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• Huntington baseball splits with Mount Vernon Nazarene

  21-03-2017 23:57 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) – Huntington University split its home-opening series on Tuesday at Forest Glen Park, defeating Mount Vernon Nazarene 6-0 in game one before falling 7-5 in the nightcap.
  Homestead grad D.J. Moore was solid on the mound in the first game of the day. Moore threw a complete-game shutout, yielding only two hits while striking out six. Shea Beauchamp, a Wabash High School graduate, starred at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a stolen base.
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• TOTW: North Side Legends Boys Basketball

  21-03-2017 23:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – They knew it wouldn’t be easy – and they didn’t make it easy on themselves either.
  North Side advances to the state title game for the first time since 1965 and they are your Optimum Performance Sports “Team of the Week.”
  Against Merrillville in semi-state at Huntington North, there were some nervous moments down the stretch for the Legends. Despite a big lead heading into the fourth quarter they only made 22-of-39 free throws on
  
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• Notre Dame star Brianna Turner diagnosed with torn ACL

  21-03-2017 22:53 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Notre Dame junior forward Brianna Turner will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, a major blow to the NCAA Tournament hopes of the top-seeded Fighting Irish.Notre Dame announced Tuesday that Turner tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee Sunday night during a second-round win over Purdue. She leads the team this season with 15.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, and also has 86 blocks — sixth-best for a single season in Notre Dame hist
  
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• Lawmakers consider banning sales of synthetic urine

  21-03-2017 22:29 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for businesses to sell products like synthetic urine that can be used to fraudulently pass a drug test.
  Republican Rep. Greg Beumer of Modoc says his measure is needed to help employers ferret out workers with drug problems. He says current law forbids using an “adulterant” to pass a drug test, but does not ban the sale of such products.
  He thinks knowingly selling those products should be a
  
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• Kyle Thomas returns to Komets

  21-03-2017 22:18 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Komets announced Tuesday that forward Kyle Thomas has been released from his PTO with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters and will be returning to the Fort Wayne roster Wednesday.
  Thomas, 27, started his third season with the Komets this year and appeared in 47 straight games before getting a call from Cleveland and signing with the Monsters on Feb. 14 after netting his second career hat trick with the Komets in a 5-3 win at Kalamazoo.  The right winger skated 12
  
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• Colts sign receiver Kamar Aiken

  21-03-2017 22:15 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Colts today signed unrestricted free agent wide receiver Kamar Aiken.
  “Kamar is a tough competitor and has shown he can be a consistent wide receiver in this league,” said Colts General Manager Chris Ballard. “He adds a nice complement to our wide receiver group and we look forward to watching him compete.”
  Aiken, 6-2, 215 pounds, joins the Colts following his tenure with the Baltimore Ravens (2013-16), Chicago Bears (2012), New Engla
  
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• Player in major drug trafficking racket sentenced

  21-03-2017 21:49 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A Fort Wayne man arrested as part of a major drug trafficking take-down by federal agents in August 2016 has been sentenced.
  Fernando Guapo Garcia, 31, was sentenced to six years in prison for a single count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. He had previously pleaded guilty in federal court.
  Fernando Guapo GarciaAgents arrested Garcia and 17 others in August after a several-months-long investigation into a drug net
  
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• Trump’s budget plan would impact Indiana Amtrak services

  21-03-2017 21:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) If it passes as is, President Trump’s proposed budget would hurt Indiana’s Amtrak services, including the two lines that stop in Waterloo.
  “The Trump administration has been talking about a $1 trillion infrastructure package which would include passenger rail which he’s talked about repeatedly, so we were surprised to see these kinds of cuts proposed,” Northeast Indiana Passenger Rail Association president Fred Lanahan said.
  The proposed
  
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• Woman charged after dead newborn placed in shoebox, freezer

  21-03-2017 21:27 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 23-year-old Indianapolis woman faces charges of obstruction of justice and failure to report a dead body after authorities say her dead newborn was placed in a shoebox and then a freezer for days.
  Fayzah Al-Khatib told police she gave birth to Mialiah Dorsey on Jan. 31, but the child wasn’t breathing or crying. Fearing her pregnancy and birth would upset her strictly religious family, she placed the body in a shoebox. Court documents say her mother found the sho
  
