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• Allen County Equestrian Course dedicated to activist who died in plane crash

  16-05-2024 17:41 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - An equestrian course that officially opened Thursday in Allen County is dedicated to a local woman who advocated for animals until her death in 2023.A ceremony celebrated the official opening of the Allen County Equestrian Course, 5/16/24.
  A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the launch of the Allen County Equestrian Course at 5417 E. Paulding Road, right on the border with Fort Wayne and near the Allen County Sheriff's training facility.Members of the Three Rivers Ho
  
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• A look inside a new downtown Fort Wayne development

  01-06-2024 02:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Pearl is a $50 million, seven-story mixed-use development that is currently under construction at 248 West Main Street. On Friday, WANE 15 got an exclusive look inside the project.
  The Pearl includes 81 apartments with varying floor plans. Units can have 1-3 bedrooms and vary in square footage from 650 to 1350 sq. ft. Five units are live/workspaces featuring a living space on the second floor and an office space on the first floor."I am the most excited to see
  
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• Fort Wayne native is helping to blaze new trails for the disabled

  31-05-2024 23:23 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Nearly eight years after Kevan Chandler "back packed" across Europe, his non-profit "We Carry Kevan" is helping thousands of people with disabilities achieve their goals.Saturday, the organization is hosting its third annual 5k walk at Shoaff Park.
  The walk, which begins at 10 a.m., serves as the organization's biggest fundraiser of the year.Chandler says the walk is also designed to foster a greater sense of community."Some people run some people walk some p
  
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• Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation eyes 2025 for return of Headwaters Park splash pad

  31-05-2024 23:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- As the City of Fort Wayne turned on its nine splash pads for the 2024 season on Memorial Day weekend, one Summit City park still needs its splash pad fixed.The splash pad at Headwaters Park, which was originally designed to serve as a fountain, has been out of commission since 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic originally shut down the splash pad, and recently updated guidelines from health departments regarding splash pads prevented it from being used.On top of that, Fort Wa
  
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• Warmer with some weekend rain on the way

  31-05-2024 22:56 via wane.com
  
  A nice, warm evening is here with temps falling from the 70s and into the 60s. During the overnight, temperatures fall into the middle 50s under partly cloudy skies.Morning lows start in the 50s.We'll start the weekend with some sunshine on Saturday morning, but clouds are increasing with rain on the way. While we may see a raindrop or two earlier, most of the rain waits until late afternoon and evening. Look for rain to move in between 3 and 6 pm and, then, continue through the nighttime.
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• Late afternoon headlines Friday, May 31

  31-05-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Friday, May 31.
  
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• Car, bike ride fundraiser to raise money for domestic violence victims

  31-05-2024 21:44 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The family of Sarah Zent and her three children, stabbed and beaten to death on June 3, 2021, will never, ever get over their loss.“It’s no day’s easy. And I think it’s the pop ups of things that really get you. You think you’re having a good day and somebody says something and you see a flower or you see a wagon in our case, and it just breaks you down,” Jen More, the grandmother of one of the three children, said Friday.From l
  
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• Fort Wayne parents charged after years of alleged child abuse

  31-05-2024 21:29 via wane.com
  
  Warning: The following article details child abuse claims that might not be suitable for all readers.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department arrested and charged a couple after allegedly abusing their son for years. The abuse started in 2020, according to court documents.Chaw Su, 33, and Tin Hla, 37, are both being charged with a felony charge of domestic battery to a child less than 14. Su has been identified as the boy's stepmother and Hla as the boy's father in court docume
  
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• Fort Wayne couple charged after years of alleged child abuse

  31-05-2024 21:29 via wane.com
  
  Warning: The following article details child abuse claims that might not be suitable for all readers.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department arrested and charged a couple after allegedly abusing a child for years. The abuse started in 2020, according to court documents.Chaw Su, 33, and Tin Hla, 37, are both being charged with a felony charge of domestic battery to a child less than 14. Man ‘challenges and detains’ kids near Fort Wayne sports complexThe alleged abus
  
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• Indianapolis airport to increase parking rates

  31-05-2024 21:06 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Starting next month, individuals wanting to park at the Indianapolis International Airport will see an adjustment of rates for some of its lots.
  On June 1, parking rates will be shifted in the following ways:Valet parking will increase to $32 per day, compared to the current $27 per day rateDaily parking in the terminal garage will increase to $23 per day, compared to the current $20 per day rate.Officials said the daily parking rates for the economy and park and walk lots will n
  
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• Indy Eleven owner says stadium construction can begin 'next month'

