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• Stretch of 70s coming our way

  08-08-2024 22:07 via wane.com
  
  Of our 8 August days so far, 7 have had high temperatures at 80° or above, including today. However, this will be our last day in this range for a few days.A cold front is coming through tonight with little fanfare, no high winds and no t-storms, just simply some cooler and less humid air to wrap up the week tomorrow and that we'll continue to experience over the weekend.This evening's temperatures are falling from the 80s into the 70s. By the early morning, we'll end up as low as the low 60
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Thursday, August 8

  08-08-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Thursday, August 8.
  
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• Fort Wayne Police release footage of arrest that prompted internal investigation

  08-08-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  *WARNING: The video in this story may contain graphic footage not suitable for all viewers.*FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department has released dashcam footage of an arrest that was caught on camera Monday and circulated on social media.The footage matches up with how it was described in Allen Superior Court documents written by Mason Wills, the same FWPD officer who shot and killed Linzell Parhm during a traffic stop two months ago. Wills is still under investigati
  
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• City of Fort Wayne receives over $15 million from State, plans to invest in quality-of-life projects

  08-08-2024 20:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Over $15 million will be poured into projects improving Fort Wayne's quality of life.
  Mayor Sharon Tucker and city officials announced that the City of Fort Wayne received a local income tax supplemental distribution from the state totaling $15.3 million.The Thursday announcement also came with potential projects focused on strengthening neighborhoods and boosting the quality of life.
  Below are the focus areas mentioned in the news release. In the paratheses is th
  
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• Shoelaces, DNA link man to 1987 rapes and murder in Ohio

  08-08-2024 20:54 via wane.com
  
  HUDSON, Ohio (WJW) – The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, along with the Attorney General’s Office and local law enforcement, announced Thursday that a suspect has been identified in two brutal attacks in 1987 that left one woman dead.According to a news release, Thomas Collier Jordan, who died in 2009, is linked to both cases.Thomas Collier Jordan, Courtesy: Ohio Attorney General OfficeHudson Township killingOn Aug. 10, 1987, Janice Christensen went for a jog at a Summit Count
  
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• Third person dies in listeria outbreak tied to Boar's Head deli meats

  08-08-2024 20:05 via wane.com
  
  Three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar's Head deli meats, federal food safety officials announced Thursday, and the overall number of people sickened rose to 43.The additional death happened in Virginia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a news release Thursday. The other two deaths were in New Jersey and Illinois. The CDC also said nine more cases were reported since a July 31 release about the outbreak, which started in late May.Boa
  
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• Massive deli meat recall linked to more listeria illnesses, deaths

  08-08-2024 18:48 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Millions of pounds of meat have been recalled, dozens have been hospitalized and now three people are dead in a dangerous listeria outbreak.
  The death toll rose last week as health officials continue to investigate the spread of the bacteria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that three deaths – one in Illinois, one in New Jersey and one in Virginia – are linked to the listeria outbreak.
  Forty-three people have also been hospitalized,
  
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• Fort Wayne man accused of murder faces more charges in connection to separate shooting

  08-08-2024 18:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man who's already in jail for a murder charge now faces additional charges in connection to a separate crime.Trivel Crum, 21, is accused of firing shots through the front door of a home in the 400 block of Lexington Avenue - not far from Harrison Hill Elementary School - on Nov. 6, 2023, around 2 a.m.
  A woman who came downstairs after hearing a knock on the door was shot when the gun went off, according to newly released Allen Superior Court documents. Two children we
  
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• Police use tips, dashcam footage to find suspect in fatal hit-and-run on I-69

  08-08-2024 18:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Police arrested a semitruck driver Thursday who is accused of hitting and killing the driver of another semi on Interstate 69 last month.Two weeks after the fatal crash near Union Chapel Road, which authorities determined to be a hit-and-run, 53-year-old John A. Dailey of Charlestown was booked into the Allen County Jail.John A. Dailey (Photo provided by the Allen County Sheriff's Department)
  Sgt. Adam Griffith with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department confirmed
  
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• Police arrest semi driver linked to fatal hit-and-run on I-69

  08-08-2024 18:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Police arrested a driver Thursday who is accused of hitting and killing the driver of another semi on Interstate 69 last month.Two weeks after the fatal crash near Union Chapel Road, which authorities determined to be a hit-and-run, 53-year-old John A. Dailey of Charlestown was booked into the Allen County Jail.
  Sgt. Adam Griffith with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Dailey is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash, reckless homicide, and
  
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• Afternoon headlines Thursday, August 8

  08-08-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Thursday, August 8.
  
