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• Snow and ice make a significant impact later this week

  10-02-2025 23:45 via wane.com
  
  While our Monday weather has been pretty uneventful, we're gearing up for another winter blast in just a couple days. Both heavy snow and ice are possible from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning. 15 Fury Alert Days have been issued for Wednesday and Thursday.
  Our evening temperatures started near freezing and fall to the mid-20s over the course of the night. Some of our weekend ice melted off today and wet pavement, if untreated, will refreeze. So, be careful for slick spots on sidewal
  
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• Ivy Tech 'sunsets' Office of Diversity, Equity and Belonging following federal and state executive orders

  10-02-2025 23:02 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Monday, the President of Ivy Tech announced in a letter to students they would be rolling back the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging (DEB) following executive orders from a state and federal level eliminating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).In the letter to students, the President of Ivy Tech Community College Dr. Sue Ellspermann, said that several presidential executive orders and proposed legislation in Indiana "would enact prohibitions for state educ
  
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• Snow and ice make a significant impact

  10-02-2025 22:11 via wane.com
  
  While our Monday weather has been pretty uneventful, we're gearing up for another winter blast in just a couple day. Both heavy snow and ice are possible from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning. 15 Fury Alert Days have been issued for Wednesday and Thursday.
  Our evening temperatures start near freezing and fall to the mid-20s through the night. Some of our weekend ice has been melting off today and wet pavement will refreeze tonight, if untreated. So, be careful for slick spots on side
  
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• Fort Wayne company mixed on outlook of Trump's steel tariffs

  10-02-2025 22:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) --The U.S. steel industry reacted Monday as President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.Trump announced his plans Sunday ahead of Super Bowl LIX, and the stock market responded with shares for the country's largest steel manufacturers rising."Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25% tariff," Trump said Sunday while aboard Air Force One. Stock market today: Wall Street takes Trump’s latest tariff threats in stride, a
  
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• Fort Wayne company mixed on outlook of Trump's planned steel tariffs

  10-02-2025 22:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) --The U.S. steel industry reacted Monday as President Donald Trump announced plans to impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.Trump announced his plans Sunday ahead of Super Bowl LIX, and the stock market responded with shares for the country's largest steel manufacturers rising."Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25% tariff," Trump said Sunday while aboard Air Force One. Stock market today: Wall Street takes Trump’s latest tariff th
  
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• Catalytic converters stolen from Illinois district's school buses, forcing students to stay home

  10-02-2025 22:07 via wane.com
  
  WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WGN-TV) — A suburban Illinois school district was forced to hold an emergency e-learning day after the catalytic converters were stolen from nearly all of its buses.The Troy 30-C School District, which has schools in Joliet, Plainfield and Shorewood, said in an announcement to parents Monday morning:"This unfortunate act has rendered the majority of our buses inoperative, despite the implementation of robust security measures, including surveillance cameras, enhanced lig
  
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• What was that sound? Not frost quakes

  10-02-2025 20:36 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— Social media was flooded with hundreds of reports of loud booms and banging sounds that supposedly occurred Sunday night across the greater Fort Wayne area."Please look into the frost quakes [in] northwest FW that have been happening the past 2 hours between just north of Huntertown all the way south to Wallen Rd.," a WANE 15 viewer wrote in late Sunday night.While WANE 15 has reported on possible frost quakes as recently as January, Sunday night's phenomenon was n
  
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• Former Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel nominated as Ohio's lieutenant governor

  10-02-2025 19:15 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday nominated former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel to be the state's next lieutenant governor.Tressel retired a year and a half ago as president of Youngstown State University, a job he had held since 2014.The Republican governor announced the pick at a news conference, calling Tressel “a natural leader” who will ably succeed Jon Husted, whom DeWine recently tapped to fill the U.S. Senate seat left open by JD Va
  
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• Allen County Department of Health urges residents to take action to stop the spread of flu

  10-02-2025 17:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Flu activity is at its highest point of the season according to health officials; with influenza A being the most prominent strain. The Indiana Department of Health reports that the flu is responsible for 52 deaths in the state.“Whether you’re at home, work, the hospital, church, restaurants or anywhere else you might be around others, it’s important to be vigilant and take precautions to keep yourself and others safe,” Allen County Health Commissi
  
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• Man sentenced to 76 years for 2023 homicide of man found in Maumee River

  10-02-2025 16:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man learned his sentence Friday for his role in the 2023 homicide of a man whose body was found by a kayaker on the Maumee River.A judge in Allen Superior Court handed Dimitrius Walker 76 years in prison.In January, a jury found Walker guilty of murder, felony murder, attempted robbery and arson in connection to the shooting death of 19-year-old Austin Seiman, whose body was found in the river near the Tecumseh Bridge in September 2023.Nasir Owens - who was 18 at the
  
