleaded guilty to aggravated battery, a level 3 felony. As part of a plea agreement he made with Allen County prosecutors, will likely serve no less than 10 years in prison for shooting Leroy Hayes, who was sleeping on the porch next to Griffin’s girlfrien
  
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• Bluffton man sentenced for threats against Wells County judge, prosecutor

  27-07-2023 21:23 via wane.com
  
  WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A Bluffton man will spend just over a year in prison after pleading guilty to felony intimidation, a charge that stemmed from threats he made against a Wells County judge and a prosecutor.Harold Reed, 64, was originally sentenced last month to 730 days behind bars with 430 days credit for time served. A little over two weeks ago, a judge modified that sentence and only gave Reed 288 days credit for time served while his case wound through the legal system.Aug. 17, 202
  
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• ORV driver facing up to 5 years in crash that killed wife

  27-07-2023 19:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It was no ordinary personal tragedy dealt with in Allen Superior Court Thursday.Thomas P. Tippmann Jr. had to relive the night of Feb. 5, 2022 as he pleaded guilty to causing death when operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.The off-road vehicle Tippmann was driving tipped over, crushing his wife, Suzanne. He was 51 at the time, his wife, 50.By all accounts, the pair was devoted to each other and their children.Tippmann’s plea calls for up to a maximum of fiv
  
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• 11-year-old girl arrested over 'false' abduction report in Florida, police say

  27-07-2023 18:43 via wane.com
  
  PORT ORGANGE, Fla. (WJW) -- Police in Florida said they arrested an 11-year-old girl after she texted 911 to "falsely report" that her friend was kidnapped by an armed man driving a white van.Volusia Sheriff's Office posted body camera footage of the arrest on Facebook. In the video, an officer can be heard saying, "This is going to be an opportunity for you to turn this into a learning experience. This is not something you're going to carry with you for the rest of your life."(Credit: Volusia C
  
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• 'America's Best Restaurants' to feature Columbia City ice cream shop

  27-07-2023 17:35 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) - A sweet shop in Columbia City known for its plant-based ice cream is being featured on a series that showcases one-of-a-kind restaurants around the country.America's Best Restaurants is filming a segment Thursday at Moo-Over, a shop that caters to taste buds that need or prefer gluten-free, vegan and plant-based treats.Customers that come to the shop between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. have an opportunity to be part of the video. Visitors may be recorded by the production crew
  
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• Upscale thrift store chain opens in Fort Wayne

  27-07-2023 15:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A retail chain known for offering quality clothes at a fraction of the price has officially made its way to Fort Wayne.Thursday marks the grand opening of Uptown Cheapskate, a thrift store that buys stylish used clothes and resells them at a bargain. The store lists brands like Coach, Michael Kors, Express, Anthropologie, J. Crew, and Urban Outfitters that you can find in house.According to the store's website, there are 100 locations around the country-- and now one ha
  
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• Arizona teen Alicia Navarro missing for nearly 4 years shows up safe at Montana police station

  27-07-2023 14:58 via wane.com
  
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona teenager who vanished without a trace nearly four years ago is safe after walking into a police station in Montana, authorities said.Alicia Navarro, 18, of Glendale, showed up alone this week in a small town about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from the Canadian border and identified herself, police in Glendale, a Phoenix suburb, said Wednesday.Her disappearance sparked a massive search that included the FBI. Santiago said over the years, police had received tho
  
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• Michigan judge to decide if teen school shooter will spend life in prison

  27-07-2023 14:23 via wane.com
  
  PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — There is no dispute that Ethan Crumbley killed four fellow students and wounded others at Michigan's Oxford High School in 2021. The next step: Should the 17-year-old spend the rest of his life in prison for the mass shooting?Prosecutors will argue in favor of that punishment Thursday during a unique hearing in suburban Detroit. Crumbley's lawyers will argue that he should be allowed to seek parole some day, claiming that the violence was the catastrophic climax of th
  
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• Crash on I-65 closes all lanes for 6 hours

  27-07-2023 14:07 via wane.com
  
  CROWN POINT, Ind. (WANE) -- A potentially hazardous scene caused all lanes northbound and southbound on I-65 to be closed Wednesday.At 12:20 pm Indiana State Police (ISP) responded to a multi-vehicle crash at the 248-mile marker, one mile north of the Crown Point exit. According to ISP, a semi was heading northbound when, for an unknown reason, the truck veered into the center divider wall, pushing the concrete barriers.
  Propane tank being retrieved after rollover
  A tanker semi traveling southbo
  
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• Heat intensifies today and Friday

  27-07-2023 14:04 via wane.com
  
  Heat and humidity will be the main focus today and tomorrow as dew points will rise into the middle 70s and high temperatures will be in the 90s which will feel more like New Orleans than northern Indiana.Dense fog advisory north of Fort Wayne with partly cloudy skies and temperatures rising into the middle 80s by noon.
  It will be a very humid afternoon and with 90-degree temps it will feel more like it's around 100.The mugginess continues tonight with temperatures only falling into the lower 7
  
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• Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record temperatures persist

  27-07-2023 13:23 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With millions of Americans facing broiling heat across the Southwest, President Joe Biden on Thursday plans to announce new steps to protect workers, improve weather forecasts and make drinking water more accessible, the White House says.He'll be joined by the leaders of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the heat wave as “a difficult time” and
  
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• 3 Butler University soccer players file federal lawsuit alleging abuse by former trainer

  27-07-2023 12:49 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three Butler University women’s soccer players filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging the team’s former athletic trainer sexually assaulted and groomed multiple players on the team.Michael Howell allegedly committed the assaults and other sexual misconduct over several years, the lawsuit said.The alleged acts occurred in Butler’s training room, offices, buses and in Howell’s private hotel rooms during away games, the complaint said. They occu
  
