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• ISP working to arrest barricaded man in North Manchester also accused of FW armed robbery

  03-12-2024 23:59 via wane.com
  
  *EDITOR'S NOTE: The Fort Wayne Police Department issued a correction at 8:12 p.m. saying the barricaded subject had not yet been arrested. We apologize for the error.NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (WANE) -- An hourslong standoff in North Manchester ended Tuesday with the arrest of a man accused of a possible armed robbery in Fort Wayne.According to Indiana State Police (ISP), state troopers, the Wabash County Sheriff's Office and the North Manchester Police Department were at the scene of a barricaded s
  
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• ISP responds to barricaded subject in North Manchester, university on lockdown

  03-12-2024 23:59 via wane.com
  
  NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (WANE) -- A barricaded subject in North Manchester has resulted in the closure of a stretch of State Road 13 and a lockdown at nearby Manchester University Tuesday evening.According to Indiana State Police (ISP), state troopers, the Wabash County Sheriff's Office and the North Manchester Police Department are at the scene, although little information is known.
  A stretch of State Road 13 from Market to East streets is closed until further notice.Manchester University is cur
  
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• ISP: Barricaded man suffered 'serious' injuries in officer-involved shooting

  03-12-2024 23:59 via wane.com
  
  *EDITOR'S NOTE: The Fort Wayne Police Department issued a correction at 8:12 p.m. saying the barricaded subject had not yet been arrested. We apologize for the error.NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (WANE) -- A standoff in North Manchester that lasted several hours ended with an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the suspect being taken to a hospital with "serious" injuries.According to Indiana State Police (ISP), state troopers, the Wabash County Sheriff's Office and the North Manchester Police D
  
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• ISP arrests barricaded man possibly tied to Fort Wayne armed robbery

  03-12-2024 23:59 via wane.com
  
  NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (WANE) -- An hourslong standoff in North Manchester Tuesday ended with the arrest of a man accused of a possible armed robbery in Fort Wayne.According to Indiana State Police (ISP), state troopers, the Wabash County Sheriff's Office and the North Manchester Police Department were at the scene of a barricaded subject near Manchester University. A stretch of State Road 13 from Market to East streets had to be shut down for hours as a result of the situation.Manchester Univer
  
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• FWPD: Barricaded man in North Manchester also accused of armed robbery in Fort Wayne

  03-12-2024 23:59 via wane.com
  
  *EDITOR'S NOTE: The Fort Wayne Police Department issued a correction at 8:12 p.m. saying the barricaded subject had not yet been arrested. We apologize for the error.NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (WANE) -- Several law enforcement agencies are involved in a standoff with a barricaded man in North Manchester Tuesday that has lasted several hours and resulted in road closures and a lockdown of Manchester University.According to Indiana State Police (ISP), state troopers, the Wabash County Sheriff's Office
  
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• Indiana Gaming Commission alleges racketeering tied to Fort Wayne charity casino

  03-12-2024 23:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Indiana Gaming Commission recently seized more than $100,000 amid accusations of racketeering tied to a Fort Wayne charity casino and the Elks Lodge that oversees it.Records in Allen Circuit Court show the Indiana Gaming Commission seized $104,950 in late October. While the probable cause affidavit regarding the case is currently sealed, other documents show the person who possessed the money and other people reportedly "engaged in conduct which constitutes a patte
  
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• 'Unclean hands': Owners of Junk Ditch Brewing Company respond to lawsuits

  03-12-2024 22:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The owners of Junk Ditch Brewing Company responded to two lawsuits against the now-closed brewery and other defendants that are seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and unpaid expenses.The responses, filed in Allen Superior Court Tuesday, are aimed at two lawsuits from Ashberry Eight and Grace Kelly May, who have each been accused by the owners of Junk Ditch of "coming to the table with unclean hands" regarding events that eventually led to the downfall
  
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• Windy, cold days coming. More snow showers, too.

