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• LOOK: 'Church Pants Ballers' join local basketball tournament

  12-07-2024 23:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- By now, you've probably seen the viral photos of an Amish basketball team - hooping it up in the inner city.So what's the story? WANE 15 tracked down the man who put on the tournament last Saturday.Rezz Gold puts on the outdoor tournament at least once a month in the summer. He says it's not the first time for the Amish team - known as Church Pants Ballers - joined in on the fun. Out of ten teams - the team made the finals but had to stop when they ran out of daylight.
  
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• Whitley County 4-H Fair reaches centenarian status

  12-07-2024 23:30 via wane.com
  
  WHITLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Thousands of residents and all manners of livestock gathered at the Whitley County Fairgrounds Friday for the first day of the 100th Whitley County 4-H Fair.The weeklong affair features a multitude of events ranging from livestock showings, auctions and evening activities such as a demolition derby and a rodeo.Todd Geiger, the Whitley County 4-H Youth Development education for Purdue Extension, said the fair can attract up to 8,000 people a day depending on weather
  
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• Chalk Walk photos show artists as art

  12-07-2024 22:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- In 2009, hobbyist photographer Kevin Mullett ("two 'T's', he notes, not like the fish or the haircut") just wanted some practice with his new camera and Chalk Walk seemed like a good spot.So good, he has returned almost every year to the Three Rivers Festival affiliated event, sponsored and hosted by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 311 E. Main Street.While trying to capture the chalk work itself was challenging - super-harsh lighting, shiny pavement and thousands of peop
  
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• Warm and humid with a pop up evening storm

  12-07-2024 22:15 via wane.com
  
  It has been a warm and muggy end to the workweek across the area. It feels a lot more like July outside after the remnants of Hurricane Beryl brought us heavy rain and really cooled us down earlier this week.Look for partly cloudy skies this evening to become mostly clear overnight. The combination of mostly clear skies, light winds, and leftover ground moisture is still a recipe for some patches of fog to develop as the night goes on. Keep this in mind if you're heading out early Saturday morni
  
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• LOOK: Car crashes in gap of I-469 construction zone

  12-07-2024 21:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A car crashed Thursday in a construction zone on Interstate 469. It happened in north Fort Wayne near Clinton Street and the I-69 interchange.Shortly before 5:30 p.m., the car with a trailer behind it could be seen tilted up at an angle after apparently driving into the lowered gap and attempting to make it back onto the elevated stretch of highway. The car had heavy front-end damage. Any injuries are unknown.Car crashes in gap on the highway (INDOT TrafficWise)
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• Just a Category 1 hurricane? Don't be fooled by a number — It could be more devastating than a Cat 5

  12-07-2024 20:14 via wane.com
  
  (AP) - Here's a troubling phrase hurricane forecasters hate but often hear: “It's just a Category 1. Nothing to worry about.”Or even worse: “Tropical storm? Just some wind and rain.”But look at Hurricane Beryl, which hit Texas this week as a “mere” Category 1 storm — far weaker in wind strength than when it swept through the Caribbean as a Cat 5 just days earlier — yet still knocked out power to 2.7 million customers. The storm has been blamed
  
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• Grand Rapids-based food distribution service plans a new hub near Fort Wayne airport

  12-07-2024 19:30 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A Michigan-based food service company is proposing to build a food distribution hub near Fort Wayne International Airport.Van Eerden Foodservice based in Grand Rapids, Michigan plans to construct an 180,000 square foot facility on 63 acres on Smith Road at the intersection of Dalman Road.The 50-foot high building is the project’s Phase I that includes a freezer, cooler, dry dock storage and an onsite fire pumphouse.The plans outlined in documents filed this wee
  
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• An Ohio mom was killed while trying to stop the theft of a car that had her 6-year-old son inside

  12-07-2024 18:13 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio mother who tried to stop two men from stealing her car with her 6-year-old son inside was killed when the vehicle struck her.The boy was unharmed, police said, and no other injuries were reported.Alexa Stakely, 29, of Pickerington, was at an apartment complex in Columbus to pick up her son from a babysitter around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. A single mother who was a speech-language pathologist for the Canal Winchester Local Schools district, Stakely also worked as a
  
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• Afternoon headlines Friday, July 12

  12-07-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Friday, July 12.
  
