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• Target to reduce prices on thousands of items for the holiday season

  22-10-2024 23:49 via wane.com
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Five months after announcing it would cut prices on roughly 5,000 items to help customers struggling with inflation, Target said Tuesday it plans to reduce prices on thousands of more items ahead of the holiday season.The move — which will apply to Target-owned and national brands — is again meant to help customers save on items for holiday preparations and gifting, like toys, board games, beauty products, bath towels, snacks, beverages, frozen vegetables
  
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• Richard Allen confession letter provides no insights into knowledge 'only a killer would know'

  22-10-2024 23:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A confession letter signed by Richard Allen revealed no further insights into the veracity of the prosecution's claims of Allen confessing to things "only the killer would know" about the Delphi murders.
  Richard Allen faces four counts of murder in connection with the vicious killings of teenage girls Abby Williams and Libby German in February 2017 near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi. He was arrested in October 2022 by Indiana State Police.
  In opening statements of the
  
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• Fort Wayne on pace for the driest October ever

  22-10-2024 23:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - If you think it has been really dry this month, well, you would be correct. While parts of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio have enjoyed some heavy downpours, Fort Wayne has been incredibly dry this October. 80° temperatures rare this late in OctoberIncluding Tuesday so far, Fort Wayne has only picked up 0.01 inches of rain in October 2024. This is currently 2.11 inches below average. More notable though is that this is the driest start to October we have ever s
  
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• 19-year-old woman found dead in oven in Canada Walmart

  22-10-2024 20:40 via wane.com
  
  HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (KSNW) -- A Canadian Walmart store was closed for a third day Tuesday as police investigated the death of a woman whose body was found inside an oven.Halifax Nova Scotia Regional Police said in a release that they were called at 9:30 p.m. Saturday to the store, where the 19-year-old woman was found dead inside a walk-in oven in the bakery department.
  Police said they haven't yet confirmed the cause and manner of death of the woman, who worked at the store, nor has her n
  
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• Man gets life in prison for 1975 killing of Noble County teenager

  22-10-2024 20:11 via wane.com
  
  NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A man convicted of murder in the 1975 killing of a North Webster teenager – a case that went cold until 2023 – will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.Laurel Jean Mitchell
  A judge in Noble Circuit Court handed Fred Bandy Jr. a life sentence with the possibility of parole. That's in accordance with the statute as it stood in 1975, before a sentence of life without parole existed in Noble County.Laurel Jean Mitchell was 17 when she disappeared decad
  
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• Driver's dashcam video shows suspected staged collision in NYC: 'I'm pretty furious'

  22-10-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY (WPIX) - Ashpia Natasha can be heard on her vehicle's dashcam video after the driver of a gray Honda suddenly cut her off last Wednesday morning on the Belt Parkway on Queens.It was a moment before that same driver suddenly put the Honda in reverse and slammed back into Natasha's vehicle, while she was on speakerphone with her husband.She's heard telling her husband, "Oh my God! What is he doing? Babe! Oh my God, I got into an accident. I got into an accident."Or so she thought, in
  
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• Delphi murders: Contentious cross examination of investigator marks Day 4 of testimony

  22-10-2024 17:57 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. – Tuesday’s testimony in the Delphi murders trial included contentious cross examination of the lead crime scene investigator.Richard 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.Investigators believe an unspent bullet found at the crime scene was cycled through a gun owned by Allen, linking him to the case.Richard Allen
  
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• Fort Wayne man sentenced for attempted kidnapping at TJ Maxx

  22-10-2024 17:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 20-year-old man was sentenced Monday for attempting to kidnap a girl earlier this year in Northcrest Shopping Center while high on meth.A judge in Allen Superior Court sentenced Caleb Rush to four years in prison; two of those years for kidnapping and battery charges, and two more years for having his probation revoked on a separate case.In April, Rush - then 19 years old - walked up behind a 13-year-old shopping at TJ Maxx and put his arms around her, according
  
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• IRS unveils 2025 income tax brackets: Where do you fall?

  22-10-2024 17:33 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — It's official: 2025 will mark another year in which millions of Americans could take home more on each paycheck thanks in part to the latest inflation adjustments to the tax code announced by the IRS on Tuesday.More than 60 tax provisions are changing, all of which will impact tax year 2025. That means they won't apply until you're filing taxes in 2026.One of the most notable changes the IRS has announced are standard deductions rising and individual tax brackets shifting.
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• Not as warm tomorrow, cold front coming

  22-10-2024 17:03 via wane.com
  
  Winds will continue to be, occasionally, gusty through late afternoon, becoming less gusty in the evening. Temps will decrease from our highs near 80° and we'll have lows by daybreak down to the low 50s.A weakening weather disturbance holds a slight chance of bringing the area a few scattered sprinkles between 6 pm and midnight. If this rain pans out, it will not be a large quantity of it at all, which is bad news for the ongoing drought.A cold front is on its way tomorrow. So, winds will pi
  
