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• You can find alcohol-free drinks at new shop in Jefferson Pointe

  15-05-2024 16:29 via wane.com
  
  Video from January 2024 on the launch of SwizzleFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Get ready to expand your shopping list at Jefferson Pointe with a new store that offers alcohol-free beverages.Swizzle carries a variety of non-alcoholic wine, craft beers, spirits, cocktails, enhanced water, and "functional beverages" said to have vitamins and natural ingredients with health benefits. The store's mission is to provide options "that align with your lifestyle and preferences, ensuring there's something spec
  
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• Teen, 21-year-old face murder, gang activity charges in 2023 shooting

  30-05-2024 06:14 via wane.com
  
  *The video above is from January 2024 when Christropher Recht and Terrance Sanders Jr. were arrested.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) arrested two more people Wednesday night who are reportedly connected to a September 2023 shooting that police believe is gang-related.Police arrested an unnamed 17-year-old teenager and 21-year-old Corrion Parks, and both suspects face preliminary charges of murder, attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon and criminal gang
  
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• Police investigate shooting with life-threatening injuries in southeast Fort Wayne

  30-05-2024 04:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is investigating a shooting in southeast Fort Wayne Wednesday night that left a person with life-threatening injuries, Fort Wayne dispatchers confirmed.Officers are investigating in the 1500 block of Woodside Avenue, which is near the intersection of Anthony Boulevard and Tillman Road.It is not known if police have found a suspect.WANE 15 has a crew heading to the scene and will update this story as we learn more.
  
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• Rain exits, lots of sunshine ahead

  30-05-2024 04:47 via wane.com
  
  A cold early morning is developing. Temperatures are dropping all the way into the upper 40s by daybreak.A chilly Thursday morning arrives with lows in the mid-upper 40s in most spots.Rain chances are out of the picture by sunrise as high pressure moves in. The sinking air that high pressure brings means lots of sunshine and very few clouds over the next couple of days.Our Thursday afternoon high temperatures will be in the low 70s.Thursday afternoon's high temps are in the low 70s.On Friday, we
  
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• 2.2 million Americans over age 55 still have student loan debt: report

  30-05-2024 03:28 via wane.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Millions of Americans older than 55 have yet to clear their student loan debt, according to the Federal Reserve Board's 2022 Survey of Consumer Finance released on Wednesday.
  The survey showed 2.2 million individuals above 55 have student loan debt, and an analysis from the New School's Schwartz Center for Economic Policy shows it is impeding their retirement plans.Around 43 percent of borrowers in that age range are in middle-income brackets, according to the analysis. The av
  
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• City Council approves funding to repair sidewalks in areas of need

  30-05-2024 02:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- At Tuesday's Fort Wayne City Council meeting, councilmembers approved funding that will allow the city to make sidewalk repairs in areas that meet certain economic stipulations.Nick Jarrell, the City of Fort Wayne's Right-of-Way manager, said the funding will allow city officials to make repairs in certain areas based on a metric called a "qualified census tract," which is a stat that tracks an area's median household income based on multiple factors.The project, which
  
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• Scattered rain exits tonight, sunshine tomorrow

  30-05-2024 01:01 via wane.com
  
  Some scattered rain and t-storms are moving through this evening. However, they may not reach all areas. Temperatures started off in the low 70s, but we fall into the 60s this evening. Overnight, we're dropping all the way into the upper 40s.A chilly Thursday morning arrives with lows in the mid-upper 40s in most spots.Rain chances are out of the picture by morning as high pressure moves in. The sinking air that high pressure brings means lots of sunshine and very few clouds over the next couple
  
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• 'Nowhere to go': Allen County woman highlights dangers of mobile homes during severe weather

  30-05-2024 01:00 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)— Mobile homes are a dangerous place to be when severe weather strikes, and one Allen County woman is frustrated with her lack of options when she is told to take shelter.Beverly Murray lives in the Country Court Estates mobile home park in southern Allen County. She was terrified on the evening of May 7 as her area was under a tornado warning and debris was flying around her home."It's very scary and it's very frustrating because you feel like you're just falling
  
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• Hats Off! Graduation season at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

  30-05-2024 00:46 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Now that we are nearing the end of May and approaching June, one thing is dominating everyone's calendars right now: high school graduation.Wednesday night, East Allen County School District is kicking off its commencement ceremonies with Woodlan High School.Melanie Carney, Executive VP and General Manager at the Coliseum, said graduation season is a busy time for them."...We usually started the beginning of May and will wrap up probably about the second week in J
  
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• Fort Wayne business owner, 'community leader' receives Sagamore of the Wabash

