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• Police investigate shooting near intersection of Lima, Production roads

  22-09-2023 23:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department advised residents to avoid the area of Lima and Production roads Friday afternoon as police investigate a shooting in the area.Dispatchers confirmed to WANE 15 that police are investigating a shooting.The Fort Wayne Police Department issued a mobile push notification just before 5:45 p.m. telling residents to avoid the area.The scene is just north of Coliseum Boulevard and just northwest of Glenbrook Square.Conditions are unknown at thi
  
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• Police investigate shooting at intersection of Lima, Production roads

  22-09-2023 23:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department advised residents to avoid the area of Lima and Production roads Friday afternoon as police investigate a shooting in the area.Dispatchers confirmed to WANE 15 that police are investigating a shooting.The Fort Wayne Police Department issued a mobile push notification just before 5:45 p.m. telling residents to avoid the area.The scene is just north of Coliseum Boulevard and just northwest of Glenbrook Square.Conditions are unknown at thi
  
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• Man implicated in child sex trafficking scheme spared prison

  22-09-2023 23:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man accused of playing a role in a child sex trafficking and blackmail scheme will spend four years in Allen County Community Corrections with an electronic monitoring device.Caleb Thompson, 24, avoided prison at his sentencing on one felony count of corrupt business influence in Allen Superior Court on Friday.As part of a plea agreement he previously made with Allen County prosecutors, felony counts of promoting child sex trafficking, promoting prostitution and intim
  
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• FWPD: Man shot in neck during altercation near intersection of Lima, Production roads

  22-09-2023 23:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is investigating a shooting near the intersection of Lima and Production roads Friday evening.The FWPD issued a mobile push notification just before 5:45 p.m. telling residents to avoid the area.According to witness accounts the FWPD received, two men were involved in an altercation when one of them brandished a gun and one of the two men was shot in the neck.FWPD later learned from hospital staff that the victim is in "stable" c
  
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• Jeep driver, passenger arrested after high-speed chase across state lines

  22-09-2023 23:28 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Two suspects in a Jeep led police on a high-speed chase across state lines Friday morning.According to a press release from the Steuben County Sheriff's Department, a high-speed pursuit started in Branch County, Michigan near the state line just after 11:15 a.m. A blue 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee was being pursued by Branch County Sheriff's deputies for excessive speed and failing to stop for a police officer.Steuben County Sheriff's deputies responded to the area of O
  
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• LOOK: Take trip through history with tour of 6 historic Wabash houses

  22-09-2023 23:05 via wane.com
  
  WABASH, Ind. (WANE) -- From houses that predate the American Civil War to a structure previously used a both a home and a jail, an upcoming tour will showcase some of the most historic homes Wabash has to offer.Organized by Indiana Landmarks, the self-guided tour will feature six homes in Wabash dating from 1849 to 1972 that highlight "diverse architecture, historic rehabilitations underway and completed transformation."Paul Hayden, director of the Northeast Field Office of Indiana Landmarks, so
  
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• 'You better not tell nobody': Witnesses help police link suspects to 2016 double homicide

  22-09-2023 22:57 via wane.com
  
  ***WARNING: The following story contains graphic content not suitable for all readers***NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) - The little girl looked upset.
  That's what a man driving a small red pickup truck who saw the girl walking along busy State Road 930 one morning just before 8:30 a.m. would later tell New Haven Police officers.
  He stopped to pick her up and took her home. There, he went inside, looked down at the ground and he immediately walked back out to call police.
  Jaime Klein was stabbed to death
  
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• Mother sentenced to 30 years in toddler's fentanyl homicide

  22-09-2023 22:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A mother charged in the 2021 homicide of her 15-month-old daughter was sentenced Friday to three decades behind bars.A judge in Allen Superior Court sentenced 43-year-old Angela M. Brown to 30 years in prison for neglect of a dependent resulting in death.
  On Oct. 14, 2021, Savannah Rose Brown stopped breathing on the floor next to the bed while watching cartoons.Emergency crews were called to a home in the 8300 block of Newfield Drive on October 14 where they found the
  
