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• Driver: Window shattered by ‘unknown object’ while driving on State Blvd.

  22-09-2017 23:40 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Several people said their cars were damaged after someone threw an unknown object while they were driving. The vandalism is reportedly happening on State Boulevard near Blackhawk Apartments.
  Cynthia Gardner and her daughter-in-law Nakia Burnett were driving west on State Blvd. around 8:00 p.m. Thursday. As they passed Blackhawk apartments, located at Simcoe and State, Gardner said she heard a loud noise. She pulled over when she realized the passenger’s side
  
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• Indiana man gets 12-18 years in 1977 Michigan cold case

  22-09-2017 23:38 via wane.com
  CASSOPOLIS, Mich. (AP) — An Indiana man who pleaded guilty to killing his cousin in 1977 in southwestern Michigan has been sentenced to 12 to 18 years in prison.
  Cass Circuit Judge Mark Herman sentenced 58-year-old Raymond Richmond on Friday after accepting the agreement in which the South Bend man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
  The shooting death of 25-year-old Robert Stasiak in Edwardsburg initially was deemed a suicide, but the investigation was reopened in 2015 and Stasiak&rsq
  
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• Indianapolis Public Schools reorganizes, closes 3 schools

  22-09-2017 23:36 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Public Schools will require up to 350 teachers to reapply for jobs after its board voted to close three of its seven high schools next year.
  District officials told the Indianapolis Star that they don’t expect to cut any teaching positions because the number of students shouldn’t change, despite the board’s decision Monday to close Broad Ripple, Arlington and Northwest high schools.
  The district will host open houses for teachers and sched
  
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• Pence tries to persuade Donnelly during speech in Anderson

  22-09-2017 23:22 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is making a direct appeal to his home state’s Democratic senator to support the Republican-led federal tax code overhaul.
  Pence spoke directly to Sen. Joe Donnelly while the senator was at his speech Friday in Anderson, Indiana. After outlining the proposal’s principles of lowering tax rates and eliminating tax breaks, Pence said “Senator Donnelly, we need your help, too.”
  Donnelly’s office issued the following sta
  
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• Federal government notifies 21 states of election hacking

  22-09-2017 23:17 via wane.com
  The federal government is telling election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached.
  States that told The Associated Press they had been targeted include Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. In most cases, they had not known until notified Friday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
  Homeland Security officials tell the AP that in September hackers believed to be Russian
  
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• Folks find ways to beat the heat during September heat wave

  22-09-2017 23:13 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The calendar may now say ‘fall,’ but Friday felt like one of the hottest days of summer as temperatures soared into the lower 90s for the second day in a row. The cool start to September has caused some area leaves to change color and begin to fall already. Headwaters Park was filled with the ‘crunch-crunch’ of leaves on sidewalks midday Friday. But, it’s hard to be festive for a season all about apple-picking, corn mazes, and pumpkin
  
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• “Double Hat Bandit” serial bank robbery suspect arrested in Indiana

  22-09-2017 22:33 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE)A man believed to be responsible for more than a dozen bank robberies in five western states was arrested Thursday in the parking lot of a motel in Whiteland, Indiana south of Indianapolis.
  Shayne Carson, the suspect dubbed “Double Hat Bandit” by authorities, was taken into custody by the FBI and officers with the Whiteland Police Department. He was given the moniker because he wore two hats during the bank heists which took place inside grocery stores.
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• 9/22 Highlight Zone Football Scoreboard

  22-09-2017 22:33 via wane.com
  HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLSAC: WAYNE — SNIDER —SAC: BISHOP DWENGER — CONCORDIA —SAC: HOMESTEAD — NORTH SIDE —SAC: NORTHROP — BISHOP LUERS —SAC: CARROLL — SOUTH SIDE —
  NE8: COLUMBIA CITY — NEW HAVEN —NE8: BELLMONT — LEO —NE8: EAST NOBLE — NORWELL —NE8: DEKALB — HUNTINGTON NORTH —
  ACAC: SOUTH ADAMS — ADAMS CENTRAL —ACAC: JAY COUNTY — WOODLAN —ACAC: SOUTHERN WELLS — BL
  
