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• Driver dies after crashing into semi hauling potatoes during police chase

  30-10-2023 22:09 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A 30-year-old driver died Friday while leading police on a cross-county chase that ended when he crashed into a semitrailer.According to the LaGrange County Sheriff's Department, the pursuit started in Branch County and continued into LaGrange County around 4:30 p.m. Officers determined the driver was headed southbound on CR 1100 E and sped past a stop sign at the intersection with SR 120.Police said that's when the car crashed into a semi hauling potatoes, causing
  
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• Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control warns of scammer pretending to be employee

  30-10-2023 21:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control (FWACC) is warning pet owners about a potential scam where someone pretends to be a FWACC employee in search of false payments.According to FWACC, people who have reported on social media their pet is missing have been contacted saying their pet needs medical attention and they need to make payments so their pet can be treated.FWACC does not request payments over the phone for medical services, and the shelter cannot treat personally-
  
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• UAW officials in Fort Wayne await contract details and predict GM contract is signed in 10 days

  30-10-2023 21:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The General Motors plant in Fort Wayne employs 4,000 workers who have been feeling anxious ever since walkouts were announced Sept. 14, according to Holli Murphy, UAW Local 2209 president and local UAW bargaining chairman, Rich LeTourneau.The plant has continued to produce the GMC Sierra during the six-week strike, but nervously watched walkouts in Tennessee, Texas, Michigan and Missouri, they said.Last week, Ford and Stellantis reached deals with the UAW calling for 2
  
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• More Brewing Company breaks ground on Fort Wayne location near riverfront

  30-10-2023 21:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On Monday, City of Fort Wayne officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the start of construction of More Brewing Company, which will add a new brewery to Fort Wayne near downtown.The ceremony comes nearly 15 months after city officials first announced More Brewing Company would be adding a Fort Wayne location at the corner of Calhoun and Fourth streets.The project will cost roughly $6 million, and the brewery will feature two stories with a riverfront patio and ter
  
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• Portion of Barr Street to close Tuesday

  30-10-2023 21:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On Tuesday Fort Wayne City Utilities will be shutting down a block of Barr Street downtown to replace a water service line.The 900 block of Barr Street will be closed through traffic between E Washington Boulevard and E Wayne Street.
  The work is expected to be completed by Wednesday afternoon. Drivers are encouraged to seek an alternative route and prepare for a possible increase in commute times.
  
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• Halloween weekend shootings across US leave at least 11 dead, scores injured

  30-10-2023 20:55 via wane.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Shootings across the U.S. over the weekend before Halloween have left at least 11 people dead and more than 70 injured, authorities said.The deaths between Friday and Sunday included two in Tampa, Florida, three in Texarkana, Texas, and two each in Dodge City, Kansas; San Antonio, Texas; and Mansfield, Ohio, according to police. Many involved altercations arising from Halloween celebrations, including the mass shooting in Tampa's Ybor City section earl
  
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• IMPD asking for information after 'unnecessary violence' occurred at Halloween party

  30-10-2023 20:38 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department provided an update on the "unnecessary violence" that occurred at a Halloween party on the north side of Indianapolis Sunday morning.
  According to previous reports, a teenage girl was reported dead and nine other people were wounded after the Sunday shooting. Officers said that the incident occurred around 12 a.m. Sunday in the 5100 block of East 65th Street. When officers arrived, they reportedly heard gunshots in th
  
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• Emails reveal details in Delphi murders evidence leak

  30-10-2023 20:21 via wane.com
  
  CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. -- Amongst hundreds of pages of documents filed with the Indiana Supreme Court are copies of an email chain that confirm the death of an individual involved in leaking sensitive Delphi murders crime scene evidence to online groups.
  Buried in a 240-page filing are copies of email exchanges between Judge Frances Gull, Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland and Richard Allen's original defense team of Brad Rozzi and Andrew J. Baldwin.Richard Allen files brief with Indiana
  
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• Indiana Fall Color Train thrills passengers

  30-10-2023 20:11 via wane.com
  
  PLEASANT LAKE, Ind. (WANE) - All aboard! This may not be the Polar Express, but the Indiana Fall Color Train Trip was a similar experience to those kids who took a steam-powered train up to the north pole in the classic film!Riders gathered at Pleasant Lake, Indiana, on the morning of October 7th and 8th, ready to embark on a journey to and from Hillsdale, Michigan. What met their eyes was the historic Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive Number 765, looking just like when it was first built on Se
  
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• DNR confirms more spotted lanternfly sightings across Indiana

