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• Video: Hydrothermal explosion sends visitors running at Yellowstone National Park

  23-07-2024 23:40 via wane.com
  
  YELLOWSTONE, Wyo. (KTVX) — Part of Yellowstone National Park has been shut down after officials say a hydrothermal explosion scattered debris and destroyed a nearby boardwalk that visitors were standing on.Shortly after 10 a.m. MT on Tuesday, there was a "localized hydrothermal explosion" near the Sapphire Pool in Biscuit Basin, a few miles north of Old Faithful.No injuries were reported as a result of the explosion and the officials are still assessing the extent of the damage.
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• Fort Wayne City Council looks at proposed TRAA task force

  23-07-2024 23:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Days after three members of Fort Wayne City Council petitioned for changes to TRAA and one of the entities that oversees it, City Council looked at a resolution Tuesday evening that aims to address one of the main concerns.The resolution, which was introduced to City Council, would create a task force that would report to city and county leaders with the goal of providing "reliable and financially sustainable services so those experiencing health emergencies are provid
  
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• Fort Wayne City Council expected to look at TRAA task force resolution

  23-07-2024 23:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Days after three members of Fort Wayne City Council petitioned for changes to TRAA and one of the entities that oversees it, City Council will look at a resolution Tuesday evening that aims to address one of the main concerns.The resolution, which is being introduced to City Council, would create a task force that would report to city and county leaders with the goal of providing "reliable and financially sustainable services so those experiencing health emergencies ar
  
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• Fort Wayne speed limit change could help poor bike rating

  23-07-2024 22:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- When a nationwide ranking on the ease of biking for transportation was released last month, Fort Wayne’s results were less than stellar.The city received a rating of 11 out of 100 in PeopleForBikes' annual City Ratings, dismal for a city that prides itself on its extensive trail network. The rating was less than half of the average city rating of 28, and it put the Summit City at a ranking of 32nd in Indiana, 432nd in the Midwest and 1,879th nationally. The ratin
  
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• Ivy Tech receives $75K grant from nonprofit founded by Metallica

  23-07-2024 22:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Ivy Tech Community College has been selected as one of 17 colleges to be added to a nationwide initiative overseen by popular heavy metal band Metallica.All Within My Hands, a nonprofit started in 2017 by Metallica, recognized Ivy Tech Community College through the organization's Metallica Scholars Initiative program, which aims to help students seeking careers in technical education find well-paying jobs."Trade skills are vital to society, and what's even more importa
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Tuesday, July 23

  23-07-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Tuesday, July 23.
  
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• Officers left post overlooking roof before shooter ascended: State police commissioner

  23-07-2024 21:25 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Two local officers stationed inside a building overlooking the roof from which Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump left their post moments before the shooter ascended, the commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) told a House committee on Tuesday.
  The Butler Emergency Services Unit (ESU), a SWAT-trained team of area law enforcement, was the first to identify Crooks as a suspicious person after he failed to enter the venue ahead of
  
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• 'Amore': Italian restaurant headed to downtown Fort Wayne, inside the Pearl

  23-07-2024 19:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Pearl is a $50 million development in the heart of Fort Wayne, and while you might look at its ascension into the Fort Wayne skyline and just think about apartments - The Pearl's most recently announced tenant won't be spending the night.
  "Amore" is the name of an Italian restaurant set for the first floor of the development, occupying 5,150 square feet in the seven-story mixed-use construction, the details of the new project were included in a liquor license
  
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• Afternoon headlines Tuesday, July 23

  23-07-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Tuesday, July 23.
  
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• Some pop-up rain possible tonight

  23-07-2024 17:21 via wane.com
  
  A cold front is on the approach tonight and a few pop-showers or t-storms could develop in advance of it this evening. Much like last night, though, most of the area will be dry and rain-free.High temps have risen into the mid-80s today. For the evening, we fall back through the 70s, and will drop into the mid-60s during the early morning hours.Wednesday starts off with lots of sunshine, but with the front making its move through from afternoon into evening, clouds will increase and we'll become
  
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• Secret Service director resigns after assassination attempt against former President Trump

  23-07-2024 16:40 via wane.com
  
  Video above: Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris is slated to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee Tuesday on the attempted assassination of former President Trump.WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service is stepping down from her job, according to an email she sent to staff, following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting cu
  
