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• St. Patrick's Day brings an Irish stew of weather

  17-03-2025 22:53 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Plenty of sunshine and seasonable temperatures on St. Patrick's Day this year has us feeling lucky! This has not always been the case though in the past... In fact, our weather on the holiday is more like an Irish stew...not always consistent from time to time and place to place... Nearly 700 people were killed 100 years ago this week in the deadliest US tornadoWith weather records dating back to 1897, Fort Wayne has seen plenty of extremes on St. Patrick's Day before.
  
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• Sniffles and sneezes: how to survive spring allergy season

  17-03-2025 22:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — With spring nearly in full bloom, allergy season is making its presence known across northeast Indiana.Doctors say itchy eyes, sneezing, and a runny nose are common signs of seasonal allergies and for some, those symptoms can last for weeks.“Allergies are triggered by pollen and other airborne irritants, and they often flare up on dry, windy days,” said Dr. Vicente Rodriguez with Lutheran Health. “Unlike a cold, allergies won’t cause fever
  
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• COURT DOCS: Man arrested after injuring another with hatchet, leading to standoff

  17-03-2025 22:11 via wane.com
  
  Video shows hours-long standoff Saturday, March 15.
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A man has been identified after attacking another man with a hatchet, then fleeing to a garage causing an hours-long standoff early Saturday.
  According to court documents from the Allen County Superior Court, officers arrested 49-year-old Ko Be on charges of;Photo of 49-year-old Ko Be provided by the Allen County Sheriff's Department.Battery with Deadly Weapon, a Level 5 FelonyCriminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapo
  
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• A look at the 42 deaths linked to severe storms in the US

  17-03-2025 21:57 via wane.com
  
  A series of storms that sparked tornadoes, wildfires, high winds and dust storms while barreling across eight states over the weekend have left at least 42 people dead and dozens injured.Scattered tornadoes in Missouri killed over a dozen people, and a string of twisters in Mississippi — including two that hit near the same town within about an hour — left six people dead. Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed throughout the South and the Midwest.The violent weath
  
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• Vote to establish rules for Indiana bobcat trapping season set for Tuesday

  17-03-2025 21:28 via wane.com
  
  *The video above is from the DNR discussing bobcat sightings in northeast Indiana in 2023FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On Tuesday, the Indiana Natural Resources Committee (NRC) will vote on a proposal that would set parameters for a bobcat trapping season in Indiana.The move comes after the Indiana General Assembly pushed through a law during the 2024 legislative season that required the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to establish a bobcat trapping season by July 1, 2025.The NRC is an "auton
  
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• Indiana board approves bobcat trapping season despite opposition

  17-03-2025 21:28 via wane.com
  
  *The video above is from the DNR discussing bobcat sightings in northeast Indiana in 2023FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On Tuesday, the Indiana Natural Resources Committee (NRC) voted to approve a proposal that sets parameters for a bobcat trapping season in Indiana.The approval took place during a 10 a.m. meeting at Fort Harrison State Park in Indianapolis.The move comes after the Indiana General Assembly pushed through a law during the 2024 legislative season that required the Department of Natura
  
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• Teen enters guilty plea for voluntary manslaughter in father’s stabbing death

  17-03-2025 20:28 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows previous coverage of Al-Malhi's case.
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A teen entered a guilty plea for a voluntary manslaughter charge Monday after stabbing his father at his convenience store in February 2023.Ahmed Al-Malahi, now 18, entered a guilty plea agreement Monday for a count of Voluntary Manslaughter, a Level 2 Felony. If a judge accepts his guilty plea at his scheduled sentencing, Al-Malahi's previous charge of one count of murder will be dropped.
  In Feb. 2023, Al-Malahi
  
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• Warmer tomorrow as winds pick up

  17-03-2025 20:17 via wane.com
  
  The luck of the Irish will certainly be with us this week, with a big warming trend on the way. Temperatures will be close to 50 today, with much warmer temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday.Temperatures will move into the upper 40s to near 50 this afternoonOur winds will change to the southwest this afternoon, boosting temperatures into the upper 40s to near 50 by late afternoon.
  Even warmer heads our way over the next two days, with highs in the upper 60s on Tuesday and in the upper 60s on Wed
  
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• Nearly 700 people were killed 100 years ago this week in the deadliest US tornado

  17-03-2025 15:49 via wane.com
  
  MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) — From Logan School's top floor, 11-year-old Othella Silvey should have been able to see her house easily — it was less than two blocks away.But after a monstrous tornado ripped through the Illinois town of Murphysboro on March 18, 1925, Othella saw nothing but flattened wasteland.“She couldn't tell which direction was home,” said Othella's daughter, 81-year-old Sylvia Carvell.Deadliest twister in recorded U.S. historyThe deadliest twister in r
  
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• Here's why gas prices could continue to drop according to GasBuddy

  17-03-2025 14:41 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) The nation’s average price of gasoline has fallen for the fourth straight week, declining 1.3 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.02 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 down 10.6 cents from a month and is 42.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 5.0 cents in the last wee
  
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• Forever 21 files for bankruptcy and will close all US locations

  17-03-2025 14:13 via wane.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (WJET/WFXP) — Nearly one month after popular fast fashion brand Forever 21 began liquidation sales at its U.S. locations, the retailer has officially filed for bankruptcy for the second time in nearly six years, announcing it has begun "winding down" its U.S. operations.All locations have begun going-out-of-business sales and, along with its website, normal operations and sales will continue as the formal winding down process begins.
  Going-out-of-business sales began in mid-Feb
  
