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• Jennings Center reopens, overcoming staff concerns

  23-10-2023 23:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — On October 10th tensions boiled over as City Council questioned Fort Wayne Parks Director Steve McDaniel about the Jennings Center.
  “I told you face-to-face [and] man-to-man: I’m pissed,” Councilman Hines said to Steve McDaniel, director of Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation at the City Council Meeting.The Center provides recreation and learning opportunities for youth, but when students went back to school it struggled to have enough staff.The cent
  
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• Lanes open both ways at Old Mill and Rudisill

  23-10-2023 23:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - While construction remains, drivers can now take both the north and south lanes of Old Mill Road at the intersection with Broadway in front of Foster Park.The north bound lane of Old Mill Road opened earlier this month, allowing people coming from the Foster Park and Southwood Park neighborhoods a quick escape toward downtown instead of zigzagging through neighborhoods during the road's months-long closure.
  Monday, city workers opened the northbound lane as well, allowi
  
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• City of Kendallville raising money for new skate park through crowdfunding campaign

  23-10-2023 22:16 via wane.com
  
  KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (WANE) -- With the help of the public, Kendallville could soon receive enough funding for a new addition to the Kendallville Outdoor Recreation Complex.On Thursday, Kendallville Park and Recreation announced the start of a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for a new skate park that would be located at the sports complex.The project, dubbed Kendallville Skatepark, will cost over $300,000, but city officials hope to raise $45,000 through the crowdfunding campaign to offset so
  
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• Riverfront proposal surprises local businesses and homeowners whose land would be part of proposed projects

  23-10-2023 22:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A major proposal by Eric Doden's DOMO Development for Fort Wayne's riverfrontannounced on Monday includes a series of projects totaling $1.5 billion.That proposal was both a surprise and Déjà vu for several small, local businesses and homeowners.Proposed sites cover 60 acres from Sherman Blvd. to Science Central.One location where a proposed mixed use building would exist is along Superior Street next to Promenade Park. That's also where TJ Nowak Supply i
  
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• 'We need to know where we came from': Underground Railroad has ties to northeast Indiana

  23-10-2023 22:01 via wane.com
  
  ROME CITY, Ind. (WANE) - The Underground Railroad is a major part of United States history, with many ties to northeast Indiana.
  The Underground Railroad was a network that fought to resist the enslavement of African Americans by escaping through the end of the Civil War between the 1820s to the 1860s. Slaves who fought to gain self-emancipation are referred to as freedom seekers.The Gene Stratton-Porter Historic Site hosts a series of events that teach about the Underground Railroad. It include
  
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• Arrest made in Christmas Eve 2021 hit-and-run death

  23-10-2023 19:19 via wane.com
  
  ***WARNING: The following story contains graphic content not suitable for all readers***FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Nearly two years after someone driving a black Dodge Charger struck and killed 90-year-old Ruth Ann Beyer in a hit-and-run as she walked across a street on Christmas Eve, a suspect is behind bars.
  Police arrested 29-year-old Trayvion Rayshawn Mosby on an outstanding warrant connected to Beyer's death on Friday.Woman killed in South Anthony crash identifiedHe is currently being held i
  
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• Man charged with murder in connection to fatal shooting in south Fort Wayne

  23-10-2023 18:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man was arrested Monday and charged with murder in connection to a fatal shooting after a woman and her husband were found dead two days apart.
  According to court documents, police arrested 33-year-old James Louis Saylor and charged him with a preliminary count of murder in a shooting that killed a man Sunday around 6:30 a.m. near the ‘4 Cloud 20’ tobacco shop.Fort Wayne Police officers at the scene near Calhoun Street and Pettit Avenue found a man su
  
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• Man charged with murder in connection to fatal shooting after husband, wife found dead 2 days apart

  23-10-2023 18:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man was arrested Monday and charged with murder in connection to a fatal shooting after a woman and her husband were found dead two days apart.
  For nearly two days, Vanessa Brabson lay on the ground in a large vacant lot near Bloomingdale Park, a single shell casing next to her body.Police found Brabson, 34, Friday morning, the time of her death marked by her cell phone that’d stopped moving and network communication that ended around 7:46 p.m. Wednesday.Vanessa
  
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• World's oldest dog ever dies at age 31 - or about 217 in dog years

  23-10-2023 17:48 via wane.com
  
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A 31-year-old dog in Portugal that had been ranked as the world’s oldest dog ever has died, his owner said Monday.The guard dog, called Bobi, died over the weekend in a veterinary hospital, Leonel Costa told The Associated Press.Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo Portuguese dog, poses for a photo with his owner Leonel Costa and his Guinness World Record certificates for the oldest dog, at their home in Conqueiros, central Portugal, Saturday, May 20
  
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• Pump prices could fall to March levels this week

  23-10-2023 16:55 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the fifth straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has dropped, falling 5.2 cents from a week ago to $3.50 per gallon Sunday 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 33.2 cents from a month ago and 26.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 3.8 cents in the last week and stands at $4.48
  
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• Autoworkers strike at Stellantis plant shutting down big profit center, 41,000 workers now picketing

  23-10-2023 16:46 via wane.com
  
  (AP) - The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against big Detroit automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup trucks for Stellantis.The union says that 6,800 members walked out Monday morning and shut down the Sterling Heights, Michigan Assembly Plant, a huge profit center for the company.The newest strike action comes just three days after union President Shawn Fain reported progress in talks with General Motors and Stellantis but said the companies
  
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• Autoworkers add key Stellantis pickup truck plant to strikes, shutting down big profit center

