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• Neighbors, city officials tackle aftermath of fire at Fort Wayne tire shop

  29-08-2024 23:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Following a massive fire on Fort Wayne’s east side that sent up smoke visible for miles Wednesday, residents and officials are dealing with the aftermath.On the property of Pontiac Tires LLC at New Haven Avenue and Wayne Trace - where the fire started - many burned tires could be seen among a large pile of rubble that was once a building.Nobody suffered injuries in the fire, and the cause is still under investigation, according to the Fort Wayne Fire Department.Bu
  
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• Looking back at massive 1997 Bowser Avenue tire fire

  29-08-2024 23:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- As a massive plume of black smoke permeated the sky above Fort Wayne Wednesday, the blaze reminded some of a historic fire that happened in southeast Fort Wayne nearly 27 years ago.On Aug. 30, 1997, a fire broke out at an abandoned tire warehouse on Bowser Avenue in southeast Fort Wayne. The fire happened less than a mile from Wednesday's fire at the intersection of Wayne Trace and New Haven Avenue.The Bowser Avenue blaze started after a suspected arsonist set a buildi
  
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• Looking back at 1997 Bowser Avenue tire fire that forced hundreds to evacuate

  29-08-2024 23:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- As a massive plume of black smoke permeated the sky above Fort Wayne Wednesday, the blaze drew comparisons by some to a historic fire that happened in southeast Fort Wayne nearly 27 years ago.On Aug. 30, 1997, a fire broke out at an abandoned tire warehouse on Bowser Avenue in southeast Fort Wayne. The fire happened less than a mile from Wednesday's fire at the intersection of Wayne Trace and New Haven Avenue.The Bowser Avenue blaze started after a suspected arsonist s
  
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• Feds bust largest pharmacy burglary ring in DEA history

  29-08-2024 22:55 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) -- Federal agents announced Thursday the largest case involving pharmacy burglaries in the history of the Drug Enforcement Administration. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram told the Nexstar DC Bureau that agents arrested dozens of people involved in stealing opioid prescriptions from local pharmacies in more than half the states in the country and then selling them on the streets in Houston, Texas."It's like something out of Mission Impossible," Milgram said. Accordin
  
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• Silver Alert issued for missing man from Wabash County

  29-08-2024 21:41 via wane.com
  
  ROANN, Ind. -- A statewide silver alert has been declared in relation to a missing 73-year-old from Roann.
  According to the alert, the Roann Town Marshall is investigating the disappearance of 73-year-old Steven Brubaker. Brubaker was last seen Thursday morning in Roann, which is a town 101 miles north of Indianapolis.
  Brubaker is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 240 pounds. Brubaker has brown hair with blue eyes and was last seen wearing a white shirt, gray shorts and riding a blue, three
  
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• Silver Alert cancelled for missing man from Roann

  29-08-2024 21:41 via wane.com
  
  UPDATE 7:47 p.m.: The Roann Town Marshal's Office has cancelled the Silver Alert, confirming the man has been found safe.______________________________________________________________________________________________________ROANN, Ind. -- A statewide silver alert has been declared in relation to a missing 73-year-old from Roann.According to the alert, the Roann Town Marshal is investigating the disappearance of 73-year-old Steven Brubaker. Brubaker was last seen Thursday morning in Roann, which i
  
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• Silver Alert canceled for missing man from Roann

  29-08-2024 21:41 via wane.com
  
  UPDATE 7:47 p.m.: The Roann Town Marshal's Office has canceled the Silver Alert, confirming the man has been found safe.______________________________________________________________________________________________________ROANN, Ind. -- A statewide silver alert has been declared in relation to a missing 73-year-old from Roann.According to the alert, the Roann Town Marshal is investigating the disappearance of 73-year-old Steven Brubaker. Brubaker was last seen Thursday morning in Roann, which is
  
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• North Carolina family terrified after children's book starts fire under car seat

  29-08-2024 21:29 via wane.com
  
  BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (WJZY) — Pictures of a child’s car seat, melted and mangled, tell a terrifying story for a North Carolina family after investigators say a button battery, made of lithium, inside a children’s book caught fire underneath the car seat.Destiny Williams said she had just returned from church Sunday when it happened. She got her 1-year-old daughter out of the car seat and went inside to make lunch.
  Minutes later, she said, "A neighbor came knocking on my door and
  
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• LOOK: Mayor welcomes sheep to Salomon Farm Park

  29-08-2024 20:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Salomon Farm Park has a couple of new four-legged residents, Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation announced Thursday.Two Valais Blacknose Sheep named London and Lucky are now part of the family at the farm -- and Mayor Sharon Tucker was among the first to welcome them to the herd.Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker and Deputy Mayor Karl Bandemer pet the new sheep at Salomon Farm Park.One of the two new sheepA sheep drinking water out of a bucketMayor Sharon Tucker with one of the
  
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• Hot and muggy afternoon

  29-08-2024 19:30 via wane.com
  
  Skies have gone from mostly cloudy to mostly sunny as we've entered the afternoon. The rest of the day will see plenty of sunshine.Clouds decrease as we traverse the PM. Skies look to become mostly sunny by the end of the afternoon in Fort Wayne, with areas south of Fort Wayne already under mostly sunny skies.Today, we are still in a hot and humid airmass, even with the passage of a weak cold front earlier on this morning. High temperatures today reach the upper 80s, with some spots possibly rea
  
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• Harris Boats building company's 1st all-electric pontoon boats at Fort Wayne plant

