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• WATCH: Veterans reflect on the 50th Honor Flight

  24-04-2025 23:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Wednesday, 84 Veterans took to the skies as a part of the 50th Honor Flight of Northeast Indiana. Honor Flight Northeast Indiana marks milestone 50th flightWhile in DC, Veterans reflected on what it was like to be on the historic flight and to see so many honored, some they knew, on the monuments. You can find that video above.The next Honor Flight with Honor Flight Northeast Indiana is May 21. Veterans can apply to be on an Honor Flight here. 
  
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• 'Baseball was the common language': Stories of a former TinCaps host family

  24-04-2025 23:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- In Doug and Eva Rood's home, old memories lay scattered across the dining room table.The collection consists of an array of photographs, newspaper clippings and gameday programs from the family's former life as a host family for the Fort Wayne TinCaps.After spending more than two decades bringing TinCaps and Wizards players into their home each season, the program -- like the rest of the world -- suddenly came to a halt in 2020.The COVID-19 pandemic forced the temporar
  
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• Rain returns, not as hot tomorrow

  24-04-2025 22:39 via wane.com
  
  After our warm day, you can expect the warmth to extend through the evening, Temps will gradually drop from the 80s into the 70s. By early morning, we'll be down to the upper 50s.Look for the sky to become mostly cloudy tonight with slight chance of a scattered shower or thunderstorm popping up across the region.It will be cloudy and, mainly dry, Friday morning. Scattered rain and thunderstorms will develop during the afternoon as a cold front moves through the area. High temps will be in the mi
  
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• Illinois man gets life sentences for deadly shooting at 2022 July Fourth parade

  24-04-2025 20:31 via wane.com
  
  WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The suburban Chicago man who admitted to fatally shooting seven people and wounding dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.FILE - Robert E. Crimo III watches the jury selection process during the first day of his trial. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool, File)
  Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti handed down seven sentences of life in prison for 24-year-old Robert Crimo III, as prosecut
  
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• Bill to study new locations for casinos in Indiana heads to governor's desk

  24-04-2025 19:22 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) Efforts to relocate a southern Indiana casino to New Haven earlier this year failed, however the possibility of a a gambling facility eventually calling northeast Indiana home isn't completely off the table yet.On Wednesday, the Indiana Senate approved Senate Bill 43 following House approval earlier this month with amendments. The bill now heads to Governor Mike Braun's desk for his signature.Senate Bill 43 calls for the Indiana Gaming Commission to hire an independent
  
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• FWPD addresses video of officers hitting man during traffic stop

  24-04-2025 19:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department addressed a video Thursday that has been circulating social media and shows officers using force on a man who they say was resisting arrest.The video was posted Wednesday and shows at least three FWPD officers crowded around the man. They appear to be hitting him on the ground repeatedly.Captain Jeremy Webb said the video showed footage of the aftermath of a traffic stop shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday. Police pulled over a car near the
  
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• Docs: Man sold crack to undercover cop before allegedly resisting arrest

  24-04-2025 19:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department addressed a video Thursday that has been circulating social media and shows officers using force on a man who they say was resisting arrest.The video was posted Wednesday and shows at least three FWPD officers crowded around the man. They appear to be hitting him on the ground repeatedly.Captain Jeremy Webb said the video showed footage of the aftermath of a traffic stop shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday. Police pulled over a car near the
  
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• These US cities have the 'most polluted' air in the country, says new study

  24-04-2025 17:14 via wane.com
  
  CLEVELAND (WJW/NEXSTAR) -- The American Lung Association has released its annual “State of the Air” report, and several major cities are among the worst in the nation for year-round particle pollution, also known as "soot."Each year for the past 26 years, the American Lung Association has analyzed data from official air quality monitors to compile the report and track unhealthy levels of ozone air pollution (smog) and particle pollution (soot). To determine particle pollution, PM2.5&
  
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• 19-year-old charged with arson in NJ wildfire: Officials

  24-04-2025 17:07 via wane.com
  
  OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. (WPIX) – A 19-year-old was charged with arson in connection with the wildfire that's ravaging parts of New Jersey, the Forest Fire Service announced Thursday.Officials said Joseph Kling was accused of improperly extinguishing a bonfire that caused the Jones Road Wildfire to spark on Tuesday. Kling, of Waretown, New Jersey, allegedly set wooden pallets on fire and left the area before they were put out, according to officials.The wildfire has scorched around 15,000 acres
  
