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• 'A sister in the wind:' Sunday's motorcycle accident victim was loved in the biker community

  06-11-2023 23:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Michelle Bowman, who lost her life Sunday evening in a motorcycle accident, was loved by her family and the local biker community.“She was my world,” her mother, Sara Kimmel, said Monday afternoon. “She was my sunshine. She had the most loving, outgoing personality, the biggest smile.”Numb and in shock over the turn of events, Kimmel said she didn’t know her daughter was in the hospital until she noticed she had a phone call from a relative
  
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• Gov. Mike DeWine discusses Issue 1 on Ohio ballots

  06-11-2023 23:29 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio, (WANE) -- Ahead of Tuesday's elections, one of the most talked about issues is Issue 1 in Ohio.A vote of "yes" on Issue 1 gives individuals the right to make reproductive choices - including abortion - free of being prohibited, penalized interfered with, or discriminated against.Governor Mike DeWine spoke with WANE 15 to share his thoughts on the issue which he said he voted "no" on.DeWine said the amendment goes too far and doesn't "fit" Ohio.He believes restrictions should be i
  
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• Didier and Henry: A mayoral bout a lifetime in the making

  06-11-2023 22:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The year was 1983, and Fort Wayne would soon be introduced to one of this year's mayoral candidates.
  "At that time, we had nine councilmembers, eight of whom were Democrats," said Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry about his start in city council.
  Henry would enjoy 20 years serving in the city's 3rd District before losing reelection in 2003 to this election cycle's other mayoral candidate.
  Henry and Didier debating on WANE 15
  "Sam Talarico who was on council goes, 'Tom, I
  
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• Online auction features rare photo of 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas baseball team

  06-11-2023 22:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fans and collectors of all things Fort Wayne and baseball have less than two weeks to potentially snag a rare piece of history through an online auction.An 1871 photo of the Fort Wayne Kekiongas, a team credited with playing in the first-ever game of professional baseball, is currently being auctioned by Lelands, a sports auction house that has been in business since 1985.SGC graded photo of the 1871 Kekionga baseball club, front and back (Photo provided by Lelands)Tom
  
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• FWPD charges 2 17-year-olds with attempted murder, armed robbery

  06-11-2023 21:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department has taken into custody two 17-year-olds on preliminary charges of attempted murder in connection to a Thursday shooting that left a man in life-threatening condition.The two were also preliminarily charged with armed robbery. The teenagers were wanted in connection to a shooting investigation in the 1400 block of Swinney Avenue.Police were called to the scene on reports of shots fired on Swinney Avenue, and then received a separate call
  
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• Ohio State Fire Marshal investigating fatal house fire in Hicksville

  06-11-2023 18:57 via wane.com
  
  HICKSVILLE, Ohio (WANE) - The State Fire Marshal's Office in Ohio is investigating the cause of a fatal house fire Monday in Hicksville.A one-story home on Breininger Road went up in flames just before 9:15 a.m., according to a release from the Hicksville Fire Department. Crews from that department worked to put out the flames, and the release listed six nearby departments that eventually joined the scene to provide more manpower and water.Firefighters found someone inside the home who was later
  
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• Federal judge orders Allen County Commissioners to provide update on jail funding, designs

  06-11-2023 18:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) --A federal judge overseeing Allen County’s progress in building a new jail has set a date for the county commissioners to provide a status report on whether a recently approved .11 percent local income tax rate is enough to fund such a facility.Federal Judge Damon R. Leichty on Monday ordered the Allen County Commissioners to file their report on Nov. 20.It's the latest in an ongoing saga to correct conditions at the current downtown Allen County Jail, which Leicht
  
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• Defense attorneys in Delphi murder case ask Indiana's Supreme Court to vacate special judge

  06-11-2023 18:28 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Attorneys for Richard Allen have filed another brief with the Indiana Supreme Court asking them to throw Special Judge Fran Gull off the case.This Writ of Mandamus was filed by two attorneys not directly affiliated with the case against Richard Allen, alleging Judge Fran Gull has ruled against Allen's constitutional rights and that she should be replaced. PREVIOUSLY: Richard Allen files brief with Indiana Supreme Court, claiming judge abused power by striking motions from recordT
  
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• What causes a windy day? Here's the science behind the breeze and how else we see it in life!