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• IPFW to host clinic for DACA recipients

  22-09-2017 22:23 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – “I just can’t imagine starting a brand new life.”
  20-year-old Carlos Lopez came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 7 years old. To him, this is home.
  The mechanical engineering sophomore at IPFW is one of the thousands of DACA recipients unsure what’s next after Trump decided to end DACA. “I wanted to breakdown and cry like what am I going to do now? I’m going to lose everything I achieved through DACA.”
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• Ringleader arrested in state’s largest meth bust sentenced

  22-09-2017 22:11 via wane.com
  NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) The man behind what authorities described as perhaps the largest meth bust ever in the state of Indiana was sentenced Friday.
  Mark Morr was sentenced in Noble County Court to 45 years for felony charges of Dealing in Methamphetamine, Dealing in Marijuana, Maintaining a Common Nuisance, and Theft.
  It was late December when officers served a search warrant at a rural home outside Ligonier. There, police found 18 pounds of crystal meth, more than 100 pounds of marijuana, m
  
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• Putt-Putt hosts national tournament

  22-09-2017 21:49 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A national putting competition was held in Fort Wayne this week.
  Players compete in the Professional Putters Association 2017 National Championship on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at the Putt-Putt Fun Center at 4530 Speedway Drive.The Professional Putters Association held its 2017 Tournament Players Championship and National Championship at the Putt-Putt Fun Center at 4530 Speedway Drive.
  The four-round $10,000 Tournament Players Championship was played Monday on the facility&
  
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• Court docs: Indianapolis lawyer flashed Norwell basketball team

  22-09-2017 20:49 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) An Indianapolis attorney has been accused of exposing himself to students inside two school buses, one of Norwell High School girls basketball players, in separate incidents in Indianapolis this year.
  Raymond Fairchild, 71, has been charged with four counts of Public Indecency and two counts of Public Nudity, all misdemeanors, for allegedly flashing two high school buses carrying girls teams in June and February along Interstate 70 near the Indianapolis International Airport.
  
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• Better late than never? Library book returned 78 years later

  22-09-2017 18:35 via wane.com
  ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — It took nearly 80 years, but a book borrowed during the Great Depression has been returned to a Massachusetts public library.
  The Attleboro Public Library posted on its Facebook page Thursday pictures of a copy of “The Young Lady at Home,” by T.S. Arthur. The book was returned this week. The due date stamped at the back of the book? Nov. 21, 1938.
  Library deputy director Amy Rhilinger tells WPRI-TV a man had been cleaning out his friend’s basement
  
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• Obama campus assault guidance gets scrapped under Trump

  22-09-2017 18:21 via wane.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday scrapped Obama-era guidance on investigating campus sexual assault, replacing it with new interim instructions allowing universities to decide which standard of evidence to use when handling complaints.
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said the Obama rules were unfairly skewed against the students accused of assault.
  “This interim guidance will help schools as they work to combat sexual misconduct and will treat all students fai
  
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• Shooter denies guilt at sentencing: ‘I ain’t did nothing’

  22-09-2017 17:34 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A Fort Wayne man will head to prison for the killing of a man he found sitting in a car with his ex-girlfriend more than a year ago.
  Christopher Figgs was sentenced to 80 years for Murder, Carrying a Handgun without a License and Using a Firearm in the Commission of an Offense related to the July 2016 shooting death of Edward Kiel along McKinnie Avenue. An Allen Superior Court jury found Figgs guilty of murder last month.
  The 28-year-old Kiel was shot in a car with Figg&r
  
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• Credit card skimmer, 500 fraudulent cards found; 3 arrested

  22-09-2017 17:08 via wane.com
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Three Missouri men were arrested in Huntington County this week after Indiana State troopers reportedly caught them with an illegal card skimming device and some 500 swindled credit cards and gift cards.
  Around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Indiana State Police pulled over a Nissan SUV along Interstate 69 for a traffic violation. During the stop, troopers noticed the three men inside had odd behavior, according to a news release.
  That led one of the troopers to send his K-9
  
