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• Quick round of arctic air on the way this week

  09-12-2024 23:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - After some balmy December days, get ready for the arctic chill to make a return to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Coldest start to December in 19 yearsWe're set to tap into an arctic airmass from Canada later this week. We're talking cold temperatures, low wind chills, and even lake effect snow showers making a return... Get the winter coats, hats, and gloves ready! The good news though is this cold snap will be short-lived this time, as we will tap into a warmer
  
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• Juvenile faces felony charge after rifle found in parking lot of Garrett school

  09-12-2024 23:07 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office found a rifle on a school parking lot in Garrett Monday, leading to a felony charge against an unnamed juvenile.Details are limited, but the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office reported that school administrators contacted a school resource officer about a rifle being found inside a vehicle on school property, which was later seized by the officer.During an investigation, authorities learned a male student posted a video on social media
  
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• 6 Years Later: Grandmother still searching for missing Fort Wayne man

  09-12-2024 22:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— Monday marks six years since 25 year-old Kevin Nguyen went missing after a night out in downtown Fort Wayne.His grandmother, Dee Campbell, has been very outspoken since Nguyen went missing. After leaving the Brass Rail on Broadway, Nguyen was last seen around 2:40 a.m. on Dec. 9, 2018 on surveillance video at an Arby's on West Jefferson Blvd."Everyone has a headstone," Campbell said while sitting across from a poster board covered in pictures of Nguyen. "Everyone h
  
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• Spencerville man charged in connection to confrontation in church parking lot

  09-12-2024 22:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A Spencerville man has been arrested in connection to Saturday night's confrontation at a Church Nativity scene that ended in shots fired by an Allen County Sheriff's officer.Sgt. Adam Griffith with the Allen County Sheriff's Department confirmed with WANE 15 Monday that 40-year-old Tyler Leavitt, of Spencerville, was arrested and booked into the Allen County Jail Sunday.Photo of Tyler Ashton Leavitt, 40, provided by the Allen County Sheriff's Department.
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• Rune Restaurant to host Michelin star chef for 5-course meal

  09-12-2024 22:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A chef with one of the most coveted labels in the culinary world will be coming to Fort Wayne to partner with a local restaurant for a one-night dining experience.On Sunday, Dec. 22, Rune Restaurant will be hosting Chef Christian Hunter, co-owner and culinary director of a 1-star Michelin restaurant in Chicago called Atelier, for a tasting dinner featuring a five-course meal.While Rune Restaurant has hosted tasting dinners several times since opening in March, Sean Ric
  
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• How to watch 'Monday Night Football' in 'The Simpsons' universe

  09-12-2024 21:43 via wane.com
  
  (AP) — Lisa Simpson once said during an episode of “The Simpsons:” What could be more exciting than the savage ballet that is pro football?On Monday night, the entire Simpsons universe gets to experience it in a way not many could have imagined.The prime-time matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys will also take place at Springfield’s Atoms Stadium as part of “The Simpsons Funday Football” alternate broadcast.Why do NFL referees have jersey
  
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• Riverfront district grows with the purchase of Don Chavas property

  09-12-2024 21:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The City of Fort Wayne announced that the Riverfront District will grow with official plans to purchase the Don Chavas property.The City announced Monday an agreement with JGA Properties, the owner of the Don Chavas property, to purchase the property located at the corner of Wells Street and Second Street.
  The City is purchasing the property at its appraised value of $1.42 million, and under the current agreement, Don Chavas plans to remain open through 2025.
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• Riverfront district grows with the purchase of Don Chavas

  09-12-2024 21:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The City of Fort Wayne announced that the Riverfront District will grow with official plans to purchase the Don Chavas property.The City announced Monday an agreement with JGA Properties, the owner of the Don Chavas property, to purchase the property located at the corner of Wells Street and Second Street.
  The City is purchasing the property at its appraised value, and under the current agreement, Don Chavas plans to remain open through 2025.
  "We are grateful for the m
  
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• Shipshewana light show makes USA Today ranking of best holiday parades