  06-11-2023 18:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- This one goes out to the ones who love to fly kites and the ones who don't love to find their trash cans in the neighbor's yard. Whether you enjoy a windy day, or not, the science behind it applies to more in life than just our weather. In fact, a really good example can be found in your refrigerator.Before you go running off to the fridge, let's talk about one of the basic atmospheric principles involved in the creation of wind.The air pressure of our atmosphere is al
  
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• AP survey finds 55 of 69 schools in major college football now sell alcohol at stadiums on game day

  06-11-2023 17:57 via wane.com
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — College football tailgates are as synonymous with the game as blocking and tackling. Burgers, brats and beer go along with the cornhole and camaraderie for tens of thousands of people every Saturday, a beloved tradition seen outside stadiums big and small.“My dad almost gets more excited for football season than I do because of the tailgating and stuff like that,” said J.J. McCarthy, the star quarterback for No. 2 Michigan.For many years, the booze fl
  
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• Several states see gas prices go below $3 a gallon

  06-11-2023 16:02 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the seventh straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has dropped, falling 7.0 cents from a week ago to $3.38 per gallon Sunday according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 32.8 cents from a month ago and 40.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 6.6 cents in the last week and stands at $4
  
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• Van driver, passenger die after crash with truck north of Harlan

  06-11-2023 16:01 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Two men in a 15-passenger van died after a crash with a truck Friday in northeast Allen County.The Allen County Sheriff's Department said in an update Monday the driver and a passenger in the van both died from their injuries.Just before 5 p.m. Friday, the vehicles crashed at the intersection of Springfield Center and Spencerville roads. Officers determined the pickup truck had a stop sign and the van did not. The initial release said the truck drove through the inter
  
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• Neighboring Michigan offers insight into recreational marijuana industry as Ohioans mull legalization

  06-11-2023 15:38 via wane.com
  
  COLDWATER, Mich. (WANE) -- The interchange of Interstate 69 and U.S. 12 at the eastern edge of Coldwater, Michigan offers most of the businesses and amenities highway checkpoints near cities usually offer.Weary drivers can grab a cup of joe at Biggby Coffee, and local residents can grab groceries at either an ALDI or a Walmart.The interchange is also densely populated with marijuana dispensaries, representing an industry that has exploded in Michigan in the five years since its statewide legaliz
  
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• Police ask for help to find robber of Allen County grocery store

  06-11-2023 15:35 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public's help to identify a man suspected of robbing a grocery store in October.Officers are investigating a robbery that they say happened in early October at a store on the county's southwest side. The release did not name the exact grocery store, or the date the robbery occurred.The man was described by police as wearing a gray sweat suit and having a distinct tattoo on his right hand. Police did not say
  
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• Delphi judge asks Indiana Supreme Court for more time to respond to challenge of how she's run the case

  06-11-2023 14:32 via wane.com
  
  The judge overseeing the Delphi double murder trial of Richard Allen has asked the Indiana Supreme Court for more time to respond to a challenge of how she’s run the case.Allen County Superior Judge Fran Gull was granted an extra week before she has to file a response with the high court over a petition that argues she has unnecessarily limited public access to documents in the case file.The new due date for Judge Gull's response is Nov. 16.Judge Gull filed a motion with the supreme court
  
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• HEARTWARMING REUNION: GE documentary reconnects teacher and student more than 60 years later

  06-11-2023 13:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -In mid-October, Hildegard Hofacker and Denver Sarver met for lunch inside the halls of Electric Works. Hofacker, who is 95 years-old, was Sarver's 3rd grade teacher at what was then South Calhoun Elementary School during the 1959-1960 school year.Neither knew all those years ago that their paths were destined to cross again.In 2020, Hofacker, whose father retired from General Electric in 1965, was watching a PBS documentary about GE and its transformation to Electric Wor
  
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• SUV flipped on its side after crash in northeast Allen County

