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• Quick arctic blast brings bitter cold and light snow

  12-12-2024 23:35 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A quick round of arctic air has brought bitter cold and light snow to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. You'll want to bundle up and watch out for slick spots on the roads as you're heading out and about. Fort Wayne Fire Department gives space heater safety tipsAn arctic cold front has brought strong winds to the area. Our highest wind report has been 52 mph at the Fort Wayne International Airport. Other locations that saw gusts in the 40 mph range include Van Wert,
  
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• Warmer weather this weekend

  12-12-2024 23:13 via wane.com
  
  The COLD conditions continue tonight, but our highest wind gusts have subsided. Some scattered, lightly accumulating snow is falling this evening from a weak weather disturbance that's drifting through.Our evening temps drop from the upper teens down to about 12° by early morning. Our lowest wind chills will be around 0° tonight, so not as intense as last night's -5° to -10° chills.Temperatures tomorrow rise higher than today, but will still be below freezing. High temps will rea
  
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• Steuben County police asking for public's help to find fugitive

  12-12-2024 22:50 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The Steuben County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a wanted man.Tyron Curtis Jackson, 48, allegedly fled the county around Aug. 24, according to a release from the sheriff's office. He's wanted for misdemeanor domestic battery, misdemeanor invasion of privacy, two counts of Level 3 felony sexual misconduct with a minor, and one count of failure to appear on domestic battery.Police believe he could be as far as Tallahassee, Florida, where he
  
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• The Eddy at North River will offer more downtown living on the St. Marys River

  12-12-2024 22:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) ---Another large apartment complex is coming to the downtown riverfront.The Eddy at North River will be the third complex to rise over the St. Marys River built by Indianapolis real estate developers Barrett & Stokeley. Each substantial project is about a stone’s throw away from the other.The developer filed an application this month with the city’s plan commission, although details are limited. A public hearing will take place Jan.13.Renderings provided w
  
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• Morgan Wallen is sentenced in chair-throwing case

  12-12-2024 22:05 via wane.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Country music star Morgan Wallen appeared in a Nashville courtroom Thursday to take a plea deal for throwing a chair from a Broadway rooftop bar earlier this year.Wallen pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges, rather than felony reckless endangerment.Country singer Morgan Wallen arrested in Nashville after throwing chair from bar rooftop
  A Nashville judge approved a suspended sentence of 11 months and 29 days, minus seven days' incarcerati
  
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• Man pleads guilty to aggravated battery in shooting on Fort Wayne's south side

  12-12-2024 21:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - An attempted murder charge could be off the table for the suspect in a January shooting that caused a man's leg to "fold in half."
  Court records show Roddrick Gale pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony charge. In Indiana, that would call for a prison term of between three and 16 years.Gale was charged in a shooting that injured a man on Jan. 12 in the 3200 block of Clinton Court, not far from South Side High School. According to Allen Superior
  
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• Man pleads guilty to aggravated battery in shooting near South Side High School

  12-12-2024 21:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - An attempted murder charge could be off the table for the suspect in a January shooting that caused a man's leg to "fold in half."
  Court records show Roddrick Gale pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony charge. In Indiana, that would call for a prison term of between three and 16 years.Gale was charged in a shooting that injured a man on Jan. 12 in the 3200 block of Clinton Court, not far from South Side High School. According to Allen Superior
  
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• Box truck loses control, hits fire truck on Michigan highway, video shows

  12-12-2024 20:51 via wane.com
  
  COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) – Deputies in Michigan say multiple fire vehicles and a sheriff's office cruiser were hit Thursday morning as they were responding to a crash in Comstock Township.The original crash took place on eastbound I-94 near the 80.5 mile marker, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office. No one was hurt in that crash.First responders were assisting when a 24-foot box truck jackknifed on the interstate while driving toward the scene.A photo released by the K
  
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• The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death moves to end their marriage

