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• White House issuing reports on states' infrastructure needs

  12-04-2021 14:24 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.3 trillion infrastructure package with the release of state-by-state breakdowns that show the dire shape of roads, bridges, the power grid and housing affordability.The figures in the state summaries, obtained by The Associated Press, paint a decidedly bleak outlook for the world's largest economy after years of repairs being deferred and delayed. They suggest that too much infrastructure is unsafe for vehi
  
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• YWCA of Northeast Indiana shows support for sexual assault awareness month with Denim Day

  25-04-2024 04:55 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – April is known as sexual assault awareness month, and different businesses and organizations across the city of Fort Wayne have been showing their support for the cause.The YWCA of Northeast Indiana has been releasing initiatives all month to get the community involved with the cause.Wednesday, April 24, marked Denim Day, a subtle, yet effective way for those battling with the remnants of assault to know that they aren't alone.Women of the YWCA wearing denim to sh
  
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• Freezing morning, getting much warmer soon

  25-04-2024 04:22 via wane.com
  
  Early morning temperatures fall way down into the 30s, down to freezing and a little below in some areas. This will be damaging cold to some plants. Freeze and frost alerts have been issued. Protect any plants you don't want damaged by the cold with a light cloth covering or bring them inside.For some plants that have started growing, the early morning cold air could cause damage.The sky becomes mostly clear in the early morning and it stays that way during the day. This means we'll have a nice
  
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• Judge won't allow cameras in Delphi murders trial

  25-04-2024 04:04 via wane.com
  
  CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. — Special Judge Fran Gull has ruled that no cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the high-profile Delphi double murder trial set to begin May 13.
  Multiple news agencies filed a request to allow cameras to stream video and/or audio of the trial to help provide transparency in the case that has drawn national scrutiny. Gull struck down the request on Tuesday, denying any audio, video, or electronics in the courtroom.
  Richard Allen is accused of killing 13-year
  
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• 15 Finds Out: Are you required to produce identification during traffic stops?

  25-04-2024 00:59 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) — In the aftermath of a South Whitley traffic stop from January going viral, 15 Finds Out asked what you are required to do when stopped by police.According to Indiana state law, you must provide either your full name, address and date of birth; or your driver's license to the officer if you are stopped. The full statute is below:
  "A person who knowingly or intentionally refuses to provide either the person's: (1) name, address, and date of birth; or (2) dri
  
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• Stretch of Hadley Road shut down due to fire

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Residents should avoid a stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday evening as emergency personnel respond to a fire in the area.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, and several firefighters were spotted at a house on Hadley Road.WANE 15 arrived at the scene and saw the house had significant fire damage to the garage, and light trails of smoke could still be seen coming from t
  
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• Police: Avoid stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois, Bass roads

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Residents should avoid a stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday evening as emergency personnel respond to the area, according to police.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, but authorities have not provided details on the incident.A WANE 15 viewer captured photos of a large cloud of smoke in the sky.
  A photo from a WANE 15 viewer shows a large cloud of smoke in the area ne
  
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• Large smoke cloud seen from house fire on Hadley Road

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Residents should avoid a stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday evening as emergency personnel respond to a fire in the area.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, and several firefighters were spotted at a house on Hadley Road.WANE 15 arrived at the scene and saw the house had significant fire damage to the garage, and light trails of smoke could still be seen coming from t
  
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• Firefighters from multiple agencies investigate house fire on Hadley Road

  25-04-2024 00:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Residents should avoid a stretch of Hadley Road between Illinois and Bass roads Wednesday evening as emergency personnel respond to a fire in the area.The Allen County Sheriff's Department issued a mobile push notification warning residents to avoid the area, and several firefighters were spotted at a house on Hadley Road.WANE 15 arrived at the scene and saw the house had significant fire damage to the garage, and light trails of smoke could still be seen coming from t
  
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• In The Archives: Indiana's battle with the emerald ash borer

  24-04-2024 23:40 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Ash trees were once a huge part of Indiana's forests.
  Now, spotting a healthy one is like seeing a unicorn.
  "Emerald ash borer pretty much wiped them out," said Vince Burkle, assistant director of Entomology and Plant Pathology with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR).On Apr. 21, 2004, the emerald ash borer, an invasive species of beetle native to Asia, was confirmed to be in Indiana, and it sounded a death knell for the ash trees in Indiana.
  "We had
  
