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• How will Louisiana's new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?

  30-06-2024 22:04 via wane.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky.Across the country there have been conservative pushes to incorporate religion into classrooms, from Florida legislation allowing school districts to have volunteer chaplains to counsel students to Oklahoma’s top education official ordering public school
  
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• Ohio State student who disappeared at bar still missing 18 years later

  30-06-2024 21:56 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Eighteen years ago, an Ohio State University student vanished after he was captured on camera entering a bar, but was never recorded leaving. Despite a frenzy of media coverage, one of the state’s most well-known disappearances remains a mystery. Brian Shaffer was a 27-year-old medical student in his second year at OSU when he was last seen. Lori Davis, an advocate for missing persons, has worked with Brian’s family since he went missing.“He h
  
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• 1 dead, 9 injured in head-on collision in Kosciusko County

  30-06-2024 17:40 via wane.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- One is dead and nine were injured after a head-on collision Saturday evening in Kosciusko County.The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that officers responded to a crash Saturday evening, just after 5:30 p.m. after receiving calls of a two-vehicle crash. The crash occurred on County Road 150 West, south of County Road 400 North.When officers arrived on the scene they found two vehicles, a Tesla and a black Chevrolet SUV,
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• Cool temperatures and comfortable humidity to end the day

  30-06-2024 17:28 via wane.com
  
  After a very humid beginning to the weekend, we're seeing the complete opposite today!Both today and Monday will be much cooler and much less humid, as high pressure moves in from the north. High temperatures will be in the 70s and it will feel nice and refreshing outside. Get out and enjoy it as much as you can! It will be a bit breezy as we end the day, with gusts up to 25 mph at times from the northwest. This may kick up a few clouds, but we're anticipating more sunshine than clouds.A cool da
  
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• 'We are committed to Barr Street': St. Paul's Lutheran Church undergoes renovations

  30-06-2024 16:19 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday kicks off renovations at St. Paul's Lutheran Church.This six-million-dollar project will redesign the office spaces and the restrooms to add handicapped stalls. Pastor Joe Hoem of St. Paul's said the church is also expanding their courtyard by breaking down one of their brick walls and adding a roof, creating the space for a new conference room and a space for members to socialize.Building Coordinator Dan Ernst said the need for
  
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• Cool and comfortable with plenty of sun

  30-06-2024 15:18 via wane.com
  
  After a very humid beginning to the weekend, we'll see the complete opposite today!Both today and Monday will be much cooler and much less humid, as high pressure moves in from the north. High temperatures will be in the 70s and it will feel nice and refreshing outside. Get out and enjoy it as much as you can! It will be a bit breezy through the day, with gusts up to 25 mph at times from the northwest. This may kick up a few clouds, but we're anticipating more sunshine than clouds at this time.A
  
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• Video shows NY officer fatally shooting 13-year-old on ground. Police say he pointed a replica gun

  30-06-2024 15:15 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Video released late Saturday shows an officer in upstate New York fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy who had been tackled to the ground after he ran from police and pointed a replica handgun at them.The teen was killed a little after 10 p.m. Friday in Utica after officers in the city about 240 miles (400 kilometers) northwest of Manhattan stopped two youths in connection with an armed robbery investigation, police said.The youths, both 13, matched the descriptions of the ro
  
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• Body of teen recovered from Wabash River

  30-06-2024 14:50 via wane.com
  
  CLARK COUNTY, Ill — The body of a 15-year-old was recovered from the Wabash River following an extensive search Saturday.Officials say at 10:16 a.m. the Clark County Sheriff's Office and all available emergency response agencies were dispatched to the scene for a juvenile in distress in the Wabash River southeast of West Union, Ill.According to a Facebook post by the Clark County Sheriff's Office, the juvenile was said to have been playing in the water with several family members and was s
  
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• Suspect in custody after south side standoff, threatening others with swords

  30-06-2024 12:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— A standoff lasted for more than two hours on Fort Wayne's south side after police responded to reports of a domestic disturbance involving a swords on Sunday morning.According to a release from FWPD Public Information Officer, Adam Shotzman, at 2:50 a.m. Sunday morning officers were called to the 5200 block of Webster Street after receiving reports of a man who was threatening others inside a home with swords. Officers investigate fatal shooting in YoderWhen office
  
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• Suspect in custody after south side standoff, threatening others with sword

  30-06-2024 12:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— A standoff lasted for more than two hours on Fort Wayne's south side after police responded to reports of a domestic disturbance involving a sword on Sunday morning.The call came in at 2:50 a.m. and Fort Wayne Police were on scene shortly thereafter. According to FWPD Public Information Officer, Adam Shotzman, a man inside a home in the 5200 block of Webster St. was threatening other people with a sword.When officers asked the suspect to come out of the home, he re
  
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• Suspect in custody after south side standoff, threatening others with samurai swords

  30-06-2024 12:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— A standoff lasted for more than two hours on Fort Wayne's south side early Sunday after police responded to reports of a domestic disturbance involving swords.Trevaughn Adams, 23, now faces charges of attempted battery and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, according to Allen Superior Court documents.According to a release from FWPD, officers were called to the 5200 block of Webster Street at 2:50 a.m. after receiving reports of a man who was threatening o
  
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• Cool morning with humidity levels dropping

  30-06-2024 11:16 via wane.com
  
  After a very humid beginning to the weekend, we'll see the complete opposite today!Temperatures are on the cooler side this morning as a cold front has recently passed through the air. You may want a light jacket as you step out the door.Both today and Monday will be much cooler and much less humid, as high pressure moves in from the north. High temperatures will be in the 70s and it will feel nice and refreshing outside. Get out and enjoy it as much as you can! It will be a bit breezy through t
  
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• Much more refreshing air to end the weekend

  30-06-2024 04:15 via wane.com
  
  It was a very muggy Saturday across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. We saw a round of rain/storms in the morning, followed by a few isolated storms later in the day. A cold front though will bring us big changes to end the weekend...Thunderstorms chances end as a cold front slides through early Sunday morning. More comfortable air will accompany this front, with temperatures dipping into the low-to-mid 60s before daybreak.Both Sunday and Monday will be much cooler and much less humid, as h
  
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• Officers investigate fatal shooting in Yoder

  30-06-2024 01:38 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – Allen County officers are investigating a shooting that left one dead Saturday evening.The Allen County Sheriff's Department Police responded to the 100 block of Chrisren Cove in Yoder, IN just before 6 p.m.
  Allen County Police Department Officer, Brent Bolinger, told a WANE 15 crew member at the scene that an uninvited male entered a mobile home. The male homeowner fired several shots striking and killing the male intruder. We are told that the intrud
  
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• Intruder shot dead by homeowner after entering home in Yoder

  30-06-2024 01:38 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – One man is dead after entering a home, uninvited, and being shot by the homeowner.
  The Allen County Sheriff's Department responded to the 100 block of Chrisren Cove in Yoder, Ind. just after 5:30 p.m. on reports of a shooting.
  According to a press release from the Allen County Sheriff's Department, when officers arrived on the scene they found one man inside the home that had been shot. Southwest Fire District EMS was dispatched and the man was later declar
  
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