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• SACS invites media to drive school bus following bus driver shortage

  08-08-2023 22:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Southwest Allen County Schools (SACS) welcomed the media to see what it's like to drive a school bus Tuesday morning at the "YOU Can Drive a School Bus" event.
  WANE 15's Jada Jones drove a school bus with the help of Joel Rossi, a school bus driver with SACS. The initiative was in response to a national bus driver shortage. It has caused SACS to get creative with its recruiting process."We're trying to increase the applicant flow, we need to get more drivers in here," M
  
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• Can you be too short to drive a school bus? Watch for yourself

  08-08-2023 22:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Southwest Allen County Schools (SACS) welcomed the media to see what it's like to drive a school bus Tuesday morning at the "YOU Can Drive a School Bus" event.
  WANE 15's Jada Jones drove a school bus with the help of Joel Rossi, a school bus driver with SACS. The initiative was in response to a national bus driver shortage. It has caused SACS to get creative with its recruiting process."We're trying to increase the applicant flow, we need to get more drivers in here," M
  
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• Councilmembers present concerns over City of Fort Wayne's supplemental funding plan

  08-08-2023 22:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- In the buildup to Fort Wayne City Council looking at the city's proposal to invest more than $22 million into Fort Wayne, many councilmembers have already voiced their opinions on the proposal.On Aug. 3, Councilman Geoff Paddock said he believes the proposal will spread the funding out "fairly across the city."However, councilmembers Tom Didier and Russ Jehl have not expressed similar sentiments.Last week, Didier said he was frustrated by the lack of input City Council
  
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• Wild on WANE: African Encounter

  08-08-2023 20:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Pretty much all the animals love feeding time at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and the Wild Encounter in the African Journey takes you up close to four different animals as they chow down.
  The tour of the savannah starts with the Marabou stork. The zoo has three, but two are in an enclosure together because they are a mating pair. Nya and Mojo are in their teens and have a lifespan of 40 years in human care. The third Marabou stork, who lives on the savannah area, is cu
  
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• It's International Cat Day!

  08-08-2023 20:26 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) August 8 is International Cat Day so we thought it would be good to post some pictures of cats that belong to employees of WANE 15! According to the National Day Calendar website, International Cat Day was created by International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2002.WillowOlleyGrand Kitty OliverScarlet ZZEzra the cat and Eden PaceTopper Crispy Cream Princess and Pandora Queso Lou Lou Piper and Jasper
  
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• Supreme Court revives Biden's ghost gun restrictions

  08-08-2023 19:22 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill)- The Supreme Court revived the Biden administration’s restrictions on so-called ghost guns in a 5-4 emergency ruling on Tuesday.The justices agreed to pause a lower court’s decision, which invalidated the regulation nationwide, as the administration continues its appeal.The decision hands a victory to Biden, at least for now. Biden last year announced the crackdown on ghost guns, referring to firearms that are sold as do-it-yourself kits and are general
  
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• Ignoring a school bus stop arm could get your license suspended

  08-08-2023 17:56 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) With school starting back up, motorists will be seeing school buses back on the road and every year, thousand of drivers in Indiana ignore the stop arms, putting children in grave danger.
  After a 9-year-old girl and her twin 6-year-old brothers were struck and killed by a pickup truck as they crossed a northern Indiana road to board a school bus before sunrise back in 2018, lawmakers stiffened the penalty for stop arm violations.
  A first offense can mean a 90-day license suspension and a
  
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• ACLU lawsuit says new Indiana law prevents officers from being held accountable

  08-08-2023 17:35 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A new lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Indiana is challenging a recently enacted Indiana law that prohibits citizens from being within 25 feet of law enforcement officers.The law, which went into effect on July 1, is called a violation of constitutional rights by the ACLU, which claims that citizens have a right to "observe and record the police."“The right of citizens to observe and record the police is a critical check and balance,” said Katie Blair, advocacy a
  
