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• Full House Resorts announces new location for proposed New Haven casino

  30-10-2024 23:58 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) -- The proposed casino that could be heading to New Haven will have a new location, according to Full House Resorts.The company announced Wednesday that the new location will be next to the I-469 and U.S. 30 interchange west of Doyle Road.Full House Resorts had initially planned to build the casino at the corner of Doyle and Harper Roads near I-469 and U.S. 24; however, after gathering feedback from city officials and neighboring homeowners, the company opted to move the c
  
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• Delphi murders: Witness testimony may lend legitimacy to Richard Allen’s prison confession

  30-10-2024 22:26 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. — New witness testimony may add credence to a confession made by Richard Allen to a prison psychologist.Allen is charged with multiple counts of murder in the brutal killings of Abby Williams and Libby German that occurred on Feb. 13, 2017, near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi. Allen was arrested five years later and confessed multiple times to the murders while in prison.Allen’s defense team has long sought to throw out the confessions made by Allen in prison. Allen was
  
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• Huntington University to feature Holocaust survivor for guest lecture

  30-10-2024 22:21 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) -- On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Huntington University will host a guest lecture featuring one of the last Holocaust survivors who still travels and speaks on the dark period in world history.The public lecture will feature Irene Miller, who will share her story that started as a child in Poland.Copies of Miller's book -- "Into No Man's Land: A Historical Memoir" -- will also be available for purchase at the lecture. According to Huntington University, the book has been used in
  
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• Windy Halloween with rain and t-storms

  30-10-2024 21:30 via wane.com
  
  With our high hitting 80° at 4 pm, we've set a new record high for today, beating out the 79° that happened on October 30 in 1950 and 1927.We've, also, recorded record high low temperature for today with our morning low of 64°. The previous record high low temp for October 30 was 58° in 1974.We stay warm, again, through the night with evening temps in the 70s and, then, the 60s.Our lowest temps will be in the mid-60s.Gusty winds continue this evening up to 35 mph, subsiding just
  
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• Marion man gets 262-month sentence for cocaine, gun offenses

  30-10-2024 20:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Marion man to 262 months in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to having a gun as a convicted felon and possessing cocaine with the intention to distribute it, according to the U.S Attorney's Office.According to documents in the case, 45-year-old James Darquan McCreary had the gun along with more than 500 grams of cocaine in March 2020 with plans to distribute the drug.Authorities also determined McCreary was a "career offend
  
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• Delphi murders: Defense files another motion seeking to introduce Odinism theory

  30-10-2024 20:01 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. – Lawyers for Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen again asked Special Judge Fran Gull to admit evidence tied to their alternative murder theory.Allen, who faces four counts of murder in connection with February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German, near the Monon High Bridge, is currently on trial. His defense team outlined an alternative murder theory in a memorandum filed in September 2023.The memo, which was in support of the defense’s push for a Franks hear
  
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• Richard Allen gives his account of Delphi murders to prison psychologist; defense hammers witness for interest in case

  30-10-2024 17:01 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. – A clinical psychologist who examined Richard Allen while he was in custody described her interactions with Allen during his time at Westville Correctional Facility, including his account of the day of the murders.Allen is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge. State police announced his arrest in October 2022. His trial started earlier this month. COMPLETE COVERAGE | Delphi Murders TrialO
  
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• 'I just want to sign my confession': Richard Allen gives his account of Delphi murders to prison psychologist

  30-10-2024 17:01 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. – A clinical psychologist who examined Richard Allen while he was in custody described her interactions with Allen during his time at Westville Correctional Facility, including his account of the day of the murders.Allen is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge. State police announced his arrest in October 2022. His trial started earlier this month.On Day 10, jurors watched two videotaped i
  
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• Microgrid 'flips the switch' to renewable energy

  30-10-2024 17:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Thousands of floating solar panels started to generate electricity for the city on Wednesday as the Microgrid activates.Fort Wayne City Utilities workers have been laying the grid since September 2023.According to the press release, Mayor Sharon Tucker and City Utilities turned on the system at the City Utilities Wet Weather Ponds on the corner of Lake Avenue and Beacon Street. This power-up brought a system of 12,000 solar panels, battery storage, biogas and natu
  
