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• 8/31 Prep Football Scoreboard - Snider, Huntington North pull away

  31-08-2024 23:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - After lightning pushed back several high school football games from Friday, week two officially wrapped up across northeast Indiana on Saturday.Snider pulled away from East Noble in a 35-10 win, earning their first victory of the season. Across Allen County, Bishop Luers survived an upset bid by New Haven in a 36-32 win. Huntington North throttled down Northrop to improve to 2-0 for the first time since 2007.
  Prep Football ScoreboardEast Noble 10 Snider 35 F
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• Mississippi bus crash kills 7 people, injures 37

  31-08-2024 21:57 via wane.com
  
  BOVINA, Miss. (AP) — Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Mississippi after a commercial bus overturned on Interstate 20 on Saturday morning, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.Six passengers were pronounced dead at the scene and another died at a hospital, according to a news release. The bus was traveling west when it left the highway near Bovina in Warren County and flipped over. No other vehicle was involved.The crash was caused by tire failure, the National Tra
  
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• Healthier Moms & Babies to host annual Diaper Dash event

  31-08-2024 16:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Reducing infant mortality and improving the outcome of pregnancies in our community, that's the goal of Healthier Moms and Babies.Their 8th Annual Diaper Dash will be held on Saturday, September 7th at the Parkview Family YMCA Pavilion at 10001 Dawsons Creek Boulevard.CEO of Healthier Moms and Babies, Paige Wilkins stopped by WANE 15 to explain why this event is so important to the community. You can see that in the interview above.Packet pick-up starts at 7:
  
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• Paint the town at the Fort Wayne Arts Festival

  31-08-2024 16:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Creations from over 40 local and regional artists will soon fill Jefferson Pointe for the Fort Wayne Arts Festival.The event will be held at Jefferson Pointe on Saturday September 7th and Sunday September 8th.Festival Organizer Teri Marquart and local artist Jerry Clifton stopped by WANE 15 to share what the event will feature. You can see that in the interview above.Click here for more information about the festival.
  
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• Indiana ranked 15th worst state to retire

  31-08-2024 16:10 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – So many people focus on when to retire – but where they start their golden years shouldn't be overlooked.People are living longer and with forecasts of a U.S. retirement crisis looming, affordability is one of the top factors in a new study by WalletHub on the best and worst places to retire. Activities, quality of life and health care rounded out the grading process.Living up to its reputation, Florida dominated the top five, taking four spots. Orlando wast number 1 over
  
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• 40 years ago, General Motors brings hope to Fort Wayne after Harvester departure

  31-08-2024 15:00 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Saturday marks 40 years since General Motors, one of the biggest automotive manufacturers in the world -- announced plans to build a new factory in Fort Wayne.For a city reeling from a manufacturing exodus and a historic natural disaster, the move could not have come at a better time.Due to the Flood of 1982, a major recession and, most notably, the loss of International Harvester, the Summit City was in rough shape in the early 1980s.While the fall of Harvester in F
  
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• Prepare for month-long construction on I-469 near Fort Wayne International Airport

  31-08-2024 14:35 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Drivers on Interstate 469 will have to navigate some lane restrictions just south of Fort Wayne International Airport in September.The interstate will have alternating lane closures in both directions between Indianapolis Road and State Road 1/Bluffton Road starting around Sept. 3, according to a release from the Indiana Department of Transportation. Crews will be doing bridge bearing repairs for about four weeks, INDOT announced.The month-long closure comes in two ph
  
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• Manchester man in critical condition after motorcycle flips in DeKalb County

  31-08-2024 13:34 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A Manchester man is in critical condition after a motorcycle crash Friday evening.The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday in the 5600 block of CR 427.The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday when 35-year-old Mark Wainwright was motorcycling a 2001 Honda CBR900. He was traveling south in the 5600 block of CR 427.
  Wainwright went around the vehicle in front of him during a curve, according to the DeKalb Sheriff's office. He then went off the west side of the
  
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• Sunshine returns this afternoon

  31-08-2024 12:43 via wane.com
  
  We saw areas of scattered showers and storms overnight and into this morning, giving some areas much-needed rainfall. For those hoping for more rainfall, unfortunately, we'll be dry for this afternoon. Drought exists in parts of northeast Indiana, northwest OhioEntering the afternoon, sunshine will gradually build its way in, bringing us to partly cloudy skies in mid-afternoon, becoming mostly sunny late.Warming up with skies progressively turning more sunny in the afternoon.High temperatures to
  
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• 8/30 Highlight Zone - Week Two

  31-08-2024 05:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Mother Nature played a major role in Friday night's prep football action across most of northeast Indiana, as a number of contests were postponed midway through and will pick up tomorrow - including your Highlight Zone "Game of the Week" as Snider leads East Noble 21-10 in the third quarter of a game that will resume at 10 a.m. Saturday at North Side High School's Chambers Field, not Spuller Stadium.
  
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• Scattered rain/storms exit Saturday, cooler days coming

  31-08-2024 05:45 via wane.com
  
  Scattered rain and storms are moving from west to east, bringing gusty winds and heavy downpours. Not all areas will see the strongest storm activity and some areas may miss out completely. While there may be some torrential downpours, the overall total quantity of rain will be less than a half-inch in most places. Drought exists in parts of northeast Indiana, northwest OhioForecasted rain amounts from 6 pm Friday to 6 pm Saturday. Totals should be less than a half-inch in most places.After our
  
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• Two record highs tied during late August heatwave

  31-08-2024 04:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A cold front is set to move through and finally cool us back down and bring relief from the humidity into the weekend across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Drought develops in parts of NE Indiana and NW OhioIt has been quite the hot and humid stretch of August days, with six out of the past seven days with high temperatures up in the 90s. We haven't seen a string of days with temperatures this high since back in mid-June!We have experienced quite the hot stretch
  
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• Traffic reports show an increase in "unsafe" driving

  31-08-2024 02:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— A traffic report using data from 2023 by the Northeast Indiana Regional Coordinating Council shows that Fort Wayne is following a nationwide trend of unsafe driving behaviors and crashes following the Covid-19 pandemic.WANE 15 spoke with Philip Labrash, a traffic engineer with Fort Wayne Public Works, who said, "I don't know if people just forgot their proper driving behaviors or what not. But the traffic system itself did not change overnight when we had lock down
  
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• Drought develops in parts of NE Indiana and NW Ohio

  31-08-2024 01:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -The week's high heat, teamed with a lack of rain, has intensified our dry soil conditions and, in this week's latest drought update, a portion of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio is in a Moderate Drought stage.Last week, the drought map only showed 1 color - yellow - representing abnormally dry conditions, but not dry enough to officially be in a drought.In the update that was released Thursday, August 29, the south/southeastern section of the area was placed in the
  
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