  30-05-2024 00:22 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- A Fort Wayne architect, business owner and "community leader" became the latest recipient of the state's Sagamore of the Wabash award Wednesday.Pat Pasterick, co-founder and CEO of Design Collaborative, received the award Wednesday evening the the Fort Wayne Country Club."I see the people that win this and I don't feel worthy to be real frank with you, but [it is] a great honor," Pasterick said.According to Design Collaborative, Pasterick has helped with notable projec
  
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• Freshest flavors at Kuehnert Milk House

  29-05-2024 22:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! The Kuehnert Milk House is stocked with the coldest milk and ice creams for the summertime heat.The Kuehnert Milk House opened in early February, however, Kuehnert Dairy Farm gave WANE 15 a guided tour of their Milk House.
  Inside, they sell a variety of milk flavors in addition to the standard whole, 2% and skim. Customers can indulge in flavored pints of milk such as cotton candy, root beer, orange cream, coffee,
  
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• 25 local business owners awarded Dyer Grants

  29-05-2024 22:46 via wane.com
  
  (WANE) -- Twenty-five local Black-owned businesses and their owners were awarded Dyer Grants, a program that aims to support small, for-profit Black-owned businesses, the Dyer Family Foundation announced in a ceremony on Wednesday.The Dyer Family Foundation, an organization that supports local small business owners and entrepreneurs, awarded a total of $166,000 to the 25 grant recipients. This is the third year the foundation has provided grants to Fort Wayne-area business owners.This year, gran
  
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• Upcoming fundraiser aims to teach people about service dogs

  29-05-2024 22:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- An upcoming fundraiser hosted by the Indiana Canine Assistant Network (ICAN) aims to teach people about the organization and the service dogs they help train.The breakfast fundraiser, called Waffles & Wags, will be held at Ceruti's Catering on Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30 a.m.According to ICAN, service dogs must complete a two-year training program that are mostly led by inmates at the Indiana Women's Prison, Pendleton Correctional Facility and Correctional Industrial
  
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• Late afternoon headlines Wednesday, May 29

  29-05-2024 22:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your late afternoon headlines for Wednesday, May 29.
  
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• Coroner's office makes ruling on 'suspicious' death of woman found dead in her front yard

  29-05-2024 20:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The Allen County Coroner's Office has determined the cause and manner of death of a woman found dead in the front yard of her rural Allen County home back in February.Officers with the Allen County Sheriff's Office were sent to the home, located in the 10100 block of Aboite Road in the southwest part of the county late in the morning of February 15 on a report of an unconscious person. The woman, identified as Sheila Louise Snyder, 61, was pronounced dead by medics at the
  
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• Garrett man arrested on child porn charges

  29-05-2024 20:38 via wane.com
  
  GARRETT, Ind. (WANE) — A Garrett man has been arrested on child pornography charges after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).DeKalb County Sheriff's Office along with the Indiana Internet Chrimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested 37-year-old Brody Dixon Wednesday morning, according to a press release.The arrest came after an investigation that stemmed from a cyber tip from the NCMEC.
  Dixon was transported to the DeKalb County Jail on initial
  
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• Garrett High School teacher arrested on child porn charges

  29-05-2024 20:38 via wane.com
  
  GARRETT, Ind. (WANE) — A Garrett man has been arrested on child pornography charges after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).DeKalb County Sheriff's Office along with the Indiana Internet Chrimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested 37-year-old Brody Dixon Wednesday morning, according to a press release.The arrest came after an investigation that stemmed from a cyber tip from the NCMEC.
  Dixon was transported to the DeKalb County Jail on initial
  
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• Coroner identifies man hit by train in southwest Fort Wayne

  29-05-2024 20:26 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Coroner has identified a man who died Monday after being hit by a train on Fort Wayne's southwest side.The coroner identified the man as Alan Joseph Faulkner, 41, from Fort Wayne.The train hit Faulkner shortly before 10 p.m. on the tracks that cross West Hamilton Road between State Road 14 and Bass Road. He was pronounced dead at the scene.The coroner determined Faulkner died from blunt force injuries in the crash. His death was ruled an accident.The Al
  
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• Toxic algae bloom found in Big Chapman Lake

  29-05-2024 19:16 via wane.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO Co., Ind. (WSBT) - A highly toxic algae bloom has been identified in Big Chapman Lake. Water experts are urging people and their pets to stay out of parts of the lake.The algae was discovered by a resident who reported it to the Lilly Center at Grace College which tested it. They found the algae to be Cyanobacteria, also referred to as blue-green algae.Even though referred to as algae, it's not. It's a bacteria which has the ability to produce a toxin called microcystin, which is toxic
  
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• Fort Wayne student eliminated from Scripps National Spelling Bee

  29-05-2024 18:27 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WANE) - One of Fort Wayne's all-star spellers went back to the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the third time. Unfortunately, Achyut Ethiraj misspelled a word in the quarterfinals.Achyut is an 8th grader at Maple Creek Middle School. The 14-year-old has previously spelled in the 2022 and 2023 Bees. He reached 14th place in 2022 and then 23rd in 2023.During the 4th round of spelling in the quarterfinals Achyut was eliminated. This puts him tied for 60th place with all the othe
  
