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• Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control shared winter tips to keep pets safe

  10-01-2025 23:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- As snow and freezing temperatures grip the area, Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control is reminding pet owners to take extra precautions to keep their animals safe from the cold.The agency advises limiting the time your pets spend outdoors to nothing longer than 15 minutes.Prolonged exposure to the cold can lead to hypothermia or frostbite, especially in smaller breeds, senior pets and those with short coats.When outside, pet owners should avoid icy areas to prevent injur
  
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• Verdict: Co-defendant guilty in 2023 South Lafayette alley shooting

  10-01-2025 22:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)---A 22-year-old man accused of handing off a gun to his best friend to shoot another man they met for a drug deal in a South Lafayette Street alley was found guilty Friday of murder, felony murder, attempted robbery and arson.Dimitrius Walker was also found guilty of using a firearm to commit a crime -- which can add up to 20 years on his sentence.Walker's co-defendant, Nasir Owens, now 19, was previously sentenced to 77 years in prison connected to the killing of 19-year
  
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• Verdict: Co-defendant guilty in 2023 body in South Lafayette alley shooting

  10-01-2025 22:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)---The 22-year-old man who handed off the gun to his best friend to shoot a 19-year-old man they met for a drug deal South Lafayette Street alley was found guilty Friday of murder, felony murder, attempted robbery and arson.Dimitrius Walker was also found guilty of using a firearm to commit a crime which can add up to 20 years on a sentence.Walker's co-defendant, Nasir Owens, now 19, in the Sept. 26, 2023 shooting death was convicted of murder and arson in June and sentenc
  
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• Feds award grant to build an overpass at busy railroad crossing on Airport Expressway in Fort Wayne

  10-01-2025 21:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A "rough" railroad crossing near Fort Wayne International Airport is set to undergo a major transformation that will make it much safer thanks to millions of dollars in grant money from the Federal Government. Bill aims to ban marijuana advertisements in IndianaThe U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on Friday announced that up to $23.2 million will be available to build and overpass at the railroad crossing on Airport Expressway just west of the intersection with B
  
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• Body cam video shows shootout between New Orleans police, Bourbon Street attacker

  10-01-2025 21:19 via wane.com
  
  Editor's note: Video contains graphic images that some may find disturbing.NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Body camera footage of the Jan. 1 terror attack on Bourbon Street has been released.On Friday, Jan. 10, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick held a news conference to discuss the footage captured during the incident that left 14 dead and dozens other injured.“They killed the terrorist. … They are national heroes,” Kirkpatrick said of the officers at a
  
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• Accumulating snow into the night

  10-01-2025 21:15 via wane.com
  
  Accumulating snowfall continues through the evening with as travel becoming slick and slippery difficult. A Winter Weather Advisoryis in effect until 1 am.A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect across the entire regionSnow accumulates from now through nighttime with 1" to 3" south of Fort Wayne and 2" to 4" around Fort Wayne and northward.Snow will be heaviest from Fort Wayne and areas to the northSnow starts to taper off as we approach midnight.It will be mostly cloudy Saturday with temperature
  
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• Presentation to showcase ties between Van Wert, Auburn automobile history

  10-01-2025 21:14 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) -- As the name suggests, Auburn Automobile Company made a name for itself from 1900 to 1937 after being founded in the titular city.However, the vehicles also had a prominent presence elsewhere through its many dealerships -- including some in Van Wert, Ohio -- and an upcoming presentation aims to inform guests on the automobile ties between Auburn and Van Wert along with their legacy.A 1929 magazine advertisement featuring Van Wert's Pennell Auburn Company. (Photo provided b
  
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• 2024 was Earth's hottest year ever, passing major climate threshold: 'Alarm bells have been ringing'

  10-01-2025 20:52 via wane.com
  
  Above: Climate researchers discuss the potential for a "new normal" in terms of higher temperatures and destructive weather events at a NOAA/NASA briefing on Friday.
  (AP) – Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, weather monitoring agencies announced Friday.It's the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year, according to measurements f
  
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• Coroner identifies woman killed in police shooting at Fort Wayne hotel

  10-01-2025 20:24 via wane.com
  
  *The video above is WANE 15 coverage of the officer-involved shooting from Wednesday.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Allen County Coroner's Office has identified the woman who died following a standoff that led to an officer-involved shooting at a Fort Wayne hotel Wednesday.The coroner identified the woman as 66-year-old Patricia Hepworth of Fort Wayne.The cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death is "homicide-police action," and Hepworth's death marks the second homicide
  
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• Coroner identifies woman killed in police shooting at Fort Wayne apartment