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• Garbage truck crashes into ditch on I-69 in DeKalb County

  17-03-2025 12:27 via wane.com
  
  Photo courtesy DeKalb County Sheriff's Department
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) The driver of a garbage truck was taken to a hospital for his injuries after he crashed going north on I-69 in northern DeKalb County early Monday morning.The driver said he swerved to avoid a deer in the road north of Auburn at around 4:25 a.m. according to a press release from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department. His truck then went off the east side of the road, went into a ditch and rolled on its side.No other v
  
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• Severe weather moves east after tornadoes, winds and wildfires killed at least 39 people

  17-03-2025 11:55 via wane.com
  
  A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses.The weakening but still volatile weather system was moving Monday into the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, bringing thunderstorms, hail, damaging winds and the potential for more tornadoes.Here's what to know about the unusually erratic and damaging weather.Monday forecastForeca
  
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• Devastating storms kill at least 39 across 7 states in the South and Midwest

  17-03-2025 11:55 via wane.com
  
  PLANTERSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Crammed into their two-door Toyota Celica with three huskies, Hailey Hart and her fiance Steve Romero hugged and prayed as a tornado rolled the car upside down before tossing it on its wheels again.They heard screams for help minutes after the twister ripped apart their home in Tylertown, Mississippi. "It was a bad dream come true,” Romero said.Next door, Hart’s grandparents crawled out from the rubble of their house where they had sought sh
  
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• More opting to skip the buzz during St. Patrick's Day

  17-03-2025 11:31 via wane.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Tommy McCarthy’s Irish bar just outside Boston’s city limits pours more Guinness than almost anywhere in the U.S., yet come this St. Patrick's Day, the longtime owner of The Burren is stocking up on plenty of nonalcoholic options too.“It’s come a long way since we first opened,” McCarthy said, who started slinging pints at the beloved establishment in 1996 after moving to the Boston area from West Clare, Ireland.There is perhaps no other hol
  
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• Henry reflects on 27 years at Deer Park Irish Pub

  17-03-2025 09:36 via wane.com
  
  As Tony Henry watches large crowds flock to Deer Park Irish Pub over St. Patrick's Day weekend for the 27th annual Clover Classic celebration, he says he never could of imagined it would grow into what it is today."When we first started out, we were a little rag tag group," he says. "We had about 12 disciples and we called it the World's Shortest Parade at Deer Park.""I put that blarney out there," he says with a laugh. "And somehow it stuck"."Now every year it gets bigger and bigger."Tony Henry
  
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• Sunshine and warmer temperatures return today

  17-03-2025 08:46 via wane.com
  
  The luck of the Irish will certainly be with us this week, with a big warming trend on the way. Temperatures will be close to 50 today, with much warmer temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday.Temperatures will move into the upper 40s to near 50 this afternoonIt will be a cold morning with temperatures in the 30s through noon with light northwest winds.
  Our winds will change to the southwest this afternoon, boosting temperatures into the upper 40s to near 50 by late afternoon.
  Even warmer heads ou
  
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• FW Mayor extends neighborhoods the opportunity to "catalyze revitalization"

  17-03-2025 03:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – "It's not secret my heart is with the neighborhoods," Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker said in her State of the Cityspeech one month ago. This year, a couple neighborhoods will feel the mayor's love through grant funding.The City of Fort Wayne is opening Letter of Intent submission forms for a program called the Connected Neighborhood Initiative, designed to inspire and provide residents the funds to create a better place to live. Each of the city's active, register
  
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• Connected Neighborhood Initiative extends $1M to "catalyze revitalization"

  17-03-2025 03:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – "It's not secret my heart is with the neighborhoods," Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker said in her State of the Cityspeech one month ago. This year, a couple neighborhoods will feel the mayor's love through grant funding.The City of Fort Wayne is opening Letter of Intent submission forms for a program called the Connected Neighborhood Initiative, designed to inspire and provide residents the funds to create a better place to live. Each of the city's active, register
  
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• Dry and seasonable St. Patrick's Day

  17-03-2025 03:30 via wane.com
  
  It was a tale of two seasons across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio over the weekend. Saturday was warm and stormy, while Sunday was cold, with scattered rain and snow showers.
  It was also windy all weekend long. The good news is winds will be lighter as the new workweek gets underway.Look for clouds to decrease by the time we get to daybreak Monday. The combination of clearing skies, light winds, and leftover ground moisture is a recipe for a few patches of fog to develop, so keep this in
  
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• Clouds decrease and we cool down tonight

  17-03-2025 02:00 via wane.com
  
  We started off the weekend with rounds of showers and thunderstorms. It was also a very windy day on Saturday. Check out the top wind gust reports below.It was a very windy Saturday across the area.
  It has still been windy today, but top gusts have only been around 30 mph. The bigger story has been the much colder air. Take a look at just how much colder it is outside when you compare 5 PM Saturday to 5 PM Sunday!Look at the big temperature change over 24 hours this weekend!
  Any lingering rain/s
  
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• NASA's stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station

  17-03-2025 01:18 via wane.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts.The four newcomers — representing the U.S., Japan and Russia — will spend some time learning the station’s ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Then the two will strap into their own SpaceX capsule later this week, one that has been up there
  
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