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• What's behind the teacher shortage in special education?

  14-10-2024 23:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Indiana is following a larger, national trend of teachers shortages, particularly in special education.In the face of teacher shortages, Indiana has taken to alternative routes such as the Transition to Teaching program. While these programs have helped hasten the road to teacher licensure, it is simply not enough to fully address the shortage. Not enough people are pursuing education.
  So why is this?
  Wane 15 spoke with leaders in education at Fort Wayne Community
  
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• FDA will reconsider decision barring copycat versions of Lilly weight loss drug

  14-10-2024 23:26 via wane.com
  
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it will reconsider its decision to remove Eli Lilly’s blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drug from its official shortage list and allow compounding pharmacies to continue selling their own versions. A federal court in Texas on Friday granted the FDA’s unopposed motion to stay litigation over the drug’s removal from shortage.  In a court filing late Friday, the FDA said it wouldn’t pursue regulatory action against the
  
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• Tracking frosty October nights this week

  14-10-2024 23:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The coldest air of the fall so far has arrived to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. If you're a big fan of this fall weather, we hope you are enjoying the return to wearing jackets and hoodies. Northern lights spotted across regionThe cold weather will bring about some frosty nights though this week. We are tracking low temperatures to get down into the 30s and frost appears most likely Tuesday night and Wednesday night this week, although Monday night could still b
  
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• Scattered rain, temps falling to the 30s

  14-10-2024 22:37 via wane.com
  
  Northerly and northwesterly winds delivered a cool fall day across the regions with high temperatures rising to near the 60° mark. The chill in the air increases tonight and, with a weather system moving through, some areas may get in on some scattered rain.
  Temperatures fall through the 50s and 40s tonight with morning lows in the upper 30s.Temperatures won't be in the 30s until just an hour or two before sunrise.Tuesday has some sunshine in store with partly cloudy skies. It will be breezy
  
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• Construction continues for nearly 300 apartments at Electric Works

  14-10-2024 22:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Electric Works is adding to its campus with hundreds of apartments off Lavina Street.The complex, dubbed "The Elex", will include 296 units, an early childhood learning center, and facilities for fitness and wellness, according to a press release. Of the nearly 300 apartments, the complex will have 89 affordable housing units, 59 of which will be designated for ages 55 and older, the release said.A crowd gathered to hear Senator Todd Young and local officials speak Mond
  
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• Dolly Parton's Imagination Library coming to Allen County; ACPL fundraising goal met

  14-10-2024 21:53 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - After just a few months, a campaign to bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to local kids has brought in enough funds to move forward with the reading program.The Allen County Public Library announced Monday it has met its $100,000 fundraising goal for the campaign, which was launched in June. That means the Imagination Library could be implemented in the coming months.The country music icon's program provides free books to children up to age 5, encouraging litera
  
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• Police investigate shooting in southeast Fort Wayne neighborhood

  14-10-2024 18:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a shooting Monday afternoon near the southeastern edge of the city.Dispatchers confirmed police are investigating in the 6800 block of Selkirk Drive, in the Crown Colony neighborhood off East Tillman Road and Wayne Trace.Any injuries have not been confirmed.WANE 15 has a crew at the scene to learn more.
  
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• FWPD investigate shooting in neighborhood near Paul Harding Junior High School

  14-10-2024 18:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a shooting Monday afternoon near the southeastern edge of the city.Dispatchers confirmed police are investigating in the 6800 block of Selkirk Drive, in the Crown Colony neighborhood off East Tillman Road and Wayne Trace. That's near Paul Harding Junior High School and East Allen University.Any injuries have not been confirmed.WANE 15 has a crew at the scene to learn more.
  
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• FWPD asking for tips about life-threatening shooting in southeast Fort Wayne neighborhood

  14-10-2024 18:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is working to piece together details of a shooting that sent a man and woman to the hospital Monday on the southeastern edge of Fort Wayne.FWPD began investigating around 12:30 p.m. in the 6800 block of Selkirk Drive, in the Crown Colony neighborhood off East Tillman Road and Wayne Trace. That's near Paul Harding Junior High School and East Allen University.According to a release from FWPD, initial reports indicated only one gunshot was
  
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• 1 in life-threatening condition after shooting in southeast Fort Wayne neighborhood