  10-01-2025 20:24 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Allen County Coroner's Office has identified the woman who died following a standoff that led to an officer-involved shooting at a Fort Wayne apartment complex Wednesday.The coroner identified the woman as 66-year-old Patricia Hepworth of Fort Wayne.The cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death is "homicide-police action," and Hepworth's death marks the second homicide in Allen County in 2025.The incident started Wednesday afternoon when pol
  
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• Woman accused of getting rideshare for suspect in shooting of Orange County deputy

  10-01-2025 18:53 via wane.com
  
  FLOYD COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A woman who police believe helped a man attempt to escape after he allegedly shot an Orange County sheriff's deputy was taken into custody Thursday.The investigation started after midnight Jan. 3 in West Baden Springs, when 33-year-old Austin Schepers got pulled over and allegedly shot a sheriff's deputy multiple times in response. He then fled the scene, which triggered a "Blue Alert" from Indiana State Police in an effort to find him.That's where Victoria Howard, 35
  
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• Macy's, Kohl's announce nationwide store closures: Here's where

  10-01-2025 16:28 via wane.com
  
  (WKBN) — Two major retailers announced store closures to start the year.Macy's and Kohl's store locations across the nation will soon be going dark, according to Thursday news releases from both companies.Here's what to know.Macy's closing over 60 storesThe New York City-based Macy's will be closing 66 stores across nearly two dozen states as part of its "Bold New Chapter" strategy, describing the soon-to-be-closed locations as "non-go-forward" locations.The new strategy, initially announc
  
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• Defense attorneys maintain Richard Allen's innocence

  10-01-2025 15:42 via wane.com
  
  (WXIN/WTTV): In their first televised interview since their client was sentenced for the murder of two girls outside of Delphi in 2017, Richard Allen’s attorneys told FOX59/CBS4 they are more convinced than ever about their client’s innocence.
  During the interview, the attorneys refused to push back on Special Judge Fran Gull’s oversight of the case and the trial for fear of incurring her wrath or jeopardizing the appeal of Allen’s conviction. Richard Allen sentenced to 1
  
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• Trump will be sentenced in his hush money case, days before he returns to the White House

  10-01-2025 15:17 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's highest court refused to intervene.Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimaginable only a few years ago. A state judge is to say what consequences, if any, the country's former and soon-to-be leader will face for f
  
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• Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

  10-01-2025 15:17 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment. The outcome cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.Trump’s sentence of an unconditional discharge caps a norm-smashing case that saw the former and future president charged with 34 felonies, put on trial for almost two months and convicted on ever
  
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• You can help those affected by the wildfires. Here's how

  10-01-2025 14:28 via wane.com
  
  Thousands of people have been affected by the California wildfires, and the Red Cross is currently helping, but the organization needs your help. WANE 15's corporate owner Nexstar has set up a donation portal where you can donate money directly to the cause.
  Scan the QR code in the image above, or click here to be taken to the website.
  
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• Slick highway, slowed traffic leads to I-69 crash in DeKalb County

  10-01-2025 14:18 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) Slick conditions on I-69 resulted in a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in DeKalb County.
  The crash took place at around 4:20 p.m. in the southbound lanes in Auburn according to a news release from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department.Police determined that traffic had slowed down due to snow falling. The driver of a Toyota Rav 4 apparently didn't notice the slowed traffic. The driver braked, which cause the SUV to slide. The SUV rear-ended a pickup truck. The driver of
  
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• Woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man can be released from psychiatric hospital

  10-01-2025 13:53 via wane.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday after a trio of experts testified that she has made considerable progress battling mental illness.Morgan Geyser has spent nearly seven years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. She has petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren, who committed her, for rel
  
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• Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold

  10-01-2025 12:56 via wane.com
  
  Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday.Last year's global average temperature easily passed 2023's record heat and kept pushing even higher. It surpassed the long-term warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit ) since the late 1800s that was called for by the 2015 Paris climate pact, according to the European Co
  
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• LIVE: LA area's 2 biggest blazes burn at least 10,000 structures; New fire ignites

  10-01-2025 12:34 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) - The two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area have killed at least 10 people and burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures, officials said as they urged more people to heed evacuation orders after a new blaze ignited and quickly grew.Arson suspect arrested in Woodland Hills near Kenneth Fire Civilian drone hits, damages firefighting aircraft over Palisades Fire
  The Kenneth Fire started in the late Thursday afternoon in the San Fernando Valley just 2 mil
  
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• LIVE: Fires devastating LA grow more slowly as winds die down

  10-01-2025 12:34 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) - The two biggest fires devastating the Los Angeles area grew just slightly Friday as firefighters beat back the blazes that have killed at least 10 people, obliterated neighborhoods and left the nation's second-largest city on edge. Arson suspect arrested in Woodland Hills near Kenneth Fire Civilian drone hits, damages firefighting aircraft over Palisades FireOfficials expressed optimism that a break from the punishing winds stoking the flames will
  