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• Jerry Krause, Bulls’ GM during 1990s dynasty, dies at 77

  21-03-2017 21:07 via wane.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Jerry Krause, the Chicago Bulls’ general manager during their 1990s dynasty that saw them capture six NBA championships with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen leading the way, has died. He was 77.
  The Bulls confirmed his death on Tuesday.
  A Chicago native, Krause spent 18 seasons leading the Bulls’ front office and was a two-time NBA executive of the year. He helped put together a run that ranks among the most successful in NBA history and made the franchise a wo
  
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• Man killed in 2-vehicle crash along US 30 ID’d

  21-03-2017 20:46 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A 21-year-old Fort Wayne man was killed in a crash along U.S. 30 in western Allen County Tuesday afternoon.
  Police and medics were called just before 3 p.m. to U.S. 30 at Felger Road on a report of a two-vehicle crash there. A tan Ford Explorer and a tan Ford Taurus appeared to have collided, with the SUV coming to rest in the median and the sedan spun sideways in the eastbound lanes.
  A two-vehicle crash was reported along U.S. 30 at Felger Road in western Allen County
  
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• 1 killed in 2-vehicle crash along US 30

  21-03-2017 20:46 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) One person was killed in a crash along U.S. 30 in western Allen County Tuesday afternoon.
  Police and medics were called just before 3 p.m. to U.S. 30 at Felger Road on a report of a two-vehicle crash there. A tan Ford Explorer and a tan Ford Taurus appeared to have collided, with the SUV coming to rest in the median and the sedan spun sideways in the eastbound lanes.
  A two-vehicle crash was reported along U.S. 30 at Felger Road in western Allen County on Tuesday, March
  
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• INDOT seeking input on future construction projects

  21-03-2017 20:28 via wane.com
  
  The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is asking for input on the selection of future construction projects.
  Later this week, INDOT will publish a draft of its four-year plan known as the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. The document lists construction projects planned from July 2017 through June 2021 and the funds available for transportation modes including highways, transit, bicycles and pedestrians.
  INDOT will be collecting public input on project selection through an
  
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• Komets forward Kyle Thomas returns to Fort Wayne

  21-03-2017 20:13 via wane.com
  
  Fort Wayne, IN– The Komets announced Tuesday that forward Kyle Thomas has been released from his PTO with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters and will be returning to the Fort Wayne roster Wednesday.
  Thomas, 27, started his third season with the Komets this year and appeared in 47 straight games before getting a call from Cleveland and signing with the Monsters on Feb. 14 after netting his second career hat trick with the Komets in a 5-3 win at Kalamazoo.  The right winger skated 12 ga
  
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• Trump signs bill authorizing NASA funding, Mars exploration

  21-03-2017 19:21 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Tuesday that updates NASA’s mission to add exploration of Mars and authorizes $19.5 billion in spending for the U.S. space agency for the current budget year.
  It’s the first time in seven years that there has been an authorization bill for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also known as NASA, said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a chief sponsor of the bill. Cruz joined several astronauts and other lawmaker
  
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• Pet of the Week: 3/21/17

  21-03-2017 18:58 via wane.com
  
  Koda is a 4 year old neutered male, black and white Catahoula Leopard Hound mix.  This pet has been at the shelter since March 7, 2017.
  If you are interested in adopting this pet please contact Fort Wayne Department of Animal Care and Control (260-427-1244).
  
