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• New Haven City Council approves 2 downtown DORAs

  16-09-2024 23:29 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) -- New Haven City Council has approved ordinances that would create two designated outdoor refreshment areas (DORA) in downtown New Haven.According to a press release from the City of New Haven, City Council approved the ordinances in late August. While exact dimensions were not provided, the two separate DORAs would be located along Broadway Street and would end outside of the right of way of the railroad tracks. Huntington mulls adding downtown DORA with limitationsCity
  
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• In Your Hometown: Columbia City's ties to Wrangler jeans

  16-09-2024 23:25 via wane.com
  
  *This story is part of WANE 15's In Your Hometown series where we will be highlighting three local cities on-air and online during the next few Mondays.COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) -- While the origins of denim jeans will always reside in San Francisco thanks to a German immigrant by the name of Levi Strauss, Columbia City also has a part to play in the history of what is one of the most iconic pieces of American clothing.Although it has been closed for nearly 50 years, the former Blue Bell factor
  
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• HOMETOWN: Whitley Co. Courthouse

  16-09-2024 23:00 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) - The Whitley County Courthouse was completed in 1890, the first courthouse stood where Columba City Hall is today. WANE 15 toured the courthouse and shown how it has been preserved to its original features.
  The original building was purchased for $148,320.85, it contains 12,248 cubic feet of concrete, 3,670 square feet of stone footing and 3,850 cubic feet of rubble stone. The structure was built with some two million bricks and 21,430 cubic feet of cut stone. The cou
  
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• HOMETOWN: The Shops at the Sanctuary

  16-09-2024 22:30 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) - On North Chauncey Street, downtown Columbia City is an 1890s Presbyterian Church that has transformed into a unique place to shop.The Shops at the Sanctuary is an unmatched shopping experience.
  "The definition of sanctuary is a calm and quiet peace from the chaotic world, and that's exactly what we want to go off of," said Owner, Retta Yoder.
  Retta previously owned a shop in Angola, catered towards providing affordable furniture for teachers. Retta then met her husba
  
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• Court documents say man was driving over 100 mph before fatal north Fort Wayne crash

  16-09-2024 22:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -One second before the crash, he was going 118 mph.As the milliseconds ticked on, he only slowed down to 105 mph -- still a full 60 miles over the speed limit.The traffic light had been red for seven whole seconds before his SUV reached the intersection of Lima and Till roads. But the allegedly intoxicated driver kept going and crashed with another SUV, killing a man and severely injuring a 13-year-old passenger.That's according to Allen Superior Court documents filed Mon
  
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• Fort Wayne man convicted of brother-in-law's murder sentenced to 80 years in prison

  16-09-2024 20:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man convicted of murder in the killing of his brother-in-law was sentenced Monday and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.A judge in Allen Superior Court handed 34-year-old James Saylor 62 years for murder and 18 more years for a gun enhancement.In August, a jury found Saylor guilty of killing Sean Brabson, 33, who was shot multiple times in a south side alley on Oct. 22, 2023.And two days before Brabson was killed, his wife - Saylor's sister - was also f
  
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• Fort Wayne Police shoot, kill suspect after chase south of downtown

  16-09-2024 20:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man died Monday after a domestic dispute led to a chase with Fort Wayne Police.FWPD officers crowded the intersection of Warsaw and Leith streets south of downtown shortly before 2 p.m.Crime scene tape surrounded the area, which spanned four blocks. A special operations truck came to the scene around 3 p.m.FWPD confirmed the investigation originated on Hessen Cassel Road, where a victim's husband called to report a domestic dispute involving another man.When police go
  
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• Fort Wayne Police investigating south of downtown

  16-09-2024 20:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department are investigating Monday on a street south of downtown.Starting before 2 p.m., police crowded the intersection of Warsaw and Leith streets, off Pontiac Street.The reason for the investigation has not been confirmed.WANE 15 has a crew at the scene to learn more.
  
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• Coroner identifies man shot, killed by Fort Wayne Police after chase south of downtown

  16-09-2024 20:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man died Monday after a domestic dispute led to a chase with Fort Wayne Police.The Allen County Coroner identified the man Tuesday as Samuel Sterling Caston, 59, from Fort Wayne.FWPD officers crowded the intersection of Warsaw and Leith streets south of downtown shortly before 2 p.m., and it was later revealed the investigation started elsewhere.Captain Jeremy Webb confirmed the investigation originated on Hessen Cassel Road. A man told police the suspect hit his wife
  
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• Suspect in apparent assassination attempt camped outside golf course for 12 hours, records show

