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• California neighborhood under quarantine due to invasive fly species

  29-07-2023 23:23 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) — An invasive fly species has prompted the quarantine of an upscale Southern California neighborhood, the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.The Tau fruit fly is native to Asia and is a “serious pest for agriculture and natural resources,” according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Why are people drinking borax cleaning powder on TikTok?The flies can be typically found on a variety of fruits and vegetables along with a “select range of
  
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• Phil's Hobby Shop hosts Memorial Car Show

  29-07-2023 22:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Calling all car lovers! Don't miss this evening event.On Saturday, July 29 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Phil's Hobby Shop is hosting its annual Memorial Car Show.Located on West Jefferson Boulevard, Phil's Hobby Shop invites all makes and models to join in on the fun!Phil's Hobby Shop was founded by Phil and Kathy Gieseksing, lovers of all hobbies. Phil's has been serving the local Fort Wayne hobbyist community with great customer service since its founding in 197
  
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• You get a flower, U-Pick a flower

  29-07-2023 22:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Salomon Farm Park is hosting U-Pick flower fields.U-Pick Flowers begins Saturday, July 29, and will continue on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays while flowers are still blooming.Prices vary per type; $2 per sunflower and $1 per other stem.Salomon Farm Park said that the front field closest to Dupont Road will open first. Follow the signs and look for the "red barn" trailer for supplies and checkout.Their hours are 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. U-Pick hours on We
  
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• Original Komet Eddie Long passes away at 90

  29-07-2023 20:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Komets announces that Mr. Komet, Eddie Long, has passed away at 90.Long was an original Komet who played 14 consecutive seasons from 1952 to 1966. Born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1933; Long arrived in Fort Wayne at just 19 years old.
  In 801 games he collected 852 points and holds the franchise record for most career goals scored with 425.Komets schedule for 2023-24 season releasedHe is most notable during the 1962-63 season, where he led with 56 goals. I
  
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• REkT the Street in Auburn

  29-07-2023 20:16 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) — Live music and food trucks at Auburn Brewing Company's block party.On Saturday, July 29, the Auburn Brewing Company is hosting another block party. This event is for all ages, however, those under 21 will not be allowed to enter the patio or building of ABC. Local students get hands-on experience with I&M line workMidwestern band REkT will take the stage at 7:00 p.m. with the Auburn Brewing Company inviting the community to bring a blanket and chair to enjoy the m
  
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• Local students get hands-on experience with I&M line work

  29-07-2023 19:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Indiana Michigan Power gave local high schoolers a chance to complete their line school training.More than 20 students from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Indiana joined I&M's line workers and professional electrical educators at the Baer Field Training Center. In an effort to learn more about electricity, safety and future careers in utilities. In a release on their website, it stated that after a brief pause due to the pandemic, students in grade
  
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• Fort Wayne Community Schools throws back to school block party

  29-07-2023 18:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) is hosting a back-to-school block party on August 5 to help students prepare for the upcoming school year.
  The event hosted from 9 am to 1 pm will feature 50+ community partners with fun freebies for kids and FWCS support departments will be on-site to answer any registration or other department questions.
  DJ Armstrong will be at the block party as well as games and bounce houses. FWCS is also giving away backpacks that parents had t
  
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• Wayne Township invites community to Family Fun Day

  29-07-2023 18:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Wayne Township is inviting all to Family Fun Day 2023.
  Trustee Austin Knox is presenting this year's Family Fun Day.Sally Becker Segerson, a community homeless advocate, will be awarded Wayne Township’s first Citizen of the Year award at 2:30 PM today.The event is from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 320 E Superior St, Fort Wayne, the Wayne Township Trustee Office.Food, games, bounce house, face painting, snow cones and much more!
  
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• Mother of Uvalde shooting victim to run for mayor of town

  29-07-2023 18:02 via wane.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) – Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter Lexi was killed last year in the Robb Elementary School shooting, is planning to turn her grief into action, after announcing Thursday she will run for mayor of Uvalde, Texas, in an upcoming special election.“This past year, it's been so frustrating navigating our country's political system, and sometimes you have to be the change you seek. So, here I am running for mayor,” Rubio told Nexstar.The 34-year-old mother is l
  
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• Taylor Swift concerts in Seattle produced seismic activity on same scale as a small earthquake, seismologist finds

  29-07-2023 17:40 via wane.com
  
  (KOIN) – She's just gonna shake, shake, shake the earth.Taylor Swift's July 22 and 23 concerts in Seattle allegedly produced seismic activity on par with a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, according to a Western Washington University geology professor and seismologist.Jackie Caplan-Auerbach tracked the seismic activity emanating from Swift's Lumen Field performances earlier this month, finding similar and overlapping seismic waves on both dates. She later added that she couldn't be sure whether t
  
