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• Former childcare worker arrested over 2023 'altercation' with 12-year-old

  16-05-2024 16:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A former childcare worker accused of injuring a 12-year-old with autism in a 2023 altercation was arrested Monday.According to a release from Fort Wayne Police, 26-year-old Sheldon Donald Shearer faces a preliminary charge of battery resulting in bodily injury to a person under the age of 14.On Aug. 16, 2023, Shearer was accused of getting into a "verbal and physical altercation" with a 12-year-old child with autism. According to FWPD, people witnessed the incident and
  
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• Just a click away: new Fort Wayne Parks app

  12-06-2024 20:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation released a new app to help residents better access park facilities at home or on the go.The Fort Wayne Parks app is designed to help residents and visitors find new recreation activities and opportunities to explore city parks, according to a release. This new digital app is free and available on mobile devices.Within the app, users can register for a program, book a tee time, reserve a pavilion, buy tickets to a concert or a Sw
  
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• Girl Scouts "Care to Share" program gives back to community heroes

  12-06-2024 20:16 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Area Girl Scouts are making a difference in supporting community organizations through the "Care to Share" program, where customers can purchase Girl Scout Cookies that are then donated to local charitable organizations.This year, three Girl Scouts participating in the "Care to Share" program stood out, making a positive impact in their community. Girl Scout Brownie Sammy K. gave her cookies to ACRES Land Trust, Girl Scout Cadette Gracie T. donated her cookies to the P
  
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• LOOK: Two camels trot around Cedar Point

  12-06-2024 20:07 via wane.com
  
  SANDUSKY, Ohio (WANE via STORYFUL) - Two camels were spotted trotting around Cedar Point, an amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 11, after breaking out of the park’s petting zoo.Justin Garcia captured this footage and told Storyful he was visiting the amusement park with his family and had just gotten off a ride when they spotted the large animals.“We were almost trampled by two massive mammals,” Garcia said. “We put some space in between us and watched the
  
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• 'Skateboard guy' arrested 4 years after downtown Fort Wayne protests

  12-06-2024 19:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - In May of 2020, racial injustice protests took over downtown Fort Wayne streets. A man shown on video with a skateboard remained at large. Nearly four years after charges were filed against him, he's been arrested.Austin Xavier Chaney-Kulp ,28, was booked into the Allen County Jail Wednesday. He faces misdemeanor charges of rioting, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. Chaney-Kulp already has been bailed out of jail.Video surfaced of Chaney-Kulp after police said h
  
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• Two-time cancer survivor hosts forum on men's health

  12-06-2024 19:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Ayers Community Outreach INC.partnered with other community organizations to hold "Men Fighting for Health," a forum created to bring awareness to a physical aspect of men's mental health.This discussion joins volunteers from the Impact Center, New Covenant Worship Center and Indiana Black Expo, Inc. Joe Ayers, CEO of Ayers Community Outreach, INC. and organizer of the event for the past ten years, aims to turn tie mental health to an all too familiar disease for
  
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• WATCH: Person gets tased during Cincinnati Reds game after storming the field

  12-06-2024 18:11 via wane.com
  
  CINCINNATI, Ohio (WANE via STORYFUL) - A baseball fan ran onto the field and was taken down by Taser during a Cincinnati Reds home game on Tuesday, June 11.Video filmed by Ben Kennedy shows the fan falling to the ground after being Tasered by a security official in the outfield.Just before he was apprehended, the young man landed a spectacular backflip, other video showed.The stunt artist was identified by local media as 19-year-old William Hendon, who was arrested and charged wit
  
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• Coroner identifies victim of stabbing at Fort Wayne apartment

  12-06-2024 18:09 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Coroner on Wednesday identified the victim of a stabbing and ruled it a homicide.The coroner identified the victim as Troy Jay Madison, 62, from Fort Wayne.Madison was killed Monday morning at an apartment in the 1400 block of Fletcher Avenue. Yvonne Broadnax, 47, was arrested shortly after the stabbing and charged with murder. Argument over $20 and crack cocaine leads to stabbing at Fort Wayne apartmentThe coroner ruled Madison's death a homicide
  
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• Afternoon headlines Wednesday, June 12

  12-06-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Wednesday, June 12.
  