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• Indiana man locked in cave for 60 hours, forgotten by group

  22-09-2017 16:32 via wane.com
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A 19-year-old man says he feels lucky to be alive after spending 60 hours locked alone inside a gated southern Indiana cave.
  Indiana University freshman Lukas Cavar was on a beginner’s trip to Sullivan Cave about 10 miles south of Bloomington when he was separated Sunday afternoon from 12 fellow student members of IU’s Caving Club.
  When he reached the cave entrance, Cavar found fellow club members had padlocked its gate, unaware he remained inside.
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• Wrongful death suit filed for boy who lost mom in van crash

  22-09-2017 16:18 via wane.com
  PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a boy delivered after his mother died when an overloaded van overturned on a southwestern Indiana highway.
  The suit was filed Thursday in Gibson County on behalf of the estate of Christela Georges and her son born after the September 2015 crash that killed the 29-year-old, who was 24 weeks pregnant.
  The crash along Interstate 69 also killed 60-year-old Gena Moise and injured 20 other Haitian immigrant workers who w
  
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• Consumer packaging group to reduce confusing food labels

  22-09-2017 14:54 via wane.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — “Sell by?” ”Display Until?” ”Best Before?”
  These food date labels intend to help shoppers figure out what to throw away, but they’re also mixed up with deadlines for retailers as well. That causes confusion among shoppers who can’t figure out what they all mean on a can of beans or a bag of pasta. As a result, shoppers discard food that is either safe or usable after the date to the tune of $29 billion a year in the U.S. alon
  
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• Free Friday | Fun event at no-cost

  22-09-2017 11:00 via wane.com
  Here are some fun, family friendly events you can participate in this weekend at little or no cost.HeART of the City & SPCA: pARTY Animal Art Benefit125 W. Main St.Sept. 22nd 4-10 p.m.A $5 donationVisit a Closed Wetland3615 Oxford St.Camp ScottSept. 23rd 9-1 p.m.Hosted by the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower SocietyFree Admission
  Safety Fair at Jefferson Pointe4130 W. Jefferson Blvd.Sept. 23rd 10 a.m.-1 p.m.Free Admission
  Curious Day with Curious George & PBS392101 E. Coliseum Blvd.IP
  
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• Excitement bubbles up at BYU as caffeinated soda now on sale

  22-09-2017 10:18 via wane.com
  Greg Bird fills his cup with Coca Cola on campus at Brigham Young University on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. According to an online statement from Dean Wright, director of Dining Services, some locations on campus have started serving caffeinated beverages and it will be offered at sporting events. (Sammy Jo Hester/The Daily Herald via AP)PROVO, Utah (AP) — Mormon church-owned Brigham Young University ended a six-decade ban Thursday on the sale of caffeinated soft drinks on campus, surprising
  
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• Aaron Hernandez had severe CTE; daughter sues NFL, Pats

  22-09-2017 10:12 via wane.com
  FILE – In this Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, file photo, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez puts on a Super Bowl cap following the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)BOSTON (AP) — Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez had a severe case of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, researchers said on Thursday. His lawyer announced a lawsuit against the NFL and the t
  
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• Gatorade pays California $300K, settles anti-water complaint

  22-09-2017 10:06 via wane.com
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Just because drought-ravaged California has spent years urging residents to conserve water doesn’t mean it wants people to actually stop drinking the stuff.
  When a Gatorade cellphone game suggested doing just that state Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a complaint accusing the popular thirst-quenching drink’s maker of false advertising.
  Xavier Becerra
  FILE – In this June 9, 2017 file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is shown
  
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• After Equifax, public shaming but GOP wary of new rules

  22-09-2017 10:04 via wane.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Prospects are good for a public shaming in the Equifax data breach, but it’s unlikely Congress will institute sweeping new regulations after hackers accessed the personal information of an estimated 143 million Americans.
  Since early this year, President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress have strived to curb government’s influence on businesses, arguing that regulations stifle economic growth. Lawmakers have repealed more than a dozen Obama-era rule
  
