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• You can help I&M name the newborn falcon chicks

  01-05-2024 15:37 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Nestled at the very top of the Indiana Michigan Power Center in downtown Fort Wayne are four newborn peregrine falcon chicks that have yet to be named.The chicks hatched recently to parents Moxie and Jamie, I&M announced Wednesday, and you can vote on what their names will be.Among the options are "Tom" and "Cindy" - a sweet tribute to the late Mayor Tom Henry and his wife - and even a nod to WANE 15 with the name "Wane".Rank your top picks in the online survey. Vot
  
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• Afternoon headlines Wednesday, May 22

  22-05-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Wednesday, May 22.
  
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• Indianapolis is booked this Memorial Day weekend

  22-05-2024 17:47 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) — Memorial Day Weekend is typically a busy weekend for Indianapolis. However, "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" is not the only event happening this weekend.
  According to Forbes, last year's Indy 500 drew over 330,000 spectators. In 2023, the Indianapolis International Airport expected more than 80,000 travelers to fly in and out of Memorial Day weekend.
  Tour groups from all over the world travel to watch the Indy 500. Downtown hotels have groups from New Ze
  
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• Mariachis attack flame-swallower as Mexico's disputes between street performers reaches new high

  22-05-2024 17:43 via wane.com
  
  MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s often violent disputes between street performers reached a new level this week when a group of guitar-toting mariachis attacked a flame-swallower.What happened next was, perhaps, predictable.According to security camera footage obtained by The Associated Press, the mariachis in their white jackets at first seemed to be winning, punching the flame-swallower to the ground and kicking him on the sidewalk in front of a taco restaurant named Hell.The video
  
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• DORA at Electric Works starts Saturday

  22-05-2024 17:13 via wane.com
  
  Video from early May explains the vision for Electric Works' DORA footprintFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Starting Saturday, visitors can wander a section of the Electric Works campus with an alcoholic beverage in hand.Electric Works announced Wednesday its Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area would go into effect this coming weekend.Participating vendors include:
  Chapman’s Brewing CompanyThe Charlie HorseKekionga Craft CompanyLocal Apple CartThe Kitchen & Co.
  Any other businesses wanting to
  
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• Sweetwater is the place to be for National buy a musical instrument day

  22-05-2024 15:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Today is National buy a musical instrument day, and whether you're a beginner or an expert for playing a instrument, Sweetwater has everything you're looking for and more.Everyone loves to listen to music, but if you've always wanted to get into buying or playing a instrument, today is the perfect day. Sweetwater has plenty of instruments to choose from, including acoustic and electric guitars, drums, band and orchestra instruments, and more.
  "Learning to play an
  
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• Indiana man found days after crashing truck slowly recovering

  22-05-2024 15:52 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WBBM) - For 27-year-old Matt Reum, life isn't very spicy these days. And he's definitely not trying to stir the pot, not after the year he's had.Matt was rescued from his truck days after swerving off the highway. He rolled across a creek and crash-landed underneath a bridge near Portage just before Christmas. In total, he was trapped for 6 days."My steering wheel, which you know, is normally right here, had been pushing in towards me and then down, pinning my leg like right he
  
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• Morning headlines Wednesday, May 22

  22-05-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, May 22.
  
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• Man, child shot on city's south side; suspect in custody

  22-05-2024 14:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday morning in connection to a shooting that injured a man and a child, according to the Fort Wayne Police Department.FWPD began investigating on the city's south side just before 7:15 a.m. Officers were called to the 1900 block of Chartwell Drive on reports of a shooting. That's in the Autumn Woods apartment complex off South Anthony Boulevard.Several police officers and first responders were at the scene.According to Sgt. Jeremy
  
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• FWPD investigating reports of a shooting on city's south side

  22-05-2024 14:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Police Department is investigating a reported shooting on the city's south side Wednesday morning.Officers were called to the 1900 block of Chartwell Drive just before 7:15 a.m. on reports of a shooting. That's in the Autumn Woods apartment complex off South Anthony Boulevard.Several police officers and first responders are at the scene. We will update this story as more information becomes available.
  