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• Watch live: Pennsylvania state police chief testifies on Trump shooting

  23-07-2024 16:15 via wane.com
  
  Pennsylvania State Police commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris is slated to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee Tuesday on the attempted assassination of former President Trump.As Congressional members on both sides of the aisle grilled U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Monday on how a gunman was able to fire shots at former President Donald Trump in an assassination attempt, several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and the agency’s diversity,
  
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• Pennsylvania state police chief testifies on Trump shooting

  23-07-2024 16:15 via wane.com
  
  Pennsylvania State Police commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris testified before the House Homeland Security Committee Tuesday on the attempted assassination of former President Trump.As Congressional members on both sides of the aisle grilled U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Monday on how a gunman was able to fire shots at former President Donald Trump in an assassination attempt, several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and the agency’s diversity, equity and
  
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• FWPD: Man killed in 2016 was responsible for 2012 homicide

  23-07-2024 15:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police announced Tuesday a cold case from 2012 has been closed, but the man behind it has already met the same fate as the victim.Robert Jackson Jr. was shot and killed July 24, 2012 in the 3900 block of Wayne Trace. The case eventually went cold, but a day before the 12th anniversary of the killing, police announced they have determined who shot Jackson.Emmanuel D. Freeman, also known as "E Streets", has previously been identified in court documents as a MAF
  
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• Morning headlines Tuesday, July 23

  23-07-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, July 23.
  
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• With US vehicle prices averaging near $50K, General Motors sees 2nd-quarter profits rise 15%

  23-07-2024 13:01 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — U.S. customers who bought a new General Motors vehicle last quarter paid an average of just under $49,900, a price that helped push the company's net income 15% above a year ago.And GM Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said he doesn’t see his company cutting prices very much, despite industry analysts' predictions of growing U.S. new-vehicle inventories and bigger discounts.The Detroit automaker on Tuesday said it made $2.92 billion from April through June, with re
  
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• Crews battle abandoned house fire

  23-07-2024 09:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - At approximately 1:15 a.m. Tuesday morning, fire crews responded to an abandoned house fire on Fort Wayne's east side, near New Haven. The fire broke out at a house near the intersection of Waverly Drive and Prize Street. Officials with the New Haven Fire Department told WANE 15 that the fire was fully involved upon their arrival. Fire crews knew the house was vacant, so they prioritized getting the blaze under control above saving the structure. No injuries were report
  
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• Abandoned house catches fire near New Haven

  23-07-2024 09:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fire crews responded to an abandoned house fire on Fort Wayne's east side, near New Haven, early Tuesday morning.The fire broke out at a house near the intersection of Waverly Drive and Prize Street around 1:15 a.m. Officials with the New Haven Fire Department told WANE 15 that the fire was fully involved upon their arrival. Fire crews knew the house was vacant, so they prioritized getting the blaze under control above saving the structure. No injuries were reported.
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• More sunshine & humidity with rain on the way

  23-07-2024 09:45 via wane.com
  
  It will be warmer with more sunshine this afternoon with high temperatures topping out in the middle 80s. Showers and scattered storms are possible on Wednesday with lower humidity through the end of the week.Temperatures will be in the middle 80s this afternoonYou'll need your sunglasses this morning with more sunshine than clouds and temperatures in the upper 70s by lunchtime.More sun than clouds this afternoonThis afternoon will bring a mix of sun and clouds slightly warmer temperatures and i
  
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• A review of 'Twisters' by one of our meteorologists

  23-07-2024 04:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The movie Twisters debuted in theaters this past Friday and it was well attended by meteorologists all across the country.I had the chance to catch the movie and it was the perfect sequel to the 1996 original Twister movie. I would recommend going to see the new movie. Van Wert Cinemas uses free screening of ‘Twister’ to promote weather safetyWhat made Twisters unique is so many more meteorological elements were added compared to the original. More complex m
  
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• NACS timeline for Middle School, Admin building, and Carroll High School

  23-07-2024 04:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — At Monday night’s school board meeting, the Northwest Allen County Schools board offered updates on multiple construction projects involving Willow Creek Middle School, Carroll High School, and the NACS Administration Center.External construction is underway at NACS Administration Center. The center will offer more space for Perry Hill Elementary's programming where NACS board meetings currently take place. The administrative building is expected to open in
  
