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• ‘Forever families’: Allen County celebrates 16th Adoption Day

  20-11-2025 23:51 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — Dozens of Allen County children will head into the holidays with a new reason to be thankful. Thursday marked the 16th annual Adoption Day in Allen County, where 33 families finalized adoptions for 48 children at the Allen County Courthouse. The county was the first in Indiana to recognize the [...]
  
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• Funeral homes in Randolph County under investigation after money for prepaid funeral arrangements reported missing

  20-11-2025 23:27 via wane.com
  
  According to RCSD, authorities received reports from residents who said they paid "large amounts of money" to Wilson-Shook Funeral Homes for prepaid funeral arrangements that were not placed into the required Funeral Plan Trust accounts.
  
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• Man arrested for breaking into home and sexually assaulting young girl

  20-11-2025 22:48 via wane.com
  
  In the court documents, the girl recounted that she was in the upstairs bathroom when she heard a window loudly slam shut from the bottom level. She armed herself with a metal bunk bed support bar and attempted to call her mother while she made her way downstairs.
  
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• Man accused of breaking into home, sexually assaulting young girl

  20-11-2025 22:48 via wane.com
  
  In the court documents, the girl recounted that she was in the upstairs bathroom when she heard a window loudly slam shut from the bottom level. She armed herself with a metal bunk bed support bar and attempted to call her mother while she made her way downstairs.
  
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• POLICE: Bystander shoots at car fleeing police through shopping center

  20-11-2025 22:32 via wane.com
  
  A police pursuit through a busy north-side shopping center took an unexpected turn when a bystander — uninvolved in the chase — allegedly stepped outside a pet store, put his family into their truck, and opened fire at the fleeing suspect’s vehicle, according to newly filed court documents.
  
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• TSA conducting review after passenger gets meat cleaver through security

  20-11-2025 22:30 via wane.com
  
  It was a shocking moment last week at Portland International Airport when a person passed through security with a meat cleaver in their carry-on bag.
  
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• Gloomy pattern persists to end the workweek

  20-11-2025 22:15 via wane.com
  
  Gray skies overhead has been the story for the past few days after we started the week off with so much sunshine. We'll have one more day ahead with low clouds and even some rain showers before the forecast looks brighter this weekend... Overcast skies and some areas of fog/drizzle are expected this evening into [...]
  
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• 2 drivers killed in head-on crash in Kosciusko County

  20-11-2025 22:14 via wane.com
  
  The drivers were 19 and 68 years old.
  
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• Respect and remembrance for Cheney from Bush, Biden and past vice presidents as Trump is excluded

  20-11-2025 21:14 via wane.com
  
  Bush and others noted the understated demeanor of a man who nevertheless wielded great influence in government. “Above all,” Bush said, “I wanted someone with the ability to step into the presidency without getting distracted by the ambition to seek it.”
  
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• Fort Wayne Zoo welcomes another harbor seal

  20-11-2025 20:39 via wane.com
  
  Bubba is the second harbor seal in the habitat alongside Ronan.
  
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• $2K tariff rebates: Trump outlines when proposed checks could be sent out

  20-11-2025 20:28 via wane.com
  
  Trump previously said “a dividend of at least $2,000 a person” funded by U.S. tariff revenue would be sent out.
  
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• New images show fiery moments before deadly UPS plane crash

  20-11-2025 20:13 via wane.com
  
  Fourteen people were killed in the fiery plane crash earlier this month.
  
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• Former GOP staffer charged with fabricating anti-MAGA assault

  20-11-2025 18:56 via wane.com
  
  A former congressional staffer is accused of staging a fake and self-targeted political attack involving mutilation and derogatory writing on her body.
  
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• 'I will blow your dog away,' officer tells man before shooting

  20-11-2025 18:00 via wane.com
  
  The officer uses his radio to tell dispatchers, "We have a suspect with a dog. The dog is not responding to our commands … neither is he."
  
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• ISP: Indiana General Assembly members are being targeted in swatting incidents

  20-11-2025 17:50 via wane.com
  
  Dispatch reportedly told Deery that "there would be a threat of violence to any officers who responded."
  
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• Coroner identifies pedestrian killed while crossing Coliseum Boulevard

  20-11-2025 17:17 via wane.com
  
  The woman was a 44-year-old from Fort Wayne.
  