  14-10-2024 18:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Two people were sent to the hospital Monday after a shooting on the southeastern edge of Fort Wayne.Dispatchers confirmed Fort Wayne Police began investigating that afternoon in the 6800 block of Selkirk Drive, in the Crown Colony neighborhood off East Tillman Road and Wayne Trace. That's near Paul Harding Junior High School and East Allen University.Police later confirmed a female had life-threatening injuries and a male was in non-life-threatening condition. It's uncl
  
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• Housing, retail, parking garage planned for Wells Street site

  14-10-2024 18:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A developer that has transformed multiple properties in Fort Wayne plans to do the same for a 2-acre site on Wells Street.Monday, city officials announced plans are becoming reality for the "Wells Street Wedge." It's a site on the north side of the Saint Marys River and is northwest of Promenade Park, connected to the park by the old Wells Street Bridge.The development will bring 111 housing units and a public parking garage holding 236 spaces, according to a press
  
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• 6 jurors seated so far in Delphi murders trial

  14-10-2024 17:58 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. – Six people have been chosen to sit on the jury in the Delphi murders trial after jury selection began Monday in Allen County. What to know ahead of the Delphi murders trialRichard Allen faces four counts of murder in connection with the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge. Indiana State Police announced his arrest in October 2022.13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German. (Credit: Family)Around 300 summons were
  
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• 14 jurors seated so far in Delphi murders trial

  14-10-2024 17:58 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. – Fourteen people were chosen to sit on the jury in the Delphi murders trial by the end of jury selection on Monday in Allen County. What to know ahead of the Delphi murders trialRichard Allen faces four counts of murder in connection with the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge. Indiana State Police announced his arrest in October 2022.13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German. (Credit: Family)Around 300 summons
  
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• 12 jurors seated so far in Delphi murders trial

  14-10-2024 17:58 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. – Twelve people have been chosen to sit on the jury in the Delphi murders trial after jury selection began Monday in Allen County. What to know ahead of the Delphi murders trialRichard Allen faces four counts of murder in connection with the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge. Indiana State Police announced his arrest in October 2022.13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German. (Credit: Family)Around 300 summons w
  
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• 11 jurors seated so far in Delphi murders trial

  14-10-2024 17:58 via wane.com
  
  The video above is from an earlier reportALLEN COUNTY, Ind. – Eleven people have been chosen to sit on the jury in the Delphi murders trial after jury selection began Monday in Allen County. What to know ahead of the Delphi murders trialRichard Allen faces four counts of murder in connection with the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge. Indiana State Police announced his arrest in October 2022.13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby Ger
  
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• 10 jurors seated so far in Delphi murders trial

  14-10-2024 17:58 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. – Ten people have been chosen to sit on the jury in the Delphi murders trial after jury selection began Monday in Allen County. What to know ahead of the Delphi murders trialRichard Allen faces four counts of murder in connection with the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge. Indiana State Police announced his arrest in October 2022.13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German. (Credit: Family)Around 300 summons were
  
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• List: Here are the nearly 500 Big Lots stores that have or will be closed this year

  14-10-2024 17:40 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Big Lots is set to close nearly four dozen additional stores as it continues navigating through its bankruptcy filing.The discount retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September.Last week, an additional 46 closures across 23 states were approved by the bankruptcy court.In total, Big Lots has closed or announced the closure of 494 of its stores — that’s nearly 36% of the footprint the chain had at the start of the year.
  Over 140 of those stores have
  
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• Here's when prices at the pump could start falling again according to GasBuddy

  14-10-2024 16:18 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) After a brief respite, the national average price of gasoline returned to a rise over the last week, climbing 3.3 cents compared to a week ago, and stands at $3.16 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 unchanged from a month ago and is 41.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 4.0 cents
  
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• The Delphi Murders: Waiting for Justice

  14-10-2024 16:11 via wane.com
  
  (FOX59) — On October 14, 2024, jury selection is expected to begin in one of Indiana's most high-profile murder cases. Richard Allen will go on trial days later for the murders of Abby Williams and Libby German. The girls were killed near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi in February of 2017.To mark this pivotal moment, FOX59 has sifted through seven years of archival footage to create a special report: The Delphi Murders: Waiting for Justice.In the special, long-time anchors Angela Ganote a
  
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• WATCH: NASA launches Europa Clipper, will scour Jupiter moon for ingredients of life