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• Harris has support of enough Democratic delegates to become party’s presidential nominee: AP survey

  23-07-2024 04:05 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee against Republican Donald Trump, according to an Associated Press survey, as top Democrats rallied to her in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his bid for reelection,The quick coalescing behind Harris marked an attempt by the party to put weeks of internecine drama over Biden’s political future behind them and to unify b
  
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• Meet Kiley Adolph, Democratic candidate for IN-3 Congressional seat

  23-07-2024 03:48 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Democrat Kiley Adolph will face Republican Marlin Stutzman for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Jim Banks.Election day is Tuesday, November 5, with early voting in Indiana starting Tuesday, October 8.
  
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• Indiana police officer overdoses on fentanyl during traffic stop

  23-07-2024 03:37 via wane.com
  
  SOUTHPORT, Ind. (WXIN) — An Indiana police officer is recovering after overdosing on fentanyl while searching a suspect's vehicle during a recent traffic stop. The Southport Police Department said Lt. Tony Wilson pulled over a driver at a Speedway gas station on the south side of Indianapolis around 7 p.m. on Friday, July 19. Police said the driver had a criminal record and no license.While searching the car, Wilson reportedly found a dollar bill that was covered in what he thought wa
  
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• FWCS expands cell phone pouch policy; welcomes new principal

  23-07-2024 03:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) Board has voted in favor of the expansion of the Yondr cell phone pouch program, after seeing success in pilot schools.Monday at the FWCS Board Meeting, all members of the board, except two, voted in favor of expanding the Yondr cell phone pouch program to all secondary schools in the district.
  The two board members that opposed the expansion of the cell phone pouches, had concerns about the consistency within the new cell phone poli
  
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• July 2024 may be the first below average month in some time

  23-07-2024 00:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It has been quite awhile since we have been tracking a month with below average temperatures... Fort Wayne on pace for its 2nd warmest year everJust take a look at the good amount of blue days on our July 2024 calendar so far. As of July 21st, we are running nearly two degrees below average for the month.Temperatures for July 2024 in Fort Wayne are trending below average!
  This comes after every month so far in 2024 has featured above average temperatures. If you go back
  
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• UPDATE: Body camera video of Sonya Massey's shooting released

  23-07-2024 00:53 via wane.com
  
  5:45 p.m. Update:
  WCIA reviewed the video. A summary of the body camera footage.Springfield woman Sonya Massey told deputies she loved them. Three minutes later, one of them shot her.
  Body camera footage released Monday shows the police response to Springfield woman Sonya Massey after calling 911 thinking there was an intruder that escalated to her clinging to life on her kitchen floor after being shot in the face.
  The footage starts with the deputies, Sean Grayson and another whose name has not
  
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• Some patches of morning fog

  23-07-2024 00:52 via wane.com
  
  Some scattered, limited rain is out there this evening as temps fall from our highs in the low 80s, dropping through the 70s. There's a pocket of colder air above us in the atmosphere and, when teamed with the warmth at ground level, instability is created, as the warm air wants to rise and the cold air above us wants to sink. As a result, we have this small rain chance. We'll lose the chance as the atmosphere cools tonight.
  Low temperatures by early morning will drop to the low 60s. Some patche
  
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• Silver Alert issued for missing 83-year-old Elkhart man

  23-07-2024 00:16 via wane.com
  
  Photo of Henry Spearmon provided by Indiana Silver Alert
  ELKHART, Ind. (WANE) -- The Elkhart Police Department has issued an Indiana Silver Alert after an 83-year-old man disappeared Monday.
  The Elkhart Police Department is searching for Henry Spearmon who is described as an 83-year-old black man, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall, 138 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray ball cap, blue windbreaker, blue t-shirt, blue jeans and gray tennis shoes.
  He was last seen Mon
  
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• Silver Alert canceled for missing 83-year-old Elkhart man

  23-07-2024 00:16 via wane.com
  
  Photo of Henry Spearmon provided by Indiana Silver Alert
  ELKHART, Ind. (WANE) -- The Elkhart Police Department canceled an Indiana Silver Alert Monday after an 83-year-old man was found.The Elkhart Police Department was searching for Henry Spearmon who is described as an 83-year-old black man, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall, 138 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray ball cap, blue windbreaker, blue t-shirt, blue jeans and gray tennis shoes.
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