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• Husband and wife hit same deer just seconds apart

  17-11-2024 23:11 via wane.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - It's the peak season for deer-involved car crashes in Kansas, a situation many drivers dread. For one Kansas couple, this became a reality and an unforgettable encounter."We were in two different vehicles, driving in two different directions, and we managed to hit the same deer," Gina Morgan, who was involved in a deer crash, recently told Nexstar's KSNW.When the deer hit Gina's car, it was thrown across the road in front of a car traveling in the opposite direction, drive
  
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• Longest-waiting child in Arkansas foster care system finds forever family

  17-11-2024 21:59 via wane.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) - The long-awaited journey for 17-year-old Jose to find his forever family has now come to an end.Cheering and crying filled the Ninth West Judicial Circuit Court and the Arkansas Department of Human Services conference room on Thursday as the judge declared Jose was now adopted, 6,183 days after entering Arkansas' foster care system.Jose suffered from shaken baby syndrome at the hands of a caretaker when he was just a baby, according to Project Zero, a non-profit coalit
  
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• 8-year-old who raised money for mother's headstone now giving back

  17-11-2024 21:31 via wane.com
  
  SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WHNT) — Emouree Johnson, 8, began selling lemonade earlier this year to pay for her mother's tombstone. On Saturday, she decided to raise more money, but this time, for others.Johnson caught the community's attention in April when she started a lemonade stand to help raise funds for a tombstone for her mother, Karli, who died in March at the age of 29. Earlier this year, a headstone was donated and placed at her mother's grave.This month, Johnson, as well as her friends a
  
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• Deadly E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots sold in multiple states

  17-11-2024 20:05 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) -- Organic carrots have been linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak impacting 18 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Sunday.Multiple sizes and brands of bagged organic baby and whole carrots have been recalled by Grimmway Farms due to the potential E. coli contamination. While the carrots are no longer available in stores, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns consumers may still have some in their homes.According to the FDA, the impacted carrots, listed
  
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• LIVE: President Biden speaks from Brazil

  17-11-2024 18:43 via wane.com
  
  MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Joe Biden on Sunday became the first sitting American president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest, as the incoming Trump administration seems poised to scale back the U.S. commitment to combating climate change.The massive Amazon, which is about the size of Australia, stores huge amounts of the world’s carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that drives climate change when it's released into the atmosphere. But development is rapidly depleting the wor
  
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• Biden becomes the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest

  17-11-2024 18:43 via wane.com
  
  MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Joe Biden toured the drought-shrunken waters of the Amazon River’s greatest tributary Sunday as the first sitting American president to set foot in the legendary rainforest, while the incoming Trump administration seems poised to scale back the U.S. commitment to combating climate change.The massive Amazon region, which is about the size of Australia, stores huge amounts of the world’s carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that drives c
  
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• Former ENSC athletic director arrested after stealing $11k in mileage reimbursements

  17-11-2024 15:52 via wane.com
  
  NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Former East Noble School Corporation athletic director has been arrested after the school demanded he repay nearly $11,000 after forging mileage usage.
  Nicholas David, was arrested Nov. 13 on one count of theft where value of property is between $750 & $50k, a Level 6 felony and one count of official misconduct def., a public servant, knowingly or intentionally commits, a Level 6 felony.David was initially investigated by the school and put on administrative leav
  
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• Former ENCS athletic director arrested after stealing $11k in mileage reimbursements

  17-11-2024 15:52 via wane.com
  
  NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Former East Noble School Corporation athletic director has been arrested after the school demanded he repay nearly $11,000 after forging mileage usage.
  Nicholas David, was arrested Nov. 13 on one count of theft where value of property is between $750 & $50k, a Level 6 felony and one count of official misconduct def., a public servant, knowingly or intentionally commits, a Level 6 felony.David was initially investigated by the school and put on administrative leav
  
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• Be Better Hospitality teams up with YWCA for toy drive

