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• Blackhawk Christian grad wins trip to Vietnam on The Price is Right

  22-04-2024 02:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Billie Hosier is a Blackhawk Christian graduate who is now a team manager for the basketball team at Grace College, but for one day she got to be a contestant on The Price is Right.WANE 15 viewers had the chance to see Billie appear on the show Monday at 11 a.m.While she did not make it to the showcase, Billie played Double Prices and won a week-long trip to Vietnam.She told WANE 15 she and her dad have always watched The Price Is Right together since she was young.The
  
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• Above average weekend coming our way

  03-05-2024 22:18 via wane.com
  
  The majority of our rainfall for the day fell during the early morning hours. However, there is still a chance of some scattered rain and a few t-storms this evening. Conditions are pleasant with temps falling out of the 70s and through the 60s. Early morning temps will dip into the upper 50s.Evening temps start in the 70s and drop into the 60s. We'll be as low as the upper 50s in the early morning.Due to the scattered nature of much of the rain over the next couple of days, rainfall totals will
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Friday, May 3

  03-05-2024 21:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Friday, May 3.
  
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• Garage sales take over Allen County neighborhoods

  03-05-2024 21:53 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Each spring, homeowners attempting to clear the clutter in their garages and attics set up garage sales for those looking for a variety of discounted items.Many communities and neighborhood associations across Fort Wayne started their annual garage sale season Thursday, kicking off a multiple days of garage sales that typically end Saturday.For many, including Jeri Forrest, having a garage sale allows her to kill two birds with one stone."I've been doing garage sales
  
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• Man identified and arrested in TJ Maxx attempted kidnapping

  03-05-2024 21:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A man has been arrested and preliminarily charged after attempting to kidnap a 13-year-old girl in TJ Maxx Monday night.
  In a press release from Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD), Friday, 19-year-old Caleb Rush was arrested and preliminary with Criminal Confinement, a Level 5 Felony and Battery to Minor under 14, a Level 6 Felony.
  Rush was initially wanted for walking up behind a 13-year-old and putting his arms around her while she was shopping at TJ Maxx — at
  
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• A Hit for Cash: Man faces up to 85 years in 2021 McClellan Street killing

  03-05-2024 21:05 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Friday, an Allen Superior Court jury found a South Bend man guilty of murder in the shooting death of Tremaine Barnett in November 2021.Robert Dashun James, 36, now faces up to 85 years in prison when he's sentenced.
  The jury was sent to deliberate around noon Friday after closing arguments were delivered by Chief Counsel Tesa Helge and Deputy Prosecutor Tasha Lee for the state and Robert Scremin for the defense.Both presented plausible arguments for the interaction be
  
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• Court appearance for country star Morgan Wallen in chair-throwing case postponed until August

  03-05-2024 20:57 via wane.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An initial hearing for country music star Morgan Wallen was postponed Friday until August in a case in which he's accused of throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-story bar and nearly hitting two police officers.Wallen's attorney, Worrick Robinson, told reporters that the case is “very complicated” and promised that the singer, who had waived his right to be there Friday, would be at the postponed hearing on Aug. 15.“I think everybod
  
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• 'You murdered my child': Mother faces son's killer, who gets 45 years for 2022 shooting

  03-05-2024 19:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- When 23-year-old Jaiyvian Hamilton knocked on a friend's Villages of Hanna apartment door just before 1 p.m. on Aug, 8, 2022, he appeared completely normal, the friend would later tell police in court documents.
  Hamilton, though, did not see what his friend saw upon opening the door - a masked man standing behind him in the hallway.And Hamilton never saw that man raise a gun and shoot two bullets into his back at close range, court documents said.
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• An AI-powered fighter jet took the Air Force's leader for a historic ride. What that means for war

  03-05-2024 19:48 via wane.com
  
  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.AI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, a
  
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• Fort Wayne International Airport begins parking lot construction

  03-05-2024 19:45 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows WANE 15's previous coverage of the groundbreaking of Project Gateway.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne International Airport has begun construction to expand its parking lot by combining the Economy and Long Terms lots.The parking lot expansion is a part of FWA's solution to maximize the available space while also using all available parking areas. With the construction, FWA will be adding a drive lane and sidewalk alongside additional handicapped parking spaces.
  The projec
  
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• Downtown Fort Wayne offering prizes to embrace spring

  03-05-2024 19:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Downtown Fort Wayne is offering incentives to get you downtown and celebrate the season. The annual Fort Wayne in Bloom window decorating contest is already underway.Voting is live for the 4th annual Fort Wayne in Bloom spring window decorating contest. The People's Choice winner will be chosen by online votes. Each voter will be entered to win a Downtown Fort Wayne Community Gift Card. Drinking alcohol outside begins soon in downtown Fort WayneWhile checking out the wi
  
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• Afternoon headlines Friday, May 3

  03-05-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Friday, May 3.
  