  03-12-2024 22:05 via wane.com
  
  Our sky becomes mostly cloudy tonight. Evening temperatures start off near freezing and fall to the low 20s by morning.
  Our winds start to pick up later tonight with winds gusting up to 30 mph by early morning. Even higher speeds occur during the day tomorrow with our strongest gusts tomorrow night into Thursday when gusts will reach as high as 45 mph.Winds will be gusty beginning later tonight into early tomorrow morning.The wind speeds are increasing because our next storm system is moving in
  
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• Cornerstone plaque dedicated at Potato Creek for first new Indiana State Park lodge

  03-12-2024 19:50 via wane.com
  
  NORTH LIBERTY, Ind. (WANE)A cornerstone plaque dedication ceremony took place Tuesday morning at the site of the first new state park lodge to be built in Indiana since 1939.
  The Lodge at Potato Creek will be only the second lodge located in northern Indiana with the only other one being located at Pokagon State Park.
  The lodge, which will be the eighth to join the Indiana State Parks Inns system, will sit on the south shore of Worster Lake at Potato Creek State Park, which is near North Liberty
  
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• FBI offers $15K reward in case of Maine teen missing since September

  03-12-2024 18:46 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the return of a Maine teenager missing for more than two months, or the arrest of anyone involved in her disappearance.Stefanie Damron, 14, was reported missing on Sept. 24, 2024, and was last seen walking out of her house and into the woods in New Sweden, Maine.Christopher and Lisa Marie Damron, Stefanie's parents, said in an October statement that she argued with her sister before she left.The family
  
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• Family seeks answers after dog run over by FedEx truck

  03-12-2024 18:44 via wane.com
  
  (Warning: This article contains videos that may be disturbing to some viewers.)ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Burleson family's pet dog Bear was injured after a FedEx driver delivered a package and then drove off, hitting the dog. Now, they want answers and an apology from the driver.Jessica Burleson adopted Bear 14 years ago. Her parents now own him, but she still lives right next door.Burleson claims the FedEx driver was fully aware he hit the dog on Saturday, after delivering a packag
  
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• Raising Cane's pushes back opening date. 'Caniacs' will still get their fix before Christmas

  03-12-2024 18:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The long anticipated opening of Fort Wayne's first Raising Cane's restaurant has been pushed back.
  The chain that "only serves chicken fingers," had been scheduled to open on Thursday. However the opening date will now be Tuesday, December 10.No reason was given for the delay.Raising Cane's is located in the Northcrest Shopping Center off Coliseum Boulevard east of Coldwater Road.
  “We’re thrilled to bring Raising Cane’s to Fort Wayne for the very first t
  
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• Police arrest parents charged with neglect in 2-week-old baby's death

  03-12-2024 17:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man who'd already pleaded guilty in connection to the death of his 2-week-old daughter was arrested after evading police for more than a month Monday, the same day the newborn's mother was arrested.Devin Alexander (Courtesy Allen County Sheriff's Department)
  Devin Alexander, 23, is now being held without bond in the Allen County Jail. He was charged after his daughter was essentially smothered while she, her mother and Alexander all slept on an air mattress on March 3
  
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• 'No work-life-balance': Tech founder goes viral for 84-hour work week post

  03-12-2024 16:43 via wane.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – The 23-year-old founder of a San Francisco tech startup has gone viral over a social media post admitting that his company offers "no work-life balance."In a post on X last month, Daksh Gupta, the founder of AI startup Greptile, said his company offers an 84-hour work week.Employees at Greptile, according to Gupta, work 14-hour workdays six days a week, or sometimes seven days."Recently I started telling candidates right in the first interview that Greptile offers no
  
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• California teacher dies after suspected bat bite in her classroom

  03-12-2024 16:40 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) – A middle school teacher from central California has died after contracting rabies from a suspected bat bite, local health officials said.Friends identified the victim as Leah Seneng, 60, an artist and art teacher at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos.“We ask for privacy for her family during this difficult time and thank you in advance for any donations," reads a GoFundMe campaign set up to cover Seneng's funeral expenses. "Every little bit helps." Most popular pet names of 2
  
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• The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024

  03-12-2024 16:37 via wane.com
  
  It was a murder case almost everyone had an opinion on. O.J. Simpson 's “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend bared divisions over race and law enforcement in America and brought an intersection of sports, crime, entertainment and class that was hard to turn away from.In a controversial verdict, the football star-turned-actor was acquitted in the criminal trial but later found civilly liable in the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldma
  
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• Here's the top 25 list of most-viewed Wikipedia articles of 2024

  03-12-2024 14:33 via wane.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — We collectively spent an estimated 2.4 billion hours reading English-language articles on Wikipedia in 2024, and we now know which were the most popular.The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, has released its annual list of the site's most popular articles.Wikipedia's list of deaths in 2024 claimed the top spot, with more than 44.4 million page views. The site's annual list of notable deaths often features as one of the most-read articles each year
  
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• Police say a Hawaii woman disappeared voluntarily and traveled to Mexico