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• Power almost restored in Northeast Indiana, after hundreds had no power Saturday morning

  29-07-2023 16:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — After the overnight storm rummaged through Indiana, numerous Indiana Michigan Power, I&M, customers are still without power.As of 5:30 p.m. in another press release, outages in Northeast Indiana declined.
  Less than 25 in the Fort Wayne areaLess than 15 in the Avilla/Kendallville areaDecatur area has been restored
  In I&M's area, there are still less than 1,500 people without service. Original Komet Eddie Long passes away at 90As of around 3:30 p.m. there ap
  
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• Hundreds of people still without power in Northeast Indiana

  29-07-2023 16:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — After the overnight storm rummaged through Indiana, numerous Indiana Michigan Power, I&M, customers are still without power.According to a press release, over 17,000 I&M customers were affected due to trees, limbs and branches blowing into electrical lines. Heavy lightning and rain are also a factor. I&M crews responded to damaged poles and fallen lines. Storm aftermath; damage and outages after severe thunderstorms passAs of 9:30 a.m. the outages in N
  
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• Grammy-winning rapper visits Fort Wayne

  29-07-2023 16:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Friday, Fort Wayne welcomed Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris at Headwaters Park along with artists Juvenile and Chingy.Tickets for the concert went on sale on March 17. Over 1,000 people were in VIP, front row section, at the event that had over 5,000 attendees.
  Ludacris has 8 No. 1 hits and 35 more top-40 songs, including "Yeah", "Lovers & Friends", "Money Maker", "Baby", "Glamorous", "How Low", "Runaway Love", "Stand Up", and "Holidae In." The diamond-selling hip-h
  
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• Sunshine returns, heat and humidity stay for today

  29-07-2023 15:30 via wane.com
  
  Sunshine takes over this morning as temperatures continue to rise. Our overnight weather system, which brought us a line of severe storms, has left the area and our cloud coverage has gone with it! Expect sunshine for the rest of the day with the exception of a few lingering clouds that may pass by at times.Conditions will still be hot and humid today, just not as hot and humid as the previous couple of days. Highs will be in the upper 80s.Tomorrow, the comfort level continues to increase with s
  
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• Quiet tonight with lower humidity

  29-07-2023 15:30 via wane.com
  
  We've received some much-needed peace today after the multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms yesterday. The good news is that no severe weather is in the forecast for the next few days, meaning cleanup should be straightfoward from the storm damage received yesterday. We also look to cool down a bit, and our humidity levels fall as well.Our humidity is in the comfortable range tonight, and we don't look back, staying comfortable for the night. Overnight lows drop into the lower 60s with mo
  
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• Quiet this weekend with lower humidity

  29-07-2023 15:30 via wane.com
  
  We've received some much-needed peace today after the multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms yesterday. The good news is that no severe weather is in the forecast for the next few days, meaning cleanup should be straightfoward over the next couple days from storm damage. We also look to cool down a bit, and our humidity levels fall as well.While we are humid this evening, our humidity will fall towards our "Comfortable" category. We do have a slight chance for an isolated shower, but it wi
  
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• Storm aftermath; damage and outages after severe thunderstorms pass

  29-07-2023 14:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- After severe thunderstorm warnings went into effect Friday night, those living in Allen County are feeling the impact with over 10,000 customers being without power according to Indiana Michigan Power's website.
  Here's a look at some of the damage around the Fort Wayne area;To report an outage or get more information about outages head to Indiana-Michigan Power's website.
  
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• Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $1.05 billion after another drawing without a big winner

  29-07-2023 14:04 via wane.com
  
  The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.05 billion Friday night, only the fifth time in the history of the game that the grand prize has reached into the billions.No one managed to beat the massive odds and match all six numbers for Friday's estimated $940 million jackpot. The numbers drawn were: 5, 10, 28, 52, 63 and the gold ball 18.There have been 29 straight draws without a Mega Millions jackpot winner since the last grand prize ticket on April 18.The $1.05 billion prize up for
  
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• Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman

  29-07-2023 13:59 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a 4-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018.“Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward," Biden said in a statement. It was his first acknowledgement of the child.&ldquo
  
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• Rain exits, warm/muggy day follows

  29-07-2023 12:50 via wane.com
  
  The strongest storms have moved out of the area. Rain chances will continue up to around sunrise. Any rain still around at sunrise won't be lingering too much longer, allowing the rest of the rest of the day to be mainly dry. Conditions will still be hot and humid, just not as hot and humid as the previous couple of days. Highs will be in the upper 80s.On Sunday, the comfort level continues to increase with slightly lower temperatures and pleasant humidity levels. Sunday's highs are in the lower
  
