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• Freezing rain expected Wednesday night: Here's how to stay safe on the roads

  05-02-2025 23:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)-- Freezing rain is expected to hit northeast Indiana Wednesday night, creating dangerous driving conditions into Thursday morning.
  According to the National Weather Service, a thin layer of ice could form on untreated roads, bridges, and overpasses, leading to slick conditions and possible accidents during the morning commute.Local experts are urging drivers to take precautions or stay off the roads if possible.Drivers should also increase their following distance, as it
  
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• ANALYSIS: Where an Indiana casino (and slots) might go

  05-02-2025 23:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- While the push to move Rising Star Casino from southern Indiana to New Haven appears dead, lawmakers in Indianapolis might still want to help the underperforming resort find a new place to thrive.State Sen. Andy Zay (R-Huntington) authored a bill Tuesday that would commission an independent study to find the best places to relocate.Based on numerous conversations with lawmakers and casino executives, the push to relocate to northeast Indiana might face a pair of hurdle
  
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• Breaking down freezing rain and its frequency

  05-02-2025 23:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Freezing rain is on the way to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio late Wednesday into Thursday morning. As a result, 15 Fury Alert Days have been declared. 15 Fury Alert Days issued for ice potentialWhat exactly is freezing rain though? The process involves supercooled water droplets falling from the sky. These droplets freeze upon contact with the surface and accumulate as ice. Just a glaze of ice can cause big impacts on the roads, like we saw just this past Sunday
  
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• Ice accumulates this evening, lingers through morning

  05-02-2025 22:56 via wane.com
  
  We are in 15 Fury Alert Day mode with freezing rain and icy roads developing tonight and continuing into tomorrow morning. A Winter Weather Advisory becomes active at 7 pm and remains in effect until 10 am tomorrow.The cloudy sky continues this evening. Afternoon temps have been near 30 and low tonight are only in the upper 20s. Temps will gradually be rising overnight, but still may stay below freezing until mid-morning tomorrow.Liquid rain freezes as ice from late tonight through early Thursda
  
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• ISP: Wabash man dies in crash on State Road 124

  05-02-2025 22:08 via wane.com
  
  WABASH COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A Wabash man died Tuesday after a crash on State Road 124 in Wabash County, according to Indiana State Police (ISP).Just before 7:30 a.m., ISP troopers and the Wabash County Sheriff's Office responded to State Road 124 near County Road 800 East on reports of a crash with injuries.According to a preliminary ISP report, a Huntington man was heading west on State Road 124 when he crossed the center of the road for an "undetermined reason" and hit a vehicle driven by 42
  
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• Man jailed over police AI program, then freed 17 months after victim raised doubts

  05-02-2025 21:37 via wane.com
  
  ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI) – Chris Gatlin spent 17 months in jail for a crime that an artificial intelligence program said he committed, only to be freed after the prosecutor learned there was no real evidence.A grainy surveillance photo of an assault suspect on St. Louis' Metrolink led a computer facial recognition program to identify Gatlin.“That knock that came on the door,” Gatlin said in a phone interview with Nexstar's KTVI. “It blew me away because I wasn’t
  
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• Wells County Sheriff's Office arrests man wanted in New Mexico death

  05-02-2025 21:29 via wane.com
  
  WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A Wells County man faces a murder charge and extradition to New Mexico after being arrested Tuesday in connection to a 2023 death investigation.The Wells County Sheriff's Office arrested 45-year-old Adam P. Kahn of Craigville, Indiana. The arrest stemmed from a death investigation in Lincoln County, New Mexico, which is southeast of Albuquerque.Kahn faces a 1st Degree murder charge under New Mexico law and is being held in the Wells County Jail as he awaits extraditi
  
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• Legacy Fund pausing investments, looking to the future

  05-02-2025 21:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - With no more money feeding into the city's Legacy Fund, officials are looking at how to move forward.A release from Fort Wayne City Council details a request for a six-month pause on applications for funding. "An assessment of policies and procedures is due" since the last payment made by Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) will be $216,663 this year."The legacy fund isn't replenishing anymore because the payments stopped coming," said Councilman Nathan Hartman. "The only
  
