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• 2024 Disability Expo welcomes all to the Coliseum

  11-05-2024 14:51 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows a sit-down with Outreach Coordinator for the AWS Foundation, Andie Mosley.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Those looking for resources and information on disability services for Northeast Indiana should head down to the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum for the 2024 Disability Expo.From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 138 vendors with products and services for individuals with disabilities and their caregivers will be available to the public at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.
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• 'Grave concerns:' Court docs show sheriff requesting prosecutor and judges release inmates to ease jail population

  04-06-2024 20:18 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Continuous overcrowding at the current Allen County Jail and looming construction delays for a new facility now have officials looking at a prospect they wanted to avoid:
  Releasing inmates.
  That's according to the most recent court filing in a class-action lawsuit in which a federal judge ruled conditions at the current downtown jail violates inmates' constitutional rights and ordered the Allen County Sheriff and Allen County Commissioners to fix the problem.Meanwhil
  
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• Dog left in hot U-Haul nearly an hour while owners went to Florida beach: police

  04-06-2024 19:57 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Florida officers rescued a dog Sunday after it was locked inside a hot U-Haul truck while its owners went to the beach.The dog had been inside the moving truck with its windows "cracked only slightly" for nearly an hour without any water, according to the New Smyrna Beach Police Department."The temperature outside at the time was 86 degrees with no cloud cover, meaning the temperature inside the vehicle was likely 100 degrees or more," the police department wrote on Facebook
  
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• PFW swears in new police chief

  04-06-2024 19:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE (WANE) -- Former Butler University senior patrol officer Anthony Harrison will be the next police chief of Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) University Police, the University announced Tuesday.Harrison, who was sworn in Tuesday afternoon, will head a 13-person staff. He will replace Tim Potts, who retired in January after serving as PFW police chief for six years.Glen Nakata, PFW's vice chancellor of financial and administrative affairs, said Harrison possesses a unique blend of expe
  
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• Hot air balloon struck Indiana power lines, burning three people in basket

  04-06-2024 18:38 via wane.com
  
  LOWELL, Ind. (AP) — A hot air balloon struck power lines before crashing to the ground over the weekend in northwestern Indiana, injuring the pilot and the two passengers, officials said Tuesday.The balloon contacted the power lines Sunday evening in Hebron, Indiana, about 56 miles (90 kilometers) southeast of Chicago, the Federal Aviation Administration said in an email to The Associated Press.A flash of light can be seen as the balloon rises past power lines in a video recorded from a ve
  
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• Hot air balloon strikes Indiana power lines, burning 3 people in basket

  04-06-2024 18:38 via wane.com
  
  LOWELL, Ind. (AP) — A hot air balloon struck power lines before crashing to the ground over the weekend in northwestern Indiana, injuring the pilot and the two passengers, officials said Tuesday.The balloon contacted the power lines Sunday evening in Hebron, Indiana, about 56 miles (90 kilometers) southeast of Chicago, the Federal Aviation Administration said in an email to The Associated Press.A flash of light can be seen as the balloon rises past power lines in a video recorded from a ve
  
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• Silver Alert issued for missing 14-year-old from Grant County

  04-06-2024 18:20 via wane.com
  
  GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A Silver Alert was issued Tuesday for a teenager from Fairmount.The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of Brittney Ann Moser, a 14-year-old described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 130 pounds, with black hair and hazel eyes.
  According to the release, she was last seen Sunday at 12:01 a.m. wearing a dark blue baseball hat, dark blue jacket, gray sweatpants, black Nike slides, and carrying a blue duffle bag with a red strap.Anyone with info
  
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• Woman mistakenly pronounced dead dies hours later

  04-06-2024 18:13 via wane.com
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (WANE via STORYFUL) - The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said a woman who’d been pronounced dead and later came back to life in a Lincoln funeral home has died. Constance Glantz, 74, was pronounced dead for a second time on Monday at 4 p.m., according to Chief Deputy Ben Houchin.Lancaster County Attorney Pat Condon ordered an autopsy that will be performed at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The sheriff’s office will give an update once the final autopsy report is completed. T
  
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• Afternoon headlines Tuesday, June 4

  04-06-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Tuesday, June 4.
  
