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• Recreational marijuana in Ohio: Know before you vote

  31-10-2023 23:23 via wane.com
  
  (WJW) -- Ohio voters will soon decide whether to make recreational marijuana legal for adult use in the state.The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol over the summer obtained enough signatures to get the citizen-initiated statute on the Nov. 7 general election ballot. It will appear as Issue 2, and require a simple majority of 50% plus one vote to pass.Here's what voters should know about the proposed statute -- its rules for legal cannabis possession in Ohio, when it will take effect a
  
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• Marion police investigate 'shootout' that damaged 3 homes, 1 vehicle

  31-10-2023 22:46 via wane.com
  
  MARION, Ind. (WANE) -- The Marion Police Department is investigating a "shootout" that happened Monday night near downtown Marion.At approximately 6:00 p.m., officers responded to the 1000 block of W. 3rd Street and located several shell casings in the area.Witnesses told police there were at least five men in the area involved in a "shootout," but nobody suffered injuries in the incident.According to police, three homes and one vehicle were damaged by the gunfire.The Marion Police Department be
  
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• 'Grow Allen' launches with local districts' superintendents

  31-10-2023 22:37 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Grow Allen, an organization that will aim to enhance career path development for students entering the workforce, held a press conference Tuesday to celebrate the start of the organization's efforts.
  Grow Allen says its goal is to address the degree and credential crisis in Allen County and northeast Indiana. It will do so through a collaboration with local school systems, businesses, and nonprofits.On Tuesday, all four Allen County school districts' superintendents a
  
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• All treats and no tricks! Photos show off WANE 15 viewers' creative Halloween costumes

  31-10-2023 21:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Captain America, Adam and Eve, and a family of cows are among the locals celebrating Halloween in style this year.Check out these photos WANE 15 viewers shared of their creative costumes!Laura, Bobby, and Rizzo in matching cow costumes (Credit to Laura Forney)Adam and Eve, aka Neal & Barb Schaab (Credit to Barb Schaab)3-week-old Benjamin is a Very Hungry Caterpillar (Credit to Kadyn Lannetti)A Beatles fan is taking on Halloween this year, complete with pins and sign
  
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• Inmate pleads guilty to role in drug smuggling plot at Allen County Jail

  31-10-2023 21:42 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - An inmate in the Allen County Jail pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in a drug smuggling plot that was foiled when a bailiff reportedly found the substance in the sole of a shoe.As a result of the plea agreement, 36-year-old Terry Lynn Hargis will have a Level 5 felony of trafficking with an inmate dismissed, but a Level 6 felony of trafficking with an inmate will remain, resulting in a sentence of roughly 1 1/2 years in prison, according to the plea agreement.Hargis
  
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• Wild on WANE: Spooky Animals

  31-10-2023 21:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Snakes, spiders and frog, oh my! In a special Halloween Wild on WANE, the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo shares why some animals some people think are scary aren't so spooky after all.
  Reticulated Python Bo:
  The reticulated python is a type of constrictor species. Bo is 16 feet long and 103 pounds. The zoo thinks he's around 19 years old. The python can live to be 25 to 30 years old.
  Bo was originally an illegal exotic pet in Michigan and was rescued before coming to the For
  
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• Widow of fallen Marine from Fort Wayne unveils new license plate to honor military families

  31-10-2023 21:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne woman whose husband died serving our country in 2022 joined the governor Monday to reveal a new license plate design that honors fallen service members and their families.Lauren Tomkiewicz, the widow of Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz, unveiled the new design for the state's Gold Star Family license plate with Gov. Eric Holcomb in Indianapolis.
  Lauren Tomkiewicz, Governor Eric Holcomb and others at a ceremony unveiling the new design of the Gold Star license pl
  
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• Fort Wayne man gets over 5 years in prison for firearm offense

  31-10-2023 20:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On Tuesday, a U.S. district court judge sentenced a Fort Wayne man with prior felony convictions to over five years in prison for possessing a gun, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.According to documents in the case, 30-year-old Lydell E. Trainor Jr. pointed a gun at family members during an argument in April 2022.Trainor later hid the gun under a vehicle, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, and Trainor had been prohibited from having a gun due to prior fel
  
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• City of Fort Wayne gets feedback on Historic Northeast Neighborhoods

  31-10-2023 20:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A sixth and final open house to gather public input regarding the city's northeastern neighborhoods will be held Tuesday night.The city of Fort Wayne's Neighborhood Planning and Activation Workgroup has heard from residents in the Forest Park, North Anthony and Northside neighborhoods about where they'd like to see pedestrian improvements such as safer crossings, improved or added sidewalks, and various improvements along State Blvd.So far, the turnout has been good ac
  
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• West Main shooting: Windows shot out at Paula's on Main, neighborhood shook up

