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• Will Famous Taco on West Jefferson finally open? Its fate is up to a local judge

  05-09-2023 23:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The man behind Famous Taco is not giving up.Local restaurateur Martin Quintana was ready to serve tacos at his new location at 6626 W. Jefferson Blvd. when his application was nixed at a Fort Wayne Plan Commission last November.Stuck with an 11,000 square foot strip mall in a prime spot on West Jefferson Boulevard, Quintana decided to challenge the Plan Commission’s decision in court.Folks already know this restaurateur as the owner of Famous Taco on North Clinto
  
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• False sense of security: Doctor warns of ejections for those who don't buckle up

  05-09-2023 23:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Scott Wagner, M.D, has been a forensic pathologist for 31 years. He told WANE 15 on Tuesday that they're seeing more and more ejections from vehicles, causing deaths in the past few years.Wagner said they'll see fractured skulls and necks in autopsies. Even scenarios where someone is ejected from a vehicle and then crushed by that vehicle.“Stay belted in until your car comes to a rest, and then you have a chance of staying alive. If you’re thrown out of the
  
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• Police: I-69 traffic stop leads to discovery of drugs, arrest of Garrett woman

  05-09-2023 22:51 via wane.com
  
  ASHLEY, Ind. (WANE) -- What started as a traffic stop on Interstate 69 led to a Garrett woman facing a felony drug charge after police found methamphetamine and a hypodermic needle, according to the Ashley-Hudson Police Department (AHPD).Just before 2:30 p.m. Monday, officers spotted a vehicle going 95 mph on I-69 and conducted a traffic stop.During the traffic stop, officers observed "indicators of criminal activity" and deployed a K-9 unit that alerted officers to the odor of narcotics, accord
  
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• L3Harris Fort Wayne advances space technology

  05-09-2023 21:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The next time you take a look at weather satellite data, you can thank the hard work of the Fort Wayne branch of a global corporation. L3Harris has been a part of the Fort Wayne community for many years and is one of about 300 worldwide locations. This location works with the company to develop the imaging and sounding instruments that go as payloads on satellites up in space. L3Harris first began space-based meteorological observations in 1964 and became
  
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• Update on SACS transportation turmoil

  05-09-2023 20:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Southwest Allen County Schools have been back in the classroom for about a month, according to the district, bus routes have been running smoother compared to the first two weeks. WANE 15 caught up with SACS Director of Transportation Tuesday.
  "It is getting better, we currently have eight open routes," said Mike Martin. "We were at eleven and we are at eight, unfortunately it is a long process."
  Martin is down one current driver due to medical leave and is not expected
  
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• Officials provide update on SACS transportation turmoil

  05-09-2023 20:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Southwest Allen County Schools has been back in the classroom for about a month, and bus routes have been running smoother compared to the first two weeks, according to the district. WANE 15 caught up with SACS's director of Transportation Tuesday.
  "It is getting better, we currently have eight open routes," said Mike Martin. "We were at eleven and we are at eight, unfortunately it is a long process."
  Martin is down one current driver due to medical leave and is not exp
  
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• FAA says United Airlines has resumed flights

  05-09-2023 20:08 via wane.com
  
  United Airlines departures have resumed after being halted nationwide for a brief time Tuesday because of a technology outage.Federal officials said that United crews had been unable to contact airline dispatchers through normal means.One flight that was scheduled to leave Fort Wayne International Airport for Chicago just as the halt on flights was announced was delayed, according to an airport spokeswoman. But as of 2:30 p.m. it appeared to be taxiing for takeoff.
  “United asked the FAA to
  
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• FAA says United Airlines has halted all flights

  05-09-2023 20:08 via wane.com
  
  (AP/WANE) United Airlines flights were halted nationwide on Tuesday because of an “equipment outage,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration.A check of the Fort Wayne International Airport website shows a United flight to Chicago scheduled for 4:47 p.m. as being on time.One of several FAA bulletins said that United crews were unable to contact airline dispatchers through normal means. The FAA said the issue was limited to United and its subsidiaries.United did not immediate
  
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• Haircuts, fast food and a casino: Ex Heritage High School basketball coach accused of stealing $5K of team's money