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• Marijuana reclassification could change research

  04-06-2024 17:34 via wane.com
  
  UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WANE/AP) - With the United States government seeking to reclassify marijuana to be less controlled, the way the drug is researched could change. Currently, marijuana is considered Scheduled I. This is the drug classification with the most restrictions. The change would take it to Schedule III, recognizing the potential medical benefits of marijuana."Since the early 70s, with the Controlled Substance Act, cannabis has been lumped in with drugs such as LSD, PCP, heroin, crystal
  
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• MLB bans Tucupita Marcano for life for betting on baseball, four others get one-year suspensions

  04-06-2024 16:44 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball permanently banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano on Tuesday for betting on baseball and suspended four other players for one year after finding the players placed unrelated bets with a legal sportsbook.Marcano appears to be the first active major leaguer banned under the sport's gambling provision since New York Giants outfielder Jimmy O'Connell in 1924. Pete Rose, baseball's active career hits leader, famously agreed to a lifetime ban in
  
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• Many Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden's push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds

  04-06-2024 16:20 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows.About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be at least somewhat likely to buy an EV the next time they buy a car, according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, while 46% say they are not to
  
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• Community-wide Diaper Drive will provide diapers and wipes to families in need

  04-06-2024 15:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Healthier Moms and Babies accepting donations for their annual Diaper Drive to combat the need for essential products for parents and infants."We've been in the community since 1995. It is our mission to prevent infant mortality and improve birth outcomes in our community." said Healthier Moms and Babies CEO, Paige Wilkins.This year will be the third annual Diaper Drive. Wilkins estimates that they've collected and donated a grand total of more than 350,000 diapers and
  
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• Hunter Biden's federal firearms case opens after jury is chosen, with First Lady again sitting in

  04-06-2024 15:04 via wane.com
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Lawyers will make their opening statements Tuesday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after a jury was seated for the trial while the first lady watched from the courtroom and the president sent a message of support.Hunter Biden has been charged with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction. He has been accused of lying to
  
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• Morning headlines Tuesday, June 4

  04-06-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, June 4.
  
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• Judge rejects latest motion seeking her removal from Delphi murders case

  04-06-2024 14:21 via wane.com
  
  CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. – Special Judge Fran Gull will not disqualify herself from the case surrounding Delphi murders suspect Richard Allen.Allen, charged with four counts of murder in the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, is set to go on trial in October.Indiana State Police announced Allen's arrest in October 2022, more than five years after the teens were killed. Since his arrest, the case has been bogged down in legal maneuvering
  
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• WATCH: US Space Force tests nuclear deterrent

  04-06-2024 14:14 via wane.com
  
  VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (CBS) - A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one re-entry vehicle on June 4 at 12:56 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.First Space Force Guardian will launch into space this summerThis test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States’ nucle
  
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• Would you use AI to speak to a dead relative?

  04-06-2024 13:10 via wane.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — When Michael Bommer found out that he was terminally ill with colon cancer, he spent a lot of time with his wife, Anett, talking about what would happen after his death.She told him one of the things she'd miss most is being able to ask him questions whenever she wants because he is so well read and always shares his wisdom, Bommer recalled during a recent interview with The Associated Press at his home in a leafy Berlin suburb.That conversation sparked an idea for Bommer: Re
  
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• Summertime heat returns with uncomfortable humidity

  04-06-2024 10:10 via wane.com
  
  We will continue to see warm temperatures with high humidity creating uncomfortable conditions through Wednesday.Humidity will make it uncomfortable today and Wednesday
  It will be mostly cloudy this morning with temperatures reaching the low 80s by noon.
  This afternoon will be warm with high humidity, making it uncomfortable, with a high of 88 making it feel like it's in the lower 90s.
  High temperatures will be close to 90The temperatures will begin to cool off tomorrow as thunderstorms will rol
  
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• Man in custody following police standoff in Huntington

  04-06-2024 08:24 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) -- Police took a man into custody early Tuesday morning, following a 4 hour standoff in Huntington.According to Huntington police, they received a tip around 9:30 Monday night that Nathan Lee Fugate, 33, was at a house in the 200 block of Roche Street. Fugate had outstanding warrants for his arrest, issued out of Allen County.Officers from the Huntington Police Department responded and attempted to locate Fugate. When they knocked and announced their presence at the home,
  
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• Large police scene in Huntington cleared

  04-06-2024 08:24 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) -- A large police presence in northern Huntington early Tuesday morning near Guilford St. and Roche St. cleared out around 3 a.m.A WANE 15 crew at the scene heard police talking over a megaphone to someone inside a home, witnessed drones in the air, and heard what sounds like officers firing canisters. Some units from Fort Wayne were assisting the Huntington Police Department.Police have not been able to provide any information on the situation. WANE 15 was told to expect
  
