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• A look at kindergarten vaccination exemptions in Allen Co.

  04-12-2023 23:21 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - In November, the percentage of kindergarten vaccination exemptions rose to the highest level yet during the 2022-2023 school year nation wide. In Allen County, those percentages showed the same. WANE 15 asked all four Allen County school districts how many kindergarteners they had the past three years and how many kindergarteners opted out of vaccinations.
  EACS:2021-2022: less than 5%
  2022-2023: little more than 5%
  2023-2024: 3.5%FWCS:2023: 191 kindergarten exemptions
  
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• Indy woman pleads guilty after playground sex ends with inadvertent headshot

  04-12-2023 22:47 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman will serve one year in prison and three years on home detention after an argument with her boyfriend — which broke out following the couple having sex in a public playground — ended in the man's death after her handgun inadvertently went off in her hand and a bullet struck the man in the head.
  Tonika Miller, 33, pleaded guilty to reckless homicide on Monday. She was originally charged in May of 2022 in connection to the death of 41-year-old
  
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• How Kops 4 Kids is spreading holiday cheer this season

  04-12-2023 22:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Allen County children will shop with area officers to spread holiday cheer this season.
  Kops 4 Kids gives children in the community the opportunity to connect with law enforcement officers as they shop at the Meijer on Dupont Road.
  Kops 4 Kids begins at 5 p.m. where the Fraternal Order of Police will be shopping alongside 83 children from around Allen County. The children and officers will be shopping for Christmas gifts for their families.
  Officers from Fort Wayne, Al
  
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• Indiana State Police finishes investigation into officer-involved shooting in Fort Wayne, submits findings to county prosecutor

  04-12-2023 22:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Indiana State Police investigator conducting an investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Fort Wayne submitted their findings to the Allen County Prosecutor, an ISP spokesman told WANE 15.The prosecutor's office confirmed it received the completed investigation on Monday.The shooting happened on November 19 near Winchester Road and Babcock Lane. It claimed the life of 20-year-old Dachena Warren-Hill and resulted in Officer Mark Guzman taking five days of m
  
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• Welcome winter with a walk, bike ride, and bonfire

  04-12-2023 20:07 via wane.com
  
  The City of Fort Wayne Greenways and Trails, the Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Department and Fort Wayne Trails are partnering to present the Winter Solstice Walk/Ride and Bonfire on Thursday, December 21 at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free for this event that will begin at Salomon Farm Park, 817 W. Dupont Rd. Participants are asked to gather at the Wolf Family Learning Center.Bicyclists will depart at 5:45 p.m. for a 6.5-mile bike ride and walkers will depart at 6:00 p.m. for a 1.65-mile walk. A
  
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• Babe Ruth rookie trading card sells for $7.2 million

  04-12-2023 19:10 via wane.com
  
  (CBS) A 1914 Babe Ruth Rookie Card has sold for $7.2 million (including buyers premium) at an auction that ended just past midnight Monday. The card was sold by Robert Edward Auctions and had an opening bid of $2.5 million.
  It's the 3rd highest amount ever paid for a sports card. The top 2 are $12.6 million for a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, and $7.25 million for a Honus Wagner card.The 1914 Ruth rookie card if the most expensiveBabe Ruth item ever sold. Only ten examples of the card are known
  
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• Where are the most fun cities in America?

  04-12-2023 17:54 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — When you think of the most fun cities in America, what comes to mind?
  WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities based on 65 pertinent metrics. The three key dimensions were entertainment and recreation, nightlife and parties, and overall costs."WalletHub compared 182 cities — including the 150 most populated U.S. cities, plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state," WalletHub stated.Las Vegas, Nevada, topped the list as the most fun city in Am
  
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• Top 5 scams in northeast Indiana

  04-12-2023 17:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Every year dozens of people fall victim to scammers in northeast Indiana. Scammers are also reinventing the wheel to take advantage of you and your wallet.The Better Business Bureau Serving Northern Indiana tracks scams reported in the area. The organization also says these scammers are essentially professionals, and it's becoming easy to fall prey to scams.The BBB explains it can be easy to become a victim when an offer seems too good to be true, but the threat of losi
  
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• Former top Ohio utility regulator surrenders in $60 million bribery scheme linked to energy bill