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• Senators blast health regulators and law enforcement over illegal e-cigarettes

  12-06-2024 17:47 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators on Wednesday blasted top health and law enforcement officials for not doing more to combat the rise of illegal electronic cigarettes in the U.S., a multibillion-dollar business that has flourished amid haphazard enforcement.Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee expressed exasperation and frustration while questioning officials from the Food and Drug Administration and Justice Department about attempts to stay on top of the vaping i
  
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• Indianapolis transforms for US Olympic Swim Trials

  12-06-2024 17:13 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WTTV) - The transformation of Indianapolis for the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials isn’t just inside of Lucas Oil Stadium, with downtown Indy is seeing some major changes too.Georgia Street looks like a miniature Paris as a 66-foot tall Eiffel Tower replica towers above the crowds moving in and out of the Indiana Convention Center.It’s been a huge project for the Latinas Welding Guild for the past few months.”Women-led, Latina led, Latino led,” said Consuelo
  
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• Car, SUV crash after driver fails to yield at DeKalb County intersection

  12-06-2024 16:25 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Two vehicles were totaled after the driver of an SUV allegedly failed to yield to a car trying to cross a DeKalb County road Wednesday morning.According to a release from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, the car and SUV crashed shortly before 7 a.m. at the intersection of CR 327 and CR 60.The 23-year-old driver of the car said he didn't even see the SUV when he stopped at the stop sign, according to the release, but when he drove through the intersection, the SUV
  
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• NBA legend Jerry West dead at 86 

  12-06-2024 16:11 via wane.com
  
  (KTLA) - Jerry West, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in a storied career as a player and executive and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Clippers announced.He was 86.West was “the personification of basketball excellence and a friend to all who knew him,” the Clippers said in announcing his death. West’s wife, Karen, was by his side when he died, the Clippers said.He was a 14-time
  
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• World's largest Buc-ee's opens: Here's where

  12-06-2024 15:18 via wane.com
  
  LULING, Texas (KXAN) — Travelers and residents can now visit the largest Buc-ee's travel center in the world.
  The new convenience store is located in Luling, Texas, and opened its doors to the public Monday morning, according to a news release from the company.
  Largest Buc-ee’s in the country opens in Luling, Texas on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey) Largest Buc-ee’s in the country opens in Luling, Texas on June 10, 2024. (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey) Patrons get Buc-ee's mer
  
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• Morning headlines Wednesday, June 12

  12-06-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, June 12.
  
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• FDA: Indiana residents fall ill after eating drug-infused 'microdose chocolate'

  12-06-2024 14:21 via wane.com
  
  (WXIN/WTTV) — The FDA is warning about "microdose chocolate" bars and candy that cause people, including two Hoosiers, to fall ill after eating them.In a Tuesday news release, the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers about Diamond Shruumz-brand chocolate bars, cones and gummies. The FDA is encouraging people to "not eat, sell or serve" any of the brand's products as they investigate."Diamond Shruumz-brand products can be purchased online and in person at a variety of retail locati
  
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• NIPSCO to upgrade your gas meter. Here's why

  12-06-2024 14:17 via wane.com
  
  MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (WANE) NIPSCO plans to upgrade about 870,000 residential and commercial gas meters in a project expected to start in July of this year with completion expected by the end of 2026.The installation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) will allow for remote reading of meters, meaning a NIPSCO employee will no longer have to physically view the meter to get a reading to determine gas usage.
  NIPSCO says there are many benefits to utilizing AMI technology. By having a Gas AMI c
  
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• Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles

  12-06-2024 12:43 via wane.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot.Two men, one with a light strapped to his head, got out. A security camera recorded them pulling out bolt cutters. One man snipped several charging cables; the other loaded them into the truck. In under 2½ minutes, they were gone.The scene that night has become part of a troubling pattern acros
  
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• Heat turning up with humidity building

  12-06-2024 10:05 via wane.com
  
  Today will start to heat up with temperatures in the 90s by Thursday with a preview of the heat wave that is coming.
  Highs in the middle 80s this afternoonThis morning there will be comfortable conditions with partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. Temperatures will reach the middle 80s with sunny skies into the afternoon hours. This evening there will be partly cloudy skies and temperatures will dip into the upper 60s.
  Tomorrow heat and humidity will be arriving with occasional wind gusts.
  
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• Truck driver faces intoxicated driving charges in crash that left moped rider with critical injuries

  12-06-2024 08:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Investigators believe a driver was intoxicated and speeding when his truck crashed into a moped late Tuesday night in Fort Wayne.Conner Mullins, 20, faces preliminary charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated.According to police, the crash happened around 11:15 p.m. near the intersection of Coliseum Boulevard and Lake Avenue. Both the truck and moped were traveling south when the truck rear-ended the moped.Conner Mullins (Court
  
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• Moped driver critical after Coliseum Blvd. crash

  12-06-2024 08:15 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne police are investigating a crash between a pickup truck and a moped late Tuesday night.According to police, it happened around 11:15 p.m. near the intersection of N. Coliseum Blvd. and Lake Ave. Both the truck and moped were traveling south when the truck rear-ended the moped.Medics took the male moped rider to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The occupants of the pickup truck were not hurt.Police believe speed and alcohol contributed to the crash.
  