  09-12-2024 21:36 via wane.com
  
  The above video shows footage from Shipshewana's Lights of Joy drive-thru event.LAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - An annual tradition in Shipshewana has been named one of the best holiday parades in the nation by USA Today.The Lighting of Shipshewana Light Parade took second place in the newspaper’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, as revealed Friday.Ranking No. 1 was America's Thanksgiving Parade, an annual tradition in Detroit. Check out the full list here.Town leaders are already prepa
  
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• Taylor University's Silent Night: One of the best traditions in college basketball

  09-12-2024 20:50 via wane.com
  
  UPLAND, Ind. (WANE) — "We consider ourselves caretakers of the best event in all of small college."That's the lens Taylor University Athletic Director Kyle Gould used when approaching the school's biggest game of the year."Silent Night is the best picture of what Taylor University is," Gould said. "It is the most fun college sporting event in the country every year."Gould isn't just talking up the school that he works for. The Silent Night game draws vaunted news outlets like moths to a fl
  
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• Komets Corner debuts on WANE.com

  09-12-2024 20:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Starting this week, WANE.com is the place to get the latest Komets news every Monday with our new web-based show "Komets Corner," brought to you by Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken!
  Each week WANE-TV sports director Glenn Marini will be joined by a guest with Komets connections to discuss the hockey season on the 15-minute show. Portions of the show will appear in WANE's 6 & 11 p.m. news Monday night, with the whole show available online.This week, the Komets will be on
  
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• Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing charged with murder in New York, court records show

  09-12-2024 19:27 via wane.com
  
  ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city's muscular surveillance system. Investigators analyzed DNA samples, fingerprints and internet addresses. Police went door-to-door looking for witnesses.When an arrest came five days later, those sprawling investigative efforts shared credit with an alert civilian's instincts. A Pennsylvania McDonald's
  
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• Police question man with gun thought to be similar to one used in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

  09-12-2024 19:27 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man with a gun thought to be similar to the one used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was taken into police custody Monday for questioning in Pennsylvania, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.The man is being held near Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 233 miles (375 kilometers) west of New York City, the official said. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anony
  
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• A 26-year-old has been arrested with a weapon 'consistent with' gun used in CEO's killing, police commissioner says

  09-12-2024 19:27 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A 26-year-old has been arrested with a weapon 'consistent with' gun used in CEO's killing, police commissioner says.This is a breaking news update - The following story was previously publishedNEW YORK (AP) — A man with a gun thought to be similar to the one used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was taken into police custody Monday for questioning in Pennsylvania, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.The man is being held near Alto
  
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• 26-year-old, Luigi Mangione, has been arrested with a weapon 'consistent with' gun used in CEO's killing, police commissioner says

  09-12-2024 19:27 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police arrested a “strong person of interest” Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon and writings linking him to the ambush.The 26-year-old man had a gun believed to be the one used in the killing and writings suggesting his anger with corporate America, police officials said. He was ta
  
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• Amazon offering $25 flights for Prime members — but only for one eligible group

  09-12-2024 18:19 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Starting Monday, select Amazon Prime members who are enrolled in the company’s young adult plan can book a flight for as little as $25.The deal, which runs through Friday, aims to offer 1,000 bookings per day for a total of 5,000 $25 fares.This is Amazon’s second year offering the promotion, which it runs in partnership with StudentUniverse, a youth-focused travel company.“The holidays are a time to gather with loved ones, make memories, and create traditions,
  
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• 4 women drop lawsuit accusing former Indiana attorney general Curtis Hill of groping them

  09-12-2024 18:10 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four women who accused Curtis Hill of drunkenly groping them at a bar when he was Indiana's attorney general dropped their civil lawsuit against him hours before jury selection was set to begin on Monday.The women initially sued in federal court in 2019 before filing this last lawsuit in a Marion County court in 2020, claiming that Hill committed battery against them at an Indianapolis bar and then defamed them with repeated claims that their allegations were false.Thei
  
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• Culver's officially opens New Haven restaurant

  09-12-2024 17:59 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) - New Haven residents can now get their fix of ButterBurgers and frozen custard a little closer to home.The 1,000th location of Culver's opened Monday morning on the corner of SR 930 and Maplecrest Road. The restaurant's hours are 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, according to the website.The grand opening takes place Dec. 16.There are also four Culver's locations around Fort Wayne.
  
