Fort Wayne news

• Deadly warehouse fire: Operator accused of ignoring safety

  05-12-2016 23:58 via wane.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The founder of a ramshackle Oakland artists’ colony where dozens of people burned to death saw himself as a kind of guru and loved to surround himself with followers but showed chilling disregard for their well-being, according to relatives, neighbors and other acquaintances.Derick Ion Almena, 46, leased and operated the cluttered warehouse where a blaze erupted Friday night during a dance party, leaving at least 36 people dead in the nation’s most lethal b
  
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• Judge: Prosecutors can use Cosby’s deposition at trial

  05-12-2016 23:56 via wane.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Damaging testimony that Bill Cosby gave in an accuser’s lawsuit, including admissions that he gave young women drugs and alcohol before sex, can be used at his criminal sex assault trial, a judge ruled Monday.The defense had insisted that Cosby only testified after being promised he wouldn’t be charged over his 2004 encounter with accuser Andrea Constand. But his lawyers at the time never had an immunity agreement or put anything in writing.
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• Mastodons prepare to face another top 25 team in Notre Dame

  05-12-2016 23:27 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. –
  Who: No. 23 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  When: Tuesday, Dec 6 | 9:00 PM ET
  Where: Purcell Pavilion | Notre Dame, Ind.
  All-Time Series: Notre Dame leads 4-0
  Last Meeting: 12/17/12 – Notre Dame 74, Fort Wayne 62 – at Notre Dame
  Video: WATCHND & WatchESPN
  TV: ESPNU
  Play-by-Play: Zach Zaidman Color: LaPhonso Ellis
  Radio: ESPN 1380 AM/100.9 FM
  Play-by-Play: Brett Rump
  Stats: www.UND.com
  Game Notes:&
  
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• Komets forward Trevor Cheek called up to AHL’s Tuscon Roadrunners

  05-12-2016 23:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Komets announced today that forward Trevor Cheek has been loaned to the Tucson Roadrunners of the AHL. Cheek started the season with Tucson before joining the Komets Nov. 1.  Cheek has scored five goals and 13 points in 12 games with Fort Wayne.
  The Komets have four games in five nights this week, starting with a morning game Tuesday at 10:30am at Toledo.  Wednesday the Komets skate at Cincinnati at 7:35pm.  The Komets open a home-and-home series again
  
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• State rejects temporary reprieve for Ohio child killer

  05-12-2016 22:53 via wane.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state has rejected a proposal to temporarily delay the January execution of a man set to die for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter.Thomas Madden, an assistant Ohio attorney general, ruled out the possibility of a one-month reprieve for death row inmate Ronald Phillips in a Friday email made public Monday.
  This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Ronald Phillips. The Sept. 1
  
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• Mistrial declared in black motorist’s shooting

  05-12-2016 22:40 via wane.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white, former police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist.
  A panel of one black and 11 white jurors — who had seemed close to a verdict to convict on Friday, with apparently only one holdout — said Monday they were unable to reach a unanimous decision after deliberating more than 22 hours over four days.
  Michael Slager, left, w
  
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• Teacher, musicians among those killed in warehouse fire

  05-12-2016 22:35 via wane.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A teacher, the son of a sheriff’s deputy and young artists who loved music were among those killed when a fire tore through a converted Oakland warehouse during a dance party.The death toll from Friday night’s fire climbed to 36 on Monday with more bodies still feared buried in the rubble.
  Roses are place at a makeshift memorial near the site of a warehouse fire Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. The death toll in the fire climbed to 36 Monday with
  
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• Beavers make their way to downtown Fort Wayne, destroy trees

  05-12-2016 22:31 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A lot of trees in downtown Fort Wayne are in trouble and the culprit is no secret.
  “We have some beavers doing beaver things,” Dan Wire said. Wire is the Executive Director of the Tristate Watershed Alliance.
  Beavers have joined the fun in downtown Fort Wayne and that’s causing some problems. Their chewing is rapidly killing trees.
  “Just by their nature, they’re vegetarians, so they just eat green material and cottonwood bark is
  
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• Neighbors salvage goods in 15 homes set to be torn down