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• Father/daughter duo leads STAR Bank into new building

  08-08-2024 17:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- When STAR Bank moved its headquarters from Marion to Fort Wayne in 2000, CEO Jim Marcuccilli was not prepared for the reception he would receive from competing bankers."My brother Tom and I were just stunned at the number of phone calls we received from competitors, saying, 'Hey, we have this thing we all work on together. You need to be on this board,' he told WANE 15. "And you realized, they're only trying to help Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana."Quite the welcome f
  
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• Platinum Perspective: Community leaders on WANE 15

  08-08-2024 17:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- WANE 15's 70th anniversary on September 26 is quickly approaching. Platinum Perspective: Former anchors and reporters talk about their time at WANEDuring our Platinum Perspective series, we've talked about all the ways we serve the community. For our latest installment, we decided to go ask some longtime community leaders how we've done in that mission.You can hear their full comments on WANE's importance to the community in the video above.You can find all of our prev
  
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• OSHP: Man dies after being ejected from van in Williams County crash

  08-08-2024 17:24 via wane.com
  
  WILLIAMS COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) is investigating a fatal crash in Williams County that left a portion of U.S. 6 closed for roughly six hours Wednesday.At approximately 12:10 p.m., a van heading north on State Road 66 reportedly failed to stop at a stop sign and crashing into a semitruck heading east on U.S. 6, according to the OHSP. The crash caused the van to overturn and hit a fence before coming to a rest on its side.The driver of the van, 35-year-old Timo
  
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• Indiana Juvenile Justice Center outing leads to homicide

  08-08-2024 15:35 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) - The St. Joseph County Juvenile Justice Center is reviewing a program after a participant escaped and ended up being charged with murder.CyJarron Odynski participated in the Center's rehabilitation program. Odynski allegedly slipped away from a supervised trip and killed someone, according to investigators.The Bridge Link rehabilitation program has been around for nearly 5 years. It focuses on helping juveniles who have been arrested for various offenses get back on the
  
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• 'Frosty and wet': Farmer's Almanac predicts rainy, cold fall in Indiana

  08-08-2024 15:35 via wane.com
  
  (WXIN/WTTV) — Hoosiers should get ready for "unseasonably cold" temperatures and wet conditions this fall, at least according to the "Farmers’ Almanac".The Farmers’ Almanac’s newly released Fall 2024 Extended Weather Forecast shows that the heat we have been experiencing in Indiana this summer is not here to stay.Overall, the Almanac predicts a "crisp, cool" fall season for the country as a whole. As for the Great Lakes/Midwest region, the group says fall will be frosty a
  
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• Police warn Hoosiers crossing state lines for weed, following Ohio's legalization

  08-08-2024 15:33 via wane.com
  
  RICHMOND, Ind. -- Indiana's neighbors to the east have joined several other states in legalizing recreational marijuana use.However, it's still not legal in the Hoosier state.  Ohio marijuana dispensaries officially open for recreational customersWith Low Bob’s Discount Tobacco in Richmond being less than 5 miles from Ohio, employees think there will be plenty of customers making that drive across state lines."I've got customers coming in here for 20 years. I've been here 20 years,&rd
  
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• July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief

  08-08-2024 14:55 via wane.com
  
  Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Wednesday.But July 2024 ’s average heat just missed surpassing the July of a year ago, and scientists said the end of the record-breaking streak changes nothing about the threat posed by climate change.“The overall context hasn’t changed,” Copernicus deputy director Samantha B
  
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• Morning headlines Thursday, August 8

  08-08-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, August 8.
  
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• Lunch on the Square 2024 ends with nonprofit donation

  08-08-2024 14:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The final Lunch on the Square for the summer season on Thursday concludes with a check giveaway to Blessings in a Backpack.The event sponsors, Downtown Fort Wayne and Edward Jones, will donate the check to Blessings in a Backpack, a nonprofit which aims to provides food for kids in need on the weekend.The event has run for 10 weeks this summer, providing music, food and a place for downtown workers to go on their lunchbreak.Lunch on the Square is located at F
  
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• Suspects in foiled plot at Taylor Swift shows hoped to kill as many people as possible: officials

  08-08-2024 14:13 via wane.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.”Three sold-out concerts were canceled a day earlier because of the plot, devastating Swifties 
  
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• More autumn-like weather is on the way