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• Tesla Robotaxi safety driver appears to fall asleep during San Francisco ride

  20-11-2025 16:54 via wane.com
  
  According to a viral Reddit post this week, a Robotaxi passenger recorded a video during their ride as the person behind the wheel seemingly sleeping.
  
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• Indiana state senator says he was a victim of a 'swatting' incident

  20-11-2025 15:01 via wane.com
  
  (WXIN/WTTV) — An Indiana state senator stated on Wednesday that he and his family were the victims of a "swatting" incident. "Swatting" is when a false report is made to the police with the intent to bring a large number of police officers to an address. On Sunday, Sen. Greg Goode (R-Terre Haute) was also [...]
  
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• Watch Now: Funeral service to honor former Vice President Dick Cheney

  20-11-2025 14:07 via wane.com
  
  Former Presidents Joe Biden and George W. Bush are expected to attend. President Donald Trump was not invited.
  
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• Funeral service to honor former Vice President Dick Cheney

  20-11-2025 14:07 via wane.com
  
  Former Presidents Joe Biden and George W. Bush are expected to attend. President Donald Trump was not invited.
  
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• Funeral service honors former Vice President Dick Cheney

  20-11-2025 14:07 via wane.com
  
  Former Presidents Joe Biden and George W. Bush are expected to attend. President Donald Trump was not invited.
  
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• Inmates back at DeKalb County Jail after electrical fire, power outage

  20-11-2025 14:01 via wane.com
  
  Auburn police provided extra security as the inmates filed back into the jail.
  
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• Electrical fire, power outage leads to transfer of all DeKalb County Jail inmates

  20-11-2025 14:01 via wane.com
  
  Power will be out for an undetermined amount of time.
  
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• Clouds stick around with rain moving in Friday

  20-11-2025 13:05 via wane.com
  
  Even though sunshine is going to be in short supply today and tomorrow, we will enjoy a bit of a warm-up. Highs head into the 50s, so it will not feel quite as chilly out there. We do hit a little speed bump on Saturday as temperatures dip back into the 40s, but then we [...]
  
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• Fog and drizzle this morning; warmer this afternoon

  20-11-2025 10:00 via wane.com
  
  Even though sunshine is going to be in short supply today and tomorrow, we will enjoy a bit of a warm-up. Highs head into the 50s, so it will not feel quite as chilly out there. We do hit a little speed bump on Saturday as temperatures dip back into the 40s, but then we [...]
  
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• Do good by watching 'Wicked: For Good' at the Fort Wayne Cinema Center

  20-11-2025 10:00 via wane.com
  
  "Wicked: For Good" will run at the Fort Wayne Cinema Center through December 7.
  
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• Huntington University volleyball makes first national tournament appearance since 1993

  20-11-2025 05:20 via wane.com
  
  After 32 years, the Huntington University Volleyball team is making its second NAIA national tournament appearance in program history.
  
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• FWPD investigating fatal crash in northeast neighborhood

  20-11-2025 04:43 via wane.com
  
  A short police chase ended when the driver of a pickup truck crashed into a home in northeast Fort Wayne.
  
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• Crash in northeast neighborhood under investigation

  20-11-2025 04:43 via wane.com
  
  The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a crash that occurred in a northeast neighborhood.
  
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• Trump signs Epstein bill into law, releasing files from DOJ

  20-11-2025 03:17 via wane.com
  
  President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, officially directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all unclassified records and documents connected to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 
  
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• USDA: Lowest egg prices of 2025 hitting the shelves as bird flu cases rise

  20-11-2025 01:28 via wane.com
  
  Another reason for lower egg prices could be due to a mid-year lull in bird flu cases.
  
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• Heffelfinger announced as Garrett's new police chief

  20-11-2025 01:09 via wane.com
  
  Heffelfinger began his career in 1978 as a Reserve Deputy for the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, but later became a patrolman for the Butler Police Department, hoping to eventually work for the Indiana State Police.
  
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• Box truck stuck under bridge blocks traffic on Lindenwood Avenue

  20-11-2025 00:17 via wane.com
  
  A box truck is stuck in the underpass on Lindenwood Avenue near the Jefferson Boulevard intersection.
  
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