  17-11-2024 14:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A local restaurant group is holding a toy drive to benefit YWCA Northeast Indiana.Be Better Hospitality is asking community members to drop off toys at its downtown businesses including Penny Drip, Dana's, Night Train and the Blue Bottle Shop.Emily McCorkle, Engagement Coordinator for YWCA Northeast Indiana, said the organization usually relies on Toys for Tots for its kids' Christmas presents. Since Toys for Tots is no longer operational in Allen County for this
  
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• Warm start before a midweek mess

  17-11-2024 12:51 via wane.com
  
  We've been stuck in a dreary weather pattern as of late, with sunshine being hard to come by. We don't expect this to change in the coming days, unfortunately. This comes after we saw a lot of sunshine in October.We have not seen nearly as much sunshine in November so far compared to October.
  Skies this morning are filled with mainly upper level clouds, which have allowed us to dip all the way down into the upper 30s. Certainly a chilly start to the day! A light coat or heavy jacket will be nece
  
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• Donate toys to YWCA Northeast Indiana today

  17-11-2024 11:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A local restaurant group is holding a toy drive to benefit YWCA Northeast Indiana.Be Better Hospitality asks community members to drop off toys at its downtown businesses including Penny Drip, Dana's, Night Train, and the Blue Bottle Shop.All toy donations will be gifted to children living in YWCA Northeast Indiana’s domestic violence shelter. Toys will be collected for kids ranging from newborns to 16-year-olds. All donations must be new. Toys are asked to
  
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• Fort Wayne Police investigating death near downtown

  17-11-2024 10:16 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is conducting a death investigation near downtown. According to a press release FWPD responded to a residence in the 600 block of Tennessee Avenue just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday for an unknown problem.When officers and medics arrived on scene they found a deceased person inside an apartment.At this time there is no threat to the public. All other information is unknown.
  WANE 15 is working to learn more. Anyone with information
  
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• Coroner identifies man found dead in home near downtown

  17-11-2024 10:16 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Police Department, FWPD, is conducting a death investigation near downtown.
  According to a press release, FWPD responded to a residence in the 600 block of Tennessee Avenue just after 11:30 p.m. Saturday for an unknown problem.When officers and medics arrived on scene they found a dead person inside an apartment. The Allen County Coroner identified the man, Monday, as 58-year-old James Anthony Glenn of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The cause of death was mul
  
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• Cloudy end to the weekend with a stray shower

  17-11-2024 04:15 via wane.com
  
  We've been stuck in a dreary weather pattern as of late, with sunshine being hard to come by. We don't expect this to change in the coming days, unfortunately. This comes after we saw a lot of sunshine in October...We have not seen nearly as much sunshine in November so far compared to October.
  Look for generally cloudy skies to persist through daybreak Sunday. Temperatures will be on the milder side in the mid-40s as you get the day started.Temperatures dip down into the 40s early Sunday mornin
  
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• Cloudy and mild November night ahead

  17-11-2024 03:00 via wane.com
  
  We've been stuck in a dreary weather pattern as of late, with sunshine being hard to come by. We don't expect this to change in the coming days, unfortunately. This comes after we saw a lot of sunshine in October...We have not seen nearly as much sunshine in November so far compared to October.
  Look for overcast skies to persist into tonight. Temperatures will take a dip down only into the mid-40s.Skies remain overnight tonight.Temperatures dip down into the 40s.For Sunday, we'll see high temper
  
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• Overcast skies continue this evening

  17-11-2024 00:00 via wane.com
  
  We've been stuck in a dreary weather pattern as of late, with sunshine being hard to come by. We don't expect this to change in the coming days, unfortunately...Look for overcast skies to persist into tonight. Temperatures will take a dip down only into the mid-40s.For Sunday, we'll see high temperatures climb up to the upper 50s with plenty of clouds still filling the sky. A weak cold front passing through later in the day does bring us a stray shower chance from Sunday afternoon into Sunday ni
  
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