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• Mac & Cheese Festival returns to Parkview Field this summer

  24-04-2025 16:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - After last summer's sold-out event, Parkview Field is again hosting a festival dedicated to the ultimate comfort food.The Mac & Cheese Festival returns to the Summit City on Saturday, July 19. The organizers plan to bring over 30 kinds of mac and cheese to the table, along with more than 100 selections of beer, cider and seltzer, according to the press release from Outlier Events.The festival lasts from 3-8 p.m. at the ballpark. Tickets go on sale May 8. The cost ra
  
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• Trump will hold a rally in Michigan next week to mark his first 100 days in office

  24-04-2025 12:37 via wane.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump will mark his first 100 days in office next week with a rally in Michigan, his first since returning to the White House earlier this year.Trump will visit Macomb County on Tuesday, the White House press secretary said. The region just north of Detroit, known as an automotive hub.“President Trump is excited to return to the great state of Michigan next Tuesday, where he will rally in Macomb County to celebrate the FIRST 100 DAYS!” Kar
  
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• July-like heat today with a cooldown coming

  24-04-2025 09:46 via wane.com
  
  For the second time in two weeks, we're experiencing July-like heat with temperatures in the lower to the middle 80s. If you like the summer heat, you'll have to wait a few days before we see it again.
  The warmest air of the week this afternoon, with highs in the 80sSunny skies this morning with temperatures already in the mid-70s by noon, with light winds.A warm front will help bring in the summer heat, taking temperatures to the mid-80s this afternoon under mostly sunny skies.Skies will be par
  
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• Bremen woman arrested for practicing medicine without license

  24-04-2025 04:45 via wane.com
  
  BREMEN, Ind. — A Bremen woman was arrested for practicing medicine without a license on Wednesday.According to a press release from Indiana State Police, 38-year-old Aurelina Kiefer now faces the following preliminary charges:
  Unlawful practice — Level 5 FelonyCorrupt business influence — Level 5 FelonyImproper massage therapy licensure — Class C Misdemeanor
  ISP indicated that Kiefer's arrest capped a monthslong investigation. State police first began looking into Kiefer'
  
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• High temps keep climbing

  24-04-2025 04:13 via wane.com
  
  High temps, as expected, ended up close to 80° Wednesday and we're falling back to the low 50s early this Thursday morning. Our sky is mostly clear with a mostly sunny day on the way.Temps fall into the 50s during the early morning.Thursday ends up as the warmest day of the week, with highs soaring into the lower 80s by late afternoon, helped along by a mostly sunny sky.Thursday will be the warmest day of the weekOur winds strengthen on Friday with a cold front moving through. This front wil
  
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• Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker reflects on first year

  24-04-2025 03:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Sharon Tucker was sworn in as mayor of Fort Wayne on April 23, 2024.This week, she talked about the first year in her new role with WANE 15.
  
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• Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker one year conversation

  24-04-2025 03:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Sharon Tucker was sworn in as mayor of Fort Wayne on April 23, 2024.This week, she talked about the first year in her new role with WANE 15.
  
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• What bodycam video shows in New Haven police shooting

  24-04-2025 03:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Almost a year after New Haven Police shot and killed a man in a Moeller Road mobile home park, WANE 15 obtained the video from the body-worn police camera on Wednesday.The video shows a New Haven officer shooting Robert A. Vicena, 37, after he lunged at police with a knife.The shooting was investigated by both New Haven police and Indiana State Police. The Allen County Prosecuting Attorney's Office determined there was no evidence of criminal liability and the officers
  
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• Landfill growing so high it could block radio waves; City, County OK fix

  24-04-2025 01:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— When the City of Fort Wayne began to plan for a routine upgrade to their 911 communication radio system, they realized a problem.Typically the city would upgrade the system using the same route between two towers. But one of the current routes vital to maintaining public safety communication between police, fire, etc. has a weakening signal. That's due to land in between growing higher in elevation year after year. How can that be? Land typically doesn't move upwar
  
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• $2 cigarette tax added into state budget

  24-04-2025 00:08 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Tobacco products are set to be more heavily taxed in Indiana as lawmakers scramble to reel in a projected $2.4 billion shortfall in the state's budget.
  With state spending set to exceed incoming revenue by billions of dollars, Republican lawmakers have reconsidered a solution previously pushed by Democrats: a long-overdue increase to Indiana's cigarette tax.
  On Wednesday, Gov. Mike Braun and several Republican legislative leaders introduced the finalized version of the state
  
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