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• Luck to miss Steelers game on Thanksgiving with concussion

  23-11-2016 23:06 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indianapolis Colts announced Wednesday that Andrew Luck has been ruled out of Thursday night’s game against Pittsburgh.Luck has been in the league’s mandated concussion protocol since Sunday night when he complained of concussion-like symptoms following a 24-17 victory over Tennessee.Coach Chuck Pagano had remained hopeful that Luck could be cleared in time for the game, but when Luck missed practice for the third consecutive day, Indianapolis (5-5) didn
  
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• Family searches for dog after fatal crash

  23-11-2016 23:05 via wane.com
  
  AUBURN, Ind. (WANE) – Saturday night a woman was killed in a car crash on I-69. Her family says she had her dog with her when it happened. They have been searching for him since.
  22-year-old Alyssa Bizefski was killed Saturday in a crash after a pickup truck crossed over the median and into her lane. Her fiancé Dustin was on the phone with her from Houston when it happened. He heard a noise, and knew something was wrong.
  “I’m pretty lost and heartbroken. She was pretty
  
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• Obama makes final Thanksgiving turkey pardon

  23-11-2016 22:35 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House on Wednesday with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey, this time with his nephews standing in for daughters Malia and Sasha.
  The light-hearted ceremony in the Rose Garden also featured Iowa-raised turkeys Tater and Tot, with the latter receiving the formal reprieve.
  President Barack Obama reaches out to pat the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Tot, as Obama’s nephews Austin
  
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• Night of Lights shines downtown

  23-11-2016 22:24 via wane.com
  
  The Santa and his Reineer display on the PNC Building in downtown Fort Wayne shines at Night of Lights.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Downtown is shining bright after the annual Night of Lights in Fort Wayne.
  Hundreds of people made their way downtown to follow the lights of Fort Wayne’s holiday season as they are lit. From the History Center Turret lighting to the the iconic Santa and his Reineer on the PNC Building, from the Indiana Power Center Merry Christmas Wreath to the Parkview Field fire
  
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• Night of Lights set to sparkle downtown

  23-11-2016 22:24 via wane.com
  
  The Santa and his Reineer display on the PNC Building in downtown Fort Wayne shines at Night of Lights.FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The annual Night of Lights will light up downtown Fort Wayne.
  Beginning at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, thousands are expected to follow the lights of Fort Wayne’s holiday season as they are lit. From the History Center Turret lighting to the the iconic Santa and his Reineer on the PNC Building, from the Indiana Power Center Merry Christmas Wreath to the Parkview Field fir
  
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• Fort Wayne children, parents build homemade ukuleles

  23-11-2016 22:13 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Students at Southwest Allen County Schools’ Deer Ridge Elementary School have gone a little crazy over the lowly ‘lele.
  Ukulele, that is.
  The stringed folk instrument, accompaniment to countless Hawaiian hula dances, has lately been discovered by pop musicians including Bruno Mars and Jason Mraz.
  Now, nearly 100 Deer Ridge children and their parents have discovered the uke, having spent an evening building ukuleles from kits – after being inspired
  
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• Century-old coal plant in Peru set to be demolished

  23-11-2016 22:02 via wane.com
  
  PERU, Ind. (AP) — A more than 100-year-old coal-fired power plant in Peru is set to be razed after the city-run facility was permanently decommissioned last year.
  The Kokomo Tribune reports the Peru Utility Board approved a $2.85-million contract last week for the immediate demolition of the building, parts of which were constructed in 1911. The move comes after the utility board voted in 2015 to take steps to permanently shutter the plant.
  Peru Utilities General Manager Joe Pandy says the
  
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• Relive Fort Wayne’s improbable win over IU

  23-11-2016 21:20 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) As the No. 3-ranked Indiana Hoosiers warmed up on the Memorial Coliseum floor Tuesday night, one young man in the Fort Wayne student section raised a hand-written sign.
  It read, “President Trump. So there’s a chance!”
  There certainly was.
  Fort Wayne ruled the imposing Hoosiers and forced Tom Crean’s team to play catch-up all game long. The Mastodons trailed for just 90 seconds in their 71-68 overtime win. Indiana, which toppled then-No. 3 Kansas to
  
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• Homeowner set blast that destroyed Indiana home, killing him

  23-11-2016 20:09 via wane.com
  
  SPENCER, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say an explosion that leveled a rural central Indiana house last week was set by the homeowner and he died in the blast.
  The State Fire Marshal’s office said Wednesday investigators determined that 84-year-old Don R. Richards set the Nov. 16 explosion. Witnesses told investigators that Richards said he was going to blow up his Owen County home due to foreclosure, and his garage contained several gas cans.
  Accelerants were found in several locations in
  
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• Festival of Gingerbread is a feast for the imagination

  23-11-2016 18:54 via wane.com
  
  Fort Wayne, Ind (WANE) – If you need a hit of sugar this season, or just want to see some amazing, edible creations while supporting the History Center, plan to visit this season during the annual Festival of Gingerbread.  It officially opens on Friday, November 25 and has daily hours until Sunday, December 11 (It will be closed on Thanksgiving Day).  Entries are made by local professional bakers as well as adults, families and youth.  Admission is $6 per adult, $4 per youth
  