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• Rain exits, warm/muggy Saturday follows

  29-07-2023 10:18 via wane.com
  
  The strongest storms have moved out of the area. Rain chances will continue up to around sunrise. Any rain still around at sunrise won't be lingering too much longer, allowing the rest of the rest of the day to be mainly dry. Conditions will still be hot and humid, just not as hot and humid as the previous couple of days. Highs will be in the upper 80s.Temps climb to the 80s in the afternoon.On Sunday, the comfort level continues to increase with slightly lower temperatures and pleasant humidity
  
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• Severe storms through early morning

  29-07-2023 06:00 via wane.com
  
  Severe storms are moving through the area as Saturday begins and a significant flood threat is coming along with them. The speed of the storms will determine how quickly the severe weather threat leaves our area. The potential exists for the storms to last all the way through around 5 am.Late evening storms move in from the west/northwest.The entire area is likely to experience some rain and storms tonight.As we approach sunrise, the storm chances will gradually decrease.By 7 am, the rain is don
  
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• Mega Millions: Here are the winning numbers for $940M jackpot

  29-07-2023 05:05 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Is it your lucky day? Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot is a massive $940 million, theeighth-largest prize in the game’s history. Winning numbers for the July 28 jackpot are: 52, 28, 5, 63, and 10. The Mega ball number is 18. Friday’s Megaplier is 5X.The estimated $940 million prize has been building since someone last matched all six numbers and won the jackpot April 18. Since then, there have been 28 straight drawings without a jackpot
  
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• Federal judge halts Montana ban on drag performances

  29-07-2023 03:26 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) — A federal judge in Montana issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, blocking the state from enforcing a law that bans certain drag performances, writing in an order that the law likely suffers from “constitutional maladies.”Montana’s House Bill 359, passed by the state’s majority Republican legislature and signed into law by GOP Gov. Greg Gianforte in May, prohibits schools or libraries that receive state funding from hosting a dra
  
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• Traffic stoppages planned for busy U.S. 30 intersection in Whitley County

  29-07-2023 01:12 via wane.com
  
  WHITLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Motorists traveling along U.S. 30 in Whitley County can expect 20 minute long stoppages at the intersection with State Road 205 in the evening of July 29 into the morning of July 30.The stoppages are taking place so crews with Indiana Michigan Power can install electric wire in the area.The stoppages can last for no longer than 20 minutes at a time. If multiple stoppages are necessary there will be 20 minutes between each one.INDOT asks drivers to pay attention and ob
  
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• Fellow collectors help complete man's Three Rivers Festival button set

  29-07-2023 01:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Three Rivers Festival button collectors are a community like no other. When WANE 15 shared Bryan Ridgway's story a few weeks ago about his collection, he was a few buttons shy of a complete set. Three Rivers Festival button-collecting becomes family traditionsCue the collectors' community coming together. Two people contacted the station offering buttons to share and a third found Bryan on her own. They all just wanted to help their fellow fan fill out his portfolio.The
  
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• Stretch of Crescent Avenue to close Monday 'much-needed' water main replacement

  29-07-2023 00:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Starting Monday, a construction project will shut down a stretch of Crescent Avenue and cause lane restrictions for a stretch of State Boulevard.Crews will be working on a "much-needed" water main replacement, according to Fort Wayne City Utilities, which will close Crescent Avenue between State Boulevard and Lynn Avenue.The project will also cause lane restrictions on State Boulevard between Kentucky Avenue and Forest Park Boulevard.Crews will be installing over 15,00
  
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• Stretch of Crescent Avenue to close Monday for 'much-needed' water main replacement

  29-07-2023 00:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Starting Monday, a construction project will shut down a stretch of Crescent Avenue and cause lane restrictions for a stretch of State Boulevard.Crews will be working on a "much-needed" water main replacement, according to Fort Wayne City Utilities, which will close Crescent Avenue between State Boulevard and Lynn Avenue.The project will also cause lane restrictions on State Boulevard between Kentucky Avenue and Forest Park Boulevard.Crews will be installing over 15,00
  
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• Stretch of Crescent Avenue to close for 'much-needed' water main replacement

  29-07-2023 00:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Starting Monday, a construction project will shut down a stretch of Crescent Avenue and cause lane restrictions for a stretch of State Boulevard.Crews will be working on a "much-needed" water main replacement, according to Fort Wayne City Utilities, which will close Crescent Avenue between State Boulevard and Lynn Avenue.The project will also cause lane restrictions on State Boulevard between Kentucky Avenue and Forest Park Boulevard.Crews will be installing over 15,00
  
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