  05-09-2023 19:48 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - He claimed he used roughly $1,500 for haircuts, to buy fast food, to make a golf purchase and at a casino.
  Another $4,000 went to his mother and his wife.Now, a former high school basketball coach is facing a felony in connection to stealing his team's funds and using them for personal use.
  Allen County prosecutors last week charged 32-year-old Adam C. Gray with one Level 6 felony count of theft, which can carry a sentence between six months and two-and-a-half years b
  
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• 1 killed in T-bone crash in Kosciusko County

  05-09-2023 19:07 via wane.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Kosciusko County officers are investigating a crash Tuesday that killed a 64-year-old man.Kosciusko County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of CR 350 W and CR 200 N at 8:40 a.m., according to a release from the sheriff's office.Police determined that, for an unknown reason, the driver of a Ford car did not yield to a Dodge truck and the two vehicles collided in the intersection.The driver of the Ford, 64-year-old Cliffo
  
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• Allen County SWAT serves warrant on near northwest side

  05-09-2023 18:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Officers with the Allen County Sheriff's SWAT unit executed a search warrant in the 200 block of Cherokee Road, near the intersection with Steup Avenue on the city's near northwest side, Tuesday morning.
  A sheriff's spokesman said there was no danger to the public, and that it was the department's standard operating procedure to use the SWAT unit for high-risk warrants and drug seizures.
  Few details were released about the search warrant, which was served around 9 a.m.,
  
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• Motorcyclist flown to hospital in rural Steuben County crash

  05-09-2023 18:46 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A motorcycle rider was flown to a hospital Sunday after an SUV crashed into him at a rural Steuben County intersection.Steuben County Sheriff's deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash just after 6 p.m. in rural Scott Township. Officers at the scene found an injured man lying in a grassy area near the intersection where the crash happened.The initial investigation revealed 51-year-old Tina Leep from Michigan was driving an SUV on County Road 300 North and stopped b
  
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• POLICE: Domestic situation in Holly Ridge ends in arrest

  05-09-2023 18:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man is in custody after police were called to a domestic situation in the Holly Ridge Subdivision near the intersection of Carrol and Lima roads Tuesday, according to the Indiana State Police.
  A viewer submitted photo of police response to a domestic situation in Holly Ridge on Tuesday.Officers with the Fort Wayne and Allen County police departments also responded to the scene, with state police leading the investigation.
  Few details have been released, but a man insi
  
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• National gas price average drops for second straight week

  05-09-2023 18:12 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the second straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has declined, falling 1.2 cents from a week ago to $3.77 per gallon Monday, September 4, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 4.4 cents from a month ago but 2.1 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 9.6 cents in the last week and
  
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• Boater arrested for OWI after hitting paddle boarder on Lake James

  05-09-2023 16:02 via wane.com
  
  LAKE JAMES, Ind. (WANE) A Fremont man was arrested for operating a motorboat while intoxicated after he hit a paddle board operated by a teen on Lake James Saturday evening according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Law Enforcement.
  The incident took place at around 8:25 p.m.
  Conservation officers were called to the area of Lane 585.They determined that Kevin Crist, 46, was driving his boat when he collided with a 13-year-old on a paddle board near a dock. The collision
  
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• Car catches fire in crash near Allen County roundabout

  05-09-2023 16:01 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A car went up in flames Tuesday morning near a roundabout on the west side of Allen County.A car crashed and caught fire near the roundabout that connects Bass and Flaugh roads sometime before 9:30 a.m. Police at the scene said there were no injuries, and no other vehicles involved. Traffic is still flowing in the area.Allen County officers, Arcola Fire and Washington Township crews were at the scene. No other information has been provided.
  