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• Indiana 1 of 5 states struggling with surging numbers of foster children

  23-11-2016 18:46 via wane.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. children in foster care is climbing after a sustained decline, but just five states account for nearly two-thirds of the recent increase. Reasons range from creation of a new child-abuse hotline to widespread outrage over the deaths of children who’d been repeatedly abused. Addictions among parents are another major factor.
  The most dramatic increase has been in Georgia, where the foster-care population skyrocketed from about 7,600 in September 2013
  
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• Surviving Trump-Clinton squabbles at Thanksgiving dinner

  23-11-2016 18:09 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — The 2016 campaign season was unique in its nastiness, leaving voters and politicians with a throbbing election year hangover.
  Unfortunately, some hair of the political dog could be lurking right around the corner.
  Thanksgiving dinner inevitably turns from smiles to snarls as Uncle Joe and Grandma Shirley move from the topic of cornbread to recitations of the unforgivable infractions committed by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.Since emotions are still run
  
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• Holiday shopping news

  23-11-2016 16:32 via wane.com
  
  Before you head out the door or hit the internet, check out our wane.com special section devoted to hoiday shopping. If viewing on the wane.com app, click here.
  
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• Many Thanksgiving travelers hoping to leave politics behind

  23-11-2016 15:07 via wane.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — When Mary Mitchell gathers with family for Thanksgiving, she plans to enjoy cooking with her sister, a satisfying meal and maybe a game of charades afterward. One thing that’s not on the list: politics.
  “It’s kind of a sacred time for family to be together, be thankful and enjoy a holiday,” Mitchell said Monday as she waited for a flight from New Orleans to her home in Chicago. “I really don’t think … that the political arena should
  
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• Fire that killed 4 Indiana girls started in home’s kitchen

  23-11-2016 15:01 via wane.com
  
  FLORA, Ind. (AP) — Investigators say a central Indiana house fire that killed four young sisters started in the home’s kitchen, although its cause hasn’t been determined.
  The Indiana Department of Homeland Security says Monday’s fire originated in the apartment house’s kitchen, possibly behind a refrigerator.
  The investigation into the fire’s cause is ongoing.
  The four girls succumbed to smoke inhalation, according to preliminary findings. Their mother and two
  
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• Driver misses curve in road, crashes into trees

  23-11-2016 14:00 via wane.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A driver is in critical condition after he crashed his vehicle and was trapped inside early Wednesday morning. Emergency personnel responded just before 5 a.m. to the area of County Road 1000 North and Koher Road, just south of Lake Wawasee.
  When first responders arrived, they found Christopher Doty, 24, trapped inside his vehicle. He was initially conscious, but after he was pulled from the wreckage he became unconscious.
  Doty was immediately transported to a Fort
  
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• Democrat files lawsuit in council seat debate

  23-11-2016 12:58 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Democrat Palermo Galindo has officially filed a lawsuit in Allen Circuit Court Tuesday over a county council seat. The suit is in response to the Allen County Election Board’s decision to approve votes for late Republican Roy Buskirk.
  Buskirk died a few days before the election. He was up for re-election for the Allen County Council At-Large seat. The day before the election, the Election Board agreed to not remove Buskirk from the ballot because his death was so cl
  
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• Semi swerves to miss animal, tips over

  23-11-2016 11:23 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A semi-truck overturned early Wednesday morning on US 24 near the Allen-Whitley County border. The crash happened at about 1:15 a.m. in the 15000 block of West Jefferson Bouelvard/US 24.
  The driver told officers he swerved to miss an animal and the semi tipped over on its side. A load of metal scaffolding spilled onto the side of the road.
  One lane of the highway remains closed.
   
  
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• Semi serves to miss animal, tips over

  23-11-2016 11:23 via wane.com
  
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A semi-truck overturned early Wednesday morning on US 24 near the Allen-Whitley County border. The crash happened at about 1:15 a.m. in the 15000 block of West Jefferson Bouelvard/US 24.
  The driver told officers he swerved to miss an animal and the semi tipped over on its side. A load of metal scaffolding spilled onto the side of the road.
  One lane of the highway remains closed.
   
  
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• Kansas waterslide on which boy died to be demolished

  23-11-2016 10:58 via wane.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 168-foot-tall Kansas waterslide on which a state lawmaker’s 10-year-old son was killed last summer will be demolished once the unfolding investigation of the tragedy is finished, the water park’s operators said Tuesday.Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts and the family that runs it said in a statement that the “Verruckt” ride at the Schlitterbahn park in Kansas City, Kansas, will be permanently removed from its tower “once the invest
  
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• VIDEO: Fort Wayne fans storm the court after Mastodons stun I.U. in overtime

  23-11-2016 07:54 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The color red may have overwhelmed the Coliseum on Tuesday night but after the ‘Dons stunned IU 71-68 in overtime the court was a see of blue as Fort Wayne fans stormed the court to celebrate their team’s win. WANE-TV was the only station to have multiple cameras rolling on one of the biggest moments in Fort Wayne basketball history.
  