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• Former DeKalb County teacher accused of catfishing teen girls on Snapchat: court docs

  12-07-2024 17:11 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A former teacher and coach in DeKalb County faces a slew of felony charges after police determined he pretended to be a younger male model and catfished teenage girls on social media over the course of nearly five years.Brody Dixon, 37, of Garrett is accused of communicating with girls on Snapchat, using an alias and recording their conversations which contained photos of the girls exposing themselves.Dixon was most recently a teacher and coach at Garrett High School
  
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• Docs: Northwest Indiana prison nurse accused of smuggling in cocaine, pot inside lasagna

  12-07-2024 16:15 via wane.com
  
  MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A prison nurse in Northwest Indiana allegedly smuggled in cocaine and marijuana hidden inside frozen lasagna.Regina Davis, of Wanatah, is facing two charges of trafficking with an inmate following an incident on the morning of July 3.As she was going through entry at the Indiana State Prison, located in Michigan City, a jail officer running an x-ray machine noticed Davis' bowl of lasagna "looked odd," according to court documents.Davis, who works as a nurse at the pri
  
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• TRF Throwback: 50 years of festivals in 2018

  12-07-2024 16:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- With the start of the 55th Three Rivers Festival (TRF) in downtown Fort Wayne, WANE 15 decided to look back to 2018 when the festival celebrated its 50th anniversary.The video above shows various clips of the festival from years past.
  
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• Section of I-69 renamed in honor of ISP Master Trooper James Bailey

  12-07-2024 15:58 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A portion of Interstate 69 has been renamed as a tribute to Master Trooper James Bailey, an Indiana State Police officer who was killed in 2023.Ceremony in honor of Master Trooper James Bailey, 7/12/24.
  Friday's dedication ceremony honors Bailey, a 50-year-old trooper from Auburn who died in the line of duty March 3, 2023 after being hit by a speeding car on I-69.A sign was unveiled that reads "Master Trooper James R. Bailey Memorial Highway." The dedicated portion o
  
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• Section of I-69 being renamed in honor of ISP Master Trooper James Bailey

  12-07-2024 15:58 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A portion of Interstate 69 is being renamed as a tribute to Master Trooper James Bailey, an Indiana State Police officer who was killed in 2023.Friday's dedication ceremony honors Bailey, a 50-year-old trooper from Auburn who died in the line of duty March 3, 2023 after being hit by a speeding car on I-69.Indiana State Police, State Representative Ben Smaltz of District 52/ Auburn, and representatives with the Indiana Department of Transportation are attending the de
  
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• Data of nearly all AT&T customers downloaded to a third-party platform after a security breach

  12-07-2024 15:54 via wane.com
  
  (AP) - The data of nearly all customers of the telecommunications giant AT&T was downloaded to a third-party platform in a 2022 security breach, the company said Friday, as cyberattacks against businesses, schools and health systems continue to spread globally.The breach hit customers of AT&T's cellular customers, customers of mobile virtual network operators using AT&T’s wireless network, as well as its landline customers who interacted with those cell
  
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• Ex-Colts player Daniel Muir, wife to stay in jail after emergency bail hearing in case of son's disappearance, alleged abuse

  12-07-2024 15:13 via wane.com
  
  CASS COUNTY, Ind. — Former NFL player Daniel Muir and his wife Kristin will remain in jail without bond after a judge decided Thursday she could not rule in the case.An emergency hearing in the Muirs case was held on Thursday in Cass County Superior Court after attorneys representing the couple filed a writ of habeas corpus. Both parents face one charge of obstruction of justice while Daniel faces an additional domestic battery charge.During the hearing, Judge Lisa Swaim decided she could
  
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• Ex-Colts player Daniel Muir, wife granted bond after emergency bail hearing in case of son's disappearance, alleged abuse

  12-07-2024 15:13 via wane.com
  
  CASS COUNTY, Ind. — Former NFL player Daniel Muir and his wife Kristin will soon be released from jail after an early morning bond hearing on Friday led to a judge reversing a previous decision to hold the pair without bond due to a concern of the parents being a flight risk.
  Muir and his wife were arrested last week after a statewide search was launched by Indiana State Police after allegations of the couple abusing their son. The couple didn't cooperate with providing their son to police
  
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• Three Rivers Festival is back with some changes. Here's what's new

  12-07-2024 15:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Three Rivers Festival is back at Headwaters Park with some of the classic festivities relocated in new places.
  Due to construction at Headwaters Park, Junk Food Alley is now moved to the "The Meadows" of Headwater Park, replacing the spot where Downtown Midway once was.
  Keri Robi, stated this move is a "great thing for the public" and includes more than just more space for visitors to enjoy the festival."Everything's set up in a horseshoe shape, that should h
  
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• Three Rivers Festival is back with a few changes; here's what's new.