  05-12-2016 22:21 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) An $11 million project to widen West State Boulevard is getting underway after nearly nine years of planning.
  The first phase of the project is to open 15 homes set to be demolished to anyone looking to salvage materials. The homes sit between Cass and Clinton Streets on State Boulevard.
  “The road is going to be moved a little bit south to still keep the neighborhood intact and they’re taking down some of the houses, several that are in the flood area, an
  
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• Study: Indiana water pipes need $2.3B in immediate repairs

  05-12-2016 22:06 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new study says Indiana’s aging water infrastructure needs $2.3 billion in immediate repairs and $815 million a year in additional maintenance spending to protect human health and to stop the loss of about 50 billion gallons of water a year.The (Northwest Indiana) Times (http://bit.ly/2h7mtYY ) reports that the study conducted by the Indiana Finance Authority determined Indiana’ 554 independent water systems are struggling to maintain quality service as the
  
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• Woman asks for donations to help sick cat, falsely represents American Legion

  05-12-2016 21:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The American Legion said Monday that the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has received several calls from members of the veterans’ organization reporting a Fort Wayne woman is supposedly representing the organization and that is collecting money to help a sick cat at the Humane Society in Huntington.
  American Legion officers have told the woman to stop calling people, and that the organization supports veterans and not sick animals. According to a press rel
  
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• Man robbed after setting up meeting with escort online

  05-12-2016 21:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A man drove to an apartment complex to meet an escort he had connected with from Backpage, a Craiglist-style classifieds website, and was robbed Saturday evening in the parking lot by another man who claimed to be a police officer, according to a Fort Wayne police report.
  The man told officers he went to meet an escort at Richfield Apartments that he had made contact with from backpage.com on Saturday, December 3.Officers met the victim of the robbery in a Fort Wa
  
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• Firefighters respond to house fire

  05-12-2016 20:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Firefighters responded to a house fire Monday afternoon.
  The Fort Wayne Fire Department were called to the home in the 6900 block of Penrose Drive at approximately 2:45 p.m. on report of the fire.
  It is not yet known if anyone was inside the home when the fire started, or if anyone has been injured.
  No other information is known at this time, check back for updates.
  
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• Firefighters find body after extinguishing basement fire

  05-12-2016 20:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A body was found in a home on the city’s northeast side that caught fire Monday afternoon.
  Firefighters were called to a home in the 6900 block of Penrose Drive on report of a house fire than began in the basement on Monday, December 5.The Fort Wayne Fire Department was called to a home 6902 Penrose Drive at approximately 2:45 p.m. on report of the fire in the basement. The fire was contained in under an hour, firefighters at the scene told NewsChannel 15.
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• Normal winter stats

  05-12-2016 20:23 via wane.com
  
  You hear our team of meteorologists compare weather stats to what is considered “normal” or “average” during that time.  It can be hard to know what is considered average, so here are a few stats to help you know what an average winter looks and feels like.The 30-year average snowfall for the entire winter season is just over 26 inches.  If we break that down by months, December averages 7.6″ of snow, January averages 10.7″, and February averages 7.8
  
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• Average winter stats

  05-12-2016 20:23 via wane.com
  
  You hear our team of meteorologists compare weather stats to what is considered “normal” or “average” during that time.  It can be hard to know what is considered average, so here are a few stats to help you know what an average winter looks and feels like.The 30-year average snowfall for the entire winter season is just over 26 inches.  If we break that down by months, December averages 7.6″ of snow, January averages 10.7″, and February averages 7.8
  
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• Man convicted in son’s hot-car death gets life, no parole

  05-12-2016 20:11 via wane.com
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A judge on Monday handed down a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for a Georgia man convicted of murder by jurors who believed he had intentionally left his toddler son in a hot SUV to die.
  Jurors last month convicted Justin Ross Harris, 36, of malice murder and other charges in the June 2014 death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. The malice murder conviction means they believed Harris left the young boy to die on pur
  
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• FWPD: Woman calls 911 after being shot in the head

