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• Indiana Court of Appeals overturns Allen County judge's ruling to dismiss State's TikTok lawsuit

  30-09-2024 23:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Indiana Court of Appeals has overturned an Allen County judge's ruling that dismissed a lawsuit filed by the State of Indiana against TikTok back in late 2022.The lawsuit, which is comprised of two complaints, argued TikTok engaged in deceptive practices that violated Indiana's Deceptive Consumer Sales Act (DCSA).TikTok responded with a motion to dismiss the lawsuit and the grounds that Indiana lacked specific jurisdiction over TikTok and that the State failed to m
  
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• No injuries in Oliver Street house fire

  30-09-2024 23:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It took Fort Wayne Firefighters four minutes to bring a house fire in the 4700 block of Oliver Street under control Monday afternoon.
  Nobody was home when firefighters arrived at the house just after 3:30 p.m. Firefighters used "an aggressive interior attack" while searching for occupants, according to a media release from the Fort Wayne Fire Department. The fire began in the kitchen and extended to the attic, the release said.
  The cause of the fire, which caused modera
  
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• Van Wert's premier venue is a 'hidden gem'

  30-09-2024 23:00 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) – Since opening in 2007, the Niswonger Performing Arts Center has been the "crown jewel" of the area, according to Van Wert Live.And according to Van Wert Live marketing director Quincy Thompson, it doesn't get the acknowledgment it deserves.A view of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center from the stage.
  "We are a hidden gem, we are literally in a cornfield," Thompson said.
  The 1,200-seat auditorium has played home to all sorts of acts from comedians to orchestras
  
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• 'If not now, then when?': The plan to save downtown Van Wert

  30-09-2024 23:00 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) — Van Wert had a big problem: its downtown infrastructure was quite literally crumbling.The historic Home Guards Building downtown partially collapsed in 2020, a precursor to what might happen if many of the historic buildings weren't renovated.
  Indiana businessman and politician Eric Doden had a vision: small towns buying out the building stock in downtowns, securing assets for the future and utilizing government money to repair them in the process.Perhaps the projec
  
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• 'If not now, then when?': Plan to save downtown Van Wert

  30-09-2024 23:00 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) — Van Wert had a big problem: its downtown infrastructure was quite literally crumbling.The historic Home Guards Building downtown partially collapsed in 2020, a precursor to what might happen if many of the historic buildings weren't renovated.
  Indiana businessman and politician Eric Doden had a vision: small towns buying out the building stock in downtowns, securing assets for the future and utilizing government money to repair them in the process.Perhaps the projec
  
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• In Your Hometown: Nearly 150 years of Central Insurance in Van Wert

  30-09-2024 22:30 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.VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) -- When driving through Van Wert along U.S. 127, a large building off the road near the city's southern edge may stand out.While the structure may look like it belongs to a museum or a tenured university, the building actually belongs to an insurance company with nearly 150 years of history in Van Wert.Central Insurance -- which also has regional
  
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• Fort Wayne man charged after police find over 11 lbs of marijuana in car

  30-09-2024 22:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Stuffed in shoeboxes and paper bags in the trunk of a car, police found marijuana that a man admitted he would buy in Michigan and sell to Hoosiers for three times the amount he paid.Kevin Lamb, 33, now faces a Level 5 felony count of dealing marijuana.According to Allen Superior Court documents filed Monday, an officer with the Fort Wayne Police Department was on patrol Saturday near South Anthony Boulevard and East Pettit Avenue when a car passed by. After running the
  
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• Braun fails to disclose digitally altered image in new ad despite state law

  30-09-2024 21:37 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- The gubernatorial campaign of U.S. Senator Mike Braun, R-Ind. has come under fire after a newly released political advertisement attacking his opponent's record initially contained digitally altered material without publicly disclosing its alteration, despite being required under a new state law.
  Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Enrolled Act 1133, a bill surrounding the use of digitally altered media in elections, into law in mid-March. New Poll: McCormick within ‘str
  
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• Donate today to help Red Cross efforts across 10 states