  16-09-2024 20:14 via wane.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting Donald Trump camped outside a golf course with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours, lying in wait for the former president before a Secret Service agent thwarted the potential attack and opened fire, according to court documents filed Monday.Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, faces charges of possessing a firearm despite a prior felony conviction and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Th
  
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• Drought to continue to worsen this week

  16-09-2024 20:00 via wane.com
  
  Last weekend, we got an early glimpse of fall with high temperatures near 70° both days. It was not meant to last, unfortunately. This past weekend, we saw high temperatures in the upper 80s. When you combine the extended heat and low humidity with the lack of rainfall, we get extended drought conditions, and that will continue through most of this week. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana and NW OhioTemperatures are on the rise and will get into the 70s through lunchtime. We r
  
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• Man accused of trying to kill Trump wrote a book urging Iran to assassinate him

  16-09-2024 18:10 via wane.com
  
  KAAAWA, Hawaii (AP) — Ryan Wesley Routh portrayed himself online as a man who built housing for homeless people in Hawaii, tried to recruit fighters for Ukraine to defend itself against Russia, and described his support and then disdain for Donald Trump — even urging Iran to kill him.“You are free to assassinate Trump,” Routh wrote of Iran in an apparently self-published book in 2023, “Ukraine’s Unwinnable War,” which described the former
  
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• Huntington University sees historic, record-breaking enrollment

  16-09-2024 17:54 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) - More students than ever before are choosing to get their education at Huntington University. The school announced Monday a total of 1,777 students are enrolled this semester.It's the third year in a row more scholars are attending the university. According to statistics shared in a press release, 1,504 students were enrolled in fall 2023; in 2022, there were 1,428 students.The Christian university has been around for 127 years, and there weren't more than 1,700 students
  
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• Vera Bradley Foundation announces another huge donation for breast cancer research

  16-09-2024 17:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer's 30th annual Classic is wrapping up and as usual, the event has raised a lot of money.On Sunday, the Foundation announced a donation of  $1,601,830 to support the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine. With this gift, the Foundation’s cumulative contributions to breast cancer research now stand at $41.7 million.The multi-day Classic brings hundre
  
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• Here's how much cheaper a gallon of gas costs than a year ago

  16-09-2024 16:20 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the seventh straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has declined, falling 6.9 cents compared to a week ago, and stands at $3.15 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy® data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 26.2 cents from a month ago and is 70.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 4.6 cents in t
  
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• New drink illegal in Indiana, selling in Illinois

  16-09-2024 16:02 via wane.com
  
  WABASH VALLEY (WTWO-WAWV) -- A drink that claims to be a euphoric seltzer.It's called New Brew, and it is banned in Indiana, but selling in Illinois.The website says it's the first non-alcoholic beverage with effects you can feel. It does this with two plants, kava and kratom, that interact with receptors in your brain.Yet, the company warns that the product is addictive and should not be consumed every day.The drink is illegal in Indiana because of one of the ingredients.Indiana State Police sa
  
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• 8-year-old girl found driving to Target in Ohio: Police

  16-09-2024 14:19 via wane.com
  
  BEDFORD, Ohio (WJW) - Police in Ohio reported they found an 8-year-old girl shopping at a Target store after she took a car and drove there on busy roads.On Sunday morning, Bedford police took a call for a missing child. As they began to investigate, police also took a call “concerning a small child driving east on Rockside Road.”Officers eventually found the car in the parking lot of a Target store in Bainbridge, Ohio. Police then found the child in the store. Trump was on the links
  
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• Drought conditions to persist this week

  16-09-2024 14:06 via wane.com
  
  Last weekend, we got an early glimpse of fall with high temperatures near 70° both days. It was not meant to last, unfortunately. This past weekend, we saw high temperatures in the upper 80s. When you combine the extended heat and low humidity with the lack of rainfall, we get extended drought conditions, and that will continue most of this week. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana and NW OhioTemperatures are on the rise and will get into the 70s through this morning.
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• 'A lot of people were afraid of him': Neighbor describes man accused of Trump assassination attempt

  16-09-2024 14:04 via wane.com
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The man accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a West Palm Beach golf course has a criminal record in North Carolina.Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was allegedly on the Trump-owned golf course with a rifle, a GoPro camera and other items, concealed in bushes in what officials are calling an assassination attempt. The Secret Service fired but did not hit him, and he fled the scene in a car. He was arrested in a traffic stop on I-95.Routh previous
  
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• Trump Florida shooting suspect: What we know

  16-09-2024 12:32 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — A man who allegedly pointed an AK-47-style rifle through the fence at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach on Sunday, while the former president was golfing nearby, has been taken into custody, authorities say.The man, identified to NewsNation by a law enforcement source as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, is described as a white male. He is believed to be the suspect who was crouched in bushes near the golf club perimeter, armed with a weapon equipped with a scope.Two backpa
  