  30-10-2023 20:08 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) -- On Monday, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced three more confirmed sightings of spotted lanternflies in Indiana.Two of the sightings happened just outside northeast Indiana in Elkhart and Mishawaka, and the sightings come roughly 15 months after the DNR found the spotted lanternfly in Huntington County.The third sighting happened in Porter County north of Valparaiso.Megan Abraham, director of the DNR's Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology,
  
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• Didier announces he'll promote Deputy Chief Mitch McKinney as new chief of police if he's elected mayor

  30-10-2023 19:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Republican mayoral candidate and current Fort Wayne city councilman Tom Didier announced a major change he would make to the Fort Wayne Police Department if he's elected as mayor next week.At a Monday press conference, Didier said he would promote current Deputy Chief of Police Mitch McKinney and make him the new chief, replacing current chief Steve Reed.Mayoral candidate Tom Didier poses with Deputy Chief of Police Mitch McKinney
  McKinney is the president of the Frate
  
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• Richard Allen files brief with Indiana Supreme Court, claiming judge abused power by striking motions from record

  30-10-2023 19:15 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- The suspect in the high-profile 2017 Delphi murders case has filed a brief with the Indiana Supreme Court alleging the trial court has "failed to perform the clear, absolute and imperative duty" imposed by Indiana court records rules and trial rules.Richard Allen filed the relator's brief in support of a petition for writs of Mandamus and Prohibition Monday, claiming:Hundreds of documents were improperly excluded from public access,
  A Franks Memorandum was removed without notice
  
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• IMPD still investigating shooting that left 1 dead and 9 injured at Halloween party

  30-10-2023 17:56 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Detectives are still searching for a motive to tie to a shooting that happened at a Halloween party on the north side of the Circle City Sunday morning.The shooting left a teenage girl dead and nine other people wounded. Now, police want to hear from witnesses that might be able to confirm whether or not a masked gunman — who was supposedly turned away from the party at the door — later returned to the area and opened f
  
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• Here's the leaf collection schedule for Fort Wayne neighborhoods

  30-10-2023 15:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - As Fort Wayne residents feel the leaves crunching under their shoes, it's a sign that it's time for leaf collection.The city's Street Department began collecting leaves in Fort Wayne neighborhoods Monday at 10 a.m.Here's the current schedule, which could change depending on weather or the amount of leaves in a particular area:
  North neighborhoods: October 30 – November 3; November 27 – December 1Central neighborhoods: November 6 – November 9; December
  
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• FDA warns consumers to stop using dozens of over-the-counter eye drops

  30-10-2023 15:06 via wane.com
  
  (WHTM) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging consumers to stop using 26 over-the-counter eye drop products from multiple major brands due to the risk of eye infections that may lead to vision loss or blindness.The FDA first posted the warning Friday, explaining that officials had already urged the manufacturer to recall the affected products days before. The move came "after agency investigators found insanitary conditions in the manufacturing facility and positive bacterial te
  
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• 'I don't want to hurt you': Florida man uses extensive note to rob CVS pharmacy of drugs

  30-10-2023 14:48 via wane.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) – A 23-year-old faces several charges after he used a detailed note to rob a Florida CVS pharmacy of various drugs.
  The incident happened around 6 p.m. on Oct. 20, according to the Orlando Police Department.
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  Pharmacy employees told police that the suspect, identified as Thomas Mues, 23, handed them a note indicating he had a gun and "would shoot … if he was not provided the pills listed.""THIS IS A ARMED ROBBERY!!!" the note read. "Pl
  
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• Power restored for most after Van Wert crash leaves thousands in the dark

  30-10-2023 14:40 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) - The power was out Monday morning for nearly 3,000 customers in Van Wert due to a crash, according to AEP Ohio.The power outage map on AEP's website showed more than 2,800 customers were without power around 9 a.m., and by 9:30 that number went down to just over 430 outages.By 11 a.m., there were less than five outages left, according to the map.The Van Wert Police Department initially said the company estimated power would be restored around noon.
  
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• Power restored after Van Wert crash leaves thousands in the dark

  30-10-2023 14:40 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) - The power was out Monday morning for nearly 3,000 customers in Van Wert due to a crash, according to AEP Ohio.The power outage map on AEP's website showed more than 2,800 customers were without power around 9 a.m., and by 9:30 that number went down to just over 430 outages.By 11 a.m., there were less than five outages left, according to the map.The Van Wert Police Department said the company estimated power would be restored around noon.
  