  06-11-2023 13:40 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) An SUV collided with a car at an intersection in northeast Allen County Monday morning. The crash took place at around 6:40 a.m. at the intersection of Notestine Road and Ricker Road.
  An SUV with children inside ended up on its side and a Chrysler 300 was damaged heavily in the crash. There's been no information regarding injuries, however a WANE 15 videographer at the scene said it didn't appear as if anyone was seriously hurt.It's unclear what caused the crash. Traffi
  
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• Police say a shooter fired 22 shots into a Cincinnati crowd, killing a boy and wounding 5 others

  06-11-2023 13:23 via wane.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati officials are expressing outrage and horror at a drive-by shooting that sent more than a score of bullets into a crowd of children, killing an 11-year-old boy and striking four other children and an adult.Police Chief Terri Theetge told reporters Sunday that an occupant of a sedan fired 22 rounds “in quick succession” into a crowd of children just before 9:30 p.m. Friday on the city's West End. A 53-year-old woman was hit along with the boy who died
  
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• Aircraft crashes into golf cart in Kokomo, injures 1 person

  06-11-2023 12:41 via wane.com
  
  KOKOMO, Ind. — A plane has crashed in Kokomo, according to the Howard County EMA.
  The Howard County Sheriff's Office indicated that its deputies responded to a report of an airplane crash involving a golf cart at Glenndale Airport — located at 3460 S 400 W — at approximately 1:37 p.m. Sunday.After a preliminary investigation, deputies determined that an experimental aircraft was coming in to land at the airport while an onlooker was filming the plane's descent from a golf cart
  
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• Fort Wayne organization offering free rides to the poll through UBER

  06-11-2023 11:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Northeast Indiana National Organization for Women (NEIN NOW) will be covering the cost of a ride to the polls on Election Day. The rides will be given through UBER.The rides will be available from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. when the polls are open. Rides will only be available in the Greater Fort Wayne area, to and from a rider's polling location.You must download the UBER app and use a voucher code. You can click here for the link. The voucher code is: rjX4GQAUHO1. You can ma
  
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• Fort Wayne Police Department investigating shooting near Harrison Hill Elementary School

  06-11-2023 10:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a shooting south of downtown Fort Wayne, near Harrison Hill Elementary School. The shooting happened around 2:15 on Monday morning.Police responded to the 400 block of Lexington Avenue. That's just east of Fairfield Avenue.
  This is a developing story. Check back for updates as they become available.
  
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• 1 in life-threatening condition after shooting near Harrison Hill Elementary School

  06-11-2023 10:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a shooting south of downtown Fort Wayne that left a woman with life-threatening injuries. The shooting happened around 2:15 on Monday morning.Police responded to the 400 block of Lexington Avenue. That's just east of Fairfield Avenue and near Harrison Hill Elementary School.
  According to FWPD, a woman suffered life-threatening injuries from an apparent gunshot wound. Their preliminary investigation indicates she was shot
  
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• Wells County Historical Museum dedicates new space

  06-11-2023 03:08 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE)— The Wells County Historical Society & Museum dedicated a new space for its military collection display on Sunday.
  The ceremony was attended by community members, local officials and those who helped the project along the way.This project converted a storage garage into a new space that visitors to the museum can enjoy.According to committee member, Ben Jones, the effort to convert the space took only 18 days due to the amount of help the museum received from the
  
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• Woman dies in Allen County motorcycle crash on Schwartz Rd.

  06-11-2023 00:18 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A woman died in a motorcycle crash on Schwartz Road past the intersection of Notestine Road on Sunday night.The crash happened just after 5:30 p.m.According to the Allen County Sheriff's Department, the woman riding the motorcycle was heading south on Schwartz when her bike left the road for an unknown reason.Police said she was ejected and the bike continued on until it came to a rest near a fence.She was taken to a hospital in serious to critical condition, but lat
  
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• Reports: Motorcycle crash on Schwartz Rd. near intersection

  06-11-2023 00:18 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Allen County police were dispatched on reports of a crash involving a motorcycle past the intersection of Notestine Road and Schwartz Road Sunday night.
  The crash happened shortly before 5:45 p.m.. A WANE 15 crew on the scene said both lanes of Schwartz Road have been opened after a short shutdown of the southbound lane. No conditions have been released.
  This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
  
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