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• More remains on former farm of Herb Baumeister identified

  22-05-2024 13:22 via wane.com
  
  WESTFIELD, Ind. -- Another set of human remains recovered at the former home of Herb Baumeister has been identified by the Hamilton County Coroner's Office.
  According to a news release from the office, the Hamilton County Coroner's Office identified human remains originally recovered in 1996 from Fox Hollow Farm in Westfield as Jeffrey Jones.
  This comes after other remains found on the site were identified last year as Allen Livingston, a man who was reported missing to the Indianapolis Police D
  
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• Gusty winds today and getting cooler

  22-05-2024 13:09 via wane.com
  
  Skies will become mostly sunny but stay windy today. You'll notice that with some afternoon sunshine, it'll be cooler and less humid.
  A boundary of cooler and drier air will move in this morning and with the change in pressure we'll experience gusty winds up to 30 mph.
  Gusty winds through this afternoonThis afternoon will still be windy as barometric pressure slowly rises. Skies will begin to clear through the later part of the day. Winds will diminish by early this evening.
  It will be a quiet e
  
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• Woman found living in Michigan store sign told police it was a little-known 'safe spot'

  22-05-2024 12:49 via wane.com
  
  MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — A woman who was living inside a sign on the roof of a Michigan grocery store told police it was an “old safe spot” known to her family, though she didn't explain why she chose to stay there for a year, according to video of the encounter.The 34-year-old woman, whose name hasn't been released, was very concerned about her possessions as police officers said she would have to immediately leave an attic-like space inside the Family Fare sign in Midland, 130 m
  
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• Biden canceling student debt for more than 160,000 borrowers

  22-05-2024 12:37 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) - President Biden announced Wednesday he would be canceling student debt for more than 160,00 borrowers.The new plan forgives $7.7 billion for the latest batch of borrowers, bringing the total relief from Biden’s student debt actions to $167 billion for 4.75 million Americans. The latest loan forgiveness initiative comes through various income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, including the president’s newly established SAVE program.The 160,000 borrowers are people enrolled in
  
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• Some early showers and gusty winds today

  22-05-2024 10:43 via wane.com
  
  A few scattered or isolated showers are possible during the morning as cooler and drier moves in with gusty winds today.A boundary of cooler and drier air will move in this morning and with the change in pressure we'll experience gusty winds up to 30 mph.
  This afternoon will still be windy as barometric pressure slowly rises. Skies will begin to clear through the later part of the day. Winds will diminish by early this evening.
  It will be a quiet evening with winds diminishing under partly cloud
  
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• Cooler drier air headed our way with gusty winds

  22-05-2024 09:27 via wane.com
  
  A few scattered or isolated showers are possible during the morning as cooler and drier moves in with gusty winds today.A boundary of cooler and drier air will move in this morning and with the change in pressure we'll experience gusty winds up to 30 mph.
  This afternoon will still be windy as barometric pressure slowly rises. Skies will begin to clear through the later part of the day. Winds will diminish by early this evening.
  It will be a quiet evening with winds diminishing under partly cloud
  
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• Early first 90° day may be a sign of things to come this summer

  22-05-2024 04:48 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - We made it! We climbed up to 90 degrees on Tuesday for the first time in 2024. We hope you were able to stay cool! How hot can it get in the month of May?Tuesday's 90 degree high temperature was not quite record-breaking, as our record high for May 21st was 92 degrees, set back in 1977. However, this ties 1941 as the third warmest May 21st on record. In second place is 1902, when we climbed up to 91 degrees. This is the first day in the 90s this year and the warmest day
  
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• Early morning strong storms tracking east

  22-05-2024 04:41 via wane.com
  
  A chance for some strong, gusty storms and the potential for severe weather continues to exist, due to a cold front coming our way. However, the severe storm potential is limited to the early morning hours (between approximately 3 am and 7 am) in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. The storms will be weakening as they head in our direction from NW Indiana and SW Michigan where the severe weather potential (including a tornado threat) is higher.Storms could bring in high winds during the early
  
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• SACS lauds advocate program, thanks parents

  22-05-2024 03:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Southwest Allen County Schools (SACS) wanted to give more parents a look behind the curtain last year to ease ever-heightening concerns about how school districts are run.“School districts today are under attack, public education is often misunderstood a lot of politics involved in the voices around education,” said SACS Superintendent Park Ginder in 2023.To keep the curtain open, the district created an advocate program where a selected group of
  
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• GasBuddy expert discusses rising gas prices in northeast Indiana

  22-05-2024 03:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- As Tuesday marked the second price hike on gas in northeast Indiana in the last week, GasBuddy officials are paying attention to what caused it, and it does not pertain to the upcoming holiday.Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said the two recent spikes in gas prices are due to refinery issues at two oil refineries in Joliet, Illinois, and Whiting, Indiana."Refinery outages [are] happening, and that's causing the wholesale price of gasoline to ju
  
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• Allen County flood mitigation, drainage plan getting overhaul after 50 years