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• Gas prices remain mostly stable with trade policies yet to make an impact

  10-02-2025 16:00 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) The nation’s average price of gasoline has moved higher in the last week, climbing 4.8 cents compared to a week ago, and stands at $3.09 per gallon, according to GasBuddy® data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is up 2.2 cents from a month ago but is 9.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 0.2 cents in the last week and
  
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• Speeding traffic stop in Steuben County leads to discovery of stolen gun, meth

  10-02-2025 15:17 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - What would have been a speeding ticket turned into several other charges for a Fort Wayne man and his passenger Sunday evening near Angola.Shortly before 6:30 p.m., Indiana State Police troopers pulled over a truck for speeding on US 20 near CR 200 W, according to ISP. A K-9 led the troopers to discover a stolen handgun and a white powdery substance believed to be methamphetamine.The driver, 35-year-old Anthony Steel from Fort Wayne, and his passenger, 20-year-old L
  
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• Trump tells Treasury Department to stop making pennies

  10-02-2025 14:58 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) – President Trump claims he has instructed the U.S. Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the 1 cent coin wasteful.Trump announced his actions in a Truth Social post Sunday night.“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies. Let's rip the waste out of our great nations [sic] budget, even if it's a penny a
  
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• Hawaii is the rainbow capital of the world. Here's what that means

  10-02-2025 13:29 via wane.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's regular sunshine, short rain showers and clean air come together to create some of the planet's best conditions for viewing rainbows. They're such a frequent sight that a University of Hawaii professor calls the state the “rainbow capital of the world.”Right now it's the winter rainy season in the islands, which means the odds of seeing a rainbow are even higher than usual.Rainbows emerge so often in Hawaii they've become popular symbols of is
  
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• Unknowns about the Fort Wayne Ballet make Positively Fort Wayne

  10-02-2025 12:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Inside the Arts United center, you'll find a variety of artwork. It's also home to the Fort Wayne Ballet. The company is rehearsing for its upcoming performance of Love Notes. But it's what you might not know about the Fort Wayne Ballet that makes it Positively Fort Wayne."It is a big deal to have a professional ballet company in a city this size," explains Fort Wayne Ballet executive director, Jim Sparrow. "We are actually the largest and oldest professional company co
  
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• Quiet cold start to the week with snow & ice on the way

  10-02-2025 11:56 via wane.com
  
  It will be a quiet start to a weather week with potentially heavy snow late Wednesday night and early Thursday. 15 Fury Alert Days have been issued for Wednesday and Thursday.
  Another sub-freezing afternoonIt will be another cold morning with mid- to upper-20s by noon.
  Much like the weekend, you'll need the heavy coat all day with temperatures just above freezing.Expect cold temperatures overnight with lows falling in the lower 20s under mostly cloudy skies.
  We won't see much sunshine on Tuesday
  
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• 15 Fury Alert Days issued for ice & heavy snowfall

  10-02-2025 10:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) –A storm system will move north from the south and clash with arctic air late Wednesday and Thursday creating heavy snowfall and ice across the region.
  This storm will produce the highest snowfall we've seen this season and some areas could see ice accumulation as well.
  15 Fury Alert Days are issued when the weather will have a major impact on our area causing issues that could be dangerous to spend time outdoors.
  The heavy snowfall may cripple the area for hours ma
  
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• 15 Fury Alert Days issued for potentially heavy snowfall

  10-02-2025 09:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) –A storm system will move north from the south and clash with arctic air late Wednesday and Thursday creating heavy snowfall across the region.
  This storm will produce the highest snowfall we've seen this season with the potential of six inches or more in some areas in northeastern Indiana and northwestern Ohio.
  15 Fury Alert Days are issued when the weather will have a major impact on our area causing issues that could be dangerous to spend time outdoors.
  The heavy
  
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• Quiet cold start to the week with snow on the way

  10-02-2025 09:43 via wane.com
  
  It will be a quiet start to a weather week with potentially heavy snow late Wednesday night and early Thursday. 15 Fury Alert Days have been issued for Wednesday and Thursday.
  Another sub-freezing afternoonIt will be another cold morning with mid- to upper-20s by noon.
  Much like the weekend, you'll need the heavy coat all day with temperatures just above freezing.Expect cold temperatures overnight with lows falling in the lower 20s under mostly cloudy skies.
  We won't see much sunshine on Tuesday
  
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• Fort Wayne celebrates The Big Game

  10-02-2025 05:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Football fans were out and about watching the Big Game on Sunday.Fortlandia, Pinhouse Social, and The Pub at 1802 hosted events for friends and family that included food and football.
  View the full rundown of the Super Bowl on wane.com.
  