  04-12-2023 17:28 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s former top utility regulator surrendered Monday in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme related to a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear power plants that has already resulted in a 20-year prison sentence for a former state House speaker.Sam Randazzo, former chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, self-surrendered at U.S. District Court in Cincinnati after being charged in an 11-count indictment that was returned on Nov. 29, U.S. At
  
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• Another gloomy day with rain and snow on the way

  04-12-2023 17:11 via wane.com
  
  Clouds will stick around for the next 48 hours with the only glimpses of sunshine coming Thursday. Rain and snow are also likely on Tuesday.It will be a cloudy and chilly afternoon with temperatures only in the lower 40s.
  Overnight a weather system will bring in a chance of snow showers as low temperatures fall to around freezing.By late morning Tuesday, most areas will see a mix of rain and snowTuesday will bring some light snow showers during the morning with snow mixing with rain during the a
  
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• Here's why national gas price average could drop below $3

  04-12-2023 17:02 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the 11th consecutive week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has fallen, declining 0.4 cents from a week ago to $3.21 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 18.9 cents from a month ago and 14.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 4.7 cents in the last week and stands at $
  
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• Sewage project complete at downtown Fort Wayne roundabout; final repairs underway

  04-12-2023 16:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Construction crews are set to restore the concrete at Superior Circle as a nearly year-long project wraps up at the downtown Fort Wayne roundabout.City Utilities said in a release the consolidation sewer is complete at Superior Circle, and starting Tuesday, crews will spend about three weeks repairing concrete at the roundabout that connects Fairfield Avenue, Wells, Superior, and Ewing streets.The purpose of the new consolidation sewer is to keep 12 million gallons of c
  
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• Cedar Point marks Top Thrill 2 construction milestone

  04-12-2023 14:29 via wane.com
  
  SANDUSKY, Ohio (WANE) The Cedar Point skyline in Ohio is now changed forever as construction crews have completed Top Thrill 2’s all-new, 420-foot-tall vertical spike tower. The new structure joins the existing “top hat” tower, giving the park not one, but two, 420-foot-tall roller coaster towers that touch the clouds over the Cedar Point Peninsula.Courtesy of Cedar PointCourtesy of Cedar PointCourtesy of Cedar PointCourtesy of Cedar PointCourtesy of Cedar PointCourtesy of Ceda
  
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• People with disabilities need a seat at the table

  04-12-2023 12:00 via wane.com
  
  The Community Collaboration Space at the Foellinger Foundation is packed on a November morning with people eager to learn how to advocate for people with disabilities."Change takes a while," says Columbus, Indiana City Councilwoman Grace Kestler, who is one of the guest speakers. "That can be one of the frustrating things people ask about."The League's Inclusion Institute is winding down its first-ever Leadership Academy, a nine-month training program that grooms future leaders."We're changing t
  
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• Oxford names ‘rizz’ word of the year

  04-12-2023 11:57 via wane.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce another person.It topped “Swiftie” (an enthusiastic fan of Taylor Swift), “situationship” (an informal romantic or sexual relationship) and “prompt” (an instruction given to an artificial intelligence program) in the annual decision by experts at the
  
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• Man found dead in car on I-65 ramp with bullet holes in passenger door

  04-12-2023 01:29 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) -- A 52-year-old man from Noblesville was pronounced dead Sunday afternoon after first responders found him unresponsive with "injuries consistent with gunshot wounds."According to a release from Indiana State Police, dispatchers received a call around 1:47 p.m. about a man possibly slumped over his steering wheel in a stopped vehicle at the top of the ramp from I-65 northbound to southbound Martin Luther King Boulevard. The first trooper arrived to the scene just five minute
  
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• University of Saint Francis hosts lighting of the lake, live nativity event

  04-12-2023 00:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The University of Saint Francis hosted its annual Lighting of the Lake and Living Nativity Sunday.A petting zoo preceded the blessing of luminaries and the Living Nativity. The nativity exhibit is celebrating its 800th anniversary of St. Francis' first Living Nativity.
  The event honored a Christmas tradition that reenacts the birth of Christ."I think it brings back memories of childhood. It brings back for me those simpler times in our life where Christmas was not quit
  
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