  31-10-2023 20:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) ---The woman driving her car on Main Street Monday night didn’t even see the shooter.She heard shots that made a pumping sound and then what sounded like clinks on the passenger side of her car where her boyfriend was sitting. They both ducked as she hit the accelerator.As she was driving away from the scene, she saw police flying in the direction of the shooting.She discovered after she fled toward a relative’s home on West Main Street that three bullets hit
  
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• Arrest made in 1982 homicide cold case in southern Indiana

  31-10-2023 17:46 via wane.com
  
  SEYMOUR, Ind. (WANE) It took 41 years to the day, but police have finally made an arrest in a killing that took place in southern Indiana back on October 31, 1982.Two animal trappers found the body of 24-year-old Clifford Smith along the White River in rural Jackson County on December 1, 1982. He had been reported missing on November 4 of that same year. Investigators determined that Smith died from a gunshot wound to the head.
  Indiana State Police Detectives investigated the death in 1982, the
  
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• Court docs: 'Habitual traffic violator' accused of crashing 2 stolen cars bit officer during arrest

  31-10-2023 17:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A driver flagged as a "habitual traffic violator" was arrested Friday night on a slew of charges after being accused of crashing two stolen cars, leading police on a speedy chase, and biting both an officer and a nurse in the process.On Monday, Allen County prosecutors charged 30-year-old Douglas Caballero with three counts of leaving the scene of an accident, three counts of resisting law enforcement, two counts of battery against a public safety official, driving as a
  
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• Pennsylvania gets closer to getting rid of 1965 frozen dessert law

  31-10-2023 16:15 via wane.com
  
  PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) - Pennsylvania is closer than ever to getting rid of a law regulating frozen desserts.The law dates back to 1965 and created strict testing requirements designed to ensure food safety. It also has very specific definitions of what constitutes a frozen dessert.Senate Bill 152 repeals the 1965 bill, which deems “frozen desserts” as “ice cream, frozen custard, French ice cream, French custard ice cream, artificially sweetened ice cream, artificially sweete
  
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• How spooky could our Halloween weather be? Here's how this year's forecast compares to the record books

  31-10-2023 15:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- It's no surprise that we have seen both tricks AND treats when it comes to our Halloween weather. 2023 is set to be a cold Halloween. Could this year's forecast set any records? Let's look back on a few statistics for Fort Wayne's Halloween weather!
  Our warmest Halloween on record happened back in the year 1950. It was a good year to wear all of those lightweight, summertime Halloween costumes! The opposite can be said about our coldest Halloween. Temperatures only cli
  
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• FWPD arrests 14-year-old on murder charge in connection to homicide of 17-year-old

  31-10-2023 15:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police arrested a 14-year-old Monday on a murder charge in connection to the killing of a 17-year-old whose death the coroner ruled a homicide.FWPD said in a press release Tuesday officers arrested a boy around 7 a.m. Monday in connection with the fatal shooting, and he's preliminarily charged with murder.The 17-year-old victim, identified by the coroner Tuesday as Mario Davaughn Smith Jr. from Fort Wayne, was initially listed in life-threatening condition af
  
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• Coroner rules 17-year-old's shooting death a homicide in south Fort Wayne neighborhood

  31-10-2023 15:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 17-year-old who was in life-threatening condition after a Sunday night shooting has died, and the Allen County Coroner announced Tuesday his death was ruled a homicide.The coroner identified the victim as Mario Davaughn Smith Jr. from Fort Wayne.Fort Wayne Police responded to the shooting in the 1000 block of Milton Street just before 11:30 p.m. There, they found Mario with a gunshot wound.
  The teenager was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead, accor
  
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• Trial for Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen pushed back to October 2024

  31-10-2023 15:16 via wane.com
  
  CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. – An evidence leak, legal filings and the removal of the original court-appointed defense team spelled another delay in the Delphi murder case.Attorneys for Richard Allen filed a motion for a continuance to delay the proceedings. The trial had been scheduled for January 2024.
  Allen's new attorneys indicated it would be "impossible" to meet the January trial date, given the amount of discovery material they have to review.The state had no objection to the motion, accord
  
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• Bud Light brewer is still struggling to sell the beer in North America over trans promotion backlash

  31-10-2023 14:02 via wane.com
  
  Anheuser-Busch Inbev said Tuesday that revenue growth in most of its global regions was offset by a drop in North American sales, in a sign of continuing fallout from a promotion with a transgender influencer that cost it sales.The world's largest brewer and parent company of Bud Light said adjusted earnings for the latest quarter rose 4.1% to $5.4 billion on revenues that climbed 5% to $15.6 billion.Revenue in the United States for the July-September period, however, tumbled 13.5%. AB InBev, ba
  