  14-10-2024 15:10 via wane.com
  
  Coverage of the launch is expected to begin at 11 a.m. ET and will be added to this story in the video player above. The launch window itself is set to open at 12:06 p.m. ET.
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface. It won’
  
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• WATCH LIVE: NASA launches Europa Clipper, will scour Jupiter moon for ingredients of life

  14-10-2024 15:10 via wane.com
  
  Coverage of the launch is provided by NASA. The launch window is set to open at 12:06 p.m. ET.
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface. It won’t search for life, but rather determine whether conditions there could support i
  
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• Jury selection in Delphi trial to begin Monday morning

  14-10-2024 12:38 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. -- Around 300 summons were sent to prospective jurors in Allen County to start the process of jury selection for the trial of Richard Allen.A dozen jurors and four alternates will be chosen starting Monday to be sequestered for up to a month, hearing evidence that may solve the killings of teenagers Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge in Carroll County in 2017. What to know ahead of the Delphi murders trialAllen was arrested in October 2022, more than fiv
  
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• Eggnog before Thanksgiving? Shoppers scramble store calendars

  14-10-2024 12:35 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — After sipping pumpkin spiced lattes in August and putting up Halloween decorations in late September, Samantha Kowalczyk already looks forward to drinking eggnog-flavored coffee and filling her Wilmington, Delaware, home with cinnamon and sugar cookie scented candles and other holiday aromas.The 30-year-old thinks seasonal flavors and scents should be available year-round. And apparently others feel the same way.An scented candle called Bright Christmas Morning is shown at
  
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• Scattered showers and noticeably cooler today

  14-10-2024 10:16 via wane.com
  
  After our weekend brought highs in the 70s, we're set to see temperatures plunge as we progress into the new workweek. Get ready for some cold fall temperatures, the coldest we've seen so far this season.A low-pressure system lingers across the area, providing northwest flow, continuing cloud cover, and more chances for scattered rain showers today. A few scattered lake-effect rain showers linger across the area. Not everyone is seeing these showers. Skies are partly cloudy across the region thi
  
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• Fort Wayne Police Department: Missing man found

  14-10-2024 07:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department located a man who had been missing since Sunday evening. FWPD thanked the community for their help in locating the man.Original story:The Fort Wayne Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing man.Police are looking for 22-year-old Aidan Berger and are concerned for his well-being. Berger is described as being 5’9”, about 280 lbs, with short brown hair.Berger was last seen Sunday night, around 8:
  
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• Fort Wayne Police Department asking for help finding missing man

  14-10-2024 07:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing man.Police are looking for 22-year-old Aidan Berger and are concerned for his well-being. Berger is described as being 5’9”, about 280 lbs, with short brown hair.Berger was last seen Sunday night, around 8:30 p.m., according to police. He was walking in the 4600 block of Rose Hill Lane. That’s near Stellhorn and Lahmeyer Roads.Anyone with information about where Be
  
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• Coldest air of the fall so far arrives this week

  14-10-2024 04:00 via wane.com
  
  After a pair of weekend days in the 70s, we're set to see temperatures plunge as we progress into the new workweek. Get ready for the coldest air of the fall so far...Look for scattered lake-effect rain showers to be around early Monday morning. Not everyone will see the showers, but take the umbrella to be safe. Temperatures will be in the mid-40s as you step out the door.Temperatures dip down into the 40s early Monday morning.Wind gusts as high as 25 mph remain possible early in the morning.Yo
  
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• Five side-by-side answers from Indiana 3rd district hopefuls

  14-10-2024 02:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Educator and political newcomer Kiley Adolph (D) faces businessman and former Congressman Marlin Stutzman (R) in the race for the open IN-3 House seat.WANE 15 asked each candidate the same five questions and asked for answers no longer than one minute. Their unedited responses are below. Neither candidate knew the questions in advance.The first question, with the answers above, was "How does your background help you? What are the strengths and weaknesses of experience
  
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• Windy with scattered rain showers tonight

  14-10-2024 01:30 via wane.com
  
  It sure looks like fall across the area today and now it is starting to feel like it too. A line of showers has passed through the area, which really increased the winds around here. Look for gusts up to 35 mph through the remainder of the evening. Keep this in mind if you have any plans.After a brief break from the precipitation, more showers scatter their way through the area after midnight tonight, as a result of lake enhancement. A northwest wind over Lake Michigan will bring us scattered la
  
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