  12-12-2024 20:34 via wane.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could leave her and their children and meet a woman in Eastern Europe filed court documents Thursday seeking to end their marriage.Online court records indicate Emily Borgwardt filed a petition in Dodge County Circuit Court seeking a legal separation from Ryan Borgwardt. According to the petition, the marriage is “irretrievably broken." The document doesn't elaborate.A woman who answered the phone a
  
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• Dolly Parton's Imagination Library off to near-record start in Allen County

  12-12-2024 20:24 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- After months of fundraising and preparation, the Allen County Public Library (ACPL) has officially launched Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.The ACPL already had children on a waitlist for when the program receiving enough funding, and within the first month, the library has registered 2,349 children to the Imagination Library as of Wednesday. According to the program's Indiana branch, Allen County has had the second highest registration numbers in the U.S. through
  
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• Trine basketball player dies in Michigan crash

  12-12-2024 18:44 via wane.com
  
  Trine University shared a video as a tribute to 22-year-old Fred Garland following his death.ANGOLA, Ind. (WANE) - Trine University is mourning the loss of a student and star basketball player who died in a crash Wednesday night.Michigan State Police confirmed to WANE 15 that Fred Garland, a Trine student, died after a car crashed on Interstate 94 around 10 p.m. in Michigan's Calhoun County. Garland was the only one in the car, police said, and he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
  Police believe speed
  
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• Sensory Santa welcomes all to a calm, festive event

  12-12-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Bierman Autism Center offers an alternative to the holiday hassles, such as crowded malls and continuous Christmas music, on Thursday.Sensory Santa aims to provide a 'sensory-friendly' experience designed for kids who thrive in calm, but festive, environments.
  Photos with Santa, cookie decorating and winter-themed games will be available.The event runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bierman Autism Center located at 12938 Coldwater Rd. Activities are free, howeve
  
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• Bierman Autism Center to host festive, 'sensory-friendly' event

  12-12-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Bierman Autism Center offers an alternative to the holiday hassles, such as crowded malls and continuous Christmas music, on Thursday.Sensory Santa aims to provide a 'sensory-friendly' experience designed for kids who thrive in calm, but festive, environments.
  Photos with Santa, cookie decorating and winter-themed games will be available.Sensory Santa runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bierman Autism Center located at 12938 Coldwater Rd. Activities are free, ho
  
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• Amazon launches vehicle sales in 48 cities for specific make, models

  12-12-2024 17:33 via wane.com
  
  ATLANTA (WSAV) — Amazon announced on Tuesday that shoppers in 48 cities can now purchase a new Hyundai vehicle directly from Amazon.Amazon's new program, Amazon Autos, will work much like the Amazon you're used to, showing customer and dealership reviews, allowing you to add the vehicle to your cart, and check out.Through Amazon Auto, you can look at available vehicles at a local dealership, get trade-in values on current vehicles, secure financing or payments in full, and schedule a
  
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• Stanley recalls 2.6 million mugs. Here's what's affected

  12-12-2024 17:30 via wane.com
  
  (WHTM) - Stanley has issued a significant recall involving more than 2 million mugs.According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Stanley is recalling about 2.6 million Switchback and Trigger Action travel mugs due to a burn hazard.The CPSC says heat exposure and torque can cause the threads of the mug lid to shrink, causing it to detach while in use. The affected mugs were sold from June 2016 through December 2024 in stores and online by such retailers as Amazon, Walmart, D
  
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• Used this parking app? You may qualify for part of $32.8 million settlement

  12-12-2024 17:29 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — If you’re one of the 21 million users of the ParkMobile mobile parking app who were involved in an alleged data breach, you may qualify for part of a $32.8 million proposed settlement.A 2021 lawsuit filed in Georgia accused ParkMobile of failing to protect customers from a data breach after “an unknown actor’s unauthorized access to the Personal Information of ParkMobile App users.”According to the lawsuit, the compromised information included license pl
  
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• Bitterly cold day wind chills in the single digits