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• ACLU sues Indiana University in wake of protestor bans and arrests

  03-05-2024 17:20 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The ACLU of Indiana has filed a lawsuit against Indiana University on behalf of three protesters who were banned from campus for taking part in a pro-Palestinian protest in Dunn Meadow — a stretch of campus that has served as an assembly area for student protests since 1969.Pro-Palestinian protestors have stretched into the second week at Indiana University with students and faculty calling on the university to divest its investments in Israel. These protests join
  
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• Mainly dry afternoon with a little sunshine possible

  03-05-2024 17:16 via wane.com
  
  After a morning filled with scattered showers and thunderstorms, our rain chances continue to dwindle as the afternoon carries onThe majority of our rainfall for the day fell during the early morning hours. However, there may be a scattered shower or two that pops up as the system continues to head east out of northeast Indiana and northwestern Ohio. This will lead us to a mainly dry afternoon, but you may want to keep the umbrella on hand. Highs will be in the mid-70s in Fort Wayne.A warm day i
  
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• RibFest announces 2024 entertainment lineup

  03-05-2024 17:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Summer is almost here and that means it's also festival season. One of the more popular ones in Fort Wayne is RibFest, which is celebrating its 27th year.Friday organizers announced the entertainment lineup for the festival which takes place June 13 to 16 at Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne.
  Headlining Thursday night is Jump, America’s Van Halen experience.Friday night is the Tyron Benoit (ben-wah) Band bringing his swampy Zydeco New Orleans funk to the Blackb
  
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• Fort Wayne city employee finds puppy abandoned in portable toilet

  03-05-2024 15:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control is nursing a puppy back to health after he was found abandoned in a portable toilet. A City of Fort Wayne Right-of-Way employee found the puppy sometime last week, according to Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control.The 8-week-old puppy was "malnourished with his rib cage and spine showing, had urine-stained paws and overgrown nails, and was quite scared," according to FWAC&C. The medical team at the shelter is mainly concerned about g
  
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• Rue21 to close all stores nationwide after filing for bankruptcy

  03-05-2024 14:52 via wane.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP/WANE) — Rue21, the teen apparel company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday.
  According to the filing, the company, headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, plans to close all stores while conducting large-scale "going out of business" sales. All 543 U.S. stores are expected to be closed within the next two months, according to court documents.
  Along with the closure of all its brick-and-mortar stores, Rue21 plans to liquidate all its intellectual properties and intang
  
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• Morning headlines Friday, May 3

  03-05-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Friday, May 3.
  
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• A murderous romance or a frame job? Things to know about Boston's Karen Read murder trial

  03-05-2024 12:58 via wane.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The trial in Massachusetts of a woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend has started with a focus on the crime scene.
  Karen Read has been charged with second-degree murder and other charges in the 2022 death of Officer John O’Keefe. Testimony this week from several first responders has described interactions with Read, in which they say she made statements suggesting she was responsible for O’Keefe’s death. He was found unresponsive
  
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• Why isn't the game on? Comcast blacks out 15 regional sports networks in dispute

  03-05-2024 12:41 via wane.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Comcast has blacked out 15 regional sports networks offered by Bally Sports, escalating a contract dispute with their distributor.The cutoff affects games played by a dozen Major League Baseball teams based in nine states. Diamond Sports Group, which distributes the networks under the Bally name, called the blackout “disappointing” and blamed Comcast for refusing to “engage in substantive discussions.”Comcast, meanwhile, said Diamond has decline
  
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• Soggy start with scattered showers and thunderstorms

  03-05-2024 09:18 via wane.com
  
  Temperatures are dipping down into the lower 60s this morning as scattered showers and thunderstorms continue to roll through northeast Indiana and northwestern Ohio.Our best chance for showers and thunderstorms exists early this morning with most of the rain scattering out by the afternoon hours. This will lead us to a mainly dry afternoon, but you may want to keep the umbrella on hand. Highs will be in the mid-70s in Fort Wayne.Our best rain chances exist early this morningRain and storms beco
  
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• The economic impact Vera Bradley has on Fort Wayne