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• Super Bowl LIX: Eagles lead Chiefs 40-6 late in third quarter

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs narrowly avoided making Super Bowl history: every team in NFL history has scored at least once in the big game, meaning there has never been a shutout.
  Starting the second half, the Philadelphia Eagles were leading 24-0. Another field goal from Jake Elliott pushed Philadelphia’s lead to 27-0 with 5:18 left in the third quarter. A few minutes later, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts connected with DeVonta Smith for a 46-yard touchdown to enl
  
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• Super Bowl LIX: Eagles lead Chiefs 40-14 in final minutes

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs narrowly avoided making Super Bowl history: every team in NFL history has scored at least once in the big game, meaning there has never been a shutout.
  Starting the second half, the Philadelphia Eagles were leading 24-0. Another field goal from Jake Elliott pushed Philadelphia’s lead to 27-0 with 5:18 left in the third quarter. A few minutes later, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts connected with DeVonta Smith for a 46-yard touchdown to enl
  
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• Super Bowl LIX: Eagles lead Chiefs 37-6 late in third quarter

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs narrowly avoided making Super Bowl history: every team in NFL history has scored at least once in the big game, meaning there has never been a shutout.
  Starting the second half, the Philadelphia Eagles were leading 24-0. Another field goal from Jake Elliott pushed Philadelphia’s lead to 27-0 with 5:18 left in the third quarter. A few minutes later, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts connected with DeVonta Smith for a 46-yard touchdown to enl
  
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• Super Bowl LIX: Eagles lead Chiefs 34-6 late in third quarter

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs narrowly avoided making Super Bowl history: every team in NFL history has scored at least once in the big game, meaning there has never been a shutout.
  Starting the second half, the Philadelphia Eagles were leading 24-0. Another field goal from Jake Elliott pushed Philadelphia’s lead to 27-0 with 5:18 left in the third quarter. A few minutes later, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts connected with DeVonta Smith for a 46-yard touchdown to enl
  
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• Super Bowl LIX: Eagles lead Chiefs 27-0 out of halftime

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have less than one-half of football to avoid making history: every team in NFL history has scored at least once, meaning there has never been a shutout.
  Starting the second half, the Philadelphia Eagles were leading 24-0. Another field goal from Jake Elliott pushed Philadelphia’s lead to 27-0 with 5:18 left in the third quarter.Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are vying for a different historical outcome: a three-peat.
  Just lik
  
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• Eagles lead Chiefs 24-0 during first half of Super Bowl LIX

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With less than five minutes in the first half, it wasn't looking good for the defending Super Bowl champs, the Kansas City Chiefs, after the Philadelphia Eagles soared to an early 17-0 lead.
  Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl, vying for a historic three-peat, after beating the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in a thrilling AFC championship game. They're facing Philadelphia and star running back Saquon Barkley, who ran for three touch
  
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• Eagles lead Chiefs 17-0 during first half of Super Bowl LIX

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are vying for a historic three-peat in the NFL's title game on Sunday in New Orleans, while the Philadelphia Eagles are the only remaining team that can stop them.Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl after beating the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in a thrilling AFC championship game. They'll face Philadelphia and star running back Saquon Barkley, who ran for three touchdowns as the Eagles beat the Washing
  
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• Eagles first to score after Chiefs defer to start Super Bowl LIX

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are vying for a historic three-peat in the NFL's title game on Sunday in New Orleans, while the Philadelphia Eagles are the only remaining team that can stop them.Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl after beating the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in a thrilling AFC championship game. They'll face Philadelphia and star running back Saquon Barkley, who ran for three touchdowns as the Eagles beat the Washing
  
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• Eagles beat Chiefs 40-22 in lopsided Super Bowl LIX

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (NEXSTAR/AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs wanted to make history with three back-to-back-to-back championships, but Super Bowl LIX was dominated by the Philadelphia Eagles, who won the game 40-22.
  The Chiefs avoided making a different kind of Super Bowl history – for much of the game it looked like it could be a shutout. Every team in NFL history has scored at least once in the big game, so there has never been a shutout. Thankfully for the Chiefs, that didn't happen Sun
  
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• Chiefs take on the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX

  10-02-2025 00:11 via wane.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will go for a historic three-peat in the NFL's title game on Sunday in New Orleans, while the Philadelphia Eagles are the only remaining team that can stop them.Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl after beating the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in a thrilling AFC championship game. They'll face Philadelphia and star running back Saquon Barkley, who ran for three touchdowns as the Eagles beat the Washingto
  
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