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• Rare late October 80s will challenge record highs

  28-10-2024 22:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Live Doppler 15 Fury Storm Team is tracking potentially record warm, summer-like temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The Latest Live Doppler 15 Fury ForecastAs of Monday evening, we are forecasting high temperatures to be in the 80s on both Tuesday and Wednesday. This means there is a pretty good chance we'll see a new record high temperature on Tuesday, as the daily record high is only 78°. This record has been set a whopping five times in the past
  
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• Allen County officials advise against open burning amid Fire Weather Watch

  28-10-2024 22:22 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The Allen County Office of Homeland Security is advising residents to avoid open burning the next couple days amid dry conditions.The announcement comes after the National Weather Service issued a Fire Weather Watch in the county. According to Homeland Security, warm temperatures, low humidity and strong winds will create increased risk for uncontrolled field fires during Tuesday and Wednesday.Those who decide to have a small recreational fire on private property sho
  
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• Record warmth and high winds tomorrow and Wed.

  28-10-2024 21:31 via wane.com
  
  Temperatures have risen into the 60s to start the evening and we'll fall back to the mid-50s by around midnight. Then, with warmer air moving in, temperatures will actually start climbing as go through the early morning and approach sunrise.A warm front moves through tonight, allowing for these rising temperatures overnight under mostly cloudy skies. The warm air following this front gets pumped in strongly by southwest winds sustained at 15-25 mph and gusting to 35 mph from the SW.All of this w
  
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• Man sentenced for attacking Fort Wayne couple, slicing man's throat

  28-10-2024 21:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man was sentenced Monday for his role in two separate confrontations, during one of which he was accused of injuring a man with a boxcutter.A judge in Allen Superior Court handed Skyler Navarro, 31, a total of six years behind bars, according to the prosecutor's office.This past December, Navarro was charged with aggravated battery, battery with a deadly weapon, battery resulting in serious bodily injury and criminal recklessness.According to court documents in the ca
  
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• DNR seeks public input on future of its forestry division

  28-10-2024 20:15 via wane.com
  
  ANDREWS, Ind. (WANE) -- The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reaching out to Hoosiers for input on the future of the organization's forestry division.Starting Nov. 6, the DNR will host three public meetings where people can review the 2015-2029 plan for its Division of Forestry and make public comments. The second meeting scheduled for Nov. 14 will be held at the Salamonie Lake Nature Center in Huntington County.The DNR maintains roughly 160,000 acres of forest across Indiana's 1
  
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• Opening of Culver's in New Haven will mark company milestone with giveaway

  28-10-2024 19:51 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) - The 1000th location of a staple Midwest restaurant chain is opening its doors in northeast Indiana just over a month from now.Culver's will begin taking orders from New Haven customers on Dec. 9, according to owner Ashlee Jones, who also operates the Stellhorn Road location in Fort Wayne. The restaurant at SR 930 and Maplecrest Road will be serving up burgers, cheese curds, custard and more seven days a week from 10 a.m. to midnight, Jones said.Progress on Culver's const
  
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• Police arrest man charged in US 30 crash that left victim with internal injuries

  28-10-2024 17:24 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A driver accused of being high when he hit an SUV on US 30 last year was arrested Friday.Timothy J. Carnes, 42, had been charged in August with operating a vehicle with a Schedule I or II substance in his blood causing serious bodily injury – a Level 5 felony – and criminal recklessness, a Level 6 felony.On Sept. 15, 2023, Carnes was driving on US 30 at Northwest County Line Road when his semi hit an SUV “square in the door”, according to
  
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• Proposal would fill $6 million budget gap to supply Andrews with clean water

  28-10-2024 16:47 via wane.com
  
  ANDREWS, Ind. (WANE) - A nearly $6 million proposal aims to supply the town of Andrews with fresh drinking water. It's a plan that could finally end a longstanding issue of contaminated water in the Huntington County town.Proposed by RTX Corporation - formerly known as Raytheon - the agreement would pay in full for the town to have a new water pipeline, according to a letter obtained by WANE 15.The issue of contamination in the town's water stemmed from a former factory nearby that dumped a chem
  
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• Delphi murders: State's forensic expert says no DNA from Allen found

  28-10-2024 16:40 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. – DNA evidence—or the lack thereof—took center stage in the Delphi murders trial.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. Allen has been in custody awaiting trial since Indiana State Police announced his arrest in October 2022.During Day 9 of the trial, Indiana State Police Lt. Jerry Holeman took the stand to discuss his initial interview with Allen. Holeman s
  
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• Delphi murders: State's DNA expert takes the stand