  12-07-2024 15:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Three Rivers Festival is back at Headwaters Park with some of the classic festivities relocated in new places.
  Due to construction at Headwaters Park, Junk Food Alley is now moved to the "The Meadows" of Headwater Park, replacing the spot where Downtown Midway once was.
  Keri Robi, stated this move is a "great thing for the public" and includes more than just more space for visitors to enjoy the festival."Everything's set up in a horseshoe shape, that should h
  
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• Morning headlines Friday, July 12

  12-07-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Friday, July 12.
  
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• Alcohol believed to be factor in Paulding County motorcycle crash

  12-07-2024 12:42 via wane.com
  
  PAULDING COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) Two men were hurt Thursday, one critically, in a motorcycle crash in Paulding County, Ohio.
  According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Scott Kirkland Jr., 26, of Paulding was going north on County Road 179 in Auglaize Township just after 9:45 p.m. on a Honda Goldwing when he drove off the right side of the road, causing the motorcycle to overturn.
  When emergency responders arrived, Kirkland was treated at the scene for injuries, however a passenger on the motorcycle
  
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• Heat and humidity build with isolated storms

  12-07-2024 10:44 via wane.com
  
  An isolated storm is possible through the morning with heat and humidity building over the next few days. By Sunday the combination of heat and humidity will make it very uncomfortable. This uncomfortable combination will continue into the early part of next week.
  Temperatures in the middle 80s todayWe'll see more sun than clouds this morning with lunchtime temperatures around 80.Skies will remain partly cloudy and humid with temperatures reaching the middle 80s.Humidity increases this week with
  
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• Heat and humidity builds with isolated storms

  12-07-2024 09:38 via wane.com
  
  An isolated storm is possible through the morning with heat and humidity building over the next few days. By Sunday the combination of heat and humidity will make it very uncomfortable. This uncomfortable combination will continue into the early part of next week.
  Temperatures in the middle 80s todayWe'll see more sun than clouds this morning with lunchtime temperatures around 80.Skies will remain partly cloudy and humid with temperatures reaching the middle 80s.Humidity increases this week with
  
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• Tracking Friday scattered rain/storms

  12-07-2024 04:51 via wane.com
  
  During the early morning, our temperatures will fall to the mid-60s under a partly cloudy sky.The same weather setup that gave us a scattered rain and storm chance Thursday night, gives us a similar potential on Friday. It won't be raining the entire day, but have your rain gear at the ready for when it does. Friday's highs will be in the mid-80s. It will feel like 90° when the humidity is factored in.Scattered rain and storms are possible during the day FridayIt will be a hot and humid week
  
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• Deadline passes for $30 million tort claim against Fort Wayne police

  12-07-2024 03:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- After the death of Dachena Warren-Hill, who was shot and killed by a Fort Wayne police officer last November, her family now wants to fight back, filing a multi-million dollar tort claim notice with the City of Fort Wayne.WANE 15 spoke with Courtney Endwright, a partner with Betz and Blevins in Indianapolis, which is not connected to the case, to explain what the next steps could be for the family.Endwright explained that a tort claim is a notice to the government that
  
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• Three Rivers Festival begins Friday, challenging set-up

  12-07-2024 02:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Three Rivers Festival (TRF) officially kicks off Friday morning for the 55th year. Many changes are to come with this year's festival, including relocating iconic parts of the festival.
  WANE 15 spoke with festival officials Thursday about their preparations and the challenges they have had to task during their set up.
  "We spend about six months looking at different locations and mapping out various options," said Sarah Roach, TRF board president.Construction causes
  
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• 'Barebones' numbers at the jail as prisoner release becomes imminent. Who will walk?

  12-07-2024 00:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) --Local criminal justice officials – judges, prosecutors, probation and law enforcement – will send a letter to Gov. Eric Holcomb asking him to increase the weekly number of convicted inmates the county can send to prison.The letter approved at the Allen County Community Corrections Advisory Board meeting Thursday comes as Allen County faces the unprecedented and forced release of inmates after a federal judge ordered the county to eliminate inhumane condition
  
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• Additional charges filed against Allen County teacher

  12-07-2024 00:26 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A former Carroll Middle School teacher now faces additional charges after being accused of slapping a student in January of this year.Punam Bali, now faces additional charges on top of the original level five Felony battery charge. Bali now faces two charges of confinement where the victim is under 14 years of age, a level five Felony, Official Misconduct by a public servant, a level six felony, and interference with the reporting of a crime, a misdemeanor.Allen Coun
  
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