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• VIDEO: I.U.’s Tom Crean reacts to stunning loss in Fort Wayne

  23-11-2016 07:51 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Click this story to see Indiana University head coach Tom Crean’s press conference following an overtime loss to the Fort Wayne Mastodons.
  
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• VIDEO: Fort Wayne interviews from the court

  23-11-2016 07:42 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Click on the video tabs to see WANE’s interviews with the Fort Wayne Mastodons just seconds after the Dons upset the third-ranked Hoosiers on Tuesday night at War Memorial Coliseum.
  
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• VIDEO: Fort Wayne’s Scott, Konchar and Coffman post-game press conferences

  23-11-2016 07:41 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Fort Wayne’s Bryson Scott and John Konchar, Mastodon head coach Jon Coffman, and IU head coach Tom Crean address the media after Fort Wayne’s 71-68 overtime win over the third-ranked Hoosiers.
  
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• Mastodons shock No. 3 Indiana with 71-68 upset in OT

  23-11-2016 06:39 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Bryson Scott scored 18 points and John Konchar made the go-ahead free throw with 1:19 left in overtime to give IPFW a stunning 71-68 upset over No. 3 Indiana on Tuesday night.
  IPFW guard Bryson Scott (1) celebrates a 71-68 win over Indiana in overtime in an NCAA college basketball game in Fort Wayne, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)DeAngelo Stewart made two free throws with 2.9 seconds left to make it a three-point lead, and Konchar picked off
  
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• Fort Wayne, IU fans witness historic game

  23-11-2016 05:32 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- More than 13,000 people came out to witness this match up between Fort Wayne’s Mastodons and IU Hoosiers, making it the most highly attended basketball game in the Coliseum’s history.There was plenty of excitement, with nearly every seat filled by fans cheering on the Hoosiers or the Mastodons, and in some cases both. Newschannel 15 caught up with some of those fans ahead of the sold out game.
  
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• One person, two pets escape house fire

  23-11-2016 03:30 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)  One person was able to get out of a house fire safely Tuesday night.
  When firefighters got to the home in the 11000 block of Cresskill Court around 7:30 p.m., they found an attached garage fully engulfed in flames. It was spreading to the attic.
  The adult and two pets inside the house were able to get out safely and no one was hurt.
  The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  
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• 4 memorable moments from star-studded Medal of Freedom ceremony

  23-11-2016 01:52 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — In a country rich with diversity, opinion, and talent, today’s winners of the nation’s Presidential Medal of Freedom highlighted some of the most influential and creative Americans of the last several decades.
  Here’s a look at the top 4 most memorable moments from the Tuesday’s ceremony. For the full list of recipients, click here
  1) Comedian in ChiefWith less than two months to go until leaving office, it was obvious
  
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• Lack of ID delays Ellen’s entry into White House for award

  23-11-2016 01:07 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Who says Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees have to bring an ID to get into the White House?
  Apparently, the Secret Service does, as comedian Ellen DeGeneres experienced a delay in getting into a ceremony in which she and 20 others were honored with the nation’s highest civilian award.
  DeGeneres, sitting on a park bench before the ceremony, tweeted, “They haven’t let me in to the White House yet because I forgot my ID.” She added, “(hasht
  
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• Top US civilian honor goes to 21 artists, athletes, others

  23-11-2016 01:04 via wane.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to 21 groundbreaking actors, musicians, athletes and innovators who inspired him over the years and “helped make me who I am.”
  Former NBA basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabbar, left, reacts as President Barack Obama, right, attempts to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Ha
  
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• Indiana vs. Fort Wayne previews from War Memorial Coliseum

  23-11-2016 00:52 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Click on the VIDEO tabs to see WANE’s live shots from War Memorial Coliseum previewing the Indiana vs. Fort Wayne basketball game tonight at 9 p.m.
   
  
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• Campground workers jailed for stealing $22K

  23-11-2016 00:51 via wane.com
  
  Ariel AllenLAGRANGE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Two former employees of a LaGrange County campground have been arrested on allegations they stole thousands from the business.
  Indiana State Police said Tuesday that investigators closed a two-month investigation into internal theft from the Twin Mills Camping Resort in Howe with the arrests of 25-year-old Ariel Lynn Allen and her live-in boyfriend, 27-year-old Michael L. Sawyer.
  Police said an internal audit by Twin Mills officials found that more than $1
  
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• Team of the Week: Concordia Lutheran Football

  23-11-2016 00:45 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Concordia Cadets are marching to the football state championship for the first time in program history. On Friday Concordia defeated Garrett 56-42 to punch their ticket to the 3A state finals.
  The road to Lucas Oil Stadium got off to a bumpy start with the Cadets starting the season 1-2 with losses to Homestead and Snider. Concordia has now won 11 straight to put themselves in a position to win the state championship.
  Concordia will play Lawrenceburg in the 3A
  
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