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• No criminal charges for officer who struck, killed pedestrian

  08-08-2023 17:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The Fort Wayne Police Department officer who was on-duty when he struck and killed a pedestrian at a downtown intersection back in April will not face any criminal charges.
  The Allen County Prosecutor's Office released its review of the incident Tuesday morning. Henry Najdeski died days after he was hit by a pickup driven by Sergeant Joshua Hartup on April 19 as he was walking in the crosswalk at South Calhoun and Main Street.
  Henry Najdeski (Credit toBarrett McNagny LLP)
  
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• Bye Bye scooters! Fort Wayne ends partnership with Veo

  08-08-2023 17:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The City of Fort Wayne announced Tuesday it's ending its partnership with the company that provides electric scooters to rent.
  Veo first started the pilot program after getting approval in 2019. The goal was to provide more transportation options, promote travel to businesses and tourist attractions, improve air quality, reduce traffic congestion and connect neighborhoods. Veo scooters return April 1, expect more in 2023However from the very beginning there were concerns
  
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• The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks this weekend

  08-08-2023 15:53 via wane.com
  
  Nature's fireworks will be flashing as they move through the sky and you'll be able to see them without a telescope.
  You may have already seen shooting stars in the sky lately but what you were probably watching was the Perseid meteor showers. This weekend (August 12-13) you'll be able to watch what you might call the 'fireworks finale' or more properly termed the peak of the Perseid meteor showers which at times may produce up to 90 meteors per hour according to the Earth/Sky websiteLook in the
  
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• Powerful storm kills 2 people and leaves 1.1 million without power in eastern US

  08-08-2023 13:51 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — At least two people died, thousands of U.S. flights were canceled or delayed, and more than 1.1 million homes and businesses lost power Monday as severe storms, including hail and lightning, moved through the eastern U.S.The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the greater D.C. area, lasting until 9 p.m. A special Weather Service statement warned, “There is a significant threat for damaging and locally destructive hurricane-force winds, along with the
  
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• Indiana teacher with 'kill list' of students, staff sentenced to 2½ years on probation

  08-08-2023 13:33 via wane.com
  
  CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A former fifth-grade teacher in northwestern Indiana who was charged with felony intimidation after authorities say she told a student she had a “kill list” of students and staff has been sentenced to 2½ years on probation.Angelica Carrasquillo, 25, of Griffith pleaded guilty Friday to an intimidation charge in Lake County Superior Court, court records show.The terms of a plea bargain bar Carrasquillo from working at a school or daycare while on
  
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• Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights

  08-08-2023 12:48 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nationwide protections last year.The defeat of Issue 1 keeps in place a simple majority threshold for passing future constitutional amendments. It would have raised that to a 60% supermajorit
  
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• Proposed constitutional change before Ohio voters could determine abortion rights in the state

  08-08-2023 12:48 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio concludes a hastily called and highly charged special election Tuesday, a contest that could determine the fate of abortion rights in the state and fuel political playbooks nationally heading into 2024.On the ballot is Issue 1, a proposal to raise the threshold for passing future changes to the state's constitution from a simple majority to 60%. But more passionately in the sights of the proposal's backers — including Republican officeholders — is a p
  
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• Scientists make it official: July was the hottest month on record by far

  08-08-2023 11:54 via wane.com
  
  Now that July's sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin.July's global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (six tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) higher than the previous record set in 2019, Copernicus Climate Change Service, a division of the European Union's space program, announced Tuesday. Normally gl
  
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• Allen County school districts respond to new anti-bullying law

  08-08-2023 09:47 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A new law that went into effect on July 1, 2023, is hoping to curb bullying in the state of Indiana. The focus of the law is on the reporting aspect of bullying.Schools are now required to notify parents within five days if their child is involved in an instance of bullying. That goes for the families of both the victim and the child accused of bullying.The new law comes as bullying incidents reported statewide surpass pre-pandemic levels. According to an Indiana Depa
  
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