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• Central Noble grad Essegian transfers to Nebraska

  21-04-2024 22:01 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) - After starting his college basketball career at Wisconsin, former Highlight Zone star Connor Essegian is staying in the Big Ten by transferring to Nebraska.The Central Noble High School grad announced his new destination on social media on Sunday.Essegian hit the ground running with the Badgers in his freshman season. The 6-foot-4-inch guard was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman team after averaging 11.7 points on 40.4% shooting and 35.9% from 3-point range. Essegian also set the progra
  
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• Police cars pull over, SUVs are taking over FWPD

  09-05-2024 23:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Chevy Impala, Ford Crown Victoria and police cruisers have been the iconic police cars, cementing themselves as cultural icons from Beverly Hills Cop to the OJ Simpson Police Chase.But more and more the iconography of the police vehicle is becoming more modern, and with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) following suit, the next generation will think of SUVs, not cruisers when thinking about law enforcement."The first reason is availability, the chargers
  
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• Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber are expecting a baby

  09-05-2024 22:13 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cue up his 2010 megahit “Baby.” Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber (nee Baldwin) are expecting their first child together — and have renewed their vows.A representative for Hailey Bieber confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that the model is just over six months pregnant.The couple announced the news on their respective Instagram pages with corresponding posts. Both begin with a short, romantic video clip of the couple kissing. Ha
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Thursday, May 9

  09-05-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Thursday, May 9.
  
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• Larry Bird to attend opening of Indiana museum, date announced

  09-05-2024 21:21 via wane.com
  
  Video: Caitlin Clark media dayTERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Final preparations for the grand opening of the Larry Bird Museum are underway with the announcement of an opening date.According to a release from the Capital Improvement Board, the museum is set to open its doors to the general public on Friday, May 31. Folks wishing to go inside the museum will have to register in advance for the day of the grand opening. Registration will take place on the museum's website, which the CIB hop
  
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• Traffic flowing again on I-69 after crash in north Fort Wayne

  09-05-2024 20:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A crash slowed miles of traffic for about an hour Thursday on Interstate 69 in north Fort Wayne.Traffic was backed up starting around 2:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-69 near the 314 mile-marker, south of the I-469 interchange. The Indiana Department of Transportation estimated the left lane would be closed for about three hours.In an update around 3:30 p.m., INDOT's traffic map showed the highway was clear.
  
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• Crash slows traffic on northbound lanes of I-69 in north Fort Wayne

  09-05-2024 20:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A crash slowed traffic for miles Thursday near Interstate 69's interchange with I-469 in north Fort Wayne.Traffic was backed up starting around 2:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-69 near the 314 mile-marker, south of the I-469 interchange. The Indiana Department of Transportation estimated the left lane would be closed for about three hours.Police were at the scene investigating that afternoon, along with medics.
  
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• Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer and coffee maker

  09-05-2024 19:59 via wane.com
  
  Contractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: A 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said.“She was homeless,” Officer Brennon Warren of the Midland Police Department said Thursday. “It's a story that makes you scratch your head, just somebody living up in a sign.”The woman, whose name was not released, told police she had a
  
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• Purdue Fort Wayne files paperwork for additional student housing

  09-05-2024 19:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - For decades, Purdue Fort Wayne, formerly known as IPFW, didn't offer any student housing when it welcomed its first students in 1964. That all changed in 2004 with the opening of student housing on the Waterfield campus. The fall semester for 2023 broke a record for the number of students being housed at the university.Just over 1,200 students moved into PFW's housing on the Waterfield Campus in 2023. The university is now taking steps to increase student housing option
  
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• Ohio attorney general warns student protesters in masks could face felony charges under anti-KKK law

  09-05-2024 19:11 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's top lawyer has advised the state's public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza.In a letter sent Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian campus protests around the country, Republican Attorney General Dave Yost advised the presidents of Ohio's 14 public, four-year universities — which his office represents &md
  
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• These cars and trucks are thieves' biggest targets, national data shows

  09-05-2024 18:45 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Thieves have switched up the vehicles they're targeting most – and a social media trend may be to blame.The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) recalculated its list of most frequently stolen cars with new data from 2023. In years past, full-size pickup trucks tended to top the list, but that's no longer the case.
  The classic American pickup truck has been dethroned by a company sedan when it comes to which vehicle is most frequently stolen. In 2023, the Hyundai E
  
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• Afternoon headlines Thursday, May 9

  09-05-2024 18:06 via wane.com
  
  Fort Wayne, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Thursday, May 9.
  
