
Jazlynn Bebout
Social Media and Digital Content Manager at WPTA-TV (Fort Wayne, IN)
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21alivenews.com | Jazlynn Bebout
The details in this story are disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. JAY COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - The Indiana Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the murder conviction and life without parole sentence for Jay County woman Chelsea Crossland in the killing of her 5-year-old son in 2022. Crossland was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for one count of murder in August 2023.
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21alivenews.com | Jazlynn Bebout
ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - Crews from the Northeast Fire District say while a resident suffered the loss of several of their pets in a house fire Wednesday morning, two of their kittens were saved. Crews were called around 8:25 a.m. about a house fire in the 14800 block of Wayne Street, near Leo Elementary School, off of Leo Road (S.R. 1). No one was inside the home at the time, but a family member tells 21Alive that two dogs and two adult cats were killed in the fire.
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21alivenews.com | Jazlynn Bebout
NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - Residents are voting Tuesday on a Central Noble Community Schools (CNCS) operating referendum that would increase property taxes for residents within the district as the school is grappling with a loss in state funding. CNCS shared on its website that the district has lost more than $2.4 million in state funding since the 2017-2018 school year after public education dollars were rerouted to the state’s voucher program.
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21alivenews.com | Jazlynn Bebout
WARSAW, Ind. (WPTA) - A 61-year-old New York man was sentenced as part of a plea deal on Monday for his involvement in a crash with a school bus back in 2022 that injured over a dozen student hockey players. Victor Santos of Brooklyn, New York, was facing 26 felony charges in the crash after court documents say he was intoxicated when he ran a red light along U.S. 30 in November of 2022, hitting a school bus.
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21alivenews.com | Jazlynn Bebout
WARSAW, Ind. (WPTA) - A new electric vehicle (EV) startup backed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has confirmed plans to bring a production facility to Kosciusko County. Slate Auto is a Michigan-based EV startup that builds a simplified two-seat pickup truck that starts at $25,000, which could cost under $20,000 after federal EV tax credits, according to its website.
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