  08-08-2024 10:42 via wane.com
  
  It will still be warm today with increasing humidity this afternoon ahead of much cooler air and dry air here through the weekend.
  It will be more humid this afternoon before cooler drier arrives FridaySunshine and clouds this morning with mild temperatures in the 70s by noon.
  A dry cold front will move closer this afternoon pushing warmer and humid air ahead of it. This will take temperatures into the 80s.
  Temperatures will top out in the lower 80s this afternoon which is right about average fo
  
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• Autumn-like weather is on the way

  08-08-2024 09:48 via wane.com
  
  It will still be warm today with increasing humidity this afternoon ahead of much cooler air and dry air here through the weekend.
  It will be more humid this afternoon before cooler drier arrives FridaySunshine and clouds this morning with mild temperatures in the 70s by noon.
  A dry cold front will move closer this afternoon pushing warmer and humid air ahead of it. This will take temperatures into the 80s.
  Temperatures will top out in the lower 80s this afternoon which is right about average fo
  
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• NAACP's Fort Wayne chapter responds to Sunday's viral traffic stop arrest

  08-08-2024 04:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The NAACP's Fort Wayne chapter is speaking out again a few days after a traffic stop arrest Monday that went viral on social media.On Monday, video circulating on social media showed a woman, identified as 29-year-old Tyjana Smith, being pulled from her vehicle during a traffic stop and being taken to the ground by two police officers.The video shows Smith being punched in the head by one of the officers, and the video prompted the Fort Wayne Police Department to launc
  
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• NAACP's Fort Wayne chapter responds to Monday's viral traffic stop arrest

  08-08-2024 04:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The NAACP's Fort Wayne chapter is speaking out again a few days after a traffic stop arrest Monday that went viral on social media.On Monday, video circulating on social media showed a woman, identified as 29-year-old Tyjana Smith, being pulled from her vehicle during a traffic stop and being taken to the ground by two police officers.The video shows Smith being punched in the head by one of the officers, and the video prompted the Fort Wayne Police Department to launc
  
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• Police respond to barricaded person in northeast Fort Wayne

  08-08-2024 04:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department is responding to a barricaded person that has resulted in a tiny street in northeast Fort Wayne being blocked off Wednesday night.A WANE 15 crew saw at least 20 police vehicles in the area of Lahmeyer Road and Bojrab Drive, and the latter roadway has been blocked off by police.An officer at the scene told WANE 15 that a SWAT team is at the scene and police have been using a drone. The officer also said the person is threatening self har
  
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• Police respond to apparent standoff in northeast Fort Wayne

  08-08-2024 04:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department is responding to an apparent standoff that has resulted in a tiny street in northeast Fort Wayne being blocked off Wednesday night.A WANE 15 crew saw at least 20 police vehicles in the area of Lahmeyer Road and Bojrab Drive, and the latter roadway has been blocked off by police.An officer at the scene told WANE 15 that a SWAT team is at the scene and police have been using a drone. The officer also said the person is threatening self ha
  
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• Police assist barricaded person in northeast Fort Wayne

  08-08-2024 04:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department spent more than four hours at a home in the 7500 block of Bojrab Dr. Wednesday night.Around 6:50 p.m., FWPD received a call about a suicidal person in the home who was making threats of self harm by firearm. When officers arrived, the person refused to exit the home and barricaded himself inside. Police made several attempts to get him to exit but he refused. No one else was inside the home.Eventually, an Emergency Service Team, Crisis
  
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• Slight increase in heat and humidity Thursday

  08-08-2024 04:07 via wane.com
  
  Relief from the high heat and humidity is here and you can keep the windows open during the early morning, since there's no rain in the forecast.Evening temperatures start off in the 70s and drop through the 60s. Our lowest temperature readings will be right near 60° at daybreak.Temps tonight are in the 70s and 60s.We'll see a temporary bump up in both heat and humidity tomorrow. It's nothing like the high heat and humidity of the recent days. However, after highs in the 70s today, we do ret
  
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• FWFD: Man dies following house fire on Cook Road

  08-08-2024 01:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) is investigating a house fire on Cook Road where a man died Wednesday.At approximately 5:45 p.m., firefighters responded to a house fire in the 1600 block of Cook Road near Auburn Road and found a man unconscious on the driveway who had been pulled from the house by a bystander. FWPD: Passenger dies after car crashes into Dupont KrogerFirefighters and medics rendered aid, but the man died from his unspecified injuries, according to
  
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