  31-05-2024 21:05 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Facing a Monday night deadline of a competing soccer stadium site before the City-County Council, Indy Eleven owner Ersal Ozdemir said Thursday that his company could start building on its Kentucky Avenue site on the southwest side of downtown within weeks.”The fastest way to get MLS is our site because it's ready to build, we can actually start digging next month and be open in the fall of 2026,” the owner of the Keystone Group told Inside INdiana Business host
  
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• Indy mom avoids jail time after daughter dies from infected wound

  31-05-2024 20:09 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — A mother who kept her children in an unsanitary home full of bugs, rotten food and trash will avoid any jail time after accepting a plea deal in the neglect death of her 12-year-old autistic daughter.
  On March 2, 2023, Rosa "May May" Hargrave died after being taken to the hospital with an oozing wound on her back and abdomen. The 12-year-old child was reportedly nonverbal and autistic.
  The wound, according to DCS, stemmed from a skin graft done more than a year ago. It was s
  
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• Free meals! FWCS Summer Food Service Program kicks off Monday

  31-05-2024 18:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Fort Wayne Community Schools held a kick-off event Friday for its annual free summer meal program at the Allen County Public Library with a community celebration on the Library Plaza. The free event was open to the public and featured free food, giveaways, games, and children`s activities such as chalk art and face painting.The meal program begins Monday June 3 with breakfast, lunch, and snacks available at various Allen County Library branches, FWCS schools and at McMill
  
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• Afternoon headlines Friday, May 31

  31-05-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Friday, May 31.
  
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• PETA pushes for charges against Kosciusko County animal rescue

  31-05-2024 17:38 via wane.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO Co., Ind. (WSBT) - After years of complaints from residents about conditions at a Kosciusko County animal rescue, Isaiah 11 Ministry, PETA officials are urging police to take action. A PETA representative sent dozens of pages of records from a Fort Wayne animal shelter about the 13 remaining cats taken from Isaiah 11. It's unclear which Fort Wayne shelter was caring for the cats.The PETA representative explained the records show the true conditions that the animals were found in. Patie
  
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• Chain reaction crash injures 2 in DeKalb County

  31-05-2024 17:08 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB Co., Ind. (WANE) - A crash in DeKalb County involving three vehicles sent one person to the hospital and injured another. The crash happened just after 8 this morning.The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department responded to the 1900 block of State Road 8. That's just outside of Auburn.A truck was traveling east of SR 8 when it rear-ended an SUV that was stopped for construction traffic. That caused the SUV to rear-end a box truck in front of it, according to police.The driver of the truck suff
  
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• Following his conviction in hush money case, Trump is set to hold news conference

  31-05-2024 16:47 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will likely look to cast the conviction and his campaign in a new light.The former president is expected to hold a news conference at Trump Tower late Friday morning.Following his conviction on Thursday, Trump angrily denounced the trial as a “disgrace,” telling reporters he was an &
  
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• Donald Trump tries to turn his guilty verdict into campaign fuel

  31-05-2024 16:47 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump launched into attacks on the judge in his criminal trial and continued to undermine New York's criminal justice system Friday as he tried to repackage his conviction on 34 felony charges as fuel, not an impediment, to his latest White House bid.Trump spoke to reporters at his namesake tower in Manhattan on Friday, his return to campaigning a day after he was convicted of trying to illegally influence the 2016 election by falsifying business records to hide a hu
  
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• FWPD: Man dies after crash at intersection of US 24, Amber Road

  31-05-2024 15:29 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A man died Friday morning following a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. 24 and Amber Road, according to Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD).According to the FWPD, officers learned from witness accounts that the driver was heading west on U.S. 24 around 8:50 a.m. and hit construction barrels along the road before continuing west, leaving the roadway, flipping over multiple times and crashing into a pole.Power lines are down and traffic has stalled follo
  
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• FWPD: Man believed to be dead after crash at intersection of US 24, Amber Road

  31-05-2024 15:29 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A man is believed to be dead following a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. 24 and Amber Road Friday morning, according to Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD).According to the FWPD, officers learned from witness accounts that the driver was heading west on U.S. 24 and hit either a sign or a post before continuing west, leaving the roadway, flipping over and crashing into a pole.Power lines are down and traffic has stalled following a crash at U.S. 24 an
  
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• Crash downs power lines, stalls traffic at intersection of US 24, Amber Road

  31-05-2024 15:29 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A crash at the intersection of U.S. 24 and Amber Road has knocked down power lines and stalled traffic in the area Friday morning.A photo of the scene provided to WANE 15 shows a vehicle flipped on its top and large rocks scattered across the road.Construction markers can also be seen at the intersection.Fort Wayne dispatchers confirmed traffic heading west on U.S. 24 is being diverted onto Homestead Road, and drivers should avoid the area and find an alternate route
  
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• Morning headlines Friday, May 31

  31-05-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Friday, May 31.
  