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• Legacy Fund looking to future after pausing investments

  05-02-2025 21:04 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - With no more money feeding into the city's Legacy Fund, officials are looking at how to move forward.A release from Fort Wayne City Council details a request for a six-month pause on applications for funding. "An assessment of policies and procedures is due" since the last payment made by Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) will be $216,663 this year."The legacy fund isn't replenishing anymore because the payments stopped coming," said Councilman Nathan Hartman. "The only
  
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• Man killed in hit-and-run on Covington Road identified, suspect still on the loose

  05-02-2025 20:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)The driver who hit a pedestrian crossing Covington Road last Friday has yet to be found by police. However, the man who was struck and killed has been identified.The Allen County Coroner's Office has ruled that Ronald J. Bjella, 61, of Fort Wayne died from multiple blunt force impact injuries.
  At around 8 p.m., Bjella was crossing Covington just west of Getz by what police described only as a black SUV heading west. Witnesses told police the driver stopped and got out of t
  
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• Rare invasive bug intercepted at Detroit airport

  05-02-2025 20:37 via wane.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that rare invasive seed bugs were intercepted on undeclared cargo late last year at Detroit Metro Airport.Local CBP and officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the insects were a species known as Orsillus maculatus.The seed bugs, which grow up to a half-inch in length, are most typically found in southern Europe and parts of the Middle East. There are no known populati
  
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• 'Your #1 Trusted Source for Fake IDs': Indy man busted for manufacturing 30K fake IDs

  05-02-2025 19:54 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — The crime was brazen. A public website proudly boasting, "Your #1 Trusted Source for Fake IDs."
  For four years, James Watt, 26, of Indianapolis made good on that tagline, manufacturing and mailing more than 30,000 fake driver's licenses to customers who paid mostly in Bitcoin.
  “Watt nearly became a millionaire simply through the manufacturing and mailing of thousands of fake IDs, essentially running a one-man BMV,” said John E. Childress, Acting United States Att
  
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• Delphi murders: State's filing includes photos of Libby German's iPhone 6s seen only in court

  05-02-2025 19:03 via wane.com
  
  DELPHI, Ind. – A motion from Richard Allen’s defense team prompted a response from the prosecution—and led to the release of crime scene photos never before seen outside of court.In November, a jury convicted Allen of murder in the February 2017 deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German near the Monon High Bridge. Special Judge Fran Gull sentenced him to 130 years during a hearing in December.Libby German's iPhone 6s (Carroll County Prosecutor's Office exhibit)Last month, Allen&
  
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• Fast fashion, laptops and toys are likely to cost more due to US tariffs on Chinese imports

  05-02-2025 16:50 via wane.com
  
  A sweeping new U.S. tariff on products made in China is expected to increase the prices American consumers pay for a wide array of products, from the ultra-cheap apparel sold on online shopping platforms to toys and electronic devices such as computers and cellphones.An additional 10% tariff on all Chinese goods took effect a day after President Donald Trump agreed to pause his threatened tariffs against Mexico and Canada for 30 days. The delay followed negotiations on T
  
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• Armed teen arrested at Arkansas airport after allegedly demanding plane

  05-02-2025 16:11 via wane.com
  
  TEXARKANA, Ark. (KTAL/KMSS) – A juvenile was arrested at the Texarkana Regional Airport in Arkansas on Tuesday morning after allegedly demanding a plane while brandishing two firearms.Officers with the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department responded to a call from Signature Aviation for reports of a disturbance at an aviation hangar just after 7:30 a.m. The staff had said an armed suspect walked up to the front desk and demanded an aircraft, while carrying both a rifle and a handgun, accord
  
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• Indiana Department of Health to release terminated pregnancy reports after settling lawsuit

  05-02-2025 15:42 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Department of Health has settled a lawsuit concerning the public release of abortion records across the Hoosier State.According to a news release from the Thomas More Society, a law firm that filed the lawsuit on behalf of the anti-abortion group Voices for Life, a settlement has been reached after accusing IDOH and State Health Commissioner Lindsay Weaver of failing to release abortion records to the public and violating Indiana's Access to Public Records Act.
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• What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there

