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• Man sentenced to 80 years in New Haven woman's killing

  10-11-2025 23:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - When first questioned by detectives in late January, 38-year-old Jonathon Mattix claimed in court documents that yes, he had followed a homeless woman he knew into her tent in New Haven.But when he left, he said, she "was happy as happy can be."Upon further questioning, though, Mattix buckled. He admitted he had an altercation with 54-year-old Dawn Vera Kovach. Then he admitted to detectives in court documents that yes, he had a firearm, and yes, he fired it multiple ti
  
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• Bluffton Police officer charged with domestic battery accused of strangulation, pointing a firearm

  10-11-2025 23:17 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) - A Bluffton Police officer is facing Level 6 felony counts of strangulation and pointing a firearm as well as a misdemeanor count of domestic battery stemming from an incident that happened at a Bluffton home last week.
  Indiana State Police arrested Clifford Thomas, 49, on Monday without incident.
  Thomas is accused of battering someone Nov. 6 while off duty, according to a release from the Indiana State Police. Booked into Wells County Jail, Thomas was listed as being an i
  
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• Tracking more lake-effect snow this evening

  10-11-2025 22:15 via wane.com
  
  Unseasonably cold air continues to be parked over northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. It looks and feels more like winter as you're heading out and about.We enjoyed some sunshine today, but clouds are increasing as lake-effect snow returns this evening. Most of us will pick up an additional 1-2 inches of snow under a lake-effect snow band, but some western areas could see as much as 2-5 inches. Make sure you slow down and take it slow if you get caught in lake-effect snow, as visibilities can
  
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• 'Touched our hearts': $60K home makeover to help woman fulfill father's wish

  10-11-2025 21:44 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Like most people who sign up for any free giveaway -- particularly one where a large prize or amount of money is involved -- Angela Mason thought she had no shot."Why not? Just sign up [for] a throw in the dark," Angela said. "I couldn't believe it because like I said, stuff like that doesn't happen to us. We don't just get chosen."Instead, she will now be receiving a $60,000 home makeover from Key Exteriors that will help a single mother caring for her son repair he
  
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• Braun: Partial SNAP benefits to be issued to eligible Indiana residents

  10-11-2025 20:09 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Officials with the office of Indiana Gov. Mike Braun announced that partial benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will soon be issued to eligible Indiana residents.
  According to a news release from Braun's office, officials said that SNAP benefits will begin processing on Monday and are expected to be available on qualifying EBT cards starting Tuesday.
  The U.S. Senate voted on Sunday evening to advance a proposal that could reopen the federal government afte
  
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• Traffic stop by Fort Wayne police leads to discovery of over 65 pounds of cocaine stashed under dog cage

  10-11-2025 19:28 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A traffic stop led police to the discovery of a large amount of cocaine last week that had been hidden underneath a dog cage in the back of a pickup truck.According to a press release from the Fort Wayne Police Department, uniformed detectives with the narcotics division pulled over a Chevy Silverado with Florida plates for speeding on Thursday, November 6. A K-9 team called to the scene detected the possible presence of illegal drugs.
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• Knox College to offer free tuition to qualifying Illinois students

  10-11-2025 19:06 via wane.com
  
  Knox College wants to make college more affordable for Illinois students through its Prairie Promise program.The college is enhancing its comprehensive aid program starting with the incoming fall 2026 class. Qualifying incoming students from Illinois can earn a Knox degree 100% tuition-free. The funding comes from grants and scholarships that do not need to be repaid. The program is for Illinois families whose income is less than $100,000, and students will have to submit their Free Application
  
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• Police get word of possible street racing, employ helicopter to give tickets and make arrests in Fort Wayne

  10-11-2025 18:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Indiana State Police troopers and officers with several other police departments collaborated this past Friday after hearing rumors of a large car "rally" and plans for street racing in Fort Wayne.
  A news release issued Monday by Indiana State Police does not give specific locations where the street racing was planned to take place, but it did indicate that the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Sheriff's Department, and the New Haven Police Department all par
  
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• US flight cancellations expected to drag on even after the government shutdown ends

  10-11-2025 17:43 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The flight cancellations at airports across the U.S. are expected to persist even after the government shutdown ends.The Federal Aviation Administration has reduced flights as some air traffic controllers — unpaid for weeks — have stopped showing up for work.The Senate took a first step toward ending the shutdown Sunday, but final passage could still be several days away. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made clear last week that flight cuts will remain in pl
  