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• With Kurtis Rourke out, Tayven Jackson gets chance to shine as QB for No. 13 Indiana

  22-10-2024 16:20 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana quarterback Tayven Jackson seemingly spent his entire life preparing for Saturday — leading his home state team onto the field for one of the biggest games in program history.All he has to do now is help the 13th-ranked Hoosiers beat Washington.Indiana coach Curt Cignetti named Jackson the starter Monday, two days after Kurtis Rourke injured his right thumb during the first half of last weekend's 56-7 rout over Nebraska that will keep him on the sideline i
  
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• Memorial Coliseum previews concessions ahead of Komets home opener

  22-10-2024 15:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum presented a variety of foods and beverages to WANE 15 Tuesday ahead of the Fort Wayne Komets home opener on Friday.The east food court provides pizza and Asian-inspired cuisine."Slice'd" Pizza & Submarino provides quality Italian food with pizza and breadsticks. There will be a special pizza every week as well to complement their traditional pizza.
  "Wok this Wayne," prepares Asian cuisine such as orange chicken and rice.
  
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• General Motors overcomes US sales drop and China losses to post 3rd quarter profit of $3 billion

  22-10-2024 14:06 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — U.S. sales are down and a once-reliably profitable joint venture in China is losing money, but General Motors still managed to post a third quarter profit of $3 billion Tuesday, slightly less than it made a year ago.The Detroit automaker reported $48.8 billion in revenue from July through September, 10% more than last year, aided by U.S. average vehicle sale prices that were steady with last quarter at over $49,000.Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said that while overal
  
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• Driver crashes into Indiana State Police car while troopers investigate crash in Lake County

  22-10-2024 13:02 via wane.com
  
  LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A suspected intoxicated driver drove off after hitting a police squad car early Monday morning according to Indiana State Police.At around 2:15 a.m., troopers were on the scene of a crash on I-80 in Lake County. While giving a field sobriety test to a driver, another vehicle hit one of the trooper's squad cars that was parked to help block the crash scene and then fled. Debris from the impact also damaged another state police vehicle.A trooper soon spotted the suspect's
  
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• October heat continues today with a cooldown on the way

  22-10-2024 09:26 via wane.com
  
  Sunshine and breezy conditions will take temperatures up toward 80 degrees again today. The average temperature for today is 62.Skies will be partly cloudy this morning with temperatures moving into the upper 60s to around 70 by noon.Another very warm October dayIt won't be much different this afternoon than yesterday but winds will be increasing to about 25 mph.Winds will continue to be gusty tonight with temperatures staying in the 50s.
  Winds will be gusty this afternoonA weather system will m
  
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• Southwood Park residents 'repulsed' by KKK flyers in Fort Wayne

  22-10-2024 04:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Residents in the Southwood Park neighborhood were shocked to find hundreds of flyers that appeared to be from the Trinity White Knights Ku Klux Klan (or KKK) on Sunday evening. Several neighbors met Monday night to discuss the pamphlets, with hopes of curbing some anxiety.The flyers contained anti-immigration rhetoric, pairing illegal immigration to violent crime, sex offenses, and more. There was also information on the Trinity White Knights, a chapter of the KKK
  
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• 80° temperatures rare this late in October

  22-10-2024 04:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - It was a very warm start to the workweek across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. In fact, it was a rare 80° day this late into the month of October... Dave and the Great Pumpkins of Fort WayneOur high temperature on Monday climbed up to 80°. This was only four degrees shy of our record high temperature for October 21st set back in 1953. It was, however, the third warmest October 21st in Fort Wayne's history, with only an 81° high temperature in 1920 and
  
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• Close to 80°, again, Tuesday, cooler rest of week

  22-10-2024 04:39 via wane.com
  
  Temperatures are falling to the mid-40s by early morning. We'll have a slight increase in clouds, making us partly cloudy in the morning as a weak weather system moves closer. Still, though, we'll have some sunshine peeking through during the day and high temps rise to the upper 70s in the afternoon.Another warm October afternoon is coming our way.This next system limps its way in from the Great Plains and may bring a scattered shower or two for our Tuesday evening into late night, but any showe
  
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• 2 dead in Van Wert County after 3 car crash

  22-10-2024 02:22 via wane.com
  
  VAN WERT COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) — A three-car crash in Van Wert County killed one driver and his passenger, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol.Zachary Wood was driving a compact car and stopped to make a left turn off of US 127 into a driveway.
  Timothy Kiester was driving a pickup truck behind Wood and crashed into his car, sending Wood's car into the oncoming lane.They were hit by a semi-truck, Wood and his passenger Logan Elder were both pronounced dead at the scene by the Van Wert
  
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