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• Reviewing outdoor school sports safety plans

  06-08-2023 23:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A sure sign school is around the corner is high school athletics ramping up their outdoor activities across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Safety though is paramount when it comes to athletes and spectators during outdoor school sporting events.The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) has defined guidelines when it comes to the heat and thunderstorms that can be experienced this time of the year into the fall. You can read those guidelines here. The t
  
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• Silver Alert declared for Elkhart child

  06-08-2023 21:28 via wane.com
  
  Ubaldo Salamanca
  ELKHART, Ind. (WANE) — A Silver Alert has been declared as the Elkhart Police Department is investigating the disappearance of Ubaldo Salamanca.
  Salamanca is described as a 3 year old Hispanic male, 3 feet tall, 25 pounds, black hair with brown eyes.Ana Reyes
  Salamanca was last seen in the company of his mother, Ana Reyes, a 29-year-old Hispanic female, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and last seen wearing a black long sleeve jacket and w
  
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• Silver Alert canceled for Elkhart child

  06-08-2023 21:28 via wane.com
  
  Ubaldo Salamanca
  ELKHART, Ind. (WANE) — This Silver Alert has been canceled.
  A Silver Alert was declared as the Elkhart Police Department was investigating the disappearance of Ubaldo Salamanca.
  Salamanca was described as a 3 year old Hispanic male, 3 feet tall, 25 pounds, black hair with brown eyes.Ana Reyes
  Salamanca was last seen in the company of his mother, Ana Reyes, a 29-year-old Hispanic female, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and last seen wearin
  
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• McDonald’s releases Squishmallows McFlurry in Canada: Will it come to the US?

  06-08-2023 19:26 via wane.com
  
  TORONTO, Canada (WJW) – Stuffed animal and ice cream fans: A new McDonald’s Squishmallows McFlurry has been released.Beginning this month, Canadians can get a Squishmallows McFlurry. The new McFlurry combines vanilla soft-serve ice cream with pink popping candy and blueberry-flavored syrup, according to Canada Newswire.The McFlurry comes as Squishmallow toys become the latest available in Happy Meals in Canada. The toys will come in a Squishmallow-themed box that includes a scannable
  
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• Are you being fooled by these food delivery Ghost Kitchens?

  06-08-2023 18:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — With food delivery on the rise, it seems like there are twice as many online restaurants than physical restaurants. That is because of Ghost Kitchens.
  Ghost Kitchens are not actual physical restaurants. They are delivery-only as they are based inside another restaurant's kitchen.
  Next time you see a Ghost Kitchen, you'll know its true identity. Most restaurants have multiple Ghost Kitchens with different cuisine specialties.In other cities, the same Ghost Kitcehn
  
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• Waffle House's 1955 menu offered this ritzy dish for just $1.50

  06-08-2023 17:08 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – The very first Waffle House didn’t have smothered or covered hash browns on its original menu, but at least you could get a ritzy steakhouse-style dinner for well under two bucks.In 1955, Waffle House founders Joe Rogers and Tom Forkner opened their first restaurant in Avondale Estates, Georgia, with the goal of providing customers with “quality food at a great value,” according to Waffle House’s own account. To that end, the original menu offered a vari
  
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• Simone Biles dazzles in her return from a 2-year layoff to dominate the US Classic

  06-08-2023 16:38 via wane.com
  
  HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Simone Biles spent two years trying to distance herself from those strange days in Tokyo and all the outside noise that came along with it.She dove into therapy and slowly — very slowly — returned to training even though she wavered on whether she was really up for a third Olympics and all of the pressure and expectations that come with it when you're considered the greatest of all time.It wasn't until mid-spring that she committed to training serio
  
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• New York City high school student charged with hate-motivated murder in killing of gay dancer

  06-08-2023 16:27 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a 17-year-old high school student on a hate-motivated murder charge in the fatal stabbing of a professional dancer during an altercation between two groups of friends at a New York City gas station last weekend.Police took the teenager into custody Friday in connection with the killing of the 28-year-old O'Shae Sibley, who was gay. Authorities declined to release the defendant's name.“Parents lost a child, a child, to something that was
  
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• Explore the Jurassic with Dino Days at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo

  06-08-2023 16:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is hosting educational Dino Day camps in September.Junior Paleontologist Camp: Sept. 9 or Sept. 10
  Students in grades 1st - 4th can attendThe camp lasts from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.$60 fee
  If you love dinosaurs, paleontology might be the field for you! See what a day in the life of a paleontologist is like by unearthing the past, discovering fossils, and learning about the science behind the bones. Included during camp will be a one-o
  
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• Historic Purple Heart Honor Flight: how you can get involved

  06-08-2023 15:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Honor Flight of Northeast Indiana (HFNEI) is sending 102 Purple Heart Veterans to D.C., and you can be a part of the celebration.
  The festivities kick off Sunday, August 6 with a special banquet with keynote speaker retired Col. Gregory Gadson.
  On Monday, August 7, which happens to be National Purple Heart Day, 102 Purple Heart Veterans embark on their one-day trip to D.C.
  Map for SEND-OFF location.
  The community can attend the send-off, and the buses carrying the
  
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• US loses to Sweden on penalty kicks in earliest Women's World Cup exit ever

  06-08-2023 14:40 via wane.com
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The United States played its best game of this Women's World Cup and it's wasn't good enough.The Americans' bid to win an unprecedented third consecutive title ended Sunday night on penalty kicks when Lina Hurtig converted and Sweden knocked the United States out of the World Cup 5-4 after a scoreless draw.It is the earliest exit in tournament history for the United States, the two-time reigning champions and four-time winners.“We didn’t pu
  
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• One left dead after colliding head-on with fire truck

  06-08-2023 14:24 via wane.com
  
  MADISON, Ind. (WANE) -- Indiana State Troopers (ISP) began an investigation on a two-vehicle fatal crash involving a fire truck Saturday.
  The initial investigation indicated that at 8:55 am a fire truck from Hanover Fire Department responded to assist in clearing dried mud from the roadway. The fire truck, driven by Charles Justice age 69, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when it struck a Toyota SUV, driven by Terrie L. Cox, age 44, head-on in the westbound lane.Cox sustained fatal
  
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• Alcohol suspected in crash involving FWFD vehicle

  06-08-2023 00:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is investigating a crash involving a vehicle with the Fort Wayne Fire Department. The driver of a passenger car was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, according to officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department.
  It happened in the 2000 block of N. Phoenix Parkway & E. Tillman Road just before 4:00 p.m. Saturday.
  Police say when officers arrived, they found a man who suffered from non-life-threatening injuries.
  The
  
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