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• Some trees are changing colors ahead of fall, here's why and how it happens

  05-09-2023 15:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- If you've been out and about around the area lately, you may have noticed that some trees and plants have already begun to change colors. We haven't even made it to fall yet, the first day of fall isn't until September 23rd this year. How do our leaves change color and why is it happening early for some trees?Creating the fall color schemeAccording to the United States Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, there are three factors that play a role in both when and
  
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• Driver killed in dump truck crash identified

  05-09-2023 15:37 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) The Allen County Coroner's Office on Tuesday released the name of a man killed when he lost control of the dump truck he was driving in rural Allen County on September 1.The crash took place at around 11:45 a.m. in the 7000 block of Bull Rapids Road in northeast Allen County. The driver, identified as Ernest Collins, 71, of Fort Wayne skidded across the road and was ejected in the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  An autopsy determined Collins died from multip
  
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• Indiana State Police investigating inmate's death at St. Joseph County Jail

  05-09-2023 15:36 via wane.com
  
  ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Indiana State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the St. Joseph County Jail who reportedly had a medical emergency Sunday.Jail staff were alerted that a woman who was incarcerated there was suffering from a suspected medical emergency sometime before 5:40 p.m. According to a release from ISP, live-saving measures were attempted by staff and emergency crews, but the inmate was pronounced dead at the jail that evening.Indiana State Police were conta
  
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• Emergency responders working two-vehicle crash near Grabill

  05-09-2023 14:22 via wane.com
  
  GRABILL, Ind. (WANE)A crash involving a truck and an SUV took place Tuesday morning at a rural intersection located between Grabill and Leo-Cedarville.Emergency responders were sent to the intersection of Page Road and Antwerp Road at around 7 a.m.A Toyota Rav 4 and a work truck hauling a trailer collided at the intersection. It's unclear what caused the crash. One person was taken to a hospital in life-threatening condition according to a fireman on the scene. It's not known if anyone else was
  
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• Driver in critical condition after two-vehicle crash near Grabill

  05-09-2023 14:22 via wane.com
  
  GRABILL, Ind. (WANE)A crash involving a truck and an SUV took place Tuesday morning at a rural intersection located between Grabill and Leo-Cedarville.Emergency responders were sent to the intersection of Page Road and Antwerp Road at around 7 a.m.A truck and an SUV were involved in a crash at the intersection of Page Road and Antwerp Road in northeast Allen County on September 5, 2023.A Toyota Rav 4 and a work truck hauling a trailer collided at the intersection. The driver of the Toyota was ta
  
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• Van Wert woman's 'suspicious death' ruled a homicide: police

  05-09-2023 13:41 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) -- The Van Wert Police Department announced Thursday a woman's death has been ruled a homicide after she was found in an apartment late Monday evening.According to a press release issued by police, just before 10 p.m., officers were called to perform a welfare check at a residence located at Van Wert West Apartments in the 800 block of West Main Street.When officers went inside they found a woman who was deceased and deemed the circumstance a "suspicious death". Police rele
  
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• Van Wert police investigate 'suspicious death'

  05-09-2023 13:41 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) The Van Wert Police Department is asking for the public's help in determining the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman found in an apartment late Monday evening.According to a press release issued by police, just before 10 p.m., officers were called to perform a welfare check at a residence located at Van Wert West Apartments.When officers went inside they found a woman who was deceased. The woman's was then notified and her identity has not been released.An autop
  
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• Mental Health Matters: Purdue Extension focusing on farmers' mental health

  05-09-2023 13:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Here's a statistic some might find disturbing. The suicide rate among Indiana farmers has tripled since the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of that, Purdue Extension is working to destigmatize agricultural mental health.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study in 2017 that found rural areas had significantly higher suicide rates than metropolitan areas. Data compiled by County Health Rankings shows there is just one mental health provider for
  
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• First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, but President Biden's results negative so far

  05-09-2023 09:53 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Monday but is experiencing only mild symptoms, her spokeswoman said.President Joe Biden was tested for the virus following his wife's positive test, but his results were negative. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president would continue testing regularly and would be monitored for symptoms.Jill Biden will remain at the couple's home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, for the time being, communications di
  
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• As sports betting spikes, help for problem gamblers expands in some states

  05-09-2023 09:51 via wane.com
  
  When the NFL season kicks off this week, Kentucky residents and visitors — for the first time — will be able to legally place sports bets on something other than horse racing. When they do, some of that money will also fund the state's first-ever program for people with gambling problems.Since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for legalized sports betting five years ago, nearly three-fourths of the states have moved swiftly to allow it. State funding for prob
  
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• Heat continues for another day with a big change coming