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• The UAW says its strike 'won things no one thought possible' from automakers. Here's how it fared

  31-10-2023 12:09 via wane.com
  
  The United Auto Workers won at least partial victories on many of the key demands that led to the six-week strike against Ford, General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis.The union has given some details of the deals, including a detailed explanation of the agreement it reached with Ford. The agreement is expected to become the model for later settlements with GM and Stellantis. Rank-and-file UAW members must ratify each contract before it takes effect.“We won things no one thought possible,
  
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• Maui police release body camera footage from deadly Lahaina wildfire

  31-10-2023 11:21 via wane.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Maui police held a news conference on Monday to show 16 minutes of body camera footage taken the day a wildfire tore through Lahaina town in August, including video of officers rescuing 15 people from a coffee shop and taking a severely burned man to a hospital.Chief John Pelletier said his department faced a deadline to release 20 hours of body camera footage in response to an open records request and wanted to provide some context for what people would see before the vide
  
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• Orland man dead after suspected medical incident & crash

  31-10-2023 04:51 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The Indiana State Police is investigating a single vehicle crash that happened Monday afternoon on State Road 120 near County Road 300 West in Steuben County. Officers have identified the victim as 73-year-old Darrel R. Walter of Orland. According to the preliminary investigation, Walter was driving his pickup truck west on S.R. 120 when he suddenly ran off the road to the south and traveled approximately 1500 feet through a cut cornfield. There was n
  
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• Police shoot man who was firing shots along West Main Street in Fort Wayne

  31-10-2023 02:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- One man was hospitalized Monday night after an officer-involved shooting west of downtown Fort Wayne.
  The shooting happened in the 1800 block of Main Street near the Nebraska Neighborhood. Numerous witnesses told WANE 15 that several shots were fired.Officer Daniel Nerzig with FWPD said just after 9 p.m., dispatch received several calls that a man who had been removed from a bar was firing multiple shots with a handgun at surrounding buildings and cars. Officers arrive
  
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• At least 1 injured as Fort Wayne Police Department investigates a shooting

  31-10-2023 02:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a shooting that left at least one person injured Monday night.Dispatch confirmed that FWPD is investigating a shooting at the 1800 block of Main Street just west of downtown. Numerous witnesses have told WANE 15 that several shots were fired.WANE 15 is on the scene and witnessed at least 1 person being taken away in an ambulance. Dispatch cannot confirm a condition at this time, just that 1 was hurt.
  Traffic may be impacted
  
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• At least 1 injured as Fort Wayne Police Department investigate shots fired

  31-10-2023 02:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Police are investigating shots fired and one person injured Monday night.Dispatch confirmed that FWPD is investigating shots fired at the 1800 block of Main Street just west of downtown. Numerous witnesses have told WANE 15 that several shots were fired.WANE 15 is on the scene and witnessed at least 1 person being taken away in an ambulance. Dispatch cannot confirm a condition at this time, just that 1 was hurt.
  Traffic may be impacted between Runnion Avenue
  
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• 1 man in life-threatening condition after officer-involved shooting

  31-10-2023 02:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a shooting that left at least one person injured Monday night.Dispatch confirmed that FWPD is investigating a shooting at the 1800 block of Main Street just west of downtown near the Nebraska Neighborhood. Numerous witnesses have told WANE 15 that several shots were fired.Officer Daniel Nerzig said just after 9 p.m., dispatch received several calls that a male patron who had recently removed from a bar was firing multiple s
  
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• Maine mass shooter's family contacted sheriff 5 months before rampage: police

  31-10-2023 02:26 via wane.com
  
  EWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the sheriff that they were becoming “concerned” about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday.After the alert, the Sagadohoc County Sheriff's Office reached out to officials of Robert Card’s Army Reserve unit, which assured deputies that they would speak to Card and make sure he got medical attent
  
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• Hard freeze begins Halloween and ends the growing season area-wide

  31-10-2023 00:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Last Monday morning, the growing season came to an end for most of the area. We saw a low temperature right at the freezing mark in Fort Wayne. What to know as the growing season endsThe growing season has ended for all counties except Kosciusko, Wabash, and Grant counties.
  The growing season has already ended for these counties.
  However, temperatures will take a dip into the 20s this Monday night into Tuesday morning. A Freeze Warning is in place for Kosciusko, Wabash,
  
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• New middle school named and teachers' salaries increased for NACS

  31-10-2023 00:41 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Monday, Northwest Allen County Schools finalized the name, mascot and colors of the new middle school along with approval of the Master Teacher Contract for the 2023-2024 school year.The middle school, officially named Willow Creek Middle School, was created to help ease the effects of rapid population growth, a big concern in the area. Willow Creek Middle School plans to open its doors by the Fall of 2026. NACS announced Monday that the school's colors will be blue
  
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