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• Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission approves money for North River consultant

  13-05-2025 22:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— The Redevelopment Commission approved up to $99,000 Monday night that will go toward paying a consulting firm as Fort Wayne moves forward with their North River development project.Victus Advisors will receive $8,250 per month from the city for up to 12 months as they will help city leaders select a developer for the 29-acre North River Site. Victus is based is based in Park City, Utah. The firm was founded to "fill a niche in sports, recreation, and event venue pl
  
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• MLB reinstates Pete Rose and 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, now eligible for the Hall of Fame

  13-05-2025 22:28 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Major League Baseball decided Tuesday to reinstate both Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them both eligible for the Hall of Fame.The about-face comes decades after Rose, who holds the record for most hits, was banned from the game after an investigation found evidence that he had been betting while managing the Cincinnati Reds.
  Rose’s permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death and came a day before the Reds are set to honor baseball’s
  
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• Fort Wayne man pleads guilty but mentally ill in stabbing of pregnant girlfriend

  13-05-2025 22:11 via wane.com
  
  *WARNING: This story contains graphic content not suitable for all readers*FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man accused of trying to kill his pregnant girlfriend in 2023 pleaded guilty Tuesday.Daniel Rodgers-Conwell Jr., 38, pleaded guilty to attempted murder, but on the condition that he is mentally ill, according to Allen Superior Court documents filed Tuesday.
  In May 2023, Rodgers-Conwell allegedly used a knife and scissors to stab a woman at least 47 times, leading to a collapsed lung. She also h
  
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• Antwerp marijuana dispensary to open for curbside pickup Wednesday

  13-05-2025 21:52 via wane.com
  
  ANTWERP, Ohio (WANE) -- Northwest Ohio's second marijuana dispensary is set to open in Antwerp Wednesday.Zen Leaf Antwerp, which operates under the umbrella of Verano Holdings Corp., will open at 10 a.m. Wednesday and will only offer curbside pickup orders to start. The company plans to fully open and host a grand opening celebration in June after finishing up minor interior construction.Antwerp Norfolk & Western Depot, which is set to become a marijuana dispensary called Zen Leaf Antwerp
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• Antwerp marijuana dispensary opens for curbside pickup Wednesday

  13-05-2025 21:52 via wane.com
  
  ANTWERP, Ohio (WANE) -- Northwest Ohio's third marijuana dispensary opened in Antwerp Wednesday.Zen Leaf Antwerp, which operates under the umbrella of Verano Holdings Corp., welcomed customers at 10 a.m. Wednesday and will only offer curbside pickup orders to start. The company plans to fully open and host a grand opening celebration in June after finishing up minor interior construction.Antwerp Norfolk & Western Depot, which is set to become a marijuana dispensary called Zen Leaf Antwerp
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• Cassie testifies against Diddy in federal sex crimes trial

  13-05-2025 21:25 via wane.com
  
  Editor’s Note: This story contains discussions of rape or sexual assault that may be disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, you can find help and discreet resources on the National Sexual Assault Hotline website or by calling 1-800-656-4673.(NewsNation) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, took the witness stand in his sex trafficking trial on Tuesday, a day
  
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• Help name the newest falcon chick that lives atop the I&M building

  13-05-2025 21:22 via wane.com
  
  Video shows a falcon chick being banded in 2021.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The beloved peregrine falcons that make their home atop the Indiana Michigan Power Center in downtown Fort Wayne have welcomed a new chick to the nest.That chick needs a name, and you can help decide what it is.Students with the Fort Wayne Zoo's Teens for Nature Program brainstormed the potential names. The winning pick will be announced May 23, which coincides with a banding and naming ceremony.You can take the survey her
  
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• US 33 reopens near Churubusco after dump truck rolls into field

  13-05-2025 21:15 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Police are investigating a crash that shut down the northbound lanes of US 33 near Churubusco Tuesday afternoon.The crash occurred shortly before 3 p.m. north of the intersection with Carroll Road, near the northwestern border of Allen County. Traffic on US 33 appeared to be flowing smoothly an hour later.Sgt. Ken Litzenberg with the Allen County Sheriff's Department confirmed a dump truck veered off the road and rolled several times, landing in a field.Pictured is a
  