  05-02-2025 13:56 via wane.com
  
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said Monday that they'd struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship both detained migrants and imprisoned citizens to the tiny Central American nation, which has suspended some basic rights as it battles powerful street gangs.The U.S. government cannot deport American citizens and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that “there are obviously
  
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• Suspect arrested in fatal shooting at a cosmetics warehouse in Ohio, officials say

  05-02-2025 12:37 via wane.com
  
  NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — A suspect in the shooting at an Ohio warehouse that killed one person and wounded five was arrested Wednesday morning in Columbus, authorities said.Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Deville said Bruce Reginald Foster III was located in an apartment and arrested around 10 a.m.“Normally what we prefer to do is have people come out and surrender to us,” Deville said. “He refused to come out. Our guys did have to make entry.”Foster was turned over to
  
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• 1 person dead and 5 wounded in shooting at Ohio cosmetics warehouse, police search for suspect

  05-02-2025 12:37 via wane.com
  
  NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — One person has died and five others were wounded in a shooting at a cosmetics warehouse in Ohio, prompting an ongoing search Wednesday for a male suspect.The victims in Tuesday night's shooting have been transported to hospitals, said Josh Poland, a spokesperson for the city of New Albany, just outside Columbus.New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones described the shooting just before 11 p.m. as a “targeted type of attack” and said officials don't believe the
  
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• Significant icing is likely tonight

  05-02-2025 09:53 via wane.com
  
  It's the calm before the storm with freezing temperatures today and significant icing tonight with 15 Fury Alert Days issued.
  High temperatures will be nearly steady this afternoon in the lower 30sSkies will be cloudy today with temperatures moving into the lower 30s by noon.15 Fury Alert Days issued for ice potentialTemperatures will be nearly steady this afternoon in the lower 30s.
  Ice accumulation will be possible by late evening and continue overnightFreezing drizzle will be possible this ev
  
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• Dry daytime Wednesday, ice on the way at night

  05-02-2025 04:31 via wane.com
  
  Our next round of wintry weather remains on the way with ice expected to begin to accumulate late Wednesday evening. Until then, road conditions will be dry.Temperatures are gradually falling during the early morning, until we end up as low as the low 20s by sunrise.Temps fall as low as the low 20s during the early morningClouds are increasing and we keep a cloudy sky in the forecast until Thursday when there will be a slight decrease down to mostly cloudy status during the day.With the expected
  
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• 'The mom crew': Parkview Health staff see baby boom in 2024

  05-02-2025 04:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- While Parkview Health employees are no stranger to working with babies, many staff members themselves have been adjusting to being mothers within the past year.Since the start of 2024, the Parkview Family Birthing Center has seen 22 women give birth to 24 babies, including two sets of twins.The employees have ranged from registered nurses to front desk members, and having babies around the same time has been a great bonding experience, especially with some being new mo
  
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• 'Vehicle bill' aims to find best spots to move Indiana casino

  05-02-2025 02:28 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) -- A new bill proposed by Indiana Sen. Andy Zay (R-Huntington) aims to have the Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC) work to find the best regions in the state to relocate a casino.If passed, Senate Bill 43 would require the IGC to contract an "independent, qualified gaming industry research firm" to identify the top three regions in Indiana where a person holding an owner's license could relocate their gaming operations.
  Requires the Indiana gaming commission (commission) to cont
  
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• Flu levels 'High' in Indiana, 'Very High' in Ohio

  05-02-2025 00:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— Flu cases in Indiana have been on the rise for the past two weeks after a post-holiday dip, according to the Indiana Department of Health.Last week, Indiana was seeing "medium" flu activity. Now, it is seeing "high" activity. Ohio is seeing "very high" activity according to the CDC.Flu activity this season has been the highest since the 2022-23 season. Dr. Parth Patel, a family health practitioner at Lutheran Health Physicians, said he has seen a spike in flu, RSV,
  
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