  28-10-2024 16:40 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. – DNA evidence—or the lack thereof—took center stage in the Delphi murders trial.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. Allen has been in custody awaiting trial since Indiana State Police announced his arrest in October 2022.During Day 9 of the trial, Indiana State Police Lt. Jerry Holeman took the stand to discuss his initial interview with Allen. Holeman s
  
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• Why this rare dime from Ohio fetched $506K at auction

  28-10-2024 16:32 via wane.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An extraordinarily rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000.The coin, which was struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975, depicts President Franklin D. Roosevelt and is one of just two known to exist without its distinctive “S” mint mark.Three sisters from Ohio inherited the dime after the death of their brother, who had kept it in a bank vault for more than 40 years. Are your o
  
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• Homeowner charged in connection to northeast Fort Wayne house party that led to mass shooting

  28-10-2024 15:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A woman faces felony charges in connection to the high school party that led to a mass shooting at her house earlier this month, according to the Fort Wayne Police Department.
  Monday, police arrested 42-year-old Joanna Eastes on charges of neglect of a dependent, a Level 6 felony; furnishing property for the purpose of enabling minors to consume alcohol, a Level 6 felony, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a Class A misdemeanor.Allen County property records
  
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• Breastie Boxes is so much more than a pretty box

  28-10-2024 14:36 via wane.com
  
  Breastie Boxes if nonprofit organization in Fort Wayne that that meets breast cancer patients right where they are in their cancer diagnosis and treatment.Breastie Boxes gifts them with a pink box filled with safe, comforting, and local luxuries that brings hope and confidence, while making the journey a little more cozy.It's an element of a cancer journey that is in great need.According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women will get a breast cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.Erica
  
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• West Main Street closed for bridge work at Leesburg Road

  28-10-2024 14:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A portion of West Main Street is closed for over a week due to bridge work.West Main Street is closed from Leesburg Road to Davis Street for bridge abutment removal until around Nov. 8, depending on the weather.The recommended detour is to take Leesburg to Spring and Van Buren streets.
  Just down the street and starting around the same time, West Jefferson Boulevard has lane restrictions from West Main to West Washington while crews replace a gas line. The work is estima
  
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• GasBuddy says despite what you think, politicians have little influence on gas prices

  28-10-2024 14:07 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the second straight week, the national average price of gasoline returned to a decline over the last week, falling 5.3 cents compared to a week ago, and stands at $3.07 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 12.9 cents from a month ago and is 39.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has
  
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• McDonald’s Quarter Pounder back on the menu after testing rules out beef patties as E. coli source

  28-10-2024 11:58 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — McDonald’s announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to the popular burgers that killed one person and sickened at least 75 others across 13 states.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to believe that slivered onions from a single supplier are the likely source of contamination, McDonald's
  
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• City crews begin collecting leaves in Fort Wayne neighborhoods

  28-10-2024 10:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - If you've noticed the leaves starting to pile up, the city of Fort Wayne will have you covered.The Fort Wayne Street Department will begin collecting leaves Oct. 28, starting with neighborhoods in the central area of the city, according to a press release. That roughly covers the area between Coliseum and Rudisill boulevards.Map of Fort Wayne split into sections for leaf collection (Courtesy City of Fort Wayne)
  Pickup timesHere's the schedule as it currently stands:
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• Record warmth and windy conditions on the way

  28-10-2024 09:09 via wane.com
  
  We saw a sight for sore eyes on Friday, which was some rain, even though it wasn't much. The rain we picked up at the Fort Wayne International Airport, which was 0.34 inches, means we are no longer in the running for the driest October on record in Fort Wayne. Our total for the month now stands at 0.35 inches, which places us at the third driest October on record at this point. Even with this rain, we still need quite a bit more to help out the drought conditions we have in place. More rain chan
  
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• Delphi trial: Jurors reviewed murder evidence, missteps during 2nd week in court

  28-10-2024 08:27 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. — It has taken more than seven years for prosecutors to bring evidence regarding the murders of Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, before a jury.For eight days, seven women and five men have sat in the jury box of a Carroll County courtroom and listened to the accounts of family members, witnesses, experts and police officers in the State’s pursuit of Richard Allen, 52.They’ve been told that for five-and-a-half years, after a burst of tips and slight initial
  
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• Quiet Monday before strong winds and record warmth

  28-10-2024 04:00 via wane.com
  
  We saw a sight for sore eyes on Friday, which was some rain, even though it wasn't much. The rain we picked up at the Fort Wayne International Airport, which was 0.34 inches, means we are no longer in the running for the driest October on record in Fort Wayne. Our total for the month now stands at 0.35 inches, which places us at the third driest October on record at this point. Even with this rain, we still need quite a bit more to help out the drought conditions we have in place. More rain chan
  
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