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• Driver ejected from vehicle in fatal single-vehicle crash in Huntington County

  22-09-2023 22:22 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The Huntington County Sheriff's Department (HCSD) is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that happened after 2:00 p.m. Friday.According to the HSCD, a vehicle was heading south on State Road 105 near County Road 800 South when the vehicle left the road.The driver tried getting back on the road, but the driver made an "improper steering input" that caused the vehicle to roll over, ejecting the driver in the process, according to the HCSD. POLICE: .259 bloo
  
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• Body found in private pond in Noble County: police

  22-09-2023 22:09 via wane.com
  
  NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Police in Noble County found a body in a private pond Friday morning.Investigators and deputies with the Noble County Sheriff’s Department were called to the pond in Lisbon shortly after 9:30 a.m. and found the person, who was pronounced dead at the scene, the department confirmed to WANE 15.A detective told WANE 15 on Friday they did not know the identity of the person or the cause of death.
  The sheriff’s department is currently investigating the death al
  
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• 9/22 Highlight Zone Prep Football Scoreboard

  22-09-2023 21:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Check this page throughout the night for updated scores from local high school football games in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio.Summit Athletic Conference
  Snider 20 Homestead 23 F/OT
  Wayne 10 Carroll 17
  Bishop Luers -- North Side --
  Bishop Dwenger 42 Northrop 14
  South Side -- Concordia --Independent
  Park Tudor 62 Blackhawk Christian 7Northeast Eight Conference
  Columbia City 7 New Haven 21
  East Noble 49 Norwell 15
  Bellmont 0 Leo 40
  DeKalb 49 Huntington North 13Alle
  
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• Here's how the UAW strike could affect the economy

  22-09-2023 20:13 via wane.com
  
  (CBS) Jonathan Grant’s Central Avenue dealership in Yonkers, New York sells vehicles from Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge. Right now, the lot is full of new cars but Grant worries that could change if the United Auto Workers strike continues.“I'm afraid if the strike lasts long, it could impact our availability,” Grant says.The plant that builds the popular Jeep Wrangler is currently shut down. Ford and GM dealerships could face the same problem if assembly lines sit idle for a prolon
  
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• Amazon Prime Video viewers will have to pay to keep movies, shows ad-free

  22-09-2023 19:27 via wane.com
  
  (AP) – Amazon Prime Video will include advertising during shows and movies starting early next year, joining other streaming services that have added different tiers of subscriptions.Members of Amazon Prime can pay $2.99 per month in the U.S. to keep their service ad-free, the company said Friday.Streaming services are in a heated tug-of-war over viewers and users are growing more adept at jumping in and out of those services, often depending on price. The platforms risk losing customers w
  
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• FWPD: Suspect leads police on pursuit, hits mom with car

  22-09-2023 19:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A pursuit Friday morning with Fort Wayne Police ended with shots fired after the suspect hit his mother with the car.Just before 10 a.m., officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department Vice and Narcotics unit tried to pull over a car near Clinton Street and Creighton Avenue, according to a release from FWPD. Police said the suspect fled and a pursuit ensued.The chase continued until about 10:13 a.m., when the suspect stopped in front of a house in the 5100 block of Wint
  
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• FWPD: Mother, son charged after chase ends with shots fired

  22-09-2023 19:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A pursuit Friday morning with Fort Wayne Police ended with shots fired after the suspect hit his mother with the car.Just before 10 a.m., officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department Vice and Narcotics unit tried to pull over a car near Clinton Street and Creighton Avenue, according to a release from FWPD. Police said the suspect fled and a pursuit ensued.The chase continued until about 10:13 a.m. when the suspect- later identified as 38-year-old Jajuan Burley- stoppe
  
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• Marion County Sheriff: Mistakenly released inmate believed to be out of Indianapolis

  22-09-2023 18:50 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Investigators with the Marion County Sheriff's Office said Friday morning that 28-year-old Kevin Mason, a homicide suspect who was mistakenly released by the office earlier this month, is not in Indianapolis.
  According to a news release from the office, it was determined by investigators that Mason left Indianapolis on the evening of Sept. 13. This update comes after the U.S. Marshals Office announced Thursday that they are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leadi
  
