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• Christmas on Broadway to return, modifications made

  20-09-2020 14:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Christmas on Broadway is on! The organizers said the annual event will still happen.However, it will be modified due to the ongoing pandemic.The event organizers, Steve Shine and Tom Hardin, said attendees are being asked not to gather on the Broadway Plaza outside of their law offices.This year’s theme is “We need a Little Christmas, Right this Very Minute!”
  “Keeping Fort Wayne’s spirit bolstered and bright is why, this year, more th
  
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• Another warm day with powerful storms coming

  16-04-2024 09:48 via wane.com
  
  More summer-like weather this afternoon with temperatures pushing into the upper 70s. Showers and some strong storms are possible tomorrow with gusty winds,Skies will be mostly sunny this morning with temperatures building into the upper 60s by lunchtime.Very warm temperatures this afternoonEven though we'll see more clouds through the afternoon temperatures will be warmer than yesterday with a high in the upper 70s.Clouds will increase this afternoon with a slight chance of showersRain develops
  
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• Redevelopment Commission approves new lighting at Parkview Field

  16-04-2024 05:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission approved new lighting for Parkview Field.The project will cost over $800,000 and includes a 25-year warranty with Musco Sports Lighting. The new lighting will use LEDs, which according to TinCaps President Mike Nutter, are brighter, cheaper, and require less maintenance. Nutter said the LEDS are more energy efficient, saving electricity costs and producing less light pollution.
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• 15 Finds Out: Did a tech issue delete Whitko student grades?

  16-04-2024 04:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — "Please help."That was the subject line of an email Joyce Cripe sent to WANE 15 after hearing that her student's hard-earned grades from January 1st until March 18th were lost in a technical issue.
  "At first it was disbelief," Cripe said.
  She claims that the district held an assembly breaking the news to students."I'm just going off what the students said - that they were basically told that they were given a gift, a clean slate that none of their grades from Janu
  
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• 46th Honor Flight set to take off from Fort Wayne

  16-04-2024 03:09 via wane.com
  
  The video above shows WANE 15 Positively Fort Wayne Purple Heart Honor Flight coverage.
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The first Honor Flight of 2024 is set to take off at the end of this month.Honor Flight of Northeast Indiana announced in a press release that they will host their first flight of the year on April 24. The flight will host 85 veterans from the Fort Wayne area.
  On the flight, there will be six Korean War veterans, 11 Cold War veterans, 67 Vietnam veterans, and one Lebanon/Grenada vet
  
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• Allen County fire districts address tax increase

  16-04-2024 01:39 via wane.com
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)— Some residents in unincorporated areas of Allen County were surprised when their first property tax bill of 2024 was significantly higher than bills from last year.That increase is due to expanded operations of fire protection districts in the county. Generally, residents aren't upset with paying more toward fire protection, but more because this new tax rate is about double of what was originally proposed and what they were expecting.Michael Snively, an Aboite T
  
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• The week began with the first 80s of 2024

  16-04-2024 00:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Sunday was the warmest day of the year so far across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio!2024 growing season officially declaredWe climbed up to 80 degrees, which was not quite as warm as the record high temperature of 83 degrees set just last year. However, this was still good for our 4th warmest April 14th in Fort Wayne's history. It was also our first day in the 80s this year and warmest day since October 24th of 2023.
  Our first day up in the 80s this year therefore
  
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• Family giving back to area shelter to honor loved one

  15-04-2024 23:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - After the Brickner family recently lost a loved one, they are finding a way to honor 19-year-old Bailey Brickner, through her love for animals.
  The Brickner family shared that Bailey was experiencing severe migraines in August 2023, the migraines became worse and received the news no one wants to hear."We found out it was cancer," said Colleen Brickner, Bailey's mom. "It took a while to figure out what that cancer was because it was so rare, her neurosurgeon informed us
  
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• Historic Van Wert clock receives funding needed for repairs, restoration project

  15-04-2024 23:16 via wane.com
  
  *The video above is from 2022 when Historic Main Street Van Wert started raising money to repair the clock.VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) -- A historic clock in downtown Van Wert in need of repairs received the final piece of funding needed for a restoration project started in 2022.On Monday, OhioHealth donated $6,000 to the restoration project, which was started by Historic Main Street Van Wert.With the latest funding, the organization has received $60,000 to repair the clock, which was built in 1917.Oh
  
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• Traffic at a standstill after fatal crash on I-469