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• End of El Niño may lead to more tornadoes

  09-05-2024 17:22 via wane.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - As the El Niño climate pattern comes to a close in the United States, evidence suggests there may be an increase in tornado activity this spring, particularly in the heart of Tornado Alley including Oklahoma and Nebraska, according to Jana Houser. Houser is a tornado researcher and associate professor of atmospheric sciences in the Department of Geography at The Ohio State University.
  She says new research on tornadoes is using statistical models that could help furt
  
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• Study: Almost all high school students cheat

  09-05-2024 16:53 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Cheating is very prevalent in classrooms today, but there are steps that parents and teachers can take to make it much less likely that students will cheat, according to Eric Anderman, an expert on student cheating and professor of educational psychology at The Ohio State University.
  "People ask me often how much it occurs, and there's no way to know, because cheating is one of the things that no matter how much you ask, people don't want to tell you the truth about it. But
  
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• I&M using helicopter to trim trees near power lines in Allen, DeKalb counties

  09-05-2024 15:40 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - It's a bird, it's a plane... actually, it's a helicopter you may notice flying near power lines for Indiana Michigan Power (I&M).During the week of May 13, I&M workers are trimming trees near high-voltage transmission lines in Allen and DeKalb counties. The company is using aerial saws to get the job done.It's all part of routine maintenance to get rid of overhanging and encroaching branches that have the potential to interfere with reliable energy delivery, I
  
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• Disney+, Hulu, Max team up for streaming mega bundle

  09-05-2024 15:38 via wane.com
  
  (WXIN) - Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up for a new streaming bundle to include Disney+, Hulu and Max.According to the announcement on the Walt Disney Company’s website, the services will be offered together this summer, providing an “unprecedented selection of content” from ABC, CNN, DC, Discovery, Disney, Food Network, FX, HBO, HGTV, Hulu, Marvel, Pixar, Searchlight, Warner Bros. and many more.People will be able to get the bundle from any of the three platfor
  
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• Caitlin Clark set for preseason home debut against Dream. Fever to open arena's 3rd deck

  09-05-2024 14:37 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark spent Wednesday practicing inside an empty Gainbridge Fieldhouse.On Thursday night, Indianapolis' new game-changing rock star will be welcomed by a raucous, near sellout crowd that believes the WNBA's No. 1 overall pick can instantly change the Indiana Fever's fortunes.Yes, a little more than a month after leading Iowa to its second straight NCAA championship game, Clark will make her Fever home debut in a preseason game against the Atlanta Dream.“Pe
  
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• Morning headlines Thursday, May 9

  09-05-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, May 9.
  
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• Tornadoes tear through southeastern US as storms leave 3 dead

  09-05-2024 13:31 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Forecasters warned a wave of dangerous storms in the U.S. could march through parts of the South early Thursday, after storms a day earlier spawned damaging tornadoes and massive hail, leaving two dead in Tennessee and one dead in North Carolina.The storms continue an outbreak of torrential rain and tornadoes that has cut across the country this week, from the Plains to the Midwest and now the southeastern U.S. At least four people have died in storms since Monday.Am
  
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• What exactly is a tornado emergency?

  09-05-2024 12:37 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The first-ever tornado emergency in Michigan was issued Tuesday, one of many called across the country in recent weeks as severe weather tears through states in the Plains and Midwest. As massive storms barrel East, homes and property have been destroyed and thousands of people have gone without power.The National Weather Service called an emergency for areas of Michigan on Tuesday evening amid forecasts of a damaging tornado and hail. At the time, other spots in M
  
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• Big cooldown today with showers and gusty winds

  09-05-2024 09:48 via wane.com
  
  What a difference a day makes instead of sunshine and warm temperatures we'll experience showers and temperatures falling into the lower to middle 50s. Gusty winds will gust up to 30 mph making it feel much cooler. Tornado confirmed near Silver Lake TuesdayYou won't need sunglasses this morning with overcast skies and temperatures falling through the 50s.Temperatures will fall into the lower to the middle 50s this afternoonDon't forget the umbrella this afternoon either with periods of showers a
  
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• Turning cooler Thursday and rainy, too

