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• Third time's a charm? New restaurant coming to Woodburn following Bob's, Willie's closures

  16-12-2024 22:42 via wane.com
  
  WOODBURN, Ind. (WANE) -- In August 2022, Bob's Restaurant, a longtime diner in Woodburn, Indiana, closed its doors for the last time.It's successor, Willie's Café II, moved in a few months later. However, its tenure was short-lived, and the restaurant closed down in summer 2024.Now, another restaurant aims to fill the dining void in Indiana's smallest city: Char's Grill and Smokehouse.Marty Shanks, owner and manager of the restaurant, told WANE 15 he thought Woodburn would make a great sp
  
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• Third time's a charm? New restaurant coming to Woodburn following Bob's, Willie's Café II closures

  16-12-2024 22:42 via wane.com
  
  WOODBURN, Ind. (WANE) -- In August 2022, Bob's Restaurant, a longtime diner in Woodburn, Indiana, closed its doors for the last time.It's successor, Willie's Café II, moved in a few months later. However, its tenure was short-lived, and the restaurant closed down in summer 2024.Now, another restaurant aims to fill the dining void in Indiana's smallest city: Char's Grill and Smokehouse.Marty Shanks, owner and manager of the restaurant, told WANE 15 he thought Woodburn would make a great sp
  
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• Colder tomorrow, break from rain

  16-12-2024 22:21 via wane.com
  
  The passage of a warm front allowed high temps to reach into the 50s and that's where temperatures start off this evening. A cold front is coming through tonight, though, and that means tomorrow will not be as warm.Winds are gusty, up to 35 mph, this evening under a mostly cloudy sky with a slight chance of some additional drizzle and a few sprinkles.With the windy moments out there, be sure to secure those holiday decorations and any loose outdoor objects that you don't want to blow away.The pa
  
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• Bud Light no longer the best-selling draft beer at bars, data suggests

  16-12-2024 22:19 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – New data suggests Bud Light is no longer tops in America’s taprooms — at least when it comes to the most popular draft beers offered at bars across the U.S.Draftline Technologies, a company that provides software for beverage distributors, found in a recent report that Michelob Ultra — which, like Bud Light, is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev — recently overtook Bud Light in terms of the “number of tap handles” operating at U.S venues with beer
  
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• Ohio woman among 10 winners of the 'I Love My Librarian Award' celebrating community work

  16-12-2024 22:16 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — At Wisconsin's Mukwonago Community Library, director Abby Armour isn't only committed to providing books and other media for local residents.Armour, one of 10 recipients this year of an “I Love My Librarian Award," has been overseeing the cataloging of some 12,000 Native American artifacts donated to the library in the 1960s and making sure they are returned to the tribes that have claimed them. Armour's efforts led to members of her community nominating her for the h
  
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• 15 Finds Out: Hunting Forever Chemicals

  16-12-2024 20:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Independent, consumer-level tests performed by WANE 15 appeared to confirm what officials with Fort Wayne City Utilities have said: few, if any "forever chemicals" are in area water, especially in the drinking water and its source.Quite remarkable, given the prevalence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says are a group of manufactured chemicals that break down very slowly and can build up in people, animals,
  
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• ‘We’ll take a look’: Trump responds to looming TikTok ban

  16-12-2024 19:32 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President-elect Donald Trump said he has a “warm spot in his heart” for TikTok when asked about the ban set to take effect next month.During remarks at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, President-elect Trump appeared interested in saving the popular social media app.“We’ll take a look at TikTok,” he said. “You know, I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok.”Trump claimed he won the youth vote by 34 points and that TikTok may have been p
  
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• Teacher and student killed, 6 injured in Wisconsin school shooting

  16-12-2024 18:59 via wane.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) - A teacher and a student were killed in a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police said Monday afternoon.The shooting occurred just before 11 a.m. on Monday, the Madison Police Department said. When officers arrived, they found multiple gunshot wound victims, said Madison Police Chief Shon F. Barnes.
  The suspected shooter, who police said was a teenage student at the school, was dead when they arrived, Barnes said. He added that officers
  