  30-09-2024 21:16 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - Days after Hurricane Helene's deadly force tore a path north from the Gulf Coast, many Americans remained without power, water and other basic necessities.
  The hurricane's destructive path necessitated a Red Cross response spanning 10 states, according to the non-profit. As of Monday, the Red Cross reported 1,400 disaster workers were on the ground responding to Helene. Crews prioritized offering safe shelter, food distribution and emotional and physical health services.Donate to Red
  
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• Attempted murder charge dropped for Fort Wayne woman who admitted she hit son with hammer

  30-09-2024 21:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A woman who claimed she hit her child with a hammer to avoid being sold into sex slavery was sentenced Monday and will avoid prison time.A judge dropped the attempted murder charge for Bethany Fleming, 33. She was handed a 12-year sentence with seven of those years suspended. A portion of the remaining five years will be spent at the residential services program through Allen County Community Corrections. Fleming will spend the rest of the time on home detention and pro
  
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• A few more raindrops coming

  30-09-2024 20:04 via wane.com
  
  We're remaining mostly cloudy into the evening with a slight chance of some occasional sprinkles. After highs rising into the 70s this afternoon, we'll fall to 60° at night into early morning.Areas of fog develop tonight, due to elevated humidity levels in place courtesy of the remnants of Hurricane Helene. Some spots may experience dense, thick fog from late night into early morning.Early morning fog develops before daybreak and sticks around through the morning drive time. The fog may be t
  
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• Court docs: Resident of Fort Wayne apartments damaged by fire confesses to arson

  30-09-2024 18:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Investigators have determined a fire earlier this month at an apartment complex on the southern edge of Fort Wayne was arson.On Sept. 3, the Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to Arbors of South Towne Square at 7911 Decatur Road. FWFD initially said the flames ignited in a third-floor bedroom, and crews found smoke throughout the third floor when they arrived.The entire building had to be evacuated, and most of the apartments were occupied when the fire started,
  
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• Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer

  30-09-2024 17:14 via wane.com
  
  (AP) - Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday after a battle with brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor. The NBA said he died surrounded by his family.“Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “On the court, he was on
  
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• Verizon users report outages on Monday

  30-09-2024 17:04 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — While multiple cellphone and internet providers are working to restore services Monday morning after Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast, users of one main company saying their phones aren't working, even outside the storm zone.User reports for problems with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile initially spiked on Downdetector.com, a site that tracks outages across platforms and services. None saw a higher outage spike than Verizon.Verizon users say they're having problems with th
  
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• Verizon service returns to 'normal levels' after widespread outage

  30-09-2024 17:04 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — While multiple cellphone and internet providers were working to restore services Monday after Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast, one company was struck by a "nationwide outage."User reports for problems with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile initially spiked on Downdetector, a site that tracks outages across platforms and services, at around 10 a.m. ET. None saw a higher outage spike than Verizon, which surpassed 100,000 outage reports around 11 a.m. ET.In an email to Nexstar
  
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• Verizon service back to 'normal levels' after widespread outage

  30-09-2024 17:04 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — While multiple cellphone and internet providers were working to restore services Monday after Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast, one company was struck by a "nationwide outage."User reports for problems with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile initially spiked on Downdetector, a site that tracks outages across platforms and services, at around 10 a.m. ET. None saw a higher outage spike than Verizon, which surpassed 100,000 outage reports around 11 a.m. ET.In an email to Nexstar
  
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• Verizon 'making progress' after nationwide outage as services come back

  30-09-2024 17:04 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — While multiple cellphone and internet providers were working to restore services Monday after Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast, one company was struck by a "nationwide outage."User reports for problems with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile initially spiked on Downdetector, a site that tracks outages across platforms and services, at around 10 a.m. ET. None saw a higher outage spike than Verizon, which surpassed 100,000 outage reports around 11 a.m. ET.In an email to Nexstar
  
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• Verizon hit by 'nationwide outage' Monday, impacting thousands of users

