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• YLNI Farmers Market vendor opens store in Wells County

  26-07-2024 23:38 via wane.com
  
  WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Those who frequent YLNI Farmers Market in downtown Fort Wayne may be familiar with one of the market's vendors: The River Farm.Now, fans of their products can also buy them at the company's new store in rural Wells County.The River Farm held a grand opening for its new store Friday to coincide with the start of Local Food Week, an annual program hosted by the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network that aims to connect the community with local food options.Caleb Fiechte
  
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• Stretch of uncomfortable weather coming

  26-07-2024 23:34 via wane.com
  
  It's a great night to celebrate the end of the work week with some time on the patio or walk around the block.Evening temps fall from our highs around 80°, through the 70s, and down as low as the mid-50s by daybreak.High pressure remains the main influence on our weather and it will continue to prevent rain from now throughout Saturday. As it moves gradually to the east, we start to get on the back side of it and this will result in our winds becoming more southerly.Over recent days, our win
  
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• Fort Wayne Children's Choir opens their season Friday evening

  26-07-2024 22:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Children's Choir kicks off their 2024-2025 season Friday evening at Foellinger Outdoor Theatre. Fort Wayne Children’s Choir celebrating 50 years of making musicThe choir is holding their annual Choralfest Concert. It is free for the community to attend and begins at 7 PM. The theme for the concert this year is "A Musical Safari." You can thus look forward to a variety of animal-themed musical selections.The Fort Wayne Children's Choir Choralfest Con
  
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• Paris Olympics kicks off with ambitious outdoor opening ceremony

  26-07-2024 22:49 via wane.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Celebrating its reputation as a cradle of revolution, Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century on Friday with a rain-soaked, rule-breaking opening ceremony studded with stars and fantasy along the Seine River.On-and-off showers — the first rain at a Summer Olympics' opening ceremony in more than 70 years — did not seem to hamper the enthusiasm of the athletes. Some held umbrellas as they rode boats down the river in a showcase of the city&r
  
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• Popularity of homicide victim spurs ask for test jury pool lists for murder trial

  26-07-2024 22:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Marcia Linsky was a sought after criminal defense attorney in Allen County, her 30-year career spent as a magistrate, private attorney and public defender.It came as a shock to the community when she was found stabbed to death at her own home in Grabill on Saturday, Feb. 3 around 8:30 p.m.Marcia Linsky
  Her boyfriend of a year, Charles Calvert, 60, was charged with her murder just as soon as the ink dried on a probable cause affidavit written by Detective Corporal Gabe
  
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• Missing 12-year-old Georgia girl is found in Ohio after her community galvanized to find her

  26-07-2024 22:14 via wane.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A 12-year-old girl whose disappearance galvanized a Georgia community has been found in Ohio.Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said Friday that Maria Gomez-Perez was found Thursday in Dover, about 70 miles south of Cleveland, in the company of a Guatemalan man who is now jailed.“I come to you with some very great news," Couch told reporters in a news conference. “Maria Gomez-Perez has been safe in Dover, Ohio, and she should be on her way home here to Gainesville
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Friday, July 26

  26-07-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Friday, July 26.
  
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• Autopsy confirms Sonya Massey died from gunshot wound to head, as attorney calls shooting senseless

  26-07-2024 21:59 via wane.com
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Autopsy findings released Friday on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff's deputy charged in her death, confirm that she died from a gunshot wound to the head.The report was released shortly before civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Massey’s family, denounced the killing by ex-sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson as senseless, unnecessary and excessive.Sangamon County Coroner Ji
  
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• 2024 Fort Wayne Pride kicks off with live entertainment and more

  26-07-2024 21:42 via wane.com
  
  The video above is from the 2023 Fort Wayne Pride festival.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Starting on Friday, the 2024 Fort Wayne Pride will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.This year, the festival will showcase a range of entertainment at Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne on Friday and Saturday.
  Friday's lineup will include four local, regional and national acts from 5 p.m. to midnight at Headwaters East. The times are listed below.
  5:30-6:45p Lips Speak Louder7:15-8:45p Night to Remember9:15-10:30
  
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• Live view from Paris: The world gathers for Olympic opening ceremonies

  26-07-2024 18:44 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - The River Seine has become the center of the sports world this Friday as an estimated 6,800 athletes board 90 boats in a Parade of Nations to kick off the 2024 Olympic games.
  These games signal the return of crowds following two COVID-dampened Olympics. About 220,000 invited and security-screened spectators are expected to fill the upper tiers of the Seine's banks, and an additional 104,000 paying spectators will watch from the lower riverside and around the Trocadér
  
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• Afternoon headlines Friday, July 26

  26-07-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Friday, July 26.
  