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• Trump Florida assassination attempt suspect: What we know

  16-09-2024 12:32 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — A man who allegedly pointed an AK-47-style rifle through the fence at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach on Sunday, while the former president was golfing nearby, has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of firearm with an obliterated serial number.Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 fines for each charge. He was taken into custody following court, authorities say.A pretrial detention hearing
  
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• Chicago Tom: 'You're not just buying a beer, you're buying me'

  16-09-2024 10:29 via wane.com
  
  Last week, as the 2024 Fort Wayne TinCaps season was nearing an end, a familiar laugh could be heard loud and clear from the third base beer stand at Parkview Field.The infectious laugh cuts through the typical ballpark sounds."Tom LaBarbera is one of the all-time greats," says TinCaps President, Mike Nutter. "This guy is a character and a showman. It's people like him that keep this place rolling."High praise from the boss for a man who has been serving up suds and smiles for over a decade to t
  
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• Trump was on the links taking a breather from the campaign. Then the Secret Service saw a rifle

  16-09-2024 09:58 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunday was to be a day of relative rest for Donald Trump, a rare breather this deep into a presidential campaign. Aside from sounding off on social media, golf was on the agenda.Then the Secret Service spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes at Trump's West Palm Beach golf club, and everything changed.For the second time in just over two months, someone apparently tried to shoot Trump and came dangerously close to the former presiden
  
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• Hot and dry pattern continues

  16-09-2024 04:30 via wane.com
  
  Last weekend, we got an early glimpse of fall with high temperatures near 70° both days. It was not meant to last, unfortunately. This weekend, we're seeing high temperatures in the upper 80s. When you combine the heat with the lack of rainfall around here, drought conditions will continue to worsen across the region. With no substantial rain being in the forecast over the next few days, more areas could experience severe levels of drought. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana a
  
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• Drought conditions likely to persist this week

  16-09-2024 04:30 via wane.com
  
  Last weekend, we got an early glimpse of fall with high temperatures near 70° both days. It was not meant to last, unfortunately. This weekend, we saw high temperatures in the upper 80s. When you combine the heat with the lack of rainfall around here, drought conditions will continue to worsen across the region. With no substantial rain being in the forecast over the next few days, more areas could experience severe levels of drought. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana and NW
  
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• Honor flight fundraiser rides again

  16-09-2024 04:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— VFW Post 857 has been holding motorcycle rides for Honor Flight Northeast Indiana for more than half a decade now.
  "We've been doing this, six years in a row, raising money for Honor Flight," said Jim Olds who founded the event. "Seeing the bikes ahead of you, looking into the mirror and there's nothing but bikes behind you. It's just, it's an amazing thing."Olds took the Purple Heart Honor Flight last year, and the experience gave him an even greater appreciation
  
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• Northern lights could appear early this week

  16-09-2024 02:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Heads up astronomy fans! The northern lights may make an appearance early this week. This is due to a more notable solar flare that took place on Saturday. You can read more about this by clicking below. Over 20 states have chance at seeing northern lights after solar flareThe Space Weather Prediction Center is forecasting up to G3 Geomagnetic storming for Monday as a result of this solar flare. This means the northern lights can usually be seen as far south as Illinois
  
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• Northern lights appear early this week

  16-09-2024 02:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Heads up astronomy fans! The northern lights may make an appearance early this week. This is due to a more notable solar flare that took place on Saturday. You can read more about this by clicking below. Over 20 states have chance at seeing northern lights after solar flareThe Space Weather Prediction Center is forecasting up to G3 Geomagnetic storming for Monday as a result of this solar flare. This means the northern lights can usually be seen as far south as Illinois
  
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• Mild and clear night ahead

  16-09-2024 02:30 via wane.com
  
  Last weekend, we got an early glimpse of fall with high temperatures near 70° both days. It was not meant to last, unfortunately. This weekend, we're seeing high temperatures in the upper 80s. When you combine the heat with the lack of rainfall around here, drought conditions will continue to worsen across the region. With no substantial rain being in the forecast over the next few days, more areas could experience severe levels of drought. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana a
  
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• Toasty and dry end to the weekend

  16-09-2024 00:30 via wane.com
  
  Last weekend, we got an early glimpse of fall with high temperatures near 70° both days. It was not meant to last, unfortunately. This weekend, we're seeing high temperatures in the upper 80s. When you combine the heat with the lack of rainfall around here, drought conditions will continue to worsen across the region. With no substantial rain being in the forecast over the next few days, more areas could experience severe levels of drought. Drought expands and intensifies across NE Indiana a
  
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