  30-09-2024 17:04 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — While multiple cellphone and internet providers are working to restore services Monday morning after Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast, users of one main company saying their phones aren't working and their internet is down amid a "nationwide outage."User reports for problems with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile initially spiked on Downdetector.com, a site that tracks outages across platforms and services. None saw a higher outage spike than Verizon, which surpassed 100,000
  
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• Verizon, AT&T users report outages on Monday

  30-09-2024 17:04 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Multiple cellphone service providers are seemingly experiencing outages Monday morning.
  User reports for problems with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile have spiked on Downdetector.com, a site that tracks outages across platforms and services.It's unclear what is causing the issues. Nexstar has reached out to company representatives for comments but did not immediately receive responses.
  Verizon users say they're having problems with their mobile phones, including reports of "no
  
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• Gas prices dodge a bullet with Helene. Here's why

  30-09-2024 16:37 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the second straight week, the national average price of gasoline has inched up, rising 1.4 cents compared to a week ago, and stands at $3.17 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 15.4 cents from a month ago and is 63.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 1.2 cents in the last
  
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• Navistar name change takes effect October 1

  30-09-2024 15:55 via wane.com
  
  LISLE, Ill. (WANE) A company with strong ties to Fort Wayne is changing its name as of October 1, 2024. Navistar will become International Motors as part of a rebranding announced on September 25.Prior to 1986, Navistar was known as International Harvester which manufactured various vehicles in Fort Wayne until 1983. At one time, International Harvester was Fort Wayne's largest employer with as many as 10,000 people working to assemble trucks.
  After the assembly plant closed, Fort Wayne remained
  
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• Work ends for part-time temps at Fort Wayne Assembly amid contract woes between GM, UAW

  30-09-2024 15:47 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Because of stipulations in a national contract between United Auto Workers and General Motors, it appears 253 part-time temporary workers will no longer be at Fort Wayne Assembly as of Monday.According to the UAW Local 2209 Bargaining Committee Report from Sept. 20, their employment was set to end Sunday, Sept. 29.The report, written by Shop Chairman Rich LeTourneau, claims GM made it clear the company would not move to hire any of the part-time temporary workers, and
  
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• A dockworkers strike could shut down East and Gulf ports. Will it affect holiday shopping?

  30-09-2024 13:56 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike.A lengthy shutdown could raise prices on goods around the country and potentially cause shortages and price increases at big and small retailers alike as the holiday shopping season — along with a tight presidential election — approaches.“First and foremost, we can expect delays to market. And those delays depend
  
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• Clouds, slight rain chance for Monday

  30-09-2024 10:39 via wane.com
  
  The remnants of Hurricane Helene continue to linger, but the chances of rain continue to plummet each day. We will only see a few isolated showers for Monday from Helene, with most staying dry. With Helene continuing to weaken, our windy conditions have also come to a halt.
  We're starting Monday under mostly cloudy skies and will stay mostly cloudy nearly allday, along with that slight chance for a rain shower.Temperatures reach the mid-60s at 8 AM after our morning lows in the mid-60s. We get i
  
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• El Mexicano Newspaper is a bridge to the Latino community

  30-09-2024 10:29 via wane.com
  
  Fernando Zapari, publisher and CEO of El Mexicano News, has been opening doors and helping others his entire life, but he got into the newspaper business by accident.He founded El Mexicano News over 30 years ago after being injured on a construction job."The start of the newspaper happened because I fell off a scaffold," he says. "It was a bad fall, but thank God, I recuperated."Zapari's injuries forced him to chart a new path for his future."There was no more construction work for me because of
  
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• Columbia City basketball star Baxter setting new goals with soccer

  30-09-2024 01:33 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) - Ask any coach at Columbia City about Addi Baxter, and one of the first things to comes to mind is how the senior is a generational athlete.Last year, the Butler basketball commit played a huge role in helping Columbia City earn a 22-3 record. For her efforts, Baxter was named a core member of the Indiana Junior All-Star team.While many know Baxter for her work on the basketball court, the senior is proving she can also dominate on the soccer pitch. Baxter only starte
  
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