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• Kim Jong Un: ‘Deranged’ Trump will ‘pay dearly’ for threat

  22-09-2017 09:59 via wane.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in an extraordinary and direct rebuke, called President Donald Trump “deranged” and said he will “pay dearly” for his threats, a possible indication of more powerful weapons tests on the horizon.
  Hours later, North Korea’s foreign minister reportedly said his country may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean to fulfill Kim’s vow to take the “highest-level” action against the Unite
  
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• Investigators: Pilots erred in Pence plane’s skid at airport

  22-09-2017 08:43 via wane.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pilots landing a plane that overran a runway at LaGuardia Airport while carrying then-vice presidential candidate Mike Pence made “several failures in close succession” that caused the plane to end up in a field of arrestor beds close to a highway, investigators said Thursday.
  FILE- In this Oct. 27, 2016 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s campaign airplane sits partially on the tarmac and the grass a
  
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• Pence visits Anderson today to make tax reform pitch

  22-09-2017 08:40 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence will make the Republican case for a federal tax code overhaul during a speech Friday in his home state of Indiana.
  His choice of venue, the struggling former General Motors town of Anderson, is no coincidence. Rather, it’s the continuation of a campaign by President Donald Trump’s administration that is alternately attempting to woo and pressure Indiana Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly to get on board with Republican’s
  
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• Pence making tax reform case in Indiana with eye on Donnelly

  22-09-2017 08:40 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence will make the Republican case for a federal tax code overhaul during a speech Friday in his home state of Indiana.
  His choice of venue, the struggling former General Motors town of Anderson, is no coincidence. Rather, it’s the continuation of a campaign by President Donald Trump’s administration that is alternately attempting to woo and pressure Indiana Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly to get on board with Republican’s tax plans.
  
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• Mexico shocked by news: Girl trapped in rubble didn’t exist

  22-09-2017 06:44 via wane.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hour after excruciating hour, Mexicans were transfixed by dramatic efforts to reach a young girl thought buried in the rubble of a school destroyed by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. She reportedly wiggled her fingers, told rescuers her name and said there were others trapped near her. Rescue workers called for tubes, pipes and other tools to reach her.
  News media, officials and volunteer rescuers all repeated the story of “Frida Sofia” with a sense of urgency t
  
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• Leaders: $271B needed for creaky Great Lakes water systems

  22-09-2017 06:38 via wane.com
  DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — State leaders say the Great Lakes region needs to drastically improve public water systems.
  The Great Lakes Commission this week called for upgrading wastewater treatment plants, storm water pipes and drinking water filtration systems. The commission, which represents the region’s eight states, says a conservative cost estimate is $271 billion.
  Chairman John Linc Stine says recent drinking water crises in Flint, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio, illustrate the hazards
  
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• Sleep apnea went undiagnosed in engineers in 2 train crashes

  22-09-2017 06:35 via wane.com
  The engineers of two commuter trains that slammed into New York City-area stations in the last year, killing one person and injuring more than 200 others, were suffering from undiagnosed sleep apnea and have no memory of the crashes, according to investigative documents made public Thursday.
  Both trains were going more than double the speed limit and crashed at stations that had been exempted from federal regulations requiring automatic speed controls that could’ve slowed or stopped them.
  
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• Girl hit by foul ball at Yankees game gets game’s attention

  22-09-2017 06:28 via wane.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — It might be the shot heard around the baseball world: the rocket-like foul ball that hit a young girl at a New York Yankees game.
  In the hours after the girl was struck in the face by the 105-mph screamer, the game’s commissioner vowed to push harder for all teams to extend protective netting to the end of the dugouts and the Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres committed to do just that by next year. A U.S. senator urged the commissioner to “put the safety of
  
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• US beefs up NKorea sanctions, Kim Jong Un insults Trump

  22-09-2017 06:19 via wane.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans’ nuclear weapons advances. Its leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare statement, branding Trump as “deranged” and warning he will “pay dearly” for his threat to “totally destroy” the North if it attacks.
  The exchange of super-heated rhetoric and unusually personal abuse b
  