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• ESPN is rolling out a new streaming service: How it will impact ESPN+ users

  13-05-2025 20:39 via wane.com
  
  BRISTOL, Conn. (WGHP) — ESPN has, for several years, offered its streaming service ESPN+. That is set to change later this year as the sports outlet gears up to launch its long-anticipated direct-to-customer streaming service.The new streaming service, which will be called "ESPN," will let customers cut the cord and access ESPN programming directly.ESPN+ customers will have access to "thousands of live events" from the NFL, NHL, MLB, UFC, Top Ranking Boxing, the PGA Tour, Grand Slam tennis
  
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• New law prohibits sale of cultivated meats in Indiana for 2 years

  13-05-2025 19:00 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- As of July 1, entities in the state of Indiana will not be able to sell cultivated meat products for two years.
  Indiana Gov. Mike Braun recently signed House Bill 1425, which established a two-year moratorium on the sale of cultivated meat products in the state.The bill, written by Indiana State Rep. Beau Baird, a Republican from Greencastle, defines cultivated meat products as animal protein grown in a facility that is developed from extracted animal stem cells and arranged in a
  
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• 20 developers have submitted plans for North River project in Fort Wayne as city in talks with Doden and Surack

  13-05-2025 18:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- On, Fort Wayne City Council listened to a presentation on the status of remediation efforts on land where a major development is in the works.The North River Fieldhouse project would sit on property formerly owned by Omnisource just north of downtown Fort Wayne near the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge. Fort Wayne purchased the land in 2017. Before the project can become a reality, pollutants need to be removed from the site. In August of last year, the EPA announced a $2
  
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• Auburn driver dies in crash with pickup truck in Ohio

  13-05-2025 17:19 via wane.com
  
  WOOD COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) - An Auburn man died Monday after his car collided with a pickup truck in Ohio.According to the initial investigation by the Wood County Sheriff's Office, the man was driving a car on Defiance Pike through the intersection with Dixie Highway and allegedly did not yield to an oncoming truck. The truck then hit the passenger side of the car.The driver of the car was identified in the press release as 42-year-old Dane Knapp Sr. from Auburn.
  The man driving the truck wasn't
  
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• Coroner identifies motorcycle rider killed in crash on US 30

  13-05-2025 16:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Coroner's Office has identified a motorcycle rider who died Saturday in a crash on US 30.The coroner named the man as Edward Eugene Keller IV, 25, from Fort Wayne.Keller's motorcycle and a car collided late Saturday night at the intersection of US 30 and Kroemer Road, near Sweetwater.Keller was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner determined he died from multiple blunt force injuries, and his manner of death was ruled an accident.The other driver w
  
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• Hunter shoots man after mistaking him for turkey: DNR

  13-05-2025 16:36 via wane.com
  
  ROCHESTER, Ind. (WANE) - Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after a man was shot by a fellow hunter who claimed he mistook the man for a turkey.Saturday morning, a 41-year-old Nappanee man and a juvenile were walking down a farm lane on their way to hunt on a property near County Road 375 North and CR 100 West in Rochester, according to a press release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
  The initial investigation revealed a hunter on the adjacent property thought the m
  
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• Aviation council says Russia responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014

  13-05-2025 15:38 via wane.com
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization on Tuesday found Russia responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives more than a decade ago, in a ruling that raises the prospect of victims’ families being paid compensation.A Dutch-led international investigation concluded in 2016 that the Amsterdam-to-Kuala Lumpur airliner was shot down on July 17, 2014, from Ukrainian territory he
  
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• Fugitive wanted for downtown Fort Wayne homicide found in Michigan

  13-05-2025 14:54 via wane.com
  
  JACKSON, Mich. (WANE) - The suspect in a homicide in downtown Fort Wayne has been found a month after the shooting took place.Isaiah Wilson was found Monday around 6 p.m., according to U.S. Marshal Jarrid Lake, who said the fugitive had been staying in a hotel in Jackson, Michigan. At one point, he was believed to be near Indianapolis.The Jackson County Jail also confirmed Wilson is there.Wilson is accused of being involved in a fatal shooting April 13 at Wayne and Monroe streets on the edge of
  
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• Strange toll scam emails appear to originate from Indiana email addresses

