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• Indiana Senate passes immigration notice bill

  24-03-2025 23:44 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana State Senate passed an immigration notice bill that would modify how law enforcement handles arrested individuals suspected of residing in the country illegally.  If House Bill 1393 is signed into law, jails and detention facilities would need to alert county sheriffs if an arresting officer has probable cause to believe a suspect is in the country unlawfully.  The county sheriff would then be required to relay that information to federal immigration officia
  
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• Indiana Tech purchases Building 36 at Electric Works, launching Junction 36 Innovation Center

  24-03-2025 22:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Indiana Tech has purchased Building 36 at the Electric Works campus in Fort Wayne for $1.5 million, using funds from a $21 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc.
  The building will be transformed into Junction 36, a new advanced manufacturing and innovation hub designed to boost economic growth, workforce development, and talent retention in Northeast Indiana.Located at the corner of College and Wall Streets, Building 36 will undergo renovations over the next 18
  
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• 'Put him to sleep': Man, woman face attempted murder charge in stabbing

  24-03-2025 21:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A man and woman each face a count of attempted murder and other felony charges after reportedly restraining, beating and stabbing another man, according to Allen Superior Court documents.On Saturday, police arrived at a home in the 1900 block of Hobson Road and hear multiple people shouting, including a woman saying, "I had to restrain him," and a man shouting "help me."Officers entered the home and found one of the suspects, identified as 19-year-old Dante Williams, r
  
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• Fort Wayne hopes streetlights improve safety in neighborhoods

  24-03-2025 21:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— Fort Wayne's Community Development Division has installed new streetlights along several main roads south of downtown.They hope to continue installing lighting over the next year. Phase one of the installation included adding lights in the Broad River neighborhood on S. Calhoun St. near Bishop Luers High School. Phase two included installations along Fairfield Ave. south of Rudisill Blvd. The city hopes to add more lights further south on Fairfield, and also near P
  
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• 15 Finds Out: Why did a church build a house to donate then tear it down?

  24-03-2025 20:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- It's a bit of a head-scratcher.Why would a church help build a house to donate to one of its ministry clients, only to take the offer off the table and tear the house down?Broken promises, strained finances, and poor communication all played a role, as 15 Finds Out spent weeks trying to learn what happened.FaMBET, helping exit foster careFive to ten years ago, things seemed to be going well for FaMBET, a ministry of Love Church.
  At fundraisers supported by heavy hitter
  
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• Several northeast Indiana lakes receive funding to fight invasive aquatic plants

  24-03-2025 19:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will disperse more than $1.1 million to dozens of Indiana lakes and streams through the department's Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) program.The grants will be used to combat invasive aquatic plants and support sediment or logjam removal projects. A total of 53 lakes and streams will receive funding through the LARE program, including several in northeast Indiana.
  Adams Lake (LaGrange) -- $1,500 for invasive aquatic p
  
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• Fort Wayne Next claims downtown football stadium would save Snider $5M; FWCS turns down plan

  24-03-2025 18:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Local business leaders behind a recently announced billion-dollar proposal for downtown Fort Wayne now say part of their plan would lift a financial burden off the shoulders of Fort Wayne Community Schools.But the district said Monday it still plans to put a football stadium at Snider High School instead of what the proposal entails.Last week, Fort Wayne Next announced a campaign to promote its flagship project: the Riverfront Planned Urban District. Estimated to be a $
  
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• Fort Wayne Next claims downtown football stadium would save Snider $5M

  24-03-2025 18:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Local business leaders behind a recently announced billion-dollar proposal for downtown Fort Wayne now say part of their plan would lift a financial burden off the shoulders of Fort Wayne Community Schools.Last week, Fort Wayne Next announced a campaign to promote its flagship project: the Riverfront Planned Urban District. Estimated to be a $1.8 billion development, it would bring to one area an event center, natatorium, youth sports complex, and a professional stadium
  