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• Up to $5K reward offered for information on Warsaw Street homicide

  26-07-2024 17:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is asking for the public's help to piece together details surrounding Thursday's shooting death of a 20-year-old.Officers nearby heard shots shortly after 12 a.m., FWPD said in the initial investigation. Someone called 911 and said a relative had been shot in the 3900 block of Warsaw Street. The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital. Coroner identifies man killed in shooting south of downtown Fort WayneThe Allen County Coroner identif
  
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• Boar's Head recalls deli meats over listeria concerns

  26-07-2024 16:48 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Boar's Head is recalling more than 200,000 pounds of its deli products that may be contaminated with the bacteria that causes listeria infections.The Virginia-based company is recalling its ready-to-eat liverwurst and other deli meats that were processed on the same day, according to an announcement from the USDA.(USDA)The liverwurst products were produced between June 11, 2024, and July 17, 2024, and have a 44-day shelf life. Labels of the recalled products can be viewed at
  
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• Fireside Friday sparks a different way to experience nature

  26-07-2024 16:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — LC Nature Park hosts the third Fireside Friday event of the year filled with food, drink and the possibility of seeing some gentle giants.This is the first year of Fireside Friday.
  Participants will meet in the parking lot and will be golf-carted to the Trillium Tents where there are fire pits and benches. S'mores, wine and beer will be available free of charge, although donations will be accepted.
  Guitarist and vocalist Dan Heath will be performing at the event.H
  
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• Fireside Friday: a new way to experience nature

  26-07-2024 16:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — LC Nature Park hosts the third Fireside Friday event of the year filled with food, drink and the possibility of seeing some gentle giants.This is the first year of the Fireside Friday series. Hope Wallace, program director at LC Nature Park, said she organized the event to help people enjoy the outdoors in a different way, combining art and nature.Participants will meet in the parking lot and will be golf-carted to the Trillium Tents where there is a fire pit and
  
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• Coroner identifies truck driver found on I-69

  26-07-2024 16:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The man whose body was found Thursday on Interstate 69 has been identified. Meanwhile, officials are still trying to track down the driver of a semi accused of being involved in the fatal crash.The Allen County Coroner identified the victim as Brad Anthony Nacio, 48, of Indianapolis.Thursday morning around 3 a.m., his body was found on the highway, not far from the 319 mile-marker. Police determined he had been driving a semi near Union Chapel Road shortly before he die
  
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• US picks up a last-minute Olympian when diver Loschiavo is added for the Paris Games

  26-07-2024 15:24 via wane.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The U.S. diving team has picked up a last-minute Olympian.Brandon Loschiavo, a California native who competed at Tokyo three years ago, was added to the team in the 10-meter platform after another athlete pulled out.The U.S. was guaranteed only one men's spot on the big tower, which went to Carson Tyler after his victory in last month's trials at Knoxville, Tennessee.The 27-year-old Loschiavo finished second at the trials and appeared to have missed out on his second Olympics.
  
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• Morning headlines Friday, July 26

  26-07-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Friday, July 26.
  
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• Comfortable today high humidity on the way

  26-07-2024 09:44 via wane.com
  
  More sunshine with another 48 hours of comfortable humidity levels. High humidity levels are on Sunday and will be oppressively humid early next week.Temperatures will be in the lower 80s this afternoonIt will be a sunny morning with the natural AC on. Temperatures will be in the 70s by noon.Much like yesterday, it will be another mild afternoon with temperatures just making it in the lower 80s and humidity at tolerable levelsYou can open the windows again this evening with overnight temperature
  
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• 'Looking Great at 88': Birthday party raises money to support Alzheimer's

  26-07-2024 04:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Thursday, Fort Wayne native Helen Current celebrated her 88 birthday with a driveway party that supported an important cause.Current was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in Oct. 2016, it was then that her daughter Diane quit her job and made a promise to help her live life to the fullest, and she has."It was heartbreaking because I'm an only child and my mom has always been a stay-at-home mom, so we've always been together," said Helen's daughter Diane Current.Though he
  
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• SACS superintendent gives parents voice in district listening session

  26-07-2024 04:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Thursday, Southwest Allen County Schools District, or SACS, held its first Family Listening Session giving parents the opportunity to meet the new Superintendent and discuss how the district is doing.Kent DeKoninck, the new Superintendent for SACS, has over 30 years of experience in public schools but wanted to find out from parents what they felt needed to change.New Southwest Allen County Schools superintendent discusses why he left retirement, his mission"Being new
  
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• Frustrations are still present around the building of the new WCFD station

  26-07-2024 03:01 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The West Central Fire District (WCFD) board held a public hearing Thursday night to further inform residents of Aboite and Lake townships about plans and the finances of the proposed new fire station.The new station would be built at 10629 Bass Road, between Eme and Scott roads.The board presented residents with the layout of how much the new fire station would cost. The estimated 15,000 square-foot fire station would cost around a total of $9 million.Moving closer to
  
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• 11-year-old girl found after Public Safety Alert

  26-07-2024 00:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Police Department issued a Public Safety Alert for a missing 11-year-old girl Thursday evening.
  Just after 6 p.m. Thursday, the FWPD issued a Public Safety Alert for Rajah Haley, a missing 11-year-old girl from the area of Roseview Road and Stellhorn Road. She was later found by officers.Rajah was described as a female, black who is around 4 foot 8 inches and 146 pounds. She has brown eyes, and brown curly hair and was last seen wearing a pink sweatshirt wit
  
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• Jury finds officer used excessive force in arrest four years ago during protests

  26-07-2024 00:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A federal jury awarded a Steuben County man $80,000 in compensatory damages for mental anguish and injuries suffered after being tackled to the ground during the 2020 George Floyd protests in Fort Wayne.The jury of eight in the U.S. District Court of Northern Indiana found that then-Sgt. Boyce Ballinger of the Fort Wayne Police Department used excessive force and wrongly and falsely arrested Lucas Williams.George Floyd, a black man, was killed by Derek Chauvin, a white
  
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