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• Hundreds without power after crash in Van Wert

  30-10-2023 14:40 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) - The power was out Monday morning for nearly 3,000 customers in Van Wert due to a crash, according to AEP Ohio.The power outage map on AEP's website showed more than 2,800 customers were without power around 9 a.m., and by 9:30 that number went down to just over 430 outages.The Van Wert Police Department said the company estimated power would be restored around noon.
  
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• Traffic slowed at Hoagland intersection Monday morning

  30-10-2023 13:18 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Traffic is backed up at an intersection in Hoagland, and police officers are in the area investigating.Dispatch confirmed officers responded to Minnich and Hoagland roads just before 8 a.m. A map shows traffic is slowed in the area.
  The cause of the backup has not been confirmed.WANE 15 has a crew on the way to the scene to learn more.
  
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• Traffic flowing again after backup at Hoagland intersection

  30-10-2023 13:18 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Traffic was backed up Monday morning at an intersection in Hoagland, and police officers were in the area investigating.Dispatch confirmed officers responded to Minnich and Hoagland roads just before 8 a.m. A map showed traffic was temporarily slowed in the area.
  The cause of the backup has not been confirmed.
  
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• Traffic flowing again after backup at Allen County intersection

  30-10-2023 13:18 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Traffic was backed up Monday morning at an intersection between Hoagland and Monroeville, and police officers were in the area investigating.Dispatch confirmed officers responded to the intersection of Hoagland and Clayton roads just before 8 a.m. A map showed traffic was temporarily slowed in the area but was back to normal before 9 a.m.
  The cause of the backup has not been confirmed.Dispatch initially confirmed officers responded to an area near Minnich and Hoagland
  
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• 1 in serious condition after crash involving EACS bus, SUV

  30-10-2023 13:18 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Officers are investigating a crash Monday morning involving an East Allen County Schools bus and an SUV that sent four people to the hospital.Dispatch confirmed officers responded to the intersection of Hoagland and Clayton roads, between Hoagland and Monroeville, just before 8 a.m.
  Police determined the bus driver was headed north on Clayton Road and stopped at the intersection's stop sign before continuing, but didn't see the SUV coming toward the bus from westbound
  
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• UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM after landing tentative pacts with Stellantis and Ford

  30-10-2023 11:37 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis.The escalated walkout began Saturday evening at a Spring Hill, Tennessee plant, GM's largest in North America, just hours after the Stellantic deal was reached. Its nearly 4,000 workers join about 14,000 already striking at GM factories in Texas, Michigan and Missouri.The UAW
  
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• General Motors reaches tentative agreement with UAW, potentially ending 6-week strike

  30-10-2023 11:37 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and the United Auto Workers union reach a tentative contract agreement, according to an AP source.The deal follows the pattern set with Ford last week and Jeep maker Stellantis over the weekend.Those deals will last four years and eight months and include 25% general pay raises and cost of living adjustments. Combined they bring the wage increase to over 30% over the four year and eight month life of the contract.The person briefed on the matter, who didn&rsqu
  
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• Spectacular Halloween tradition is a community effort

  30-10-2023 09:31 via wane.com
  
  Bucky, an adorable Corgi with a perpetual smile, weaves around a make-believe graveyard where skeletons and ghosts are enjoying a picnic.Cornhole and volleyball are being played.Skeletons are making s'mores around a campfire and a band is keeping everyone entertained with spooky hits.It's all part of Diane and Brad Smith's over-the-top Halloween display."We've been decorating our house since we moved in," says Diane.Brad Smith with "Charlie" talks with WANE15's Pat Hoffmann."We've been doing thi
  
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• Teenager hurt in Milton St. shooting

  30-10-2023 06:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne police are investigating a shooting late Sunday night that injured a teenager.Officers responded to the 1000 block of Milton Street around 11:25 p.m. They found a teenage boy with a gunshot wound. Medics took the victim to a hospital in life-threatening condition.According to police, several witnesses have been identified and are cooperating with the investigation. They, and those identified as potential suspects are all teens.The shooting remains under inves
  
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• Arrangements set for funeral, burial of Richard Ridley, Jr.; Fort Wayne's first Black firefighter

  30-10-2023 01:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The times and locations for former and first Black firefighter, Richard Ridley, Jr.'s viewing and funeral, a person close to the family told WANE 15.Ridley's viewing will take place at D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home Wednesday, November 1st from 6pm-8pm. Ridley's funeral will occur at Turner Chapel AME on Thursday, November 2nd at 11am, with viewing at 10am. Family reflects on legacy left behind by Fort Wayne’s first Black firefighterDuring the course of Richa
  
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