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• Court docs: Fort Wayne man fatally shot girlfriend, took off in her Jeep

  24-03-2025 17:52 via wane.com
  
  *WARNING* This story has graphic details not suitable for all readers. Discretion is advised.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man charged with murder is accused of shooting his girlfriend multiple times during an argument Saturday before driving off in her car.
  A witness, who told police she was a friend of the victim, said the woman had been called to the witness' house to get Miles because he was drinking to the point of becoming intoxicated, according to court documents.
  The witness told police sh
  
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• Habitual offender sentenced for drunk driving crash that critically injured another driver

  24-03-2025 17:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A judge sentenced a Fort Wayne woman to nine years in prison Monday as a result of a crash she was involved in that left another driver in critical condition.
  Erin M. Keck
  Erin Keck was the driver in a crash in October at at the intersection of North Clinton and Parnell. Police determined Keck failed to yield the right of way, causing a collision with a pickup truck. That driver suffered life-threatening injuries.Police arrested Keck for OWI causing serious bodily injury
  
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• FDA updates recall for cheese sold at Aldi in 4 states over possible metal contamination

  24-03-2025 17:11 via wane.com
  
  (WKBN) – A recall of cheese sold at Aldi supermarkets in four states has been categorized as "Class II," meaning the recalled product has the potential to cause "temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences."The Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc., had initiated a recall of its Happy Farms by ALDI Colby Jack in February, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The recall concerned the presence of a "potential foreign material" identified as stainless steel fragments.I
  
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• 19-year-old arrested for alleged street racing on I-69

  24-03-2025 16:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 19-year-old was arrested this past weekend for what police believe was street racing.According to a release from Indiana State Police, a Fort Wayne trooper was patrolling Interstate 69 near Coldwater Road and the 312 mile-marker a few nights ago when a group of cars sped past him. It's unclear how fast the cars were going; the release described it as a "high rate of speed.""The cars sounded modified and the trooper said it sounded as if he was at a race track as they
  
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• Mayor Tom Henry passed away one year ago this Friday. Here's how the public can take part in his remembrance

  24-03-2025 16:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Friday, March 28, marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of Mayor Tom Henry. Henry was serving his fifth term as mayor when he died as a result of an on-going battle with cancer.A ceremony for City of Fort Wayne employees and Mayor Henry's family has been scheduled to take place at Citizens Square from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.Mayor Sharon Tucker is also requesting that flags in the city be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on March 28. In addition, residen
  
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• Winds weakening, higher temps coming

  24-03-2025 16:04 via wane.com
  
  Today's afternoon highs reached the upper 40s in Fort Wayne, but conditions stayed colder to the north (mid-upper 30s) with higher temps south. Highs around Marion and Hartford City have been close to 50°.For tonight, the amount of clouds in the sky decreases and, then, increases, again. One system is moving out and another is moving closer, causing the fluctuation in cloud cover and our wind speeds are decreasing, too. Evening temps fall out of the 40s and through the 30s. Our lowest early
  
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• Gusty winds and clouds make it a chilly afternoon.

  24-03-2025 16:04 via wane.com
  
  It will be chilly and windy start of your workweek. If you want warmer temperatures, you'll have to wait until late in the week.It will be a cool afternoon
  Gusty winds will add to the chill this afternoon with highs only in the middle 40s as skies become mostly cloudy.Winds will be gusty this afternoonSkies will clear, and it will be another cold night with low temperatures around 30.It will be slightly warmer ahead of a weak cold front, which will drive down temperatures again by Wednesday.
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• Dogs die in blaze at rural Steuben County home

  24-03-2025 15:44 via wane.com
  
  STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Investigators are working to learn what led to a fire that destroyed a home overnight in rural Steuben County.Dogs died in the blaze that ignited around 3 a.m. Monday, according to a press release from the Angola Fire Department. No one else was injured.A woman called 911 and said she was trying to go back in the home to find her family's dogs. Once authorities arrived, the woman and her son were both safe outside, but the house was "fully engulfed" in flames, accor
  
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• Here's why the change seasons is causing gas prices to go up according to GasBuddy

  24-03-2025 15:00 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) The nation’s average price of gasoline has risen for the first time in over a month, increasing 6.3 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.08 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 1.6 cents from a month ago and is 42.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 0.9 cents in the
  
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• Where does your neighborhood rank among the 2025 'Best Places to Live'?