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• Construction thickens at intersection of State Boulevard, Reed Road

  22-09-2023 16:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Construction on State Boulevard continues in northeast Fort Wayne, and for the next week, drivers may want to find an alternate route near the intersection with Reed Road.Eastbound left turns from E. State Blvd. and southbound left turns from Reed Road to E. State will be eliminated, the release said. (Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department)
  Beginning Sept. 25, drivers on E. State won't be able to turn left onto Reed, and drivers headed southbound on Reed won't be ab
  
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• Powerball: What's the largest jackpot ever won in your state?

  22-09-2023 16:09 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Without a winner Wednesday, yet another record-setting Powerball jackpot is brewing, building to an estimated $725 million ahead of the next drawing. At its current size, the Powerball jackpot stands as the eighth-largest in the game’s history. The newest jackpot now sits roughly $6 million behind the seventh-largest jackpot, a $731.1 million prize won in Maryland two years ago. It’s also the third-largest in 2023, coming in behind a $754.6 million jackpot
  
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• 2 suspects charged with murder in 2016 cold case

  22-09-2023 15:40 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Nearly seven years after the homicides of a boyfriend and girlfriend, two suspects have been arrested.On Oct. 19, 2016, Jaime Klein and Anton Moore were found dead in their respective homes in New Haven and Fort Wayne. New Haven Police were dispatched to a home on Hartzell Road for a possible death investigation. Officers at the scene found Klein, and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Minutes later, Fort Wayne Police were dispatched to the 6600 block of Fair
  
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• Lake Life! Check out this home for sale on Lake Wawasee

  22-09-2023 14:05 via wane.com
  
  LAKE WAWASEE, Ind. (WANE) Lake Wawasee is the largest natural lake in Indiana and one of the prime places to have waterfront property in the state. Located west of Fort Wayne in Kosciusko County, the lake has it's share of stunning homes.That's definitely the case with the home located at 11133 NE Wawasee Drive that's currently up for sale by The Lynn Reecer Team. Completed in 2018, this home has over 5,000 square feet of living space, with five bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths.
  It wouldn't be a lake ho
  
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• Salomon Farm Park to host Fall Harvest Festival this weekend

  22-09-2023 13:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation has been hard at work preparing Salomon Farm Park for its annual Fall Harvest Festival.The festival looks to celebrate and both the history and culture of the American farm and the lifestyle surrounding it. It's a family friendly event with plenty of activities for all ages to experience and enjoy.Larry Hicks, from Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation, is the supervisor for Salomon Farm Park. Hicks says that they try to add something new to t
  
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• With no deal, UAW vows to expand strike. Will Fort Wayne workers hit the picket line?

  22-09-2023 13:01 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT, Mich. (WANE) UAW President Shawn Fain will host a Facebook Live session Friday morning where he is expected to announce the next three plants where union members will hit the picket line as part of his Stand Up strikes strategy.
  Fort Wayne Assembly, where full-size Chevrolet and GMC pickups are made could be part of the expanded strike. Some 4,000 UAW members, represented by Local 2209 work at the plant.Locally, the UAW also represents workers at a GM engine plant in Defiance, Ohio and
  
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• 'We're going to wreck their economy,' strong words from UAW as strike expands

  22-09-2023 13:01 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT, Mich. (WANE/AP) UAW President Shawn Fain announced in a Facebook Live session Friday morning that the strike against the Big 3 of GM, Stellantis, and Ford will expand to 38 plants in 20 states as part of his Stand Up strikes strategy.
  Fort Wayne's GM Assembly plant is not one of the facilities that will be joining the picket line. The announcement got underway at 10 a.m. with the expanded walkout to start at noon. Fain began the livestream by saying about the Big 3 of GM, Ford and Stell
  
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• WATCH at 10 AM: UAW provides strike expansion update