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• City of Fort Wayne hosts 2024 Fair Housing Summit

  24-04-2024 22:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Hundreds of people gathered at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum's conference center Wednesday for the City of Fort Wayne's 2024 Fair Housing Summit.The City of Fort Wayne's Metropolitan Human Relations Commission and Office of Housing & Neighborhood Services hosted the summit, which aimed to educate people on fair housing through various workshops led by fair housing experts.The summit featured keynote speaker Joshua V. Barr, who works with communities and or
  
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• Regional coalition making steps forward for childcare

  24-04-2024 22:09 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Northeast Indiana Early Childhood Coalition (NEIECC) met Wednesday to discuss the progress of childcare in the region. The NEIECC has been meeting for the past two years, leaders with the coalition say they are taking steps in the right direction to have better childcare in the region."Having the opportunity to get the coalitions and other providers, administrators out together to hear the goals that are going on and how much of an impact that we are doing," said An
  
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• Stats show fatal overdoses decreasing, FWPD's HART team seeing success

  24-04-2024 22:06 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Fort Wayne Police held a press conference Wednesday morning led by Captain Kevin Hunter of the Vice and Narcotics unit.They highlighted a decrease in overdose deaths in Fort Wayne thanks to the work of the Hope and Recovery (HART) team and the distribution of NARCAN throughout the community.The HART team is made up of social workers and officers who have received peer recovery training to help those battling addiction get treatment."We can't arrest our way out of this,
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Wednesday, April 24

  24-04-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Wednesday, April 24.
  
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• Bourbon, wine and cigar lounge opening in Auburn

  24-04-2024 21:14 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) - A new establishment opening soon in downtown Auburn brings residents a way to unwind any day of the week.Barrel & Blaze, located at 109 S. Main Street, will offer a variety of bourbon, wine and cigars.The grand opening is set for April 29. The lounge will be open seven days a week from 3-11 p.m.According to the website, the lounge will offer specialty drinks and cigars along with food.Get a sneak peek of Barrel & Blaze in the photos below.Inside Barrel & BlazeBa
  
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• Frost and freeze alerts Thursday morning

  24-04-2024 21:03 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Temperatures Thursday morning are dropping to dangerous levels for some plants that have already started growing. Temperatures will range from the upper 20s to the mid-30s. The coldest air will be present from Fort Wayne to the north and to the east.As a result, the National Weather Service has issued Frost and Freeze Alerts across all of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio through 9 AM.Protect any plants you don’t want damaged by the cold with a light cloth cove
  
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• Freezing night tonight, getting warmer soon

  24-04-2024 20:55 via wane.com
  
  This evening's temperatures are in the 40s before falling way down into the 30s, to freezing and a little below in some areas. This will be damaging cold to some plants. Freeze and frost alerts have been issued. Protect any plants you don't want damaged by the cold with a light cloth covering or bring them inside.For some plants that have started growing, tonight's level of cold could cause damage.Warmer temperatures will return Thursday with sunshine and highs near 60 during the afternoon.
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• Unloaded firearm found in Bluffton High School student's bag

  24-04-2024 20:54 via wane.com
  
  BLUFFTON, Ind. (WANE) - Staff at Bluffton High School discovered a student had a firearm and ammunition with them at school Wednesday.Sometime around noon, administrators were told a student may have a firearm, according to a statement from the superintendent of the Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District.Staff worked with the school resource officer (SRO) to find the student and conduct what was described in the statement as an appropriate search in a secure location.An unloaded firearm
  
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• Nonprofit donates protective vest to K-9 at Lutheran Hospital

  24-04-2024 19:10 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A local K-9 is getting a vest to protect against bullets and stab wounds thanks to a nonprofit's donation.Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. is donating the protective vest to Public Safety K-9 Pisti, who works with Lutheran Health Network.K-9 Pisti (Lutheran Health Network)
  Pisti’s vest will be embroidered with the sentiment "In memory of Apollo Creed". The vest is sponsored by Robert Willens, LLC of New York City.Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. said the phrase was chosen
  
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• Slew of charges to be dropped for ex Columbia City parks director pleading guilty to theft