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• LIVE: Firefighters hope for a break from fierce winds in LA

  10-01-2025 12:34 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) - Firefighters hoped for a break Friday from fierce winds fueling massive blazes in the Los Angeles area that have killed 10 people, obliterated whole neighborhoods and set the nation's second-largest city on edge. Arson suspect arrested in Woodland Hills near Kenneth Fire Civilian drone hits, damages firefighting aircraft over Palisades FireThe fires have burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures since Tuesday, when they first began popping up around a d
  
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• Notre Dame gets late pick and field goal to make title game with 27-24 win over Penn State

  10-01-2025 12:30 via wane.com
  
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Penn State quarterback Drew Allar said he was trying to throw the ball into the ground. Notre Dame defensive back Christian Gray dove for it anyway and — luck of the Irish — the ball ended up right in his hands.A few seconds later, Gray and Notre Dame found themselves with a spot in the national title game after a thrill-a-minute 27-24 victory Thursday night in the Orange Bowl.Gray's snag of Allar's ill-advised pass across the middle at the
  
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• Watch your step! Floor is Lava exhibit to open

  10-01-2025 11:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A hot new exhibit is set to open at the Foellinger Freimann Botanical Conservatory on Saturday.Floor is Lava brings the classic childhood game to life. Visitors can battle obstacles surrounded by tropical reds and orange flora.In an interview with WANE 15, General Manager Nate Cardelli said the interactive exhibit holds different "courses" for various levels of abilities.Cardelli said the conservatory wanted to create a space downtown for young ones to play withou
  
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• Watch where you step! Floor is Lava exhibit to open

  10-01-2025 11:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A hot new exhibit is set to open at the Foellinger Freimann Botanical Conservatory on Saturday.Floor is Lava brings the classic childhood game to life. Visitors can battle obstacles surrounded by tropical reds and orange flora.In an interview with WANE 15, General Manager Nate Cardelli said the interactive exhibit holds different "courses" for various levels of abilities.Cardelli said the conservatory wanted to create a space downtown for young ones to play withou
  
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• Accumulating snow this afternoon and evening

  10-01-2025 09:54 via wane.com
  
  Snow is coming early this afternoon and travel may be difficult as the afternoon continues. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued today and will continue through early Saturday morning.A Winter Weather Advisory TodaySkies will be mostly cloudy this morning with temperatures in the middle 20s by noon.
  Snow accumulates during the afternoon 1 to 3" south of Fort Wayne and 2 to 4" north of Fort Wayne.Snow will be heaviest from Fort Wayne and areas to the northSnow will continue tonight becoming
  
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• What are the chances of a California-scale wildfire in Indiana?

  10-01-2025 04:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Could Indiana witness the magnitude of wildfires in California? The short answer is no.WANE 15 spoke with Fort Wayne Fire Department Assistant Chief, Jonathan Flickinger and Allen County Director of Homeland Security, Bernie Beier who say that it comes down to topography, vegetation, and residential and commercial development.California's mountainous landscape offers significant obstacles to fighting fires. According to Beier, terrain plays the biggest role in fir
  
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• Crews battle house fire in Woodburn

  10-01-2025 03:43 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Crews responded to a house fire in the 20000 block of Doehrman Road in Woodburn.As of 9:30 Thursday night, there were no visible flames from outside the house. However, firefighters could be seen going in and out the front door.The New Haven Fire Department and Northeast Fire district are responding.
  It's unknown what caused the fire or if there were any injuries.
  
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• New 'residential looking' office park planned for Illinois at Hadley roads

  10-01-2025 03:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) ---A Cicero, Indiana developer is proposing to build three office buildings at the northeast corner of Hadley and Illinois Roads.Named the Westlawn Office Park, the developer, Lougheed & Associates,wants to rezone the 2.2 acre plot in Aboite township for commercial development.The property abuts a housing subdivision and is partially zoned for residential development. Total square footage of three buildings is 96,000 square foot.Graphic showing the placement of the pr
  
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• Mexican fishing crew, US Coast Guard slug it out at sea

  10-01-2025 02:14 via wane.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The captain and first mate of a Mexican fishing vessel are in federal custody after slugging it out at sea with members of the U.S. Coast Guard trying to board their boat.The fracas unfolded last Sunday north of Mission Bay in San Diego, when members of a federal Joint Operations Center in Imperial Beach received information about a suspicious vessel.Agents stop Kia Rio with 9 migrants crammed inside
  The boat had an “excessive number” of fishing
  
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