  15-04-2024 22:45 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A fatal crash has traffic at a standstill on I-469 northbound.According to INDOT's Trafficwise, traffic is at a standstill on I-469 heading northbound, between the US 24 exit near New Haven and Stellhorn Road. All lanes are expected to be blocked for the next two hours.
  Allen County Sheriff's Department sent out a 911 alert asking those to avoid the area due to a crash at the 21-mile marker of I-469 northbound.
  Sergeant Adam Griffith with the Allen County Sheriff's D
  
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• Traffic at a standstill after crash on I-469

  15-04-2024 22:45 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- Traffic is at a standstill on I-469 heading northbound following a crash.According to INDOT's Trafficwise, traffic is at a standstill on I-469 heading northbound, between the US 24 exit near New Haven and Stellhorn Road. All lanes are expected to be blocked for the next two hours.
  Allen County Sheriff's Department sent out a 911 alert asking those to avoid the area due to a crash at the 21-mile marker of I-469 northbound.
  It is unclear at this time how many vehicles
  
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• Northbound I-469 lanes shut down after fatal chain-reaction crash

  15-04-2024 22:45 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A fatal chain reaction crash has shut down all northbound I-469 lanes north of the US 24 exit.
  According to INDOT's Trafficwise, traffic is at a standstill on I-469 heading northbound, between the US 24 exit near New Haven and Stellhorn Road. All northbound I-469 lanes are shut down.Allen County Sheriff's Department sent out a 911 alert asking those to avoid the area due to a crash at the 21-mile marker of I-469 northbound.
  According to the press release from the All
  
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• Northbound I-469 lanes reopen after fatal chain-reaction crash

  15-04-2024 22:45 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A fatal chain reaction crash has shut down all northbound I-469 lanes north of the US 24 exit.
  According to INDOT's Trafficwise, traffic is at a standstill on I-469 heading northbound, between the US 24 exit near New Haven and Stellhorn Road. All northbound I-469 lanes were shut down until just before 10 p.m. as crews investigated.Allen County Sheriff's Department sent out a 911 alert asking those to avoid the area due to a crash at the 21-mile marker of I-469 northb
  
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• Warm start to week that will end much colder

  15-04-2024 22:41 via wane.com
  
  Hopefully, you're enjoying the sunshine this evening. Clouds will increase tomorrow with some rain/storms possible by tomorrow night.Until then, enjoy some beautiful weather! Stepping out the door this evening, you'll find temps falling out of the 70s and through the 60s. By the early morning, we'll be as low as the mid-40s.With the next storm system approaching, winds will pick up tomorrow. You can expect sustained SE breezes up to 20 mph.
  Tuesday's high temps reach the mid-70s.The best rain ch
  
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• Man charged in leaving scene of accident after hitting telephone pole

  15-04-2024 22:02 via wane.com
  
  LAGRANGE, Ind. (WANE) -- A man was charged after leaving the scene of an accident after crashing into a pole Monday.
  In a release from the LaGrange County Sheriff's Department, Monday at 7:16 a.m. the sheriff’s office received calls of a hit and run that occurred at 5245 E 200 S.Initial investigation of the scene revealed that 39-year-old, David Miller of LaGrange had been driving a tractor pulling a manure spreader when his vehicle left the road and hit a telephone pole. After hitting the
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Monday, April 15

  15-04-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Monday, April 15.
  
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• Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden to re-air on April 19

  15-04-2024 21:45 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK, N.Y. — "Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden" will be rebroadcast on WANE 15 on Friday at 9 p.m. after a network programming error cut off the special two minutes early on Sunday.
  Billy Joel's fans across the nation were irate on Sunday night after a CBS network programming error cut out of the concert right as the famed singer was in the middle of his signature hit "Piano Man."
  The network issued an apology on Monday and announced it would be re-airing the
  
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• Traffic stop in Bluffton finds over 200 grams of illegal substances

  15-04-2024 21:23 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) -- One man was arrested Friday after a traffic stop seized over 200 grams of various illegal substances and a handgun.
  According to a release on the Bluffton Police Department's Facebook page, on Friday, April 12, at 1:40 a.m. an officer with the Bluffton Police Department initiated a traffic stop for equipment violation near Main Street and Capri Court.When the officer made contact with the driver he recognized him as 23-year-old Ollie Puckett of Bluffton and requested add
  
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• Truck drives past stop sign in DeKalb County, crashing into semi

  15-04-2024 21:15 via wane.com
  
  *DeKalb County Sheriff's Department issued a correction Monday afternoon, clarifying the driver allegedly at fault.DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A driver was hospitalized Monday morning after a Ford F-150 drove past a stop sign and crashed into a semi.According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, a Ford F-150 was on CR 75A just before 10 a.m. when it continued through the intersection with SR 101 without stopping at the stop sign, crashing into an oncoming semi.
  A Ford F-150 was totaled after
  