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• Union demands action after nurse allegedly strangled by patient at Ohio hospital

  10-11-2025 17:13 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio's top nursing union is demanding action after a nurse was allegedly strangled by a patient at the Ohio State University Hospital.Rick Lucas, president of the Ohio Nurses Association and former president of the OSU nursing union, wrote leadership at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center after a postpartum nurse was injured on the job and allegedly did not receive support from management or administration.
  Marti Leitch, chief spokesperson for Wexner Medical Center, sai
  
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• Two-vehicle crash in DeKalb County blamed on icy conditions

  10-11-2025 17:03 via wane.com
  
  DEKLAB COUNTY, IND (WANE) A two-vehicle crash early Monday morning sent one driver to the hospital with injuries, according to the Dekalb County Sheriff's office.The accident occurred at approximately 6:32 a.m at the intersection of County Road 68 and County Road 427. Officials reported that icy road conditions played a role in the crash.According to authorities, one vehicle was traveling north on CR 427 and attempted to turn right onto CR 68. The car began to slide on the icy surface and collid
  
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• Here's how flight cancelations could affect gas prices ahead of Thanksgiving according to GasBuddy

  10-11-2025 16:40 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) The nation’s average price of gasoline has risen 4.8 cents over the last week and stands at $3.03 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 4.0 cents from a month ago but is 0.8 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 6.5 cents in the last week and stands at $3.728 per gallon.“T
  
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• Fantasy football week 10 recap: Big starts from '1st and 15' ahead of Packers-Eagles matchup

  10-11-2025 16:13 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The 1st and 15 crew hit on their Week 10 fantasy football calls, with both Marcus Mariota and Darius Slayton outperforming expectations, and attention now turns to Monday night, where there's another start of the week, Jordan Love.Ethan Dahlen’s start of Marcus Mariota paid off as the veteran quarterback threw for 213 yards and two touchdowns on 16-of-22 passing, finishing with 18.72 fantasy points, beating his ESPN projection of 16.3. Dahlen liked Mariota&r
  
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• US officials in Israel to press truce forward as first phase of Israel-Hamas ceasefire winds down

  10-11-2025 14:46 via wane.com
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Monday returned the remains of 15 Palestinians to Gaza in the latest step forward for a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as a senior White House envoy met with Israeli leaders to discuss the next stages of the fragile agreement.Israel returned the bodies after Palestinian militants released the remains of a hostage Sunday. With the latest exchange, only four bodies of hostages remained in Gaza.As the first stage of the agreement nears its end, U
  
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• NTSB issues final report on plane crash that killed Angola couple nearly two years ago

  10-11-2025 13:46 via wane.com
  
  LUDINGTON, Mich. (WANE) On the morning of November 23, 2023, a single engine plane was rolled out of an unheated hangar while snow was falling at the Mason County Airport in Ludington Michigan.
  Randy Strebig and Allison WheatonThe pilot, Randy Strebig, his wife Allison Wheaton, and their two dogs were headed back to Tri-State Steuben County Airport in Angola. A short time later, all four were dead when the plane, a Socata TBM 700 crashed shortly after takeoff about a quarter mile from the airpor
  
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• Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says

  10-11-2025 12:47 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says.Ed Martin, the government's pardon attorney, posted on social media a signed proclamation of the “full, complete, and unconditional" pardon, which also names conservative attorneys Sidney Powell and Joh
  
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• Airport pain worsens as government shutdown drags on

  10-11-2025 12:26 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The pain Americans are facing at airports across the country is expected to get worse this week if Congress is unable to reach a deal to reopen the federal government.U.S. airlines canceled more than 1,500 flights Saturday and more than 2,900 Sunday to comply with an FAA order to reduce traffic as some air traffic controllers, who have gone unpaid for nearly a month, have stopped showing up for work.As of early Monday, airlines had already canceled nearly 1,600 fl
  
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• Climbing for Community: Veteran is Positively Fort Wayne

  10-11-2025 12:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne veteran is still serving, just in a different way. Edwin Chow is using his businesses and the community to lift others up. It's what makes him Positively Fort Wayne."California is beautiful—it's so great—but really, Fort Wayne is a place where you feel known here, and people gather together to make a big difference in this community. That's why I fell in love with it," said Edwin Chow.After serving in the military, Chow explains that same teamwo
  