  03-12-2024 13:18 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Hawaii woman who vanished after landing in Los Angeles three weeks ago disappeared voluntarily as she sought to “step away from modern connectivity” and was last seen crossing into Mexico with her luggage, police said at a news conference where they urged her to contact her distraught family.Hannah Kobayashi, 30, appeared unharmed as she walked alone into a tunnel at the San Ysidro crossing about 125 miles (201 kilometers) southwest of Los Angeles around no
  
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• General Motors to sell its stake in Lansing, Michigan, battery factory to LG Energy Solution

  03-12-2024 13:04 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors has reached an agreement to sell its stake in a nearly completed electric vehicle battery plant in Lansing, Michigan.The company said Monday that it has a nonbinding agreement for the sale to joint venture partner LG Energy Solution of South Korea. The companies expect to close the sale by the end of March.Financial details were not released Monday. But GM, which has sunk about $1 billion into the Lansing factory, said it expects to recoup its investment.The c
  
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• Most popular pet names of 2024 revealed

  03-12-2024 12:32 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – So long, Max. There's a new top dog (name).
  The longtime favorite has been bumped down the list of most popular pet names again in 2024, according to pet sitting site Rover. The No. 1 male dog name is Charlie for the second year in a row. Male cats, on the other hand, are most likely to be named Milo.For girls – dogs and cats alike – the top pick this year was Luna.Don’t fall for this secret Santa gift scamOne girl name seems to have fallen out of favor.
  
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• Home damaged after kitchen catches fire northwest of downtown Fort Wayne

  03-12-2024 11:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - No one is hurt after a kitchen fire in a home northwest of downtown Fort Wayne Tuesday morning. It started around 5 a.m. in the 1500 block of Franklin Avenue, just off of Spring Street.Spring Street was closed between Jessie Avenue and St. Marys Avenue as the Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) investigated.
  According to FWFD, firefighters found a fire in the rear of the home, in the kitchen area. The fire was extinguished and under control in 11 minutes. No one was home
  
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• Firefighters investigate house fire in northwest Fort Wayne

  03-12-2024 11:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) is investigating a house fire northwest of downtown Fort Wayne Tuesday morning.It started around 5 a.m. in the 1500 block of Franklin Avenue, just off of Spring Street. It's unclear how many people are involved or if anyone is hurt.A WANE 15 crew member is at the scene. Information is limited at this time. We will keep you updated with the latest.
  
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• Brief thaw with gusty winds bringing in more cold air

  03-12-2024 09:46 via wane.com
  
  It will be slightly warmer today with a one-day thaw coming Wednesday with gusty winds bringing another arctic blast.
  High temperatures will only be slightly above freezing this afternoonYou'll still need all your winter clothes this morning with cold temperatures getting into the upper 20s by lunchtime and wind chills in the teens.It will be a little warmer and above-freezing this afternoon with a high in the lower 30s.You can expect another cold night with overnight temperatures dropping into
  
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• Fall 2024 ranks among top warmest and driest in Fort Wayne history

  03-12-2024 04:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - This year's fall season ranked as the 3rd warmest and 4th driest of all the Fort Wayne fall seasons on record, dating back to 1897.According to the data and analysis released by the National Weather Service Northern Indiana Forecast Office, the highest temperature of fall 2024 was 92°back on September 21 with the lowest being 15° on November 30 - making an impressive 77° span over the course of the season.More than 70° separated the fall season's highest
  
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• Local nonprofits to be surprised on Giving Tuesday

  03-12-2024 01:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne starts preparing for Giving Tuesday months in advance.From Nov. 1 to Nov. 20 the foundation challenged all nonprofits with endowment funds at the Foundation to raise as much money as they can. The foundation then matches those funds raised by 20%. Over the past 4 years, they've averaged $93,000 raised annually for nonprofits.The foundation focuses on three missions: helping donors identify charities to give money
  
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• Local nonprofits surprised on Giving Tuesday

  03-12-2024 01:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne starts preparing for Giving Tuesday months in advance.From Nov. 1 to Nov. 20 the foundation challenged all nonprofits with endowment funds at the Foundation to raise as much money as they can. The foundation then matches those funds raised by 20%. Over the past 4 years, they've averaged $93,000 raised annually for nonprofits.The foundation focuses on three missions: helping donors identify charities to give money
  
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• Super Shot partners with Matthew 25 for National Influenza Vaccination Week

  03-12-2024 00:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Super Shot will host a free vaccine clinic on Wednesday for those needing to get last-minute vaccines ahead of the holiday season.Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Matthew 25, Super Shots will have seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccines available to those 6 months and older. The first 150 individuals who receive immunizations will receive free coats and gas cards.
  The free vaccination offering runs alongside National Influenza Vaccination Week, a week that focuses on hig
  
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