  12-12-2024 17:14 via wane.com
  
  It's here! This arctic blast is the coldest so far this season with temperatures in the teens and wind chills below zero. Winds will be gusty but will begin to diminish during the late afternoon.Wind chills will be in the single digits this afternoonWe'll see continued bitterly cold temperatures with winds diminishing during the late afternoon. High temperatures will only be in the teens.
  Temperatures will only top out in the teens this afternoonIt will be another frigid night with lows around 1
  
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• 'You're an idiot': Man gets stuck in chimney while allegedly attempting to flee Massachusetts police

  12-12-2024 17:03 via wane.com
  
  FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) – A man is facing charges after attempting to evade detectives in Massachusetts by hiding in a chimney — and becoming stuck there — on Tuesday night.Robert Langlais was removed from a chimney after police say he attempted to evade arrest. (Fall River Police Department)
  The detectives were executing a search warrant at a house in Fall River when two men reportedly fled in an attempt to evade arrest. The Fall River Police Department said one man managed t
  
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• YouTube TV notifies customers of another big price jump

  12-12-2024 16:45 via wane.com
  
  (WXIN) -- YouTube TV customers will see a price increase within the next month.In an email to subscribers, the streaming service indicated the monthly price for the YouTube TV Base Plan would rise from $72.99 to $82.99 starting on Jan. 13, 2025.The email said the hike was due to the “rising cost of content and the investments we make in the quality of our service.”“We don’t make these decisions lightly, and we realize this has an impact on our members,” the email sa
  
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• University of Saint Francis Pay It Forward winner announced

  12-12-2024 16:05 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) - WANE 15 and the University of Saint Francis are proud to announce the winner of the Pay It Forward scholarship contest. The winner receives a full tuition and fees scholarship to attend USF. The runners-up will receive a half tuition and fees scholarship.The 2024 Pay It Forward winner is Morgan Stevenson. Morgan is a senior at Oak Farm Montessori School in Avilla. She plans to study imaging at the University of Saint Francis. Huntington North HS senior wins the 2023 Pay it Forward Schol
  
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• Coffee prices hit record high after challenging growing season

  12-12-2024 15:45 via wane.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Higher coffee prices could be brewing for consumers as the global coffee market smashed a 47-year record.Arabica coffee, a type of coffee bean largely grown in Central and South America, sold for $3.44 a pound earlier this week, beating the prior record high of $3.35 set in 1977.Brazil is the leading producer of arabica, the world's most popular variety, and extreme drought has led to smaller harvests, driving world prices up. Albertsons sues Kroger for failing to win approv
  
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• Mysterious drone flights over New Jersey: Homeland Security shares new details

  12-12-2024 15:26 via wane.com
  
  (AP) – The large mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as helicopter and radio, according to a state lawmaker briefed Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security.In a post on the social media platform X, Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia described the drones as up to 6 feet in diameter and sometimes traveling with their lights switched off. The Morris County Republican was among several state and loca
  
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• US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated

  12-12-2024 15:22 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale costs in the United States picked up sharply last month, signaling that price pressures are still evident in the economy even though inflation has tumbled from the peak levels it hit more than two years ago.The Labor Department reported Thursday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — rose 0.4% last month from October, up from 0.3% the month before. Measured from 12 months earlier, wholesale prices climbed
  
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• Trump named Time's Person of the Year

  12-12-2024 14:28 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — About six months ago, Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime.On Thursday, he will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange just blocks from that courthouse and as he was recognized by Time magazine as its person of the year.The honors for the businessman-turned-politician represent the latest chapter in his love-hate relationship wi
  
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• Trump again named Time's Person of the Year

  12-12-2024 14:28 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — About six months ago, Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime.On Thursday, he will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange just blocks from that courthouse and as he was recognized by Time magazine as its person of the year.A cover of Time magazine's person of the year, shows President-elect Donald Trump, before a ceremony at the Ne
  
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• Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow laments loss of privacy following home break-in

  12-12-2024 14:26 via wane.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow kept his comments short Wednesday when addressing the media about having his home broken into two nights earlier while he and the Bengals were on the road against the Dallas Cowboys.“I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one,” Burrow said. “Way more is out there than I would want out there and that I care to share. So that's all I've got to say about that.”The NFL and NBA issued security alerts
  