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• FWFD responds to fire at storage facility on Broadway

  12-06-2024 05:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Fire Department is battling a fire at a storage facility on Broadway that started Tuesday night.Firefighters were seen using an aerial to put out a fire at BTE Storage, which is near the Zesto Ice Cream location on Broadway.When a WANE 15 crew arrived at the scene, smoke could still be seen coming from the building.It is not yet known what caused the fire, and authorities have not said if anyone suffered injuries in the fire.WANE 15 will update this stor
  
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• FWFD investigating fire at storage facility on Broadway

  12-06-2024 05:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Fire Department continued investigating Wednesday at a storage facility on Broadway, the morning after a fire broke out.A man watches smoke from a fire at BTE Storage in the 2200 block of Broadway Tuesday, June 11, 2024.
  Tuesday night, firefighters were seen using an aerial to put out a fire at BTE Storage, which is near the Zesto Ice Cream location at Broadway and Creighton. The flames erupted just after 10:30 p.m. in one unit and the fire spread to a f
  
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• Arson team investigates fire at storage facility on Broadway

  12-06-2024 05:07 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- An arson team was investigating Wednesday at a storage facility on Broadway, the morning after a fire broke out.Arson team at the scene of a fire at a storage building on Broadway, 6/12/24.
  Tuesday night, firefighters with the Fort Wayne Fire Department were seen using an aerial to put out a fire at BTE Storage, which is near the Zesto Ice Cream location at Broadway and Creighton.When a WANE 15 crew arrived at the scene, smoke could still be seen coming from the buildi
  
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• Hot and sunny Wednesday ahead

  12-06-2024 04:11 via wane.com
  
  We'll see temperatures in the mid-50s in the morning, and you may want to grab a light jacket before you leave for work.Jacket may be needed in the morning.Wednesday is shaping up to bring more sunshine into the region with a few clouds in the mix. A stray shower is possible in the late afternoon and evening, but it's most likely that we will remain dry for the day. Things are set to warm up with high temperatures in the mid-80s!The heat and humidity will crank up on Thursday. We'll climb up to
  
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• Former councilman Tom Didier proposes Tom Henry memorial pavilion

  12-06-2024 04:11 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — It had been a while since Tom Didier was present at a Fort Wayne City Council meeting.The longtime councilman served 20 years as the 3rd District representative, but on Tuesday, he wasn't there as a colleague -- but rather bringing a request to a board he no longer belongs to, about a man and woman who no longer belong to this world."There should be some kind of memorial ... and I have an idea," Didier said. "I'd like to see if you could dedicate the new pavilion
  
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• SACS holds public meeting to discuss new superintendent contract

  12-06-2024 04:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Southwest Allen County School board (SACS) held a public meeting Tuesday evening, to discuss the proposed contract for the district's choice for the next superintendent.
  At the public meeting, only one person was present. The district believes it's a positive sign."Because we did include our constituents in this process with our survey and we have tried to have that open communication throughout, that they trust the board to make that decision," said Jennifer Bennet
  
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• Rohli Booker reflects on new role on Fort Wayne City Council, tax abatements

  12-06-2024 03:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — When Tom Henry, Fort Wayne's longest-tenured mayor, died, it caused a chain reaction that eventually opened up a spot on Fort Wayne City Council.New Mayor Sharon Tucker left the 6th district seat vacant, and about a month ago, Rohli Booker stepped into the role.
  "It's been really good," Booker said about the new position. "A lot of information, a lot of information, a lot reading, and a lot of learning, but also a lot of support from the other councilmembers.
  
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• 'It felt unsafe:' Witness and victim's best friend describes tubing tragedy on Lake Wawasee

  12-06-2024 02:07 via wane.com
  
  WARSAW, Ind. (WANE) ---To hear the defense attorney question two college students who were tubing with their friend, Nathaniel Mroz, four years ago, it was beer games the night before, three or so beers at the morning round of nine holes, and more beer and a drop of moonshine at the Lake Wawasee sandbar.And all that was before the lake house party on North Ogden Drive had plans to go out to dinner somewhere.The fun stopped when Indianapolis businessman Kevin M. Kelley, now 66, took over the helm
  
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• Cooling down with a few more clouds

  12-06-2024 00:49 via wane.com
  
  Overnight, a few more clouds will roll into the area creating a partly cloudy evening for us. Winds will be nice a calm.We'll see temperatures in the mid-50s in the morning, and you may want to grab a light jacket before you leave for work.Jacket may be needed in the morning.Tomorrow is shaping up to bring more sunshine into the region with a few clouds in the mix. A stray shower is possible in the late afternoon and evening, but it's most likely that we will remain dry for the day. Things are s
  
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