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• Hot and humid Tuesday

  04-06-2024 04:47 via wane.com
  
  After a Monday afternoon with highs in the low 80s, Tuesday's early morning temperatures only drop as low as the low 60s, giving us an above average start to an early June day.Tuesday becomes an even hotter day than Monday and it'll be humid, making it uncomfortable to be outside for longer stretches of time.Tuesday and Wednesday are more humid than Thursday through Saturday.
  High temperatures will be in the upper 80s.Highs reach the upper 80s Tuesday afternoon.During Tuesday night into Wednesda
  
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• Online hype about June 3rd 'parade of planets' not warranted

  04-06-2024 03:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - You may have heard on social media or in online articles about a spectacular "parade of planets" visible in the sky here on June 3. Well, we're here to tell you this is nothing notable, is not rare, and all planets will not even be visible in the night sky. GALLERY: See the solar eclipse throughout northeast Indiana and OhioYou should not fall for the hype about this astronomical event, even though both the solar eclipse and the northern lights have already produced daz
  
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• June 3rd parade of planets not significant

  04-06-2024 03:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - You may have heard on social media or in online articles about a spectacular "parade of plants" visible in the sky here on June 3rd... Well, we're here to tell you this is nothing notable, is not rare, and all planets will not even be visible in the night sky. GALLERY: See the solar eclipse throughout northeast Indiana and OhioYou should not fall for the hype about this astronomical event, even though both the solar eclipse and the northern lights have already produced
  
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• City of Fort Wayne announces 2024 4th of July downtown fireworks display

  04-06-2024 00:51 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows fireworks display from downtown Fort Wayne in 2023.
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The City of Fort Wayne has announced its plans for its annual 4th of July fireworks celebration.
  In a Facebook Post, the city of Fort Wayne announced that it will again be partnering with the Indiana Michigan Power Center downtown for its 4th of July fireworks show.
  The fireworks show will kick off at 10 p.m. on Thursday, July 4th.
  The TinCaps will also be hosting a baseball game that night starting
  
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• IMPD: Indy homeless man hit officer with a sock full of broken glass for 'taking too long'

  03-06-2024 23:50 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — An IMPD officer is recovering after being hit in the neck by a homeless man wielding a sock full of broken glass who was mad about police "taking too long" to file a report.An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report shows that officers were called around 6:15 a.m. to the 600 block of N. Illinois Street after a homeless man reported that was being harassed by the driver of a vehicle that kept passing by.Upon arrival, officers spoke with 37-year-old Jonathan Rhineha
  
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• Fort Wayne is no stranger to June heat

  03-06-2024 23:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Temperatures have heated back up to begin the first workweek of June. Highs in the 80s should come as no surprise this time of the year... Early first 90° day may be a sign of things to come this summerIn a typical June, Fort Wayne averages 17 days at 80 degrees or above. With records dating back to 1897, the record for the fewest number of 80 degree or higher days in June belongs to 1903, when we only saw four of them. The record for the highest number of 80 degree
  
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• Man sentenced to 85 years in shooting of 18-year-old mother in 2023

  03-06-2024 22:45 via wane.com
  
  Video shows the scene of the shooting on Pontiac Street, Jan. 3, 2023.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A man was sentenced to 85 years after being found guilty of shooting an 18-year-old, Jocelyn Bolf, in 2023.
  Rashun Carter will serve 65 years after being found guilty of murder, a Level 1 felony, and criminal recklessness, a Level 6 felony, in April after a four-day trial. Carter was also found guilty of a gun enhancement charge, which will add another 20 years to his sentence.Verdict: First of three
  
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• Hot and humid tomorrow

  03-06-2024 22:41 via wane.com
  
  We have a warm evening in place across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Temps remain in the 80s through 8 tonight, then drop as far as the low 60s by daybreak tomorrow.Conditions are dry with a partly cloudy sky.Tomorrow's an even hotter day and it'll be humid, making it uncomfortable to be outside for longer stretches of time.Tomorrow and Wednesday are more humid than Thursday through Saturday.
  High temperatures will be in the upper 80s.During Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, our scat
  
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• Traffic flowing after crashes on southbound I-69

  03-06-2024 22:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — I-69 southbound is back to normal after multiple crashes caused slowdowns from Lima Rd to Dupont Rd.INDOT is showing slow-moving SB traffic backed up to Dupont
  Dispatch confirms at least two crashes southbound near the Lima road exit. One crash that was underneath the Lima road exit underpass was cleaned up.
  Dispatch did not say where the other crash was located.
  No information on any injuries.
  
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