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• Flags 4 Fallen and Community Foundation honoring fallen trooper

  29-09-2023 23:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Flags 4 Fallen and the Community Foundation DeKalb County are continuing to keep the memory of Master Trooper James Bailey strong. Both organizations will be honoring his name in two different ways.
  Flags 4 Fallen touches hundreds of families across the county, runners and walkers carry American flags in memory of the fallen. A flag will be carried in honor of Master trooper James Bailey Saturday during Fort4Fitness.
  Seven Indiana State Troopers from the Fort Wayne Post
  
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• PLEA DEAL: No more than 25 years for Gaywood Drive shooting

  29-09-2023 22:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne man accused of shooting two other men last year accepted a plea deal with Allen County prosecutors Friday that would have him serve no more than 25 years in prison.
  Jaquell Franklin, 28, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated battery connected to the shootings, which happened July 29, 2022 in the 4500 block of Gaywood Drive, according to Allen Superior Court documents.
  The deal he made with prosecutors calls for the judge overseeing the proceedings to i
  
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• A failed right turn ends pursuit in Waynedale

  29-09-2023 22:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) --Indiana State Police are investigating a crash caused by a failed traffic stop and short pursuit Friday afternoon at the intersection of Winchester and Bluffton Road.
  Indiana State Troopers attempted to make a traffic stop on a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado, who had failed to stop at a stop sign. The driver of the vehicle, Deshon A. Jenkins, age 37, allegedly fled from the traffic stop resulting in a short pursuit northbound on Winchester Road.
  The pursuit quickly ended when
  
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• Allen County Sheriff's Department warns residents of 'massive increase' in phone scam

  29-09-2023 21:39 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Sheriff's Department is warning residents of a scam that has been going around for about a month.A "massive increase" in scammers have been posing as officers asking citizens for money, prompting the sheriff's department to post a reminder on Facebook that those calls are fake. Examples of scams include a caller posing as an officer to press for a jury summons fee or a penalty for missing jury duty, calling to discuss a "civil matter", or asking you t
  
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• COURTS: Man accused of beating woman, leading to SWAT standoff on Barr Street

  29-09-2023 19:09 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne man is accused of battering a woman inside a Barr Street home Thursday, leading to a roughly five-hour standoff with the city police department's SWAT unit.Fort Wayne police arrested 28-year-old Trae Bennett at the end of the standoff on numerous preliminary felony counts, including domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury.
  Bennett appeared in Allen Superior Court for an initial hearing Fri
  
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• Oxford High School shooter will get life in prison, no parole, for killing 4 students, judge rules

  29-09-2023 17:20 via wane.com
  
  PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A teenager who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School will be sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole, a judge said Friday.Judge Kwamé Rowe announced the decision over video conference, weeks after hearing from experts who clashed over Ethan Crumbley’s mental health and witnesses who described the tragic day in 2021 in sharp detail.Crumbley heard the decision with his lawyers while sitting in a room in the county jail.Th
  
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• Fort Wayne man arrested, charged with possession of child pornography

  29-09-2023 17:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police arrested a man Friday morning who is accused of downloading and viewing child pornography.On Aug. 23, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) sent a cyber tip to FWPD Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Detectives. The tip identified 63-year-old John Arthur Schell as the person suspected of downloading and viewing child pornography, according to a release from FWPD.Files that officials believe were downloaded by Sc
  
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• UAW to expand strike against GM and Ford with walkout at two more plants

  29-09-2023 16:42 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT, Mich. (WANE/AP) United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain Friday morning announced the next targets as part of the union's Stand Up Strike strategy.
  At noon Friday workers at a Ford assembly plant in Chicago will walkout and workers at the GM Lansing Delta plant will hit the picket lines; for a total of 7,000 more workers joining the strike.
  The video announcement on Facebook began about a half hour late with a rap video about the strike and UAW demands. It then transitioned into Fain ex
  
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• UAW president asks public to join picket lines, calls out GM, Stellantis for using scabs

  29-09-2023 13:33 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT, Mich. (WANE) UAW President Shawn Fain has posted a video asking the public to join striking workers on the picket line, citing incidents of violence against union members by what he termed scab workers.
  "This week, we've received some shocking reports of violence against our members on the picket lines. In Flint, a non-union contractor driving a large SUV was leaving a General Motors parts depot when they sped up and hit five of our members, sending two to the hospital in an ambulance,
  
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• New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, among nation's highest

  29-09-2023 12:50 via wane.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state's Democratic leaders that most of the often overlooked workforce are the primary earners for their low-income households.When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in California will have the highest guaranteed base salary in the industry. The state’s minimum wage for all other workers — $15.50 per hour — i
  
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• What would a government shutdown mean for me? SNAP, student loans and travel impacts, explained

  29-09-2023 09:46 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and more likely ahead of Saturday night's deadline.As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach aimed at keeping the government open, spending measures are still struggling to pass the Republican-controlled House. If a shutdown arrives, millions of federal employees will be furloughed and many others — including those working in the military and the Tr
  
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• Confusion over new riverboat development at DNR hearing

  29-09-2023 03:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Department of Natural Resources heard the environmental concerns of residents Thursday regarding a proposal to build a restaurant and a dock to launch pontoon boats on the St. Joseph River.
  River City Ventures is behind the project that would place the amenities at the corner of Spy Run Extended Avenue and Parnell Avenue.
  The public hearing went on for an hour and 30 minutes as residents voiced their opinions and concerns for the area. Residents included those who l
  
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• Fort Wayne Police and Fire Departments recover body from Maumee River

  29-09-2023 01:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Police and Fire have recovered a body from the Maumee River.Dispatch received calls at 5:17 p.m. for rescue water and fire response at the 800 block of Tecumseh Street.
  Fort Wayne Fire Department pulled the body out of the river on a stretcher. WANE 15's reporter on the scene said it appeared to be a young male.WANE 15 is on the scene and will provide further updates as they are available.
  
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• 'Tenderloin Lovers Trail' to feature Nick's Kitchen in Huntington

  29-09-2023 00:50 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) -- Starting in October, fans of one of Indiana's most iconic dishes will be able to travel across the state to dine at locally-owned restaurants and possibly win small prizes during "Porktober."The Tenderloin Lovers Trail features over 75 restaurants in Indiana known for their pork tenderloin sandwiches.One of the restaurants featured on the Tenderloin Lovers Trail, Nick's Kitchen in Huntington, is widely considered to be the birthplace of the sandwich.According to Visit
  
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• County Council hears seven departments request more money, among them the sheriff

  29-09-2023 00:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) --Thursday’s County Council budget hearing marked a step toward finalizing the county budget, expected to be approved in October.Last year, the County Council approved a budget of $250 million for 2023 which was 4% more than the year before. Last year, there was $73 million in ARPA funds to be used at the county’s discretion and a surplus of about $50 million. This year, the budget surplus is $55 million, according to documents provided.While the Council
  
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