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• Indiana House panel advances measure on teacher unions

  21-03-2017 18:04 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers are considering a measure that requires publicizing the percentage of teachers who are union members and, in some cases, informing them that they can get rid of or change that representation.
  Labor unions say the measure is another “poke in the eye” from Indiana lawmakers, who previously passed a right-to-work law, curtailing union power. A House education panel approved the measure 7-4 in a party line vote Tuesday.
  Republican state Sen. Er
  
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• Indianapolis to spend $400K on alternative crime prevention

  21-03-2017 18:02 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis is planning to spend $400,000 on using conflict resolution to prevent crime.
  The Indianapolis Star reports that the City-County Council approved the award to nonprofit organizations that patrol the city’s high-crime neighborhoods with a 22-1 vote Monday. The Central Indiana Community Foundation will give the money to nonprofits that work on conflict resolution.
  Police investigated a record of nearly 145 homicides in 2016, prompting calls from city off
  
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• Notre Dame loses top scorer Brianna Turner to knee injury

  21-03-2017 18:00 via wane.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame junior forward Brianna Turner will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, a major blow to the NCAA Tournament hopes of the top-seeded Fighting Irish.
  Notre Dame announced Tuesday that Turner tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee Sunday night during a second-round win over Purdue. She leads the team this season with 15.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, and also has 86 blocks — sixth-best for a single season in Notre Dame his
  
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• EPA gets $16M for cleanup of East Chicago’s Superfund site

  21-03-2017 17:14 via wane.com
  
  CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to begin remediation work on nearly 200 properties within a Superfund site in East Chicago affected by an ongoing lead contamination crisis.
  The cleanup will be bolstered by $16 million the EPA secured from the parties responsible for the contamination at the site, which includes the city’s Calumet neighborhood.
  EPA officials say the 192 properties targeted for cleanup have high concentrations of lead and arsen
  
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• Gas station offers 50 cents off to fight proposed gas tax

  21-03-2017 16:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A Fort Wayne gas station will offer discount fuel on Wednesday as it makes a case against the proposed gas tax hike.
  The Mac Food Mart gas station at 4136 W. Washington Center Road will drop the cost of gas 50 cents per gallon during its “No Gas Tax Hike” tax-free gas event from 10 a.m. until noon Wednesday. The offer is good for the first 200 customers during the two-hour event.
  Americans for Prosperity, advocates for spending gas tax revenues on roads and br
  
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• Whitko board votes to keep current school configuration

  21-03-2017 16:50 via wane.com
  
  LARWILL, IN — Monday evening, in a 4-1 vote, the Whitko Community School Board decided to keep the school system in the same configuration as it is currently for the 2017-2018 school year.The decision to keep the school the same detours from the original presentations given in January and February to the Whitko Communities of Pierceton, South Whitley, and Larwill which proposed restructuring to a system of either: Kindergarten through sixth grade as elementary and seventh through twelfth a
  
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• Troopers find pot edibles, other drugs inside semi loaded with seafood

  21-03-2017 15:45 via wane.com
  
  PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)  A routine inspection of a semi by an Indiana State trooper on Monday afternoon led to the discovery of illegal drugs and paraphernalia worth an estimated $400,000.
  Just before 2 pm, a trooper with Indiana State Police Vehicle Enforcement stopped the semi on I-70 west of Indianapolis according to a press release.  The trooper spoke with the driver and his passenger and determined there was probable cause to search the truck.
  During a search of the cab, troope
  
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• Yale students say they can prevent hangovers with supplement

  21-03-2017 15:38 via wane.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Two Yale University students say they have created a supplement that prevents hangovers.
  The Register reports that Yale seniors Liam McClintock and Margaret Morse were driven to find a hangover blocker after struggling to complete work the morning after nights out. The pair began research by testing supplements to determine what worked. They then developed a formula of their own and tested it on themselves as well as friends.
  McClintock and Morse say their elixir, c
  
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• Child porn suspect dies in cell shortly after arrest in Ohio

  21-03-2017 15:33 via wane.com
  
  ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — Police say a 47-year-old man died in a holding cell after he was arrested in a child pornography investigation in northern Ohio.
  Police in Elyria, west of Cleveland, say officials were checking on the man every half-hour after his arrest Monday. Detectives who went to the cell found the man unresponsive later that day.
  Authorities haven’t said exactly how long the man was in the cell or whether there were indications of why he died. His name wasn’t immediate
  
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• Ohio farmers sending help to Kansas ranches hit by wildfires