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• 3 hurt in Wednesday evening crash on State Road 3 in DeKalb County

  12-12-2024 14:08 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Three people were hurt early Wednesday evening after the SUV they were in collided with a car trying to merge onto State Road 3 in DeKalb County.
  Photo of BMW involved in crash provided by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department.The crash happened shortly before 7 p.m. according to a news release from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department.
  A sheriff's deputy determined that the driver of a BMW spun out while in the passing lane of State Road 3. The car came to a stop o
  
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• Ohio politician proposes bill to make flag planting a felony after fight in Michigan rivalry game

  12-12-2024 13:01 via wane.com
  
  An Ohio politician has seen enough flag planting by visiting sports teams.Republican state Rep. Josh Williams said Wednesday on social media he’s introducing a bill to make flag planting in sports a felony in the state. His proposal comes after the Nov. 30 fight at the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry football game when the Wolverines beat the Buckeyes 13-10 and then attempted to plant their flag at midfield. A fight ensued and police had to use pepper spray to disperse the players.Similar flag
  
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• Fort Wayne Philharmonic honors ACD Museum with 'A Symphony of Steel'

  12-12-2024 11:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Philharmonic pays tribute to local automobile history in its performance, "A Symphony of Steel."The performance aims to illustrate the past Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum's showroom cars through its 11 ensemble groups and chorus. Each holiday or classical tune will be played in different parts of the showroom simultaneously, inviting visitors to stroll through at their own pace.Jonah Crismore, Director of Marketing and Communications at the ACD Museu
  
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• For Wayne Philharmonic honors ACD Museum with 'A Symphony of Steel'

  12-12-2024 11:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Philharmonic pays tribute to local automobile history in its performance, "A Symphony of Steel."The performance aims to illustrate the past Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum's showroom cars through its singing.The show will be at the ACD Museum located at 1600 Wayne St. from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $75 for adults. To purchase, visit the Philharmonic's website.
  
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• Bitterly cold day wind chills below zero

  12-12-2024 09:46 via wane.com
  
  It's here! This arctic blast is the coldest so far this season with temperatures in the teens and wind chills below zero. Winds will be gusty but will begin to diminish during the late afternoon.Wind chills will be below zero through late this morningWind chills will be below zero with cloudy skies and temperatures in the lower teens.
  We'll see continued bitterly cold temperatures with winds diminishing during the late afternoon. High temperatures will only be in the teens.
  Temperatures will onl
  
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• Frigid temperatures add to woes of Fort Wayne's homeless population

  12-12-2024 04:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— A national study found more than 700 people who are homeless die every year from cold weather.
  As temperatures in northeast Indiana drop, a local organization is doing what it can to help the unhoused population in Fort Wayne.On Wednesday, with the help of the community and a few volunteers, organizers were able to pass out blankets, coats, hats, scarfs and other cold weather essentials to the homeless population.Sally Segerson is the founder of Street Reach for th
  
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• Traffic back to normal after crashes on Hillegas Road cause delays

  12-12-2024 01:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Multiple crashes on Hillegas Road stalled traffic in the area Wednesday night.A WANE 15 crew spotted two crashes along Hillegas Road, with one happening on the overpass for U.S. 30 and the other happening next to the Interstate 69 overpass where California and Hillegas roads intersect.
  Police investigate a crash on Hillegas Road at the U.S. 30 overpass Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.Police investigate a crash on Hillegas Road near California Road Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.
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• Crashes on Hillegas Road cause delays

  12-12-2024 01:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Multiple crashes on Hillegas Road stalled traffic in the area Wednesday night.A WANE 15 crew spotted two crashes along Hillegas Road, with one happening on the overpass for U.S. 30 and the other happening next to the Interstate 60 overpass where California and Hillegas roads intersect.
  Police investigate a crash on Hillegas Road at the U.S. 30 overpass Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.Police investigate a crash on Hillegas Road near California Road Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.
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