  24-04-2024 18:43 via wane.com
  
  WHITLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - Several charges could be dropped for the former Columbia City parks director who pleaded guilty to a felony count of theft following an investigation into "suspicious financial activity" over baseball cards, according to documents filed Monday in Whitley Circuit Court.The plea deal comes a year after 52-year-old Mark Green was charged with four Level 5 felony counts of corrupt business influence, three Level 5 felony counts of theft of property where the value is ov
  
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• Afternoon headlines Wednesday, April 24

  24-04-2024 17:59 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE ) - Afternoon headlines Wednesday, April 24
  
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• What a TikTok ban in the US could mean for you

  24-04-2024 16:42 via wane.com
  
  No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned.After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature. The measure gives Beijing-based parent company ByteDance nine months to sell the company, with a possible additional three months if a sale i
  
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• Korean War veteran from Minnesota will finally get his Purple Heart medal, 73 years late

  24-04-2024 16:19 via wane.com
  
  Video: Honor Flight Northeast Indiana takes 80 local veterans on a trip to Washington, D.C.MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Korean War veteran from Minnesota who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded in combat will finally get his Purple Heart medal, 73 years late.The U.S. Army notified Earl Meyer, 96, of St. Peter, on Monday that it has reversed itself and granted him a Purple Heart, which honors service members wounded or killed in combat.The decision came after a campaign by hi
  
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• Morning headlines Wednesday, April 24

  24-04-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, April 24.
  
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• Honor Flight Northeast Indiana embarks on 46th flight to Washington D.C.

  24-04-2024 14:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A plane carrying more than 80 local veterans left Fort Wayne Wednesday morning headed for Washington, D.C. This is Honor Flight Northeast Indiana's first flight of the 2024 season and its 46th flight. The American Airlines plane on which the veterans flew featured a special Medal of Honor wrapping.The veterans and their guardians enjoyed breakfast at the 122nd Air National Guard Base before they loaded onto the plane bound for the nation's capital.
  The group includes ve
  
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• Ex-police officer wanted in 2 killings shoots, kills self in Oregon: authorities

  24-04-2024 14:14 via wane.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A former Washington state police officer wanted after killing two people, including his ex-wife, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a chase in Oregon, authorities said Tuesday. The man's 1-year-old baby, who was with him, was taken safely into custody by Oregon State Police troopers.
  The multi-state manhunt started Monday afternoon when police say Elias Huizar, a former Yakima police officer, fled the scene of a shooting at William Wiley El
  
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• Are you still earning enough to be middle class? Check these new tables

  24-04-2024 14:11 via wane.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — It can be hard to tell if you rank as middle class, especially when it feels like your paycheck doesn’t go as far as it once did (one government analysis suggests you need at least $10,000 more just to live like you did three years ago).A new report from personal finance site SmartAsset reviewed data from the U.S. Census Bureau as well as the Pew Research Center to determine what it does take — at least on paper — to be considered middle class in all 50 states
  
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• Chilly temperatures today with a warm-up on the way

  24-04-2024 09:48 via wane.com
  
  You won't need your sunglasses but you will need a coat. Temperatures will be in the upper 40s to the lower 50s today and we won't see a lot of sunshine.
  Cloudy skies through the morning with noontime temperatures only in the middle to the upper 40s.A cool afternoonThis afternoon won't be much warmer with temperatures only topping out in the lower 50s under cloudy skies.Skies will clear overnight and by sunrise Thursday temperatures will be close to freezing.Warmer temperatures will return Thurs
  
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• Power restored to nearly 1,400 I&M customers in Waynedale

  24-04-2024 04:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Power has been restored to nearly 1,400 residents in Waynedale Wednesday morning, according the Indiana Michigan Power (I&M).Tuesday night, the company's outage map showed the outages on the north end of Waynedale near Waynedale Cafe and the Waynedale BMV branch.On its website, I&M stated that the outage was "equipment related," and expected power to be restored sometime overnight.
  
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• Nearly 1,400 I&M customers in Waynedale without power

  24-04-2024 04:43 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Nearly 1,400 residents in Waynedale are without power Tuesday night, according to Indiana Michigan Power (I&M).The company's outage map shows the outages are on the north end of Waynedale near Waynedale Cafe and the Waynedale BMV branch.It is unclear what caused the power outage, but I&M expects power to be restored sometime overnight.WANE 15 will continue to update this story as we learn more.
  
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