  05-12-2016 20:03 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A woman called 911 after she had been shot in the head while lying down in her bed during an apparent drive-by Saturday evening.
  Fort Wayne police responded to an apartment along Cheviot Drive on a report of a shooting Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016.Officers responded to the Waterloo Gardens apartment complex in the 3300 block of Cheviot Drive at approximately 8:30 p.m. on report of the shooting. When officers arrived, they knocked on the door and a woman suffering f
  
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• Indiana Tech announces new president

  05-12-2016 18:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Dr. Karl W. Einolf has been selected by the Indiana Tech Board of Trustees as the university’s next president.
  Dr. Karl W. Einolf will begin his duties as president in July of 2017. Indiana Tech made the announcement on Monday, December 5.The university made the announcement Monday that Dr. Einolf will become the ninth president of the school’s 86-year history. He will succeed Dr. Arthur Snyder, who is retiring on June 30, 2017. Einolf will begin his d
  
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• Red Cross urges blood donations

  05-12-2016 18:29 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The American Red Cross urges the community to give blood donations in December, a time when they say, donations decline but the needs of patients remain steady.
  Donors of all blood types are needed this holiday season to help ensure a sufficient supply for hospital patients. To encourage donations, all those who come to donate December 22, 2016 through January 8, 2017, will receive a long sleeved Red Cross t-shirt, while supplies last, according to a press re
  
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• Multiple reports indicate Purdue has hired new football coach

  05-12-2016 17:57 via wane.com
  
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WANE)  Both ESPN and Yahoo are reporting that Purdue has hired Western Kentucky head football coach Jeff Brohm to take over the reins of the Boilermakers.   Brohm is scheduled to be introduced as the replacement for Darrell Hazell, who was fired October 16 after a dismal record in three-plus seasons. Wide receivers coach Gerad Parker served as Purdue’s interim coach for the remainder of the season.Brohm played quarterback for Louisville and served as an assi
  
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• Brohm leaving Western Kentucky to take Boilermakers job

  05-12-2016 17:57 via wane.com
  
  Jeff Brohm is leaving Western Kentucky to take the head coaching job at Purdue.
  The Boilermakers announced the move Monday, calling him “one of the most innovative offensive masterminds in college football.” An afternoon news conference was scheduled to introduce Brohm. Western Kentucky said Nick Holt will coach the Hilltopppers (10-3) in the Boca Raton Bowl against Memphis (8-4) on Dec. 20.
  Brohm replaces Darrell Hazell, who was fired after winning just nine games in 3½ seaso
  
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• Public invited to salvage details from historic homes ready for wrecking ball

  05-12-2016 17:50 via wane.com
  
  The following is a release from the city of Fort Wayne presented verbatim
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The City of Fort Wayne is providing area residents an opportunity to salvage architectural details from homes that are slated for demolition in the Brookview-Irvington Historic District neighborhood, per the Memorandum of Agreement for the State Boulevard Reconstruction Project Designation Number 0400587.The City of Fort Wayne is providing area residents an opportunity to salvage architectural deta
  
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• Gas prices rise as OPEC cuts back

  05-12-2016 17:30 via wane.com
  
  The national average for a gallon of gasoline has begun to move higher, due in large part to an agreement amongst OPEC members to cut back on oil production according to the gas price tracking website GasBuddy.com. Prices in the U.S. average $2.18 per gallon Monday, 6 cents higher than a week ago, and 14 cents higher than last year, with average prices rising in 37 states in the last week.
  The move comes as oil prices skyrocketed back over $50 per barrel last week, thanks to somewhat a surprisin
  
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• Dylann Roof allowed to hire lawyers back, for now

  05-12-2016 17:23 via wane.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday allowed a white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a Charleston, South Carolina, church to hire back his lawyers, at least for the first phase of his trial.
  Dylann Roof, 22, asked U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel over the weekend if he could use his attorneys during the guilt phase, but still be his own lawyer during the penalty phase.
  Prosecutors have asked for the death penalty. Such cases are split into two part
  
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• Indiana converts WIC benefits to electronic cards