  05-09-2023 09:48 via wane.com
  
  August temperatures continue today making it another uncomfortable day. Changes are in the works over the next 48 hours with highs falling from the 90s today into the 70s Thursday.Temperatures will begin to soar into the 80s by late morning with sunshine and uncomfortable humidity.
  The stickiness continues into the afternoon with dew points in the 70s. 90-degree temperatures will feel more like the upper 90s by late this afternoon. There's a slight chance of an isolated storm during the late aft
  
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• Congress returns to try to stave off a government shutdown while GOP weighs impeachment inquiry

  05-09-2023 09:46 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of struggling to find agreement on just about anything in a divided Congress, lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to try to avert a government shutdown, even as House Republicans consider whether to press forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.A short-term funding measure to keep government offices fully functioning will dominate the September agenda, along with emergency funding for Ukraine, federal disaster funds and the Repub
  
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• Two more muggy days with storms back in play

  05-09-2023 04:15 via wane.com
  
  Labor Day is in the books and it felt very similar to the 4th of July! High temperatures were very close and low temperatures were exactly the same at 65 degrees.The 4th of July and Labor Day were very similar weather-wise for Fort Wayne.
  It will still be muggy as you wake up to head back to work or school early Tuesday morning. Skies will be partly cloudy and temperatures will be in the lower 70s.Partly cloudy skies are expected early Tuesday morning. Temperatures will be warm in the lower 70s.
  
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• Paulding crash involving a 12-year-old under investigation

  05-09-2023 01:17 via wane.com
  
  PAULDIN, OHIO (WANE) — The Van Wert post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal crash that happened in Paulding County on Monday.
  According to police, on Monday, 12-year-old Ross Meyers was riding his bicycle south on County Road 103 in the early afternoon.
  Police say that Cynthia Switzer was also driving south, and failed to give Meyers space on the road, and struck him on the rear of the bike.
  Meyers was thrown from the bicycle and pronounced dead at the scene.
  Police
  
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• 12-year-old child dies in Paulding County crash

  05-09-2023 01:17 via wane.com
  
  PAULDING, OHIO (WANE) — The Van Wert post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened in Paulding County on Monday.According to police, 12-year-old Ross Meyers was riding his bicycle on County Road 103, south of County Road 142 in the early afternoon.
  Cynthia Switzer was also driving south, and failed to give Meyers space on the road, and struck him on the rear of the bike, according to police.Meyers was thrown from the bicycle and pronounced dead at the s
  
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• 12-year-old boy dies in Paulding County crash

  05-09-2023 01:17 via wane.com
  
  PAULDING, OHIO (WANE) — The Van Wert post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened in Paulding County on Monday.According to police, 12-year-old Ross Meyers was riding his bicycle on County Road 103, south of County Road 142 in the early afternoon.
  Cynthia Switzer was also driving south, and failed to give Meyers space on the road, and struck him on the rear of the bike, according to police.Meyers was thrown from the bicycle and pronounced dead at the s
  
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• 12-year-old bicyclist hit by minivan and killed in Paulding County

  05-09-2023 01:17 via wane.com
  
  PAULDING, OHIO (WANE) — The Van Wert post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened in Paulding County on Monday.According to police, 12-year-old Ross Meyers was riding his bicycle on County Road 103, south of County Road 142 in the early afternoon.
  Cynthia Switzer was also driving south, and failed to give Meyers space on the road, and struck him on the rear of the bike, according to police.Meyers was thrown from the bicycle and pronounced dead at the s
  
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• Signs to know when your pet is in pain

  05-09-2023 00:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - During the month of September, shelters and veterinarians are educating pet owners about their pets' health and well-being. September is Animal Pain Awareness Month.
  There are seven telltale signs of when your animal is in pain:
  Disengaging from the family and a decrease in your pets' activity level
  A change in facial expression and ear positions
  Abnormal posture
  A difference in vocalizingChanges in behaviors and daily routines
  Self biting
  Increased heart ratesOfficials
  
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• Why are some Fort Wayne businesses open on Labor Day?

  05-09-2023 00:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For the most part, federal holidays are marked by spending time with family, often making meals at home and not spending any time shopping or eating out due to closures.
  However, some businesses opt to stay open.
  "We always see an uptick, perhaps because other places are closed," said Aaron Bentley, the officer manager with Coney Island said.
  For some in Fort Wayne, it's just what the businesses have always done and will continue to do.
  "It's something we've
  
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