  22-05-2024 00:58 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)— The current Allen County stormwater master plan was created in 1972 and provides important guidance for development by taking flood mitigation into account.The first out of four phases for the project has been underway for about a year. City and county officials have been working with the Army Corps of Engineers to draft a contract. Those documents were put in front of the Fort Wayne Stormwater Board on Tuesday. Then, the contract will have be approved by the Dra
  
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• Van-Del Drive-In: Family fun for decades

  21-05-2024 23:49 via wane.com
  
  MIDDLE POINT, Ohio (WANE) — The Van-Del Drive-In has been a place for family fun in Middle Point Ohio since 1948. With wind damage taking their third screen away four years ago and the era of movie streaming, the Van-Del Drive-In has faced setbacks but continues the legacy of community engagement.The Van-Del Drive-In has two screens with various movies playing each weekend
  WANE 15 spoke to Ronnie Dunn, who has been the manager of the Drive-In for about 30 years. He’s seen generation
  
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• Woman arrested in Jasper Elementary School pickup line for neglect, drug charges

  21-05-2024 23:07 via wane.com
  
  DUBOIS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- An Indiana woman was arrested in the Jasper Elementary School after-school pickup line Monday for child neglect and possession of multiple varieties of drugs, according to an Indiana State Police press release.Sylvia J. Hadi, 41, of Jasper was arrested on charges of possession of methamphetamine,marijuana and paraphernalia, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and neglect of a dependent.According to the press release, a school staff member noticed the
  
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• Vehicle knocks house off foundation in DeKalb County crash

  21-05-2024 23:03 via wane.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- A two-vehicle crash sent one of the vehicles into the front of house Tuesday morning, dislodging the house from its foundation, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office.Just after 7:30 a.m., a 2012 Ford Escape heading east on County Road 68 stopped at the intersection of county roads 35 and 68 before turning left.According to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, the driver of the Ford told officers he did not see another vehicle, a 2005 GMC Yukon, heading sout
  
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• Bru Burger Bar to open on The Landing this summer

  21-05-2024 22:33 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A restaurant that has been deemed by multiple outlets as having the "best burger in Indiana" in recent years is opening a location on The Landing this summer.
  Bru Burger Bar is set to open sometime this summer at 118 W. Columbia St., The Landing announced Tuesday on Facebook. Details on an exact opening date have not yet been released.In 2022, Reader's Digest ranked Bru as having the best burger in the state, and Food Network determined Bru earned a spot on the list of
  
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• Garrett High School to be represented at Indy 500 with vintage race car

  21-05-2024 22:21 via wane.com
  
  GARRETT, Ind. (WANE) -- A piece of Garrett High School will be on full display at the 2024 Indianapolis 500 Sunday as a showcase of the students' hard work and DeKalb County's automotive history.Students in the school's Career Development Program designed and built a vintage race car that will be displayed at a booth for Visit DeKalb County.Tyler Gross, a welding teacher at Garrett High School, said students have worked on the race car two days a week for the last five months."It doesn't look li
  
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• Garrett High School students build vintage race car heading to Indy 500

  21-05-2024 22:21 via wane.com
  
  GARRETT, Ind. (WANE) -- A piece of Garrett High School will be on full display at the 2024 Indianapolis 500 Sunday as a showcase of the students' hard work and DeKalb County's automotive history.Students in the school's Career Development Program designed and built a vintage race car that will be displayed at a booth for Visit DeKalb County.Tyler Gross, a welding teacher at Garrett High School, said students have worked on the race car two days a week for the last five months."It doesn't look li
  
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• Warm Tuesday evening, strong storm chance overnight

  21-05-2024 22:10 via wane.com
  
  There's a slight risk (level 2 out of 5) for our western areas to see severe weather mostly consisting of gusty winds overnight and early WednesdayShowers and storms develop late tonight and early WednesdayShowers and storms will develop by early evening with the main threat of severe weather in the northwest part of Indiana. Some areas west of Fort Wayne may experience strong storms overnight with gusty thunderstorm-produced winds.
  We could also see a storm or two during the early morning on We
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Tuesday, May 21

  21-05-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Tuesday, May 21.
  
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• 'Long Term Plan' for new jail will be delayed: Allen County Commissioners

  21-05-2024 20:25 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Legal wrangling from citizens opposed to the construction of a new jail will now cause a delay to the "Long Term Plan" in actually building the proposed facility, according to Allen County Commissioners.
  That's what the commissioners' attorney wrote in a filing Tuesday in U.S. District Court in which he gave a federal judge - who previously ordered the commissioners as part of a class action lawsuit to improve unconstitutional conditions found in the aging downtown faci
  
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