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• Semi drives past stop sign in DeKalb County, crashing into truck

  15-04-2024 21:15 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A driver was hospitalized Monday morning after a semi drove past a stop sign and crashed into a truck.According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, a semi was on CR 75A just before 10 a.m. when it continued through the intersection with SR 101 without stopping at the stop sign, crashing into an oncoming Ford F-150.
  A Ford F-150 was totaled after a semitruck crashed into it Monday, April 15, 2024. (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office)A semitruck was also totaled in the
  
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• Crash causes car to flip in front of auto repair shop on Dupont Road

  15-04-2024 20:38 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating a crash in which a car flipped near a busy north side intersection Monday afternoon.
  Car flips in crash off Dupont and Lima roads, 4/15/24.
  Police and emergency crews were at the scene near Dupont and Lima roads starting sometime around 2 p.m.A WANE 15 crew at the scene saw a car flipped on its top in the lot of an auto repair shop on Dupont.Any injuries have not yet been confirmed.
  
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• Pilot, dog swim to shore after ocean landing off Southern California coast

  15-04-2024 19:01 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) – A pilot and their dog are lucky to be alive after a plane landed in ocean waters just off the coast of Southern California, forcing them to swim to shore Sunday afternoon, authorities confirmed to Nexstar's KTLA.  Calls about the plane landing in the Pacific Ocean in the Rancho Palos Verdes area came in at around 5:20 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Details were limited, and it’s unclear what type of aircraft was involved and what exactly
  
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• FWPD: Woman in life-threatening condition after shooting at northeast side home

  15-04-2024 18:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police have been investigating a shooting Monday that left a woman in life-threatening condition at a home on the city's northeast side.Police responded sometime before 12:45 p.m. to a home in a subdivision off Maysville Road, where dispatch confirmed there was a shooting investigation.Police at the scene told WANE 15 a woman was shot and initially taken to the hospital in critical condition, where her condition was downgraded to life-threatening.Police said
  
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• FWPD investigates shooting at northeast Fort Wayne home

  15-04-2024 18:56 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating a reported shooting Monday at a home on the city's northeast side.Police responded sometime before 12:45 p.m. at a home on Nadina Cove in a subdivision off Maysville Road, where dispatch confirmed there's a shooting investigation.No other details have been confirmed.WANE 15 has a crew on the way to the scene to learn more.
  
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• Afternoon headlines Monday, April 15

  15-04-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Monday, April 15.
  
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• Missing Kansas women dead, 4 facing charges: Oklahoma authorities

  15-04-2024 17:59 via wane.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Two bodies have been recovered in rural Oklahoma, a day after authorities confirmed four people had been arrested in the disappearance of two Kansas women.
  Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, both of Hugoton, Kansas, have been missing since late March. The Texas County Sheriff’s Department in Oklahoma said the women were traveling to pick up children but never arrived at their destination.Sunday night, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) s
  
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• FWPD investigating shots fired report after alleged fight at Dana

  15-04-2024 16:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating a report of shots fired that stemmed from an alleged argument between employees at the Dana plant early Saturday morning.According to a release from FWPD, officers began investigating just before 12:45 a.m. The report indicated a fight led to at least one shot being fired inside the auto parts manufacturer plant on West State Boulevard.As it was initially unclear if it was an active shooter situation, the plant was evacuated and polic
  
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• 1 fired after FWPD investigating shots fired report after alleged fight at Dana

  15-04-2024 16:57 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Fort Wayne Police are investigating a report of shots fired that stemmed from an alleged argument between employees at the Dana plant early Saturday morning.According to a release from FWPD, officers began investigating just before 12:45 a.m. The report indicated a fight led to at least one shot being fired inside the auto parts manufacturer plant on West State Boulevard.As it was initially unclear if it was an active shooter situation, the plant was evacuated and polic
  
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• Additional construction work coming to busy Fort Wayne intersection

  15-04-2024 16:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A busy Fort Wayne intersection will see more construction work over the summer. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced work is already underway at US 27 and SR 930.That intersection is Lima Road and West Coliseum Boulevard. INDOT will be adding additional left turn lanes. Currently, there are left turn lanes if you're heading south on Lima, turning east onto West Coliseum Blvd. Left turn lanes will be added in all other directions for this project, a
  
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• Israel thwarting Iran's attack is good for gas prices

  15-04-2024 16:33 via wane.com
  
  (GasBuddy) The nation’s average price of gasoline has risen for the second straight week, climbing 3.1 cents from a week ago to $3.60 per gallon Monday, 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 up 14.2 cents from a month ago and 5.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 1.2 cents in the last week and stands at $4
  
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