  09-05-2024 04:43 via wane.com
  
  After a pleasant evening with temps that started off near 80°, we'll be cooling to the mid-50s in the early morning.Early morning temps are in the 50s.An incoming weather system is increasing our clouds and starts to send in rain around 4 am and after. Periods of rain will remain possible through the evening. Up to around another half-inch of rain is possible tomorrow.Rainfall totals will range up to around a half-inch from Thursday morning through Thursday night.With Tuesday's storms, some
  
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• 2 new projects Allen County Council approved that you should know about

  09-05-2024 04:25 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — On Wednesday night, Allen County Council approved more than $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to be granted to Allen County Parks, and majority of that will be used to make the trails at Fox Island more accessible for all.The park has been closed since last year due to extensive storm damage, but it looks like whenever they do finally reopen, county officials want more people to be able to get out and enjoy the trails.Now that Allen County Coun
  
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• 'Gateway to the world:' FWA makes strides to be more accessible

  09-05-2024 04:14 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — "Airports are the gateway to the world," said John Morris, founder of WheelchairTravel.org.The only problem, Morris noted, is that airport design often makes that gateway to the world shut to those with disabilities.
  "Disabled people face a lot of challenges, particularly in air transportation. Non-disabled people don't have a lot to worry about when they travel," Morris said. "They just want to make sure they've selected the seat they want and have a ticket to bo
  
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• At least one tornado confirmed in Paulding County

  09-05-2024 03:00 via wane.com
  
  *Video provided by Matthew StraleyPAULDING COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) - A tornado touched down in Paulding County Tuesday evening, leaving properties damaged in the aftermath, according to the National Weather Service and Paulding County Emergency Management Agency (EMA). LOOK: Storm damage across northeast Indiana, viewer photos and videosAn EF-1 tornado has been confirmed near Melrose and Oakwood, Ohio. It started at 8:11 PM and was on the ground for three minutes. It had an estimated peak wind speed
  
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• Fort Wayne man with 8 prior felonies sentenced for having machine gun

  09-05-2024 02:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Fort Wayne man to more than 12 years in prison Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a gun.According to documents in the case, 38-year-old Brandon K. McBride was found with a stolen handgun on Aug. 1, 2023, just 13 days after being discharged from parole for a felony handgun conviction.On Sept. 22, 2023, authorities found McBride with three guns, including a machine gun, in his vehicle after a pursui
  
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• Large hail Tuesday evening causes damage

  09-05-2024 01:35 via wane.com
  
  NORTHERN INDIANA (WANE) - Severe storms Tuesday evening brought large hail to parts of northern Indiana.LOOK: Storm damage across northeast Indiana, viewer photos and videosJust take a look at the unbelievable hail video we received from Tony Oneal in Corunna! You can see the large hail battering the water and knocking down leaves and twigs all over the place.
  Hail grew up to large apple size in Corunna and Hudson, but it was reported as even larger in Ashley and Kendallville. Keep in mind a fou
  
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• Warm evening followed by increasing rain chances into Thursday

  09-05-2024 01:22 via wane.com
  
  After a pleasant evening with temps that started off near 80°, we'll be cooling to the mid-50s in the early morning.Early morning temps are in the 50s.An incoming weather system is increasing our clouds and starts to send in rain around 4 am and after. Periods of rain will remain possible through the evening. Up to around another half-inch of rain is possible tomorrow.Rainfall totals will range up to around a half-inch from Thursday morning through Thursday night.With Tuesday's storms, some
  
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• Driver suffers broken ankle in DeKalb County crash

  09-05-2024 01:07 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A crash in DeKalb County Wednesday afternoon left two vehicles totaled and one of the drivers with a broken ankle.According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, two vehicles were approaching the intersection of county roads 60 and 35 at the same time.One vehicle, a Ford Focus, was heading east on County Road 60, and the other vehicle, a Chevy Traverse, was heading north on County Road 35.The driver of the Ford reportedly failed to stop at the intersection and cras
  
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• Winds destroy barns, damage roofs in Whitley County

  09-05-2024 01:01 via wane.com
  
  WHITLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)— Tuesday night's severe storms brought damaging winds to parts of Whitley County.At least four properties a little more than a mile west of South Whitley saw considerable damage. Jenny Brubaker owns one of those properties."I'm thinking it'll probably be a matter of months before we get totally back to normal," Brubaker said. Coroner ID’s 22-year-old who died in crash with AEP truckBrubaker grew up in Iowa and has lived in Indiana for several years. She sa
  
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