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• Man in Pennsylvania being questioned over UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: sources

  09-12-2024 17:41 via wane.com
  
  Editor's note: This video above was filmed during a Dec. 4 news conference concerning the investigation into the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.NEW YORK (WPIX) – A man in Pennsylvania is being questioned Monday in connection to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, sources told Nexstar's WPIX.The man is in Altoona, Pennsylvania, according to sources. He's believed to have a gun similar to the one used to kill Thompson in front of a Midtown hotel, source
  
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• Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely's death

  09-12-2024 17:35 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism.A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed earlier in deliberations because the jury deadlocked on that count.Both charges were felonies and carried the
  
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• Passenger arrested after allegedly threatening crew member, attempting to divert Mexico flight to US

  09-12-2024 17:29 via wane.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (KSWB) – A Volaris flight in Mexico from Guanajuato to Tijuana was interrupted by an alleged hijacking attempt on Sunday morning by a passenger who wanted the plane diverted to San Diego.According to a witness on the plane, a man traveling with his wife and children grabbed a flight attendant, threatened her with a pen against her neck, and grabbed the handle to the plane's door, threatening to jump to his death and take the flight attendant with him. Jay-Z accused of raping 13-y
  
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• TikTok asks federal appeals court to bar enforcement of potential ban until Supreme Court review

  09-12-2024 17:03 via wane.com
  
  TikTok asked a federal appeals court on Monday to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge to the statute.The legal filing was made after a panel of three judges on the same court sided with the government last week and ruled that the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban as soon as next month, was constitutional.If the law is not overturned, bo
  
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• Warmest of the week today arctic blast coming

  09-12-2024 17:02 via wane.com
  
  Even with the rain, we are experiencing another warm day. Another more potent blast of arctic air is on the way, and temperatures will drop into the teens.This afternoon will be mild and breezy with temperatures in the 50s and southwest winds up to 20 mph.Temperatures in the lower 50s this afternoonIt will be cooler tonight with overnight low temperatures in the middle 30s.
  Gusty winds up to 25 mph through the afternoonThe clouds stick around Tuesday with temperatures topping out in the middle 4
  
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• GasBuddy says it's been more than 1300 days since prices at the pump were this low

  09-12-2024 16:32 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) For the eighth straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has declined, falling 3.1 cents compared to a week ago, and stands at $2.97 per gallon Monday, the lowest level in over three years, 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 8.7 cents from a month ago and is 17.7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price
  
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• Can you guess Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year?

  09-12-2024 14:17 via wane.com
  
  The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”?“Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahe
  
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• One more warm day another arctic blast coming

  09-12-2024 09:49 via wane.com
  
  Even with the rain, we are experiencing another warm day. Another more potent blast of arctic air is on the way, and temperatures will drop into single digits and teens.Rain is coming to an end by mid-morning
  Rain is ending this morning with mild temperatures already in the lower 50s by noon.
  This afternoon will be mild and breezy with temperatures in the 50s and southwest winds up to 20 mph.Temperatures in the lower 50s this afternoonIt will be cooler tonight with overnight low temperatures in
  
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• Warm with periods of rain early Monday

  09-12-2024 04:15 via wane.com
  
  What a beautiful mild weekend we enjoyed across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio! Highs in the 40s and 50s were a big contrast compared to how we started off the month of December... Coldest start to December in 19 yearsAfter a beautiful, sunny day to conclude the weekend, clouds have increased and we're tracking periods of rain into our Monday morning. Grab the umbrella as you head out the door early in the morning to go back to work or school. Temperatures will be on the rise to get the da
  
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• College Football Playoff's first 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama out

  09-12-2024 00:05 via wane.com
  
  The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative.
  Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that.
  The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team on the sideline in favor of an SMU squad that finished with a better record after playing a schedule that was not as difficult.
  It ranked undefeated Oregon first but set up a possible rematch against Ohio State, the team that came closest to
  
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