  21-03-2017 14:56 via wane.com
  
  BUCYRUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio farmers are sending hay, fencing materials and other supplies to Kansas to help ranches that were devastated by wildfires this month.
  Rose Hartschuh runs a dairy farm with her husband near Bucyrus, Ohio, and helped coordinate the assistance from farmers and agricultural businesses. She says though the fires were 1,000 miles away, the devastation hit home for the agricultural community and people have stepped up to help.
  They’re aiming to head to Kansas on Fr
  
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• Police: Man hides in back seat, attacks woman

  21-03-2017 14:30 via wane.com
  
  WARSAW, Ind. (WANE) A 34-year-old Warsaw man was arrested Monday night after police said he hid in the back seat of a woman’s vehicle and attacked her when she got inside.
  Police were called around 10:20 p.m. Monday to CVS Pharmacy in downtown Warsaw after a woman ran into the store and said she’d been attacked in her car.
  Daniel V. DavisAccording to a Warsaw Police report, the 19-year-old woman said she arrived at the CVS around 10 p.m. and went inside the store to shop. While the w
  
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• US Marine Corps Osprey aircraft to visit Purdue on Thursday

  21-03-2017 14:14 via wane.com
  
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue Research Park says a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey will be on display at the university airport Thursday as part of the dedication of the Purdue Research Park Aerospace District.
  Members of the public wanting to see the Osprey arrive and land should arrive at the airport by 9:30 a.m., or to watch the aircraft lift off and leave the airport, they should arrive by 2:15 p.m. The landing will be live-streamed at kaltura.com.
  The tilt-rotor Osprey can take of
  
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• Labs extend purebred dog popularity record; Rottweilers rise

  21-03-2017 13:49 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — America’s most popular dog breed is taking yet another victory Lab.
  Labrador retrievers extended their record run last year in the top spot, leading the American Kennel Club’s new rankings Tuesday for a 26th straight year. But Rottweilers are enjoying renewed favor, and some other dogs have been striding up the popularity ladder. A closer look at some of the rungs:
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  THE TOP 10
  In 2013, Labs grabbed the record for the longest stretch at No. 1, and they haven&r
  
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• Indiana man held after fatal attack on his father, 80

  21-03-2017 13:42 via wane.com
  
  LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana man faces strangulation and battery charges after police say he attacked his 80-year-old father, who died days later.
  Forty-eight-year-old James Buchanan Jr. was arrested March 13 after police found his father unresponsive on the floor of his Lebanon home suffering from apparent trauma. Police said Buchanan was pacing nearby.
  James Buchanan Sr. died Saturday at an Indianapolis hospital.
  His son faces strangulation and aggravated battery charges and is
  
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• Man sought after son brings cocaine to elementary school

  21-03-2017 13:41 via wane.com
  
  ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say cocaine was found in the pockets of an Indiana elementary student who told them he wore his father’s jeans to school.
  The Herald-Bulletin reports the father of the student at Erskine Elementary School in Anderson is wanted on charges of dealing cocaine and neglect after the March 9 discovery.
  Authorities say a teacher was approached by another student telling her there was a classmate with powder in a bag and the teacher was shown two bags contai
  
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• Trump urges support for health care plan so he can move on

  21-03-2017 09:54 via wane.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to give the teetering Republican plan to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law a new sense of urgency by saying he’d like to get it over with and move on to his preferred agenda items.In an arena filled with thousands of cheering Kentuckians Monday evening, Trump roped the future of the House-crafted health care proposal to his ability to fulfill other campaign pledges such as reducing taxes an
  
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• AP Explains: How GOP health care plan would turn into law

  21-03-2017 09:52 via wane.com
  
  Republicans leaders want to push their bill repealing and replacing much of the 2010 health care law through Congress by April. But the GOP must navigate a complicated path to get the proposal to President Donald Trump’s desk.___
  WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
  GOP leaders say the House will consider the bill Thursday. Three House committees — Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Budget —already moved the legislation ahead. Top House Republicans were working on eleventh-hour changes des
  
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• High court nominee to face daylong questioning in Senate

  21-03-2017 09:51 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch faces hours of questioning from senators as frustrated Democrats are determined to press him on everything from abortion and guns to his independence from President Donald Trump.Republicans are unanimously supporting Gorsuch, and certain to give him what cover they can as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Day 2 of his confirmation hearings on Tuesday. But Democrats made clear on the first day that they were in no mood
  