  05-12-2016 16:52 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials say Women, Infants and Children programs in all 92 counties now are using electronic benefit transfer cards instead of paper checks.
  The statewide rollout began in Johnson County in February and will wrap up by the end of the year as current checks expire. The Indiana State Department of Health says more than 150,000 WIC clients now are using the cards.The change allows WIC participants anywhere in Indiana to shop for groceries by swiping a new
  
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• Memorial Coliseum to host Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony

  05-12-2016 16:02 via wane.com
  
  The following information was provided by the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
  The Army Navy Union #57, the Allen County Council of Veterans and the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum will host a Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Ceremony in Memorial Hall on Wednesday, December 7 at 7:00 p.m. This will mark the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.The public is welcome to attend and honor the men and women who were lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Guests attending t
  
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• First Fort Wayne Flag design on display for 200@200

  05-12-2016 15:35 via wane.com
  
  Fort Wayne, Ind.  (WANE) – One of the artifacts highlighted for the December collection of the 200@200 Bicentennial exhibit at the History Center is the first Fort Wayne flag.  Museum director, Todd Pelfrey brought the muslin design to the station Saturday. He explained that the flag and additional pieces in the collection help us understand how past generations celebrated milestones in the state’s history.  This particular design symbolizes the three rivers that conve
  
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• Police: Fake news story led gunman to popular DC pizzeria

  05-12-2016 15:26 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who said he was investigating a fake news story about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza place was arrested after firing a rifle inside the Washington, D.C., restaurant, police said.
  Edgar Maddison Welch, 28 of Salisbury, North Carolina, was arrested Sunday afternoon at Comet Ping Pong on Connecticut Avenue in an affluent neighborhood of the nation’s capital, police said. No one was injured in the incident.
  Welch told police he’d com
  
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• Real or fake Christmas tree? That is the question

  05-12-2016 14:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Sunday night’s snowfall didn’t stop families from going to the 20-acre St. Joe Christmas Tree Farm to find their perfect tree. The owners, Mike and Judy Reifen­berg, love giving families a fun holiday bonding experience, encouraging people to “come to the farm and enjoy.”
  Xavier and Andrea Seranni brought their newborn girl, Mariella, to the tree farm to help pick a tree for her first Christmas. It was their first time buying a rea
  
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• 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Top 25 hot tech toys for kids

  05-12-2016 13:54 via wane.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Hatchimals, Legos, Air hogs, and more!
  The holidays are full of cool, hot tech toys for children, especially in 2016.
  Here are KRON4 Tech Reporter Gabe Slate’s top 25 hot tech toys for kids:HatchimalsThese robot birds that hatch out of their eggs to your kid’s delight are this year’s Furby. They will be hard to find but if you can snag one your kid will be the envy of the block. The more “love” your kid gives the egg, the quicker their n
  
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• Journey to perform at Memorial Coliseum in March

  05-12-2016 13:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)  Legendary rock band Journey will come to the Summit City on March 31. Journey is best known for hits such as “Faithfully”, “Anyway You Want It”, “Open Arms” and “Don’t Stop Believing”.
  Original members Neal Schon, Ross Valory and longtime members Jonathan Cain and Arnel Pinesa welcomed drummer Steve Smith back into Journey for San Francisco Fest 2016. It was the first time Smith performed with the group since 199
  
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• Trump taps former campaign rival Carson as housing secretary

  05-12-2016 12:40 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former Campaign 2016 rival Ben Carson to become secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.Trump’s decision, announced early Monday by his transition office, comes as the real estate mogul continues a series of interviews, meetings with aides and other deliberations aimed at forming his administration.
  In a statement, Trump says he’s “thrilled to nominate” Carson, saying he “has a bril
  
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• Michigan to begin recount; legal fight moves to Pennsylvania

  05-12-2016 11:02 via wane.com
  
  Presidential candidate Jill Stein’s fight to force presidential recounts in three states focuses Monday on Pennsylvania, where her Green Party is seeking an emergency federal court order for a statewide recount, and Michigan, where a federal judge has ordered a hand recount to begin by noon.The recount is underway in Wisconsin.
  President-elect Donald Trump narrowly defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in all three states. The recounts were not expected to change enough votes to ov
  