  22-09-2023 13:01 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT, Mich. (WANE/AP) UAW President Shawn Fain will host a Facebook Live session Friday morning where he is expected to announce the next three plants where union members will hit the picket line as part of his Stand Up strikes strategy. The announcement will take place at 10 a.m. with the expanded walkout to start at noon if no deal is reached by then.
  Fort Wayne Assembly, where full-size Chevrolet and GMC pickups are made could be part of the expanded strike. Some 4,000 UAW members, represe
  
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• Trump says he always had autoworkers' backs. Union leaders say his first-term record shows otherwise

  22-09-2023 09:49 via wane.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit next week, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster" for workers.Trump will bypass the second Republican presidential debate on Sept. 27 to instead visit striking autoworkers in Michigan, where he has looked to position himself as an ally of blue-collar workers by promising to raise
  
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• Temperatures soar on the last day of summer

  22-09-2023 09:31 via wane.com
  
  The last official day of summer will see temperatures soar into the middle 80s this afternoon. It will be cooler over the weekend and even cooler to begin next week.
  More sunshine this morning with temperatures rising quickly into the middle to upper 70s by noon.Sunshine will again be prevalent this afternoon with a high in the middle 80s!
  It will be cooler overnight with temperatures falling into the lower 50s.The first day of fall will bring a full day of sunshine and cooler temperatures with
  
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• Indiana ambulances find new life in Mexico, as organization donates 30th vehicle

  22-09-2023 06:23 via wane.com
  
  HUNTERTOWN, Ind. (WANE) - One local organization making a difference will celebrate a milestone Saturday. One World Medics will donate its 30th ambulance to Latin America. One World Medics takes donated ambulances, refurbishes them and gives them to countries such as Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Bryan Peterson, Executive Director of One World Medics, said he’s blown away that they have made it to 30 ambulances. “I never thought we'd get beyond the first o
  
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• Car crashes into home on Rudisill Boulevard

  22-09-2023 05:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A car has crashed into a home at the 300 block of W Rudisill Road.Fort Wayne Police and Fire Departments are on the scene and confirmed with WANE 15 that no injuries occurred.
  This is a developing situation and WANE 15 will provide updates as we learn more.
  
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• 'Hearing Smiles': How a Fort Wayne man teamed up with a millionaire to give hearing to 1,000 people

  22-09-2023 04:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Imagine hearing your own name again for the first time. How would you react?Would you laugh? Smile? Be amazed or awestruck?One Fort Wayne knows the answer."Usually that reaction busts out in a huge beaming smile, and it happens enough times we call it the hearing smile," said Ken Stewart, an audiologist with Hearing the Call.
  Ken and his wife Nora got into helping the hearing impaired with charity groups like Hearing the Call a decade ago.
  The 'Hearing the Call' t
  
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• Drought expands across northeast Indiana during this dry September

  22-09-2023 04:46 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The month of September is now two-thirds complete and the drought is expanding across the region.The latest soil moisture analysis provided by the Drought Monitor report, released every Thursday, now shows most of northeast Indiana in the Moderate Drought category. Last week, the Moderate Drought area was confined to a small pocket of land north of Fort Wayne.Most of northeast Indiana is now in a Moderate Drought.Last week's map showed a smaller portion of the area in t
  
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• Bumbling bear wreaks havoc, destruction in attempt to enter Virginia home

  22-09-2023 03:04 via wane.com
  
  AMELIA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia woman who kept hearing loud banging noises outside of her Amelia County home in the middle of the night checked her security camera the next morning and was shocked to see a large black bear had paid her a visit.Destiny Layman says she had seen deer and rabbits on her front lawn in rural central Virginia before, but never a bear — let alone one beating down the side of her home.At around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, the bear scratched on windows,
  
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• Bus carrying high school students to band camp crashes, killing 2 and seriously injuring others

  22-09-2023 01:08 via wane.com
  
  WAWAYANDA, N.Y. (AP) — A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp careened off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment Thursday, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others, officials said.Gov. Kathy Hochul said a failure of a front tire could have contributed to the early afternoon accident on Interstate 84 in the town of Wawayanda, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of New York City.The two adults who died were Beatrice Ferrari, 77, of Farming
  
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