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• Beginning of spring brings ‘Severe Weather Preparedness’ week

  21-03-2017 03:44 via wane.com
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)- The first week of spring is dedicated to severe weather preparedness, but emergency management officials are working to develop new strategies all year long.John August, Director of Adams County Emergency Management, said the tornadoes that ripped through Indiana and Ohio last summer helped improve some of those strategies.
  Tornadoes touched down in several areas last August, including Allen and Adams counties. According to John August, there were no injuries, but ther
  
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• Pacers edge Jazz despite Hayward’s career night

  21-03-2017 02:50 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Jeff Teague scored 21 points, Paul George added 19 and the Indiana Pacers beat the Utah Jazz 107-100 on Monday night.Indiana continued its trend of following a loss with a win — failing to do either in consecutive games since Feb. 16. The win helped the Pacers maintain the No. 6 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff chase.Former Butler star Gordon Hayward led the Jazz with a career-high 38 points. Rudy Gobert had 16 points and 14 rebounds on the final stop of a f
  
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• Most electronics being banned on certain US-bound flights

  21-03-2017 01:46 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is temporarily barring passengers on certain flights originating in eight other countries from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics in carry-on luggage starting Tuesday.The reason for the ban was not immediately clear. U.S. security officials would not comment. The ban was revealed Monday in statements from Royal Jordanian Airlines and the official news agency of Saudi Arabia.
  A U.S. official told The Associated Press the ban wil
  
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• Carroll High School show choir team win national competiton

  21-03-2017 01:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Carroll High School’s show choir team received a warm welcome Monday after winning a national competition over the weekend.
  A group of family, friends and fans gathered as the Carroll High School show choir team came back from place first at the annual FAME competition in Orlando.The team placed first the annual FAME competition in Orlando, Florida.
  When they arrived back in town police escorted the team back to school where dozens of proud fans were waiting
  
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• Carroll High School show choir team qualifies for national championship

  21-03-2017 01:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Carroll High School’s show choir team received a warm welcome Monday after a successful national competition over the weekend.
  A group of family, friends and fans gathered as the Carroll High School show choir team came back from the annual FAME competition in Orlando.The team placed first the annual FAME Orlando competition. The school’s Minstrel Magic and Select Sound will advance.
  When they arrived back in town police escorted the team back to schoo
  
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• Area Dairy Queens participate in ‘Free Cone Day’

  21-03-2017 01:17 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Area Dairy Queens brought summer to the city early on #FreeConeDay.
  As part of a national effort, area Dairy Queens offered a free small vanilla cone to everyone who came in the store Monday.
  Area Dairy Queens also had donation buckets for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
  
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• IU campus to test new automated tornado warning alerts

  21-03-2017 01:06 via wane.com
  
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University students and faculty should receive automatic tornado warning alerts Tuesday as IU tests a new severe weather notification system.Tuesday’s test will be done in conjunction with Indiana’s statewide tornado drills at 10:15 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. IU’s tornado warning alert system is intended to automatically activate when the National Weather Service issues a warning. The system will eliminate the need for an IU staffer writi
  
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• Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame looking for nominees

  21-03-2017 01:04 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame is soliciting nominations for its next group of honorees.The not-for-profit group honors Indiana veterans for service during and after their time in the military. So far the organization has honored 46 men and women. As many as 15 veterans will be part of the next class of honorees.
  To be eligible veterans must have been born in Indiana, entered military service in Indiana and lived in Indiana at least eight years.
  All branches
  
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• Students raise almost $4,000 for family that lost home in fire

  21-03-2017 00:50 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – In a competition between Albion Elementary and Central Noble Junior/Senior High School classes, a total of $3,966 was raised for a family who lost their home in a fire.
  Albion Elementary School students Kali Koontz, Keirra Bolen and Brayden Arbogast started the effort to raise money. The three fourth graders ride the bus with Audrey and Anthony Price, the children of the family that lost their home in the fire earlier this month.
  Mrs. Todd’s fourth
  
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