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• Coverage You Counted On: Top 15 stories of 2016

  05-12-2016 11:00 via wane.com
  
  Fort Wayne, Ind. (WANE) – 2016 was a busy year for WANE-TV. From a record number of homicides in Allen County to the Fort Wayne Mastodons seizing an epic victory over Indiana University, NewsChannel 15 kept you well informed of the big stories making local, regional and national headlines. Now we want you to rank the top 15 stories of the year.
  We have listed the top stories with a brief synopsis. Cast your vote for the number one pick and look for the results starting December 28th h
  
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• After major victory, ND pipeline protesters to defy deadline

  05-12-2016 10:52 via wane.com
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Protesters celebrated a major victory in their push to reroute the Dakota Access oil pipeline away from a tribal water source but pledged to remain camped on federal land in North Dakota anyway, despite Monday’s government deadline to leave.Hundreds of people at the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires, encampment cheered and chanted “mni wichoni” — “water is life” in Lakota Sioux — after the Army Corps of Engineers refuse
  
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• Investigators search for clues in fatal fire, friends mourn

  05-12-2016 10:48 via wane.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — As investigators searched for signs of a crime in the fire that killed at least 33 in an Oakland warehouse during a late-night dance party, survivors and teary-eyed friends of those who perished viewed the charred building from a distance, placed flowers on several small memorials and embraced each other to mourn their losses.Bouquets of sunflowers, single white roses, lilies and carnations were stuck in chain-link fences, votive candles burned on sidewalks and post-
  
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• Death toll grows to 36 at Oakland warehouse fire

  05-12-2016 10:48 via wane.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The death toll in the Oakland warehouse fire has grown to 36 and authorities say they expect the number to rise when they resume work later Monday following a temporary work stoppage. A wall is leaning inward, posing a safety hazard to those who have been searching the building which erupted in fire Friday night.
  Eleven of the victims have been positively identified, but the names have yet to be publicly released.
  Authorities also believe they’ve lo
  
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• Report: Armed robber apologizes before running off with cash

  05-12-2016 07:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened Sunday night.
  Police were called to Eddie’s Quick Mart in the 4200 block of N. Clinton Street, near Coliseum Blvd., just before 11 p.m. There, a clerk told police that a white man with a bandana over his face and armed with a handgun had robbed the store.
  The clerk said the man told him several times he wasn’t going to hurt him, but ordered him to put money in a bag. The suspect the told the clerk he
  
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• Police investigate 2nd Sunday armed robbery

  05-12-2016 07:08 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened Sunday night.
  Police were called to Eddie’s Quick Mart in the 4300 block of N. Clinton Street, near Coliseum Blvd., just before 11:00 p.m.
  The suspect, described as a man with a bandanna over his face and armed with a gun, was last seen running from the store.
  Officers were called to Dollar General on Bluffton Road on Sunday, December 4 on report of an armed robbery.The robbery comes on the same day a Doll
  
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• Terrell, Western Michigan rowing to Cotton Bowl

  05-12-2016 05:55 via wane.com
  
  ASSOCIATED PRESS – Western Michigan will be rowing from Kalamazoo to the Cotton Bowl.
  The 12th-ranked Broncos (13-0, No. 15 CFP), the Mid-American Conference champions and the only FBS team other than top-ranked Alabama still undefeated, will play Big Ten runner-up and eighth-ranked Wisconsin (10-3, No. 8 CFP) on Jan. 2 in the Dallas Cowboys’ home stadium.
  Coach P.J. Fleck said Sunday that it “really is surreal right now. Surreal to know Western Michigan University, a team that
  
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• Komets take down Grizzlies 4-2

  05-12-2016 05:47 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Komets defeated the Utah Grizzlies 4-2 at the Coliseum on Sunday.
  The Komets lit the lamp first with a goal from David Friedmann. Shawn Szydlowski followed in the second period taking advantage of a penalty shot. Trevor Cheek scored on the power play to give the Komets a 3-0 lead heading into the third period. Szydlowski scored his second of the night in a chippy third period. The Grizzlies scored two late goals but it was not enough to overcome the late defic
  