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• Multiple people injured after Wisconsin school shooting: police

  16-12-2024 18:59 via wane.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) - Authorities in southern Wisconsin say that multiple people were injured after a shooting incident at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison.
  The shooting occurred just before 11 a.m. on Monday, the Madison Police Department said.
  Authorities said multiple injuries were reported and the investigation is active and ongoing. Police did not release the exact number of people injured nor the extent of their injuries.
  “More information will be released as it is avai
  
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• 5 dead, including suspect, in Wisconsin school shooting

  16-12-2024 18:59 via wane.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) - At least five people are dead and another five were injured in a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.
  The shooting occurred just before 11 a.m. on Monday, the Madison Police Department said. When officers arrived, they found multiple gunshot wound victims and a "juvenile who they believe is responsible," said Madison Police Chief Shon F. Barnes.
  At least one of those killed was a "juvenile person," Barnes said. The suspected shooter, who po
  
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• 5 dead, 5 injured after Wisconsin school shooting: police

  16-12-2024 18:59 via wane.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) - At least five people are dead and another five were injured after a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison.The shooting occurred just before 11 a.m. on Monday, the Madison Police Department said. When officers arrived, they found multiple gunshot wound victims and a "juvenile who they believe is responsible," said Madison Police Chief Shon F. Barnes.
  At least one of those killed was a "juvenile person," Barnes said. The suspected shooter was also among t
  
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• 3 dead, including suspect, in Wisconsin school shooting

  16-12-2024 18:59 via wane.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) - At least three people are dead and another six were injured in a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police said Monday afternoon.The shooting occurred just before 11 a.m. on Monday, the Madison Police Department said. When officers arrived, they found multiple gunshot wound victims and a "juvenile who they believe is responsible," said Madison Police Chief Shon F. Barnes.
  At least one of those killed was a "juvenile person," Barnes said.
  
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• Remains of Wisconsin woman found 4 years after disappearance

  16-12-2024 17:33 via wane.com
  
  MARATHON COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) — The remains of Cassandra Ayon, who disappeared more than four years ago, have been found in central Wisconsin.
  Ayon's body was found on private property in the Town of Brighton, about 130 miles west of Green Bay, on November 30, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Authorities told local outlet WSAW that a citizen found Ayon's remains but did not share any additional details."We hope the discovery of her remains lends a sense of finality to her f
  
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• Mysterious drones shut down air base in Ohio

  16-12-2024 17:05 via wane.com
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (WJW) – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, was shut down for hours this weekend due to drone activity.The shutdown occurred amid reports of clusters of drone-like objects flying low in the night sky in several states, but very little information has been released about them.Some of the drones, or suspected drones, have also been flying over military installations, alarming residents in states including New Jersey and New York. Officials have attempted to reassure
  
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• A gloomy, rainy, but mild Monday

  16-12-2024 16:46 via wane.com
  
  Patchy dense fog lingers across the area, mainly to the north of Fort Wayne, which has caused some school delays this morning. If you're commuting in any of those northern communities drive a little cautiously this morning.In addition to this AM fog, we're continuing to see scattered rain showers across the area, more shower chances and drizzle will be in store throughout the day as a low-pressure system passes by. With the warm front of this system nearby, we'll see warmer air flow into the are
  
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• Two shows scheduled for 2025 at Foellinger Theatre; Tommy James and Trace Adkins

  16-12-2024 16:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation has added two shows to its lineup at the Foellinger Theatre for 2025.
  Honeywell Arts & Entertainment will present Tommy James & The Shondells on Saturday, June 28, 2025, and Trace Adkins on Friday, August 22, 2025, at the Foellinger Theatre. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 20, at 10:00 a.m. and will be available online at ticketmaster.com or in person at the Parks and Recreation Department, 705 East State Blvd.Tommy Jame
  