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• Dense fog north with uncomfortable heat and humidity continuing

  27-07-2023 09:50 via wane.com
  
  Dense fog will be prevalent in areas that saw heavy rain yesterday and last night north and west of Fort Wayne. Heat and humidity will be the main focus today and tomorrow as dew points will rise into the middle 70s and high temperatures will be in the 90s which will feel more like New Orleans than northern Indiana.Dense fog advisory north of Fort Wayne with partly cloudy skies and temperatures rising into the middle 80s by noon.
  It will be a very humid afternoon and with 90-degree temps it will
  
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• No storms Thursday, but still hot and humid

  27-07-2023 06:12 via wane.com
  
  Storms move out of the picture as Thursday begins. The morning is warm and muggy with temperatures only as low as the low 70s before they start to increase after sunrise.High heat and tropical humidity values combine to make it feel like it's near or over 100 degrees, at times, over the next couple of days.
  A Heat Advisory is in effect through Friday night. The highest heat and humidity levels come on Friday.
  Heat Advisory through Friday night for the entire areaAn Air Quality Action Day has bee
  
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• Deputies: Vehicle malfunction causes crash south of Butler that injured 3

  27-07-2023 05:33 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Three people suffered injuries Wednesday evening after a vehicle malfunction caused a crash south of Butler, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office (DCSO).At approximately 6:09 p.m., deputies responded to the intersection of state roads 101 and 8 on reports of a crash.According to the DCSO, 45-year-old Robert Mills was stopped while facing north on State Road 101 when his vehicle's accelerator malfunctioned, causing his vehicle to enter the intersection des
  
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• Crash south of Garrett leaves truck on top of car, sends 2 to hospital

  27-07-2023 05:16 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A crash south of Garrett sent two people to the hospital Wednesday evening, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office (DCSO).At approximately 6:34 p.m., deputies responded to the intersection of county roads 327 and 68 on reports of a two-vehicle crash.When authorities arrived, they found a black Dodge Ram on top of a 2016 Nissan Sentra in the southwest corner of the intersection.(Photo provided by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office)
  According to the DCSO, the
  
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• Severe storm chances till midnight

  27-07-2023 04:37 via wane.com
  
  Severe storms, producing gusty winds and heavy rainfall, are possible through the evening across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Some large hail and isolated tornadoes are possible, too. Read the latest on our current weather alertsA Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until midnight.
  Right now, the better chances for severe storms are in our northern communities, though all of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio could see a strong storm or two before the night is up. A Severe Thunders
  
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• Officials hold meeting to discuss possible location for West Central Fire District

  27-07-2023 04:11 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- County commissioners are attempting to merge Lake Township's fire department with Aboite's Fire Department to form the West Central Fire District.Wednesday evening, a meeting was held discussing the financing, design, and construction of the proposal. Officials presented the station to be housed at 10629 Bass Road, however, many residents had concerns about the location."In the meeting tonight they basically said more we are worried about this small area. Well, if th
  
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• Meeting held to discuss location for new district fire station

  27-07-2023 04:11 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Back in December of last year, the Allen County Commissioners approved the creation of four fire protection districts. One of those districts, the West Central Fire District,is made up of what was once the Lake Township Fire Department and the Aboite Township Fire Department.
  Wednesday evening, a meeting was held to discuss the financing, design, and construction ofa new fire station for the district. Officials presented details of the station to be located at 10629
  
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• Ashley Hand sworn in as new Allen Circuit Court judge

  27-07-2023 03:44 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- On Wednesday, Allen Circuit Court added a new judge to its bench as Circuit Judge Ashley Hand was sworn in to her new position.Hand will be replacing Wendy Davis, who retired to run for Indiana's 3rd district congressional seat left vacant by U.S. Rep. Jim Banks.Before being appointed to the Allen Circuit Court bench by Gov. Eric J. Holcomb, Hand previously served as the senior magistrate in Allen Circuit Court since 2020 and is the president of the Allen County Bar
  
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• Homicide victim identified following arrest of two on murder charges

  27-07-2023 01:02 via wane.com
  
  Samuel Will Evans III
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Two suspects have been arrested and face preliminary charges of murder for the shooting death of a Fort Wayne man who on Thursday morning was identified by the Allen County Coroner's Office.An autopsy determined Dennis Dwayne Starr, 40, of Fort Wayne died from a gunshot wound to the chest and his death was ruled a homicide.
  On Tuesday morning, police found Starr's body inside a vehicle atthe intersection of Lower Huntington Road and Kruge Drive.
  
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• FWPD arrests 2 suspects in Waynedale death investigation; Suspects face murder charge

  27-07-2023 01:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Two suspects have been arrested and face preliminary charges of murder following a death investigation in Waynedale Tuesday morning, according to the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD).Just before 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, police conducted a "high risk traffic stop" in downtown Fort Wayne and arrested 50-year-old Samuel Evans III and 25-year-old Lexus Evans without incident.Both suspects each face preliminary charges of murder and are currently being held in the Allen Cou
  
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• 2 more arrested, charged with murder following death investigation on Lower Huntington Road

  27-07-2023 01:02 via wane.com
  
  Samuel Will Evans III
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Two more suspects were arrested Thursday and face preliminary charges of murder for the shooting death of a Fort Wayne man who on Thursday morning was identified by the Allen County Coroner's Office.An autopsy determined Dennis Dwayne Starr, 40, of Fort Wayne died from a gunshot wound to the chest and his death was ruled a homicide.
  On Tuesday morning, police found Starr's body inside a vehicle atthe intersection of Lower Huntington Road and Krug
  
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