  13-05-2025 14:29 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS – Strange messages from email addresses belonging to the state of Indiana began arriving in inboxes late Monday night. Survey ranks Indiana No. 2 for ‘phishing’ victimsThe messages, which appeared to originate from legitimate state email accounts, have flooded the newsroom inbox. They are clearly spam messages.This message claims to be from the Indiana Department of Environmental ManagementIt was initially unclear if the vulnerability is related to the state itself
  
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• Potential US-China trade agreement could push gas prices higher according to GasBuddy

  13-05-2025 13:37 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) The nation’s average price of gasoline has returned to a decline, falling 4.2 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 8.6 cents from a month ago and is 50.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 2.7 cents in the last week and stands
  
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• Traffic flowing again on I-69 in northern Allen County

  13-05-2025 12:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Traffic was backed up or stopped for several miles in the northbound lanes of I-69 north of Dupont Road in northern Allen County for a while Tuesday morning.
  A crash has forced the closure of the right lane according to the Indiana Department of Transportation TrafficWise map.It's not known how many vehicles were involved, but dispatchers told WANE 15 there are no life-threatening injuries.
  
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• More rain/storm chances for Tuesday

  13-05-2025 10:56 via wane.com
  
  Temperatures are fairly mild this morning, sitting in the 60s. You won't need the rain jacket heading into work this morning, but keep it handy heading to work, as more scattered rain showers, and a few storms, return to the picture.In the meantime, skies will stay mostly cloudy this morning. Temperatures will rise through the 60s and enter the 70s this afternoon. High temps today round out into the mid-70s.Another warm, albeit mostly cloudy day with highs in the 70s across the region.
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• Why prices may still spike amid new US-China trade deal

  13-05-2025 04:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Wall Street rejoiced on Monday as the Dow jumped 2.8% after President Donald Trump paused high tariffs on Chinese goods.The U.S. lowered tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30% and China lowered tariffs on U.S. goods from 125% to 10%. According to the Associated Press, both sanctions will last for 30 days as talks between the nation's leaders continue.But with this pause on tariffs, will prices stay down? One local expert doubts that.Rachel Blakeman is the
  
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• Fort Wayne 'dream team' planning next decade of neighborhoods for Northwest and East Central

  13-05-2025 03:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Do you have your breakfast planned for tomorrow? What about when you'll mow the lawn next? What are you doing ten years from now?That last question is exactly what the City of Fort Wayne's Department of Neighborhoods is working out.
  A map showing the Northwest Neighborhoods included in Northwest 2035.
  "The biggest thing for us is that we want to see these plans not only adopted, but see implementation," said Dan Baisden, Department Head of Neighborhoods.Monday nig
  
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• Fort Wayne 'dream team' planning next decade of neighborhoods for Northeast and East Central

  13-05-2025 03:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Do you have your breakfast planned for tomorrow? What about when you'll mow the lawn next? What are you doing ten years from now?That last question is exactly what the City of Fort Wayne's Department of Neighborhoods is working out.
  A map showing the Northwest Neighborhoods included in Northwest 2035.
  "The biggest thing for us is that we want to see these plans not only adopted, but see implementation," said Dan Baisden, Department Head of Neighborhoods.Monday nig
  
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• Peak migration: 16 million birds in one night over Indiana

  13-05-2025 01:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— The U.S. is seeing its peak south-north bird migration this week and Indiana is no exception."By looking at the weather radar, we knew that 16 million birds flew over Indiana [last night]," Indiana DNR assistant ornithologist Amy Kearns said Monday. "And we know that a similar number is going to fly over Indiana tonight." ‘If you need to call the cops, I get it’: Noble County Fair Treasurer arrested for theft of over $360KAccording to BirdCast*, an inte
  
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• Warmth continues with rain/storm chances

  13-05-2025 00:52 via wane.com
  
  Our temps are falling from the 70s and into the 60s this evening. However, there's not much more of a chill coming tonight. Low temps will dip only to around 60° by daybreak.This evening's temps fall out of the 70s and into the 60s.Some scattered rain drifts in tonight from a system that sits down to the south of us.This system will continue to send in some additional showers and a few t-storms tomorrow.Some of the t-storms could contain briefly heavy rain but are expected to be 'garden vari
  
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