  24-03-2025 13:16 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – For the second straight year, a neighborhood in Virginia has taken top honors in an annual study of the best places to live in the United States and a city in Indiana made the top 10.
  Niche, a research and ranking platform, releases a report each year that weighs data from the Census Bureau, FBI, NOAA, the Niche local survey and other sources to rank more than 12,000 communities across the country.In 2025, the top place to live was once again Colonial Village in Arlington, Virg
  
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• YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne's adaptive sports are Positively Fort Wayne

  24-03-2025 11:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - March is Disabilities Awareness Month. President Reagan designated the month in 1987. The country has made progress for those with disabilities, but there's still a lot to be done, which is why a program like the adaptive soccer league at the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne is Positively Fort Wayne.The sight is the same. A parent is on the sidelines of a weekend morning cheering on their kiddo playing youth sports. The same happens at the Jorgensen Family YMCA, except it is
  
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• Windy and chilly start to the week

  24-03-2025 09:00 via wane.com
  
  It will be chilly and windy start of your workweek. If you want warmer temperatures, you'll have to wait until late in the week.It will be a cool afternoon
  Temperatures will stay in the upper 30s through the morning, with some sunshine and only getting into the upper 30s by lunchtime.Winds will be gustyGusty winds will add to the chill this afternoon with highs only in the middle 40s as skies become mostly cloudy.Skies will clear, and it will be another cold night with low temperatures around 30
  
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• Windy and cool start to the workweek ahead

  24-03-2025 04:15 via wane.com
  
  We continue to track chilly March days across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Have the coat still handy as we progress into the new workweek.After a round of rain showers moved through Sunday evening, we're drying out overnight across the area. Look for partly cloudy skies to be in place as you head out the door early Monday morning. Winds will be elevated and temperatures will be as low as the mid-30s.Temperatures fall into the 30s early Monday morning.
  The big story on Monday will be the
  
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• Woman shot during axe, gun fight in southwest Fort Wayne

  24-03-2025 02:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police have arrested two people following an altercation, turned shooting, involving an axe and a gun on Sunday south of downtown Fort Wayne.
  The Fort Wayne Police Department initially responded to a disturbance in the 2500 block of Broadway, before learning that a shooting occurred at the location.
  Upon investigation, officers found evidence of a fight. In a release from FWPD, police said they believe the altercation between Rudaeja Moore and Andrew Scott-Guyton
  
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• Woman shot during axe, gun fight in south west Fort Wayne

  24-03-2025 02:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Police have arrested two people following an altercation, turned shooting, involving an axe and a gun on Sunday south of downtown Fort Wayne.
  The Fort Wayne Police Department initially responded to a disturbance in the 2500 block of Broadway, before learning that a shooting occurred at the location.
  Upon investigation, officers found evidence of a fight. In a release from FWPD, Police said they believe the altercation between Rudaeja Moore and Andrew Scott-Guyton
  
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• Indivisible Northeast Indiana responds to Sen. Jim Banks sending donuts to 'empty chair' town hall

  24-03-2025 00:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Indivisible Northeast Indiana is responding after a team with U.S. Senator Jim Banks brought donuts to an 'empty chair' town hall at the Allen County Public Library on Friday.In a press release, Indivisible Northeast Indiana thanked U.S. Sen. Jim Banks for sending a delivery team to the town hall but regretted him not showing up saying, "We regret you didn't RSVP – as did most of the other 390 attendees.""“While Indivisible Northeast Indiana
  
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