  03-05-2024 05:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For 38 years now, Vera Bradley has been bringing the goods with their annual outlet sale so customers can enjoy massive sales and shop till they drop.But they have been bringing much more than years of tradition and colorful travel bags.With thousands coming in each year to get a chance to snag some massive deals, Visit Fort Wayne has declared the outlet sale as one of Fort Wayne's highest-grossing events by far."They're eating at restaurants, they're buying gas a
  
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• Pastor could face jail time for housing homeless, Bryan Ohio cites fire code

  03-05-2024 04:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — "Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless,"It's part of a passage from the Bible that pastor Chris Avell is trying to live out.
  "This is God's home for the broken, for the hurting for the lost, for the desperate. This is their home," Avell said. "We believe that God has called us to love the least of these. We believe that this is the core mission of the church, to make disciples, to lay down our lives for those who are broken, hurting and
  
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• More scattered rain/storms for Friday

  03-05-2024 04:43 via wane.com
  
  Lows will only be in the low 60s during the early morning. Periods of scattered rain and a few t-storms remain possible during this time.
  Morning temperatures start off in the low 60s.The rain/storm chance continues through the day Friday. Highs will be in the mid-70s in Fort Wayne. The best rain chances come in the morning with any afternoon rain being more scattered, resulting in plenty of rain-free times during the afternoon and evening.
  Friday afternoon highs reach the mid-70s. When scattere
  
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• Erin's House hosts fundraiser ahead of groundbreaking for new facility

  03-05-2024 04:03 via wane.com
  
  Video above shows previous WANE 15 coverage, Honoring Erin by healing heartsFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Erin's House for Grieving Children hosted its annual Common Bond fundraiser event Thursday at the Grand Wayne Center to raise funds for its mission to help grieving youth and their families.Erin's House provides peer support to children, teens, and families experiencing death, giving them tools to communicate and manage their grief free of cost according to their website. The non-profit serves
  
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• USF student discovers cancer while pursuing degree

  03-05-2024 00:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Being a working mother, while going to school, and then finding out you have cancer, that's a lot for anyone. Despite being diagnosed with cancer 29-year-old Marissa Murphy didn't let her plans of graduating from college stand in her way.In January 2023, Murphy was starting a new semester at the University of Sant Francis (USF) for in the sonography program. A classmate was performing a scan on Murphy, when they noticed something was off.
  "She put the probe down and she
  
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• Endangered 10-year-old found safe after Public Safety Alert

  02-05-2024 23:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) has found a missing 10-year-old after issuing a public safety alert Thursday.
  Public Safety Alert issued by the Fort Wayne Police Department.
  In the public safety message, issued Thursday, the FWPD was attempting to locate a missing and possibly endangered 10-year-old by the name of Evan Kinyon.
  Kinyon is described as a white boy, with brown hair and green eyes. He is believed to be 4' 9" and 120 pounds. He was last seen in the 1
  
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• 'He didn't deserve this:' Victim's sister speaks out at McClellan Street 2021 homicide trial

  02-05-2024 23:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)---Thursday, the man on trial for murder in the 2021 shooting death of Tremaine Barnett took the stand himself.Under questioning by his defense attorney, Robert Scremin, 36-year-old Robert Dashon James told jurors he witnessed a man called Flex stand outside Barnett’s red Jeep with his arm out, holding a gun.James said after the shooting, which happened Nov. 5, 2021 in the 5200-5300 block of McClellan Street, Flex ran away on foot. James said during testimony he
  
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• I-69 southbound lanes clear near Lima Road exit after crash

  02-05-2024 23:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Traffic has returned to normal after a two-vehicle crash slowed southbound traffic on I-69 Thursday evening.Dispatch told WANE 15 that Fort Wayne Police responded to a 2 vehicle crash at the 309-mile marker just south of the Lima Road exit. The crash is impacting southbound lanes.According to the INDOT Traffic map, southbound traffic lanes are at a complete stop as of 5:16 p.m. Those traveling in the area are being asked to seek an alternative route if they do not want
  
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• Crash slows I-69 southbound lanes near Lima Road exit

  02-05-2024 23:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A two-vehicle crash has slowed southbound traffic on I-69 Thursday evening.Dispatch told WANE 15 that Fort Wayne Police responded to a 2 vehicle crash at the 309-mile marker just south of the Lima Road exit. The crash is impacting southbound lanes.According to the INDOT Traffic map, southbound traffic lanes are at a complete stop as of 5:16 p.m. Those traveling in the area are being asked to seek an alternative route if they do not want to be impacted by the slowed tra
  
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