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• Afternoon headlines Wednesday, May 29

  29-05-2024 18:00 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your afternoon headlines for Wednesday, May 289
  
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• Suspect in 2006 cold case booked into Allen County Jail ahead of hearing

  29-05-2024 17:26 via wane.com
  
  Video: Charges filed in 2006 Fort Wayne homicideFORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A man charged with murder earlier this month in a 2006 killing has been booked into the Allen County Jail ahead of an initial hearing scheduled for Thursday.Derrick R. Johnson, 39, faces charges of murder, felony murder and robbery in the killing of Robert “Scott” Parrish at his home on Vermont Avenue in March 2006.Ahead of the upcoming hearing, Johnson was moved to the Allen County Jail from state prison, wher
  
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• Wabash native one of three ISP Peru Post probationary troopers

  29-05-2024 16:41 via wane.com
  
  WABASH, Ind. (WANE) — A Wabash native is now one of three Indiana State probationary troopers stationed at the Peru Post.
  Probationary Trooper Kyle Lafferty is a Wabash native
  Kyle Lafferty graduated from Wabash High School in 2008. Following his graduation he served in the US Marine Corps for five years and spent eight years as a Wabash City Police Officer with the rank of Sergent.Lafferty resides in Wabash County and will primarily work in Grant County. He was a part of six who graduated
  
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• Morning headlines Wednesday, May 29

  29-05-2024 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, May 29.
  
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• Police turn over new leads in central Indiana boy's 2022 disappearance

  29-05-2024 14:19 via wane.com
  
  MOORESVILLE, Ind. – Investigators in Mooresville have turned over new leads in the case of a missing 5-year-old boy.Steven Bryan was the subject of a Silver Alert in August 2022 when he was 3 years old. At the time, authorities said he was believed to be in the company of his mother, Deborah Bryan, and her boyfriend, Caleb Blevins. Indiana bill pushes to create ‘Green Alerts’ for missing, at-risk veteransSteven was last seen in Mooresville on June 9, 2022. He disappeared when h
  
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• Author shines new light on IU student Lauren Spierer's disapperance

  29-05-2024 14:19 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In the days after IU coed Lauren Spierer disappeared following a night of partying on June 3, 2011, a reporter from her hometown newspaper in Westchester County, New York, arrived in Bloomington and started breaking stories and scooping the local reporters who flocked to cover the case.Shawn Cohen of the Journal News made inroads with the closed-mouth circle of friends who knew Lauren’s secrets and what she had been up to in the last days before she vanished.Now,
  
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• Author shines new light on IU student Lauren Spierer's disappearance

  29-05-2024 14:19 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In the days after IU coed Lauren Spierer disappeared following a night of partying on June 3, 2011, a reporter from her hometown newspaper in Westchester County, New York, arrived in Bloomington and started breaking stories and scooping the local reporters who flocked to cover the case.Shawn Cohen of the Journal News made inroads with the closed-mouth circle of friends who knew Lauren’s secrets and what she had been up to in the last days before she vanished.Now,
  
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• 2 people missing after building explosion in Youngstown, Ohio

  29-05-2024 14:19 via wane.com
  
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Two people were missing and seven were injured when a natural gas explosion caused extensive damage to a building in downtown Youngtown, Ohio, authorities said.The blast, which occurred around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, blew off the façade of Realty Tower. Firefighters helped some people get out of the building, which houses a Chase Bank on the ground floor and has apartments in upper floors.Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley said a man and a woman were missing follo
  
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• Stolen SUV found in St. Joseph River near Johnny Appleseed Park

  29-05-2024 13:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A stolen SUV was found Wednesday morning in the St. Joseph River near Johnny Appleseed Park in Fort Wayne.Emergency crews were called to the scene near St. Joe River Drive and Anthony Boulevard before 7 a.m. after a passing motorist spotted the vehicle. A WANE 15 videographer at the scene said they saw the license plate sticking up out of the water.
  No one was found inside or near the SUV, according to FWPD Sgt. Jeremy Webb, and a tow truck pulled it out of the river.
  
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• Divers search for occupants after vehicle found in St. Joseph River near Johnny Appleseed Park

  29-05-2024 13:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A search is underway in the St Joseph River after a motorist spotted a vehicle in the water near Johnny Appleseed Park in Fort Wayne Wednesday morning.Emergency crews were called to the scene near St. Joe River Drive and Anthony Boulevard before 7 a.m. and a WANE 15 videographer at the scene says the license plate was sticking up out of the water and the vehicle has been reported stolen.
  So far it doesn't appear that the vehicle was occupied. This story will be updated wh
  
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