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• Sources: New St. Joe Hospital could be preemptive strike

  22-09-2017 05:33 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)  There are growing questions about the future of Lutheran Health Network, amid months of controversy and upheaval.
  Multiple sources told NewsChannel 15 that Wednesday’s announcement to build a new St. Joseph Hospital in downtown Fort Wayne may have been prompted by other potential changes in healthcare that are yet to come.
  Some health industry insiders believe another large hospital group in Indiana could build a facility here or might even make a play to buy
  
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• Old building partially collapses in Hicksville

  22-09-2017 05:31 via wane.com
  HICKSVILLE, Ohio (WANE) – An old building near downtown Hicksville partially collapsed Thursday evening.
  The building, long ago known as the B & O Steakhouse, had been used recently for storage. Numerous pictures online showed the front of the building at 252 East High Street falling into the street and on the sidewalk.
  Hicksville police said the collapse happened shortly after 5:30 p.m. No one was hurt.
  Police said they were dispatched to the area because several bricks where in the r
  
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• Federal, state and local advocates talk opiate crisis in Fort Wayne

  22-09-2017 04:37 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Federal and state leaders are trying to stay connected to those on the ground in communities as the opiate crisis continues.
  “What often seems to be a gap between people in policy making positions and those on the ground– we’re not going to let that happen,” Executive Director of Indiana’s drug prevention, treatment and enforcement group Jim McClelland said.
  “It’s encouraging that that’s the priority,” The Bowe
  
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• FWPD identifies man with critical injuries, unsure what happened

  22-09-2017 03:32 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Fort Wayne Police Department has made a positive identification on a man who is hospitalized in critical condition.
  Around 9:20 p.m. Thursday Fort Wayne police asked for the public’s help identifying a man with life-threatening injuries. Around 11:30 p.m. police said they were able to ID him.
  However, police do not know what happened and are unsure if a possible crime was responsible for his injuries.
  FWPD Spokesman Officer Chris Felton said the man was
  
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• Canterbury and Northrop battle to 1-1 draw

  22-09-2017 02:59 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – 1A no. 3 Canterbury and reigning SAC champ Northrop battled to a 1-1 tie to headline boys soccer in the area on Thursday night.
  Canterbury scored in the second minute when a miscommunication between a Northrop defender and the Bruins goalie allowed Ben Kunce to score and give the Cavaliers a 1-0 lead.
  Northrop scored the equalizer in the 25th minute when Medard Mikobi found Erdwin Quintana in front of the net for a goal.
  
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• Dwenger grad Eifert sits out second practice with back issue

  22-09-2017 02:56 via wane.com
  CINCINNATI (WANE) – Bishop Dwenger grad Tyler Eifert missed his second straight practice on Thursday as the former Pro Bowler is dealing with bad back according to multiple reports.
  The Bengals could certainly use the efforts of Eifert, as Cincinnati is off to an 0-2 start and will travel to Green Bay on Sunday. That’s a game you can see on WANE-TV at 4 p.m. following the Browns-Colts game at 1 p.m.
  The fifth-year tight end has four catches this season for 46 yards.
  
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• Good Samaritan holds robbery suspect at gunpoint, waits for police

  22-09-2017 01:07 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A Good Samaritan helped police capture a man suspected of robbing a Family Dollar store, Wednesday night.Harold Jackson is accused of walking into the Family Dollar at 2011 Broadway. According to police reports, Jackson flashed a gun at a cashier then ran off with an undisclosed amount cash and four packs of cigarettes.
  A Fort Wayne Police officer was traveling West on Taylor Street approaching Broadway, around 6:30 p.m. The officer saw a man running around the co
  
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• Owens battles back from medical mystery to play for Snider

  22-09-2017 00:37 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Something didn’t feel right. But nobody could tell Luke Owens what was wrong.
  “I was tough going through two-a-days, throwing up in between practice but I had to push through,” the Snider junior safety said.
  There was a pain under his sternum that wouldn’t go away. As a football player, Luke is tough by nature and didn’t think too much of it.
  “We just thought it was the stomach flu, something like that. We went to get a physical
  
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