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• Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, and Washington get in to College Football Playoff

  05-12-2016 04:53 via wane.com
  
  Conference championships matter. Head-to-head matters. Strength of schedule matters. Every game counts, though some seem to count more than others and good luck figuring out which ones count most.
  This and more is what the College Football Playoff selection committee sorts through to pick the four best teams in the country.
  If consistency, certainty and clear-cut criteria are what you crave, this may not be the sport for you. Yes, the goal posts move from season to season. That may be the way it
  
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• Notre Dame improves to 8-0, beats North Carolina A&T 107-53

  05-12-2016 04:46 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — V.J. Beachem scored 19 points and Notre Dame matched its best start under coach Mike Brey with a 107-53 win over North Carolina A&T on Sunday night.
  Beachem was 7 of 14 from the floor. Matt Ryan knocked down five 3-pointers to finish with 17 points, and Matt Farrell added 15 points for the Irish (8-0), who scored over 100 points for the first time this season, and at least 91 points for the third straight game.
  “It’s fun to watch that group play,&rdq
  
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• No. 13 Indiana pulls away from Southeast Missouri St. 83-55

  05-12-2016 04:44 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Tom Crean knew there was one thing No. 13 Indiana couldn’t have Sunday — a letdown.
  So with the fourth game of the week looming, the Hoosiers coach made some changes. He installed some new plays, urged players to fight through the fatigue and encouraged them to have some win.
  Winning made it even better. Robert Johnson had and seven rebounds and De’Ron Davis scored 14 points to lead the Hoosiers past Southeast Missouri State for an 83-55 victory.
  
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• Suicidal subject near North Webster captured by police

  05-12-2016 02:25 via wane.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – A suicidal subject near North Webster has been captured by police, according to Indiana DNR.
  An alert was issued at 8:18 p.m. for people near the Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area to stay inside and lock their doors.
  Police were looking for 20-year-old Michael D. Miller of Twinsburg, Ohio. Police said Miller was on foot and armed with a shotgun.
  At 8:37 p.m., DNR officials said Miller was in police custody and a threat to the public no longer existed.
  DNR an
  
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• Panera at Jefferson Pointe evacuated due to potential gas leak

  05-12-2016 02:01 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Several customers and employees were evacuated from the Panera Bread at Jefferson Pointe due to a potential gas leak.
  Firefighters were called around 7:45 p.m. Sunday after the manager smelled gas. An evacuation of the building started a few minutes before.
  A NewsChannel 15 producer said around ten customers were inside.
  No injuries were reported.
  
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• Salt trucks hit the roads as potential for overnight ice grows

  05-12-2016 01:34 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – With snowfall across the area Sunday there is the potential for ice to develop overnight.
  That concern has prompted INDOT and the City of Fort Wayne to dispatch salt trucks.
  INDOT said Sunday evening it was placing more than 50 trucks throughout Northeast Indiana. The trucks are monitoring road conditions and will put down salt, if necessary.
  City of Fort Wayne trucks have been put onto main roads and intersections to monitor for the potential of ice buildup. With
  
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• ‘Sensitive Santa’ event hosted by Fort Wayne Autism Center

  05-12-2016 00:46 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Fort Wayne Autism Center hosts its 2nd annual “Sensitive Santa” event.
  Parents and children enjoy a table set up at the Fort Wayne Autism Center during the organizations “Sensitive Santa” event on Dec. 4, 2016.It allows children who have been diagnosed with autism to enjoy time with Santa and Mrs. Clause.
  Organizers say it Santa, the children, and their families can enjoy the time together in a non-retail environment – without noi
  
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• Indiana to play Utah in Foster Farms Bowl

  05-12-2016 00:32 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana (6-6, 4-5 B1G East) will face Utah (8-4, 5-4 Pac-12 South) in the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl, it was announced this afternoon. The game will be held at Levi’s Stadium on Wednesday, Dec. 28, with an 8:30 p.m. ET kickoff on FOX Sports.
   
  “Our team is thrilled to play in the Foster Farms Bowl,” IU Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass said. “Making a second straight bowl game is an enormous milestone for the program and our st
  
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