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• A mild and gloomy Monday with rain showers

  16-12-2024 15:21 via wane.com
  
  Patchy dense fog lingers across the area, mainly to the north and west of Fort Wayne, which has caused some school delays this morning. If you're commuting in any of those northern communities drive safe this morning.In addition to this AM fog, we're continuing to see rain showers across the area, more shower chances and drizzle will be in store throughout the day as a low-pressure system passes by. With the warm front of this system nearby, we'll see warmer air flow into the area today with hig
  
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• Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect

  16-12-2024 13:35 via wane.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Nearly every detail about the religious group Lisa Webb’s family belonged to was hidden from the outside world. Its followers met in homes rather than churches. Its leadership structure was hard to discern, its finances opaque. It didn’t even have an official name.But for decades, no secret was as closely guarded as the identities of the sexual predators inside the group known as the “Two by Twos.”Now a growing number of public allegations from a
  
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• A mild Monday with rain showers

  16-12-2024 13:10 via wane.com
  
  Foggy conditions linger this Monday morning. While the Dense Fog Advisory has been lifted, be sure to drive with caution if in any of the sharper fog conditions, which now sits mostly to the north of Fort Wayne.In addition to this AM fog, scattered rain showers are working their way through the area. Have the rain jacket on standby for your morning commute. More shower chances will be in store throughout the day as a low-pressure system passes by. With the warm front of this system to our north,
  
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• Police in Ohio launch homicide investigation after bodies of 3 women found in home

  16-12-2024 12:57 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio launched a homicide investigation after the bodies of three women were found Saturday inside a home in Columbus.Officers were called to a home on the city's south side just before 4 p.m. Saturday for what a 911 caller described as a medical event. Police found three women who were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police spokesman Sgt. James Fuqua.He said the killings were considered homicides, but he did not have further details, includin
  
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• Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control foster families are Positively Fort Wayne

  16-12-2024 12:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Hundreds of animals enter the doors of Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control each year. Many of those animals can be put up for adoption immediately, others may need some extra attention. And that's why the foster families volunteering with Animal Care and Control are Positively Fort Wayne."We have animals and we really love them. And I think it's great we can give other animals and other people the chance, too," said Amanda Aspy, a foster family for Animal Care and Contro
  
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• Dense fog lingers... more rain for our Monday

  16-12-2024 10:17 via wane.com
  
  Widespread fog continues this Monday morning. While the Dense Fog Advisory has been lifted, areas of reduced visibility continue for some. Be sure to drive with caution if in any of the sharper fog conditions.In addition to this AM fog, scattered rain showers will work into the area by daybreak, with more showers throughout the day, as a low-pressure system passes by. With the warm front of this system to our north, we'll see warmer air flow into the area today with highs in the 50s. A nice Dece
  
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• Areas of dense fog ahead of Monday rain and warmth

  16-12-2024 06:15 via wane.com
  
  Widespread dense fog has developed across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Just take a look at our weather cameras just after midnight Monday morning... Watch out for low visibilities as you're heading out; slow down and use low beam headlights.Areas of dense fog will be experienced early Monday morning.
  Look for clouds and areas of fog/mist to persist overnight as our next weather system approaches. Just before daybreak though, rain showers look to arrive, with temperatures rising through
  
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• Areas of dense fog tonight ahead of Monday rain

  16-12-2024 03:15 via wane.com
  
  After widespread rain moved through the area last night into this morning, we've been left with overcast skies and areas of fog/mist this evening. Take a look at the view from our Bluffton camera!Fog is seen from our Bluffton camera around 9 PM Sunday.
  A Dense Fog Advisory has been issued until 4 AM Monday for most of our area. Watch out for low visibilities as you're heading out for any plans.
  A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect for most of the area until 4 AM Monday morning.
  Look for clouds and
  
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