  23-10-2023 16:46 via wane.com
  
  (AP) - The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against big Detroit automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup trucks for Stellantis.The union says that 6,800 members walked out Monday morning at the Sterling Heights, Michigan, Assembly Plant, a huge profit center for the company.The newest strike action comes just three days after union President Shawn Fain reported progress in talks with General Motors and Stellantis but said the companies will have
  
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• Massive $1.5 billion proposal to remake Fort Wayne north riverfront

  23-10-2023 15:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Eight co-developers proposed a transformational $1.5 billion series of projects for Fort Wayne's north riverfront properties that would include an arena, soccer stadium, natatorium and more, covering more than 60 acres from Sherman Blvd. to Science Central.It's not immediately clear what Mayor Tom Henry's administration thinks of the plan. The city owns some of the proposed sites, including the 6.4 acres on Harrison St. that housed the former Pepsi bottling plant.
  
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• Traffic flowing again on Coliseum Boulevard after 5-car crash

  23-10-2023 14:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Five vehicles, including a motorcycle, collided Monday morning on Coliseum Boulevard, causing traffic to be blocked in the area for about an hour.Fort Wayne Police responded sometime before 8:30 a.m. to the crash on Coliseum near the intersection with H. W. Baals Drive. A WANE 15 crew at the scene saw at least one motorcycle was involved.For about an hour, officers closed eastbound Coliseum from Parnell Avenue to North Anthony Boulevard. Police were directing cars heade
  
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• 5-car crash closes portion of Coliseum Boulevard

  23-10-2023 14:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Five cars collided Monday morning on Coliseum Boulevard, causing traffic to be blocked in the area, dispatch confirmed.Fort Wayne Police responded sometime before 8:30 a.m. and closed Eastbound Coliseum from Parnell Avenue to North Anthony Boulevard. It's unclear when the road will open back up.WANE 15 has a crew on the way to the scene to learn more.
  
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• Michigan State suspends employee involved with allowing Hitler's image to be shown on videoboards

  23-10-2023 14:36 via wane.com
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller said he has suspended an employee involved in allowing Adolf Hitler's image to be shown on videoboards before playing No. 2 Michigan.The employee, who was not named, will be paid pending an investigation that will help to determine potential action in the future. Haller said no one in the department viewed the entire video, exposing a failure in its process.“Antisemitism must be denounced,” Haller said in a
  
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• Love that rainy day smell? Here's the science behind the scent

  23-10-2023 14:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- It's probably one of the most notable smells, the crisp scent of the air right after the rain has passed. But, there's a little bit of science in the air, too!This beloved smell actually has a name: Petrichor. This word has a Greek origin to it, and it's quite the combination of terms.
  "Petra" - Rock or stone"Ichor" - Reference to the "blood" of the immortal Greek gods
  Overall, there are three components that lead to this smell that we know so well.The first component
  
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• Pat sees what it's like to be Principal for a Day

  23-10-2023 13:59 via wane.com
  
  When I set out to be "Principal for a Day" at Northcrest Elementary School in early October, I thought it would be fun. I was excited to take part in an event Fort Wayne Community Schools holds every year to give the public a look inside their schools and the vital role principals play.While it certainly was fun, it was also eye-opening.
  I was able to see firsthand how many different hats a principal wears in a typical day.I was assigned to Northcrest Elementary School where Lindsay Amstutz show
  
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• UAW's confrontational leader makes gains in strike talks, but some wonder: Has he reached too far?

  23-10-2023 13:25 via wane.com
  
  WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit’s automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain.Armed with a list of what even Fain has called “audacious” demands for better pay and benefits, the UAW leader has embodied the exasperation of workers who say they've struggled for years while the automakers have enjoyed billions in profits. Yet as the strikes
  
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• 1 dead in LaGrange County crash

  23-10-2023 09:34 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE Co., Ind. (WANE) - Indiana State Police is investigating a fatal crash on the I-80/90 toll road in LaGrange County. The crash happened around 10 p.m. Sunday night.A vehicle was traveling westbound on the Toll Road near mile marker 108 at a very low rate of speed, according to an ISP press release. A semi came behind the vehicle and crashed into the back of it. This caused the vehicle to travel across the center grass median and catch fire.Witnesses attempted to render aid to the driver,
  
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• VFW 857 hosts annual Ride for Honor Flight

  23-10-2023 02:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— VFW Post 857 hosted its sixth annual Ride for Honor Flight on Sunday afternoon.The event raises funds that send Northeast Indiana veterans on an Honor Flight to Washington D.C.This year's event included a group of nearly 40 participating motorcycles that rode for more than two hours, beginning at the Harley-Davidson of Fort Wayne and ending at VFW Post 857.Jim Olds started the event and hopes to keep hosting the annual ride. He would like to see the turnout grow in
  
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• A Frost Advisory has been issued for this morning

  23-10-2023 01:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Widespread frost is on the way to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio this morning. With temperatures forecasted to drop down to right around the freezing mark, some spots could experience their first freeze of the fall season. What causes the morning frost on your windshield?A Frost Advisory is in place for all of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Frost forms in temperatures less than or equal to 36 degrees, so frosty conditions are expected. Temperatures at freez
  
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• Frost Advisory issued for Monday morning

  23-10-2023 00:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Widespread frost is on the way to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio Monday morning. With temperatures forecasted to drop down to right around the freezing mark, some spots could experience their first freeze of the fall season. What causes the morning frost on your windshield?A Frost Advisory is in place for all of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Frost forms in temperatures less than or equal to 36 degrees, so frosty conditions are expexted. Temperatures at fre
  
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