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• Amazon gets FAA approval allowing it to expand drone deliveries for online orders

  31-05-2024 12:58 via wane.com
  
  Federal regulators are giving Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program.
  The company said Thursday the Federal Aviation Administration is allowing Amazon's Prime Air delivery service to operate drones “beyond visual line of sight." The approval removes a barrier that has prevented Amazon’s drones from traveling longer distances.
  An FAA spokesperson says the approval applies to College Station, Texas, where the company launched drone deliveries in l
  
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• Warmer temps with some weekend rain on the way

  31-05-2024 09:33 via wane.com
  
  More sunshine and warmer temperatures this afternoon unfortunately this mild pattern won't last through the weekend.
  It will be warmer today with high temperatures in the upper 70sIt will be a mild morning with sun and temperatures in the lower 70s by noon.We'll continue to see sunshine and even warmer temperatures this afternoon with a high in the upper 70s.Tonight won't be as cool with temperatures falling into the middle 50s under partly cloudy skies.We'll start the weekend with sunshine on S
  
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• Food Truck Thursdays at Ted's Beerhall returns for its 9th year

  31-05-2024 04:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Ted's Beerhall rings in its ninth year of food truck fun on Thursday."Food Truck Thursday's" event featured live music by the band Gray Matter on the outdoor stage, a Beerhall available to all ages, and a Beercade for those 21+.
  "We love to see everyone coming out and having a good time. I mean that is why we opened Ted's in the first place was to be a place that the community could rally behind and enjoy and just have a good time," said Brian Hench, owner of Ted'
  
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• Friday's warmer with more sunshine

  31-05-2024 03:55 via wane.com
  
  Evening temps are falling out of the 70s and through the 60s. Winds are light all night long.With our clear sky and light wind, temps will be tumbling all the way down to the upper 40s by morning. A light jacket will do you good when you walk out the door in the morning.Morning lows start off near the 50° mark.By the afternoon, no jackets will be needed. Highs will be rising all the way to the upper 70s. Our sky goes from mostly sunny in the morning to partly cloudy over the course of the da
  
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• Bruhat Soma carries a winning streak into the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals

  31-05-2024 03:14 via wane.com
  
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Bruhat Soma is undefeated in his last three spelling bees.The 12-year-old won the Words of Wisdom bee hosted by Scott Remer, a former speller, coach and study guide author. He won the SpellPundit bee organized by that study guide company. And he won the first-ever online bee emceed by Dev Shah, last year's Scripps National Spelling Bee champion.“He's competitive,” said Bruhat's coach, 16-year-old former speller Sam Evans. “I mean, he likes winni
  
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• Judge sets sentencing date for former President Donald Trump

  31-05-2024 00:18 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (WPIX) --- A judge has set former president Donald Trump's sentencing for July 11, just days before Republicans are set to select him as the 2024 nominee.A jury has found Trump guilty on all 34 counts in his historic hush money trial in New York City, making him the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony criminal charges.The 12 jurors deliberated for 9.5 hours before reaching the guilty verdict Thursday afternoon.
  Trump was accused of falsifying busine
  
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• 'Tough decisions that we would have to make': With new jail stalled, population of current jail rises

  30-05-2024 23:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) ---Thursday, jail numbers were nearly 100 higher than a year ago - pushing conditions at the Allen County Jail to the level they were when a federal judge sided with a county inmate and the Indiana ACLU and demanded changes for inhumane conditions caused by inmate overcrowding and understaffing.
  With construction on the new jail stalled because of a pending lawsuit from the Residents Against the Allen County Jail, a jail estimated to cost between $350 million and house mo
  
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• Warming up tomorrow, more sunshine

  30-05-2024 23:46 via wane.com
  
  Thursday evening remains sunny and dry, thanks to high pressure, which is the main influence on our weather pattern right now. Evening temps will be in the 70s, then the 60s. Winds are light all night long.With our clear sky and light wind, temps will be tumbling all the way down to the upper 40s by morning. A light jacket will do you good when you walk out the door in the morning.By the afternoon, no jackets will be needed. Highs will be rising all the way to the upper 70s. Our sky goes from mo
  
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