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• Arctic air delivers frigid cold with more snow coming

  10-11-2025 10:01 via wane.com
  
  A blast of frigid Arctic air is diving into the region today, giving us a true taste of December before we even get there. Temperatures will struggle to climb above freezing, and another round of accumulating snow is on the way tonight. If you’re looking for more seasonable November weather, you’ll have to wait until the middle of the week.We’ll start the day with sunshine, but it won’t do much to warm us up. Temperatures will hover in the 20s through midday before clouds
  
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• Huntington Univ. students support performing arts ahead of program suspension

  10-11-2025 06:20 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) — Students are standing by the arts and their performance peers after Huntington University announced its plans to suspend the program."A lot of us are pushing to have our voices heard by the administration to say, 'Hey, we love Huntington just as much as you guys love Huntington, and that's why it needs this department,'" Junior Scotty Frank said.On Friday, the university announced it will no longer be accepting applications for its performing arts program, st
  
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• Huntington Univ. students support performing arts after enrollment suspension

  10-11-2025 06:20 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) — Students are standing by the arts and their performance peers after Huntington University announced its plans to suspend the program."A lot of us are pushing to have our voices heard by the administration to say, 'Hey, we love Huntington just as much as you guys love Huntington, and that's why it needs this department,'" Junior Scotty Frank said.On Friday, the university announced it will no longer be accepting applications for its performing arts program, st
  
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• Cold with rounds of lake-effect snow

  10-11-2025 04:30 via wane.com
  
  Snow lovers rejoice! Our first taste of winter is here, as a cold airmass has arrived from Canada. We saw some snow early Sunday morning and now lake-effect snow has settled in across the area, thanks to cold winds blowing over the warm waters of Lake Michigan. Make sure you take it easy as you're heading out and about.Overnight snow showers will be tapering off by around daybreak Monday. However, with temperatures in the 20s, roadways will be slick. Give yourself extra time to get to work or sc
  
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• Police searching for missing teen girl

  10-11-2025 03:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department is looking for a missing 15-year-old girl.A public safety alert was issued at around 9 p.m. Sunday for 15-year-old Sajiyah Haney-Warren. She was last seen in the area of Broadway and Taylor Street earlier Sunday morning.
  She is described as 5'4", 120 lbs, having very short purple hair, and wearing a black hoodie, black shirt, and black and yellow Jordans.
  FWPD requests that if anyone has seen her, to call 260-427-1222.
  
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• Live updates: Senate has enough Democratic votes to end government shutdown; Trump attends Commanders game

  10-11-2025 02:51 via wane.com
  
  The Senate now has enough Democratic votes to reopen the government after a 40-day shutdown, after a rare Saturday session yielded little progress despite mounting pressures.A group of centrist Democrats led by Sens. Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with Democrats, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.). and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), negotiated the deal to reopen the government Sunday night with Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee led by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).King said it
  
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• Donald Trump booed as the 1st sitting US president at a regular-season NFL game since Carter in 1978

  10-11-2025 02:44 via wane.com
  
  LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Donald Trump became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game, attending the Washington Commanders' contest against the Detroit Lions on Sunday.There were loud boos from some spectators in the stands when Trump was shown on the videoboard late in the first half — standing in a suite with House Speaker Mike Johnson — and again when the president was introduced by the stadium announcer at halftime.The jee
  
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• Senate takes first step toward ending the government shutdown

  10-11-2025 01:54 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight.In a test vote that is the first in a series of required procedural maneuvers, the Senate voted 60-40 to move toward passing compromise legislation to fund the government and hold a later vote on extending Afforda
  
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• Senate nears potential shutdown deal but there's no guarantee of success

  10-11-2025 01:54 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of moderate Democrats has a tentative deal to reopen the government if Republicans promise to hold a vote on expiring health care subsidies by December, a potential breakthrough as lawmakers seek to end the shutdown.The group of three former governors — New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine — has a deal to pass three annual spending bills and extend the rest of government fundi
  
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• Senate is poised to take the first steps to end 40-day shutdown

  10-11-2025 01:54 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is voting on the first steps to end the 40-day government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who wanted to continue the fight.The group of three former governors — New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine — said they would vote to reopen if the Senate p
  
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