  29-08-2024 17:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Harris Boats will be building the company's first all-electric pontoon at its facility located in Fort Wayne.Harris announced the news in a press release on Wednesday. The Cruiser e-210, is powered by a Mercury® Avator™ 35e Outboard. Harris says the Cruiser e-210 provides the same level comfort, amenities and style as the traditional gas-powered Cruiser models.“Our first all-electric pontoon represents an exciting milestone for the Harris brand,” sai
  
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• Huntington police evacuate some residents after 'large' gas main struck

  29-08-2024 17:09 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) -- Some Huntington residents have had to evacuate their homes Thursday after a "large" gas main in the city was struck, according to the Huntington Police Department.The department posted on Facebook Thursday morning that a gas main at the intersection of W. Park Drive and N. Lafontaine Street was struck. Construction is currently happening along a stretch of Park Drive.The Huntington Police Department has been working to evacuate residents within a one-block area of the
  
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• Crews clean up gas leak that forced evacuation of some Huntington residents

  29-08-2024 17:09 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) -- Some Huntington residents were evacuated from homes and businesses for more than an hour Thursday after a "large" gas main in the city was struck, according to the Huntington Police Department.The department posted on Facebook Thursday morning that a gas main at the intersection of W. Park Drive and N. Lafontaine Street was struck. Construction is currently happening along a stretch of W. Park Drive.In addition to homes, Google Maps shows there are a few businesses --
  
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• Coroner identifies 18-year-old victim of homicide near downtown Fort Wayne

  29-08-2024 15:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Thursday, the Allen County Coroner named the man who was shot and killed two days earlier near downtown Fort Wayne.The coroner identified the victim as Parker James Eugene Billman, 18, of Fort Wayne. His death was ruled a homicide.The Fort Wayne Police Department began investigating the shooting Tuesday night in the 600 block of Lewis Street, near the intersection with Hanna Street.Billman was found with multiple gunshot wounds near a business. He was taken to the hospi
  
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• Women Rock raises the roof with music, empowerment

  29-08-2024 10:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Women's Fund of Greater Fort Wayne presents their fourth annual Women Rock concert at The Chateau on Broadway on Thursday.In a press release, organizers said their event focuses on empowering women through showcasing local female artists.
  The event features three performances from female singers ranging from pop music to R&B. Food and a cash bar will also be available.The Women Rock event runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Chateau on Broadway located on 244
  
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• Local ladies raise the roof with Women Rock concert

  29-08-2024 10:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Women's Fund of Greater Fort Wayne presents the first annual Women Rock concert at The Chateau on Broadway on Thursday.Cassie Beer, director of the Women's Fund of Greater Fort Wayne, said the event has been held in past years, but to celebrate the organization's fourth anniversary, Women Rock turned into a fundraiser with two more performers.But Beer said she wants to do more than celebrate her organization.Beer said she noticed nationally, and locally, women
  
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• Patchy dense fog, with a hot and muggy afternoon

  29-08-2024 04:26 via wane.com
  
  Partly cloudy skies are across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio this morning. A few areas of patch, dense fog have developed. Give yourself a few extra minutes for your morning commute. Our foggy conditions come to an endby 10 a.m.Morning fog is possible across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio.
  Scattered rain showers are staying south of our area, and the chances for showers fall by sunrise.Clouds decrease throughout the day. While we are partly cloudy now, we are looking to become mostl
  
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• Morning fog, then hot and humid

  29-08-2024 04:26 via wane.com
  
  Confidence is low in scattered storms materializing tonight, as a result of the clouds and spotty rain that lingered into the start of the afternoon in some places. Still be weather aware though, as any storms that do develop could be strong, with gusty winds and heavy rain. Any organized storm activity should wrap up by around midnight.We have a partly cloudy sky tonight and temps gradually falling. Temperatures will dip down to the upper 60s, with some patches of fog developing in some parts o
  
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• DeKalb County Plan Commission votes to not recommend solar project; final vote to go before commissioners in September

  29-08-2024 04:21 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- While the final decision on a proposed solar project in DeKalb County ultimately belongs to the county commissioners, the project will not have the approval of the DeKalb County Plan Commission when commissioners look at it in September.On Wednesday, the DeKalb County Plan Commission voted 3-5 to not recommend the project, which would be overseen by Thalassa Energy Project and would create a solar energy overlay district of roughly 872 acres just southwest of Butler
  
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• Bru Burger Bar announces opening date for Fort Wayne location

  29-08-2024 03:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The latest business coming to The Landing has announced its grand opening will be just around the corner.Bru Burger Bar announced on Facebook that it will be open for business Tuesday, Sept. 3.Plans to bring Bru Burger Bar to Fort Wayne were first announced in May, and management has said they are looking forward to being the latest addition to Fort Wayne and The Landing.“We love the community,” said Robert Gannaway, vice president of facilities for Cunning
  
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• lululemon website indicates 'pop-up' store heading to Jefferson Pointe

  29-08-2024 01:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A popular athleisure clothing brand appears to being heading to the Summit City in the near future.According to lululemon's website, the company plans to open a "pop-up" store at Jefferson Pointe. An exact opening date has not been announced, but the website indicates the store will be open "soon."Some of the services that will be provided at the store include returns, exchanges and hemming.WANE 15 has reached out to the company for more information on what exactly a l
  
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• Slight storm chance tonight, hot/humid tomorrow

  29-08-2024 01:01 via wane.com
  
  A few spotty showers remain possible this afternoon, followed by the chance for some thunderstorm development this evening. Confidence is low though in these storms materializing, as a result of the clouds and spotty rain that lingered into the start of the afternoon in some places. Still be weather aware though, as any storms that do develop could be strong, with gusty winds and heavy rain. Any organized storm activity should wrap up by around midnight tonight.Showers and storms are again possi
  
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