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• Coats for Kids campaign kicks off 25th year

  30-10-2024 15:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A campaign that typically provides more than 8,000 winter coats to underserved children in the Fort Wayne area is officially underway. will soon kick off its 25th donation drive.The 25th year for the program got underway Wednesday morning with Guest of Honor, Chief Eric Lahey of the Fort Wayne Fire Department with an event at MLK Montessori School where coats were distributed to children.COATS FOR KIDS, sponsored by the Volunteer Center, collects donations of new or gentl
  
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• Former Republican candidate charged with stealing election ballots in Indiana

  30-10-2024 14:41 via wane.com
  
  MADISON COUNTY, Ind. (WXIN) — A former Republican candidate running for an Indiana seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has been arrested and charged with stealing several election ballots during a recent voting machine test.Larry L. Savage Jr., a candidate in the Republican 5th District primary held earlier this year, was arrested Tuesday morning by Madison County authorities and charged with destroying/misplacing a ballot and theft. He has since been released on a $500 cash bond.Mis
  
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• UAW Local 2209 holding strike authorization vote over dispute with GM at Fort Wayne Assembly

  30-10-2024 11:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) UAW Local 2209, which represents union workers at GM's Fort Wayne Assembly where full-size pickups are made is holding a strike authorization vote Wednesday.
  A notice on the union's website says the vote is taking place from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Local 2209 Union Hall. The notice indicates that the strike bulletin was approved by union president Holli Murphy on Tuesday.Local 2209 Shop Chair Richard LeTourneau threatened a strike early in October over the use of senior s
  
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• UAW Local 2209 approves strike authorization following vote

  30-10-2024 11:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- UAW Local 2209, which represents union workers at General Motor's (GM) Fort Wayne Assembly where full-size pickups are made, has approved a strike authorization following a vote Wednesday.A notice on the union's website indicated the strike bulletin was approved by union president Holli Murphy on Tuesday. Just over 75% of the workers eligible to vote were in favor of the strike authorization.A report Tuesday on the GM Authority website said Richard LeTourneau, bargaini
  
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• General Motors responds to UAW Local 2209 strike authorization vote

  30-10-2024 11:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) UAW Local 2209, which represents union workers at GM's Fort Wayne Assembly where full-size pickups are made is holding a strike authorization vote Wednesday.
  A notice on the union's website says the vote is taking place from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Local 2209 Union Hall. The notice indicates that the strike bulletin was approved by union president Holli Murphy on Tuesday.Local 2209 Shop Chair Richard LeTourneau threatened a strike early in October over the use of senior s
  
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• Turnstone hosts Inclusive Trick or Treat

  30-10-2024 08:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Treats of all kinds await pirates, princesses and all ghouls in between at Turnstone for its fifth annual Inclusive Trick or Treat event.New this year, the trick or treat will be inside so the event may continue, rain or shine.According to the press release, each table will have Augmentative Alternative Communication, or AAC, tools alongside treats. By including AAC tools to "support or replace speech", Turnstone staff aims to welcome those with hearing impairment
  
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• 1 hurt in shooting at downtown Fort Wayne Wendy's

  30-10-2024 08:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a man hurt. It happened at the downtown Wendy's location at 1021 South Clinton Street.Police responded to the reported shooting around 1:30 Wednesday morning. Not a lot of details were immediately made available.However, FWPD does tell WANE 15 a man suffered non-life threatening injuries. Investigators did not have any suspect information.If you have any information about the shooting you can call po
  
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• Record warmth and gusty winds today with rain on the way

  30-10-2024 08:50 via wane.com
  
  This will be the last day of record-setting temperatures with temperatures dropping and showers on the way over the next 36 hours.Record-setting temperatures in the upper 70s.Partly cloudy and breezy through the late morning with temperatures rising into the lower 70s by noon.Expect the warmth and wind to continue into the afternoon with high temperatures in the upper 70s. Winds will again gust up to 40 mph through late afternoon. The record high was 79 set back in 1927,
  Winds will gust up to 40
  
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