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• AP FACT CHECK: Football ratings are down; reason unclear

  26-09-2017 22:58 via wane.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Most television shows would love to have the “bad ratings!” that President Donald Trump tweeted the NFL is suffering from. But he’s generally right that the TV audience size for professional football is off this year.
  The president tweeted over the weekend: “NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love country. League should back U.S.”
  THE FACTS: NFL games shown to a national audience averaged
  
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• Semi driver killed after crash on U.S. 30

  26-09-2017 22:53 via wane.com
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – The driver of a semi-truck died after a crash on U.S. 30 Tuesday afternoon.
  The crash was reported around 3:30 p.m. in the westbound lanes just before Solon Road.
  Semi-driver dies in a crash on US 30 West near Solon Road on Tuesday, September 26.The truck went off the side of the road, smashed through a guardrail, and came to a stop in a cornfield.
  It’s unclear what caused the crash.
  During the initial investigation police closed the right lane. Later Tues
  
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• Semi driver dies in US 30 crash

  26-09-2017 22:53 via wane.com
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) A semi-truck veered off into a cornfield off westbound U.S. 30 killing the driver. The crash happened at about 3:30 p.m. near Solon Road just west of Fort Wayne. Solon Road is located between Felger and Butt Roads east of West County Line Road.
  One lane westbound lane is closed. It could take a few hours before cleanup is complete.
  Semi-driver dies in a crash on US 30 West near Solon Road on Tuesday, September 26.The driver’s identity will be released at a later t
  
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• Semi crash closes one lane of U.S. 30 in Allen County

  26-09-2017 22:53 via wane.com
  ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)One lane of westbound U.S. 30 in Allen County is closed following a crash involving at least one semi near the intersection with Solon Road west of Fort Wayne. Solon Road is located between Felger and Butt Roads east of West County Line Road.Details are limited, however dispatchers told NewsChannel 15 the crash took place at 3:30 p.m. and one person is in critical condition.
  NewsChannel 15 has a crew on the way and this story will be updated.
  
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• Trump rolls out tax reform plan

  26-09-2017 22:31 via wane.com
  To view the livestream on the wane.com app, click here
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are rolling out a wide-ranging plan to cut taxes for individuals and corporations, simplify the tax system, and likely double the standard deduction used by most Americans.
  Months in the making, the plan meets a political imperative for Republicans to deliver an overhaul of the U.S. tax code after the failure of the health care repeal.
  The public reveal of the plan
  
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• Trump pitches tax cut as ‘middle class miracle’

  26-09-2017 22:31 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Promising a “middle class miracle,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday was in full salesman mode as he tried to build momentum behind his plan to overhaul the nation’s tax code and revive his moribund legislative agenda.
  Hours after the White House and congressional Republicans released a framework for sweeping changes to the tax system, the president told hundreds of supporters at the Indiana State Fairgrounds the plan was “a once-in-a-generati
  
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• Trump, GOP roll out tax plan; cuts rates, doubles deduction

  26-09-2017 22:31 via wane.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are rolling out a wide-ranging plan to cut taxes for individuals and corporations, simplify the tax system, and likely double the standard deduction used by most Americans.
  Months in the making, the plan meets a political imperative for Republicans to deliver an overhaul of the U.S. tax code after the failure of the health care repeal.
  The public reveal of the plan was set for Wednesday. The day before, details emerged
  
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• Tax reform specifics to be announced at Trump’s Indy visit

  26-09-2017 22:31 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE ) – Specific tax rates for individuals, small businesses and corporations, as well as new individual tax brackets, are expected to be among the new details President Donald Trump will reveal about his tax reform proposal during Wednesday’s visit to Indianapolis, a senior White House official told NewsChannel 15 in a phone call.
  The official said Trump will also more specifically outline how his plan will eliminate loopholes that benefit the wealthy. He said the
  
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• Tax reform specifics expected to be announced at Trump’s Indy visit

  26-09-2017 22:31 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE ) – Specific tax rates for individuals, small businesses and corporations, as well as new individual tax brackets, are expected to be among the new details President Donald Trump will reveal about his tax reform proposal during Wednesday’s visit to Indianapolis, a senior White House official told NewsChannel 15 in a phone call.
  The official said Trump will also more specifically outline how his plan will eliminate loopholes that benefit the wealthy. He said the
  
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• Holcomb to skip Trump speech, citing prior commitment

  26-09-2017 22:19 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb will not attend President Donald Trump’s speech in Indianapolis this week.
  Trump is set to appear Wednesday at the Indiana State Fairgrounds to promote a GOP-led federal tax overhaul effort. But Holcomb said in a statement Tuesday that he has a prior commitment preventing him from going.
  Instead the Republican governor will be at a Naval Seal Foundation event. Holcomb, who served in the Navy, says the round table and annual dinner in Chic
  
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• Drill digs hole marking start of Deep Rock Tunnel project

  26-09-2017 21:42 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Work on the biggest utility project in the city’s history officially started Tuesday morning.
  A large drill broke into the ground, creating a hole 75 feet deep near the intersection of Glasgow and Dwenger Avenues, east of downtown.
  “We’re actually going down,” Program Manager TJ Short explained. “Up to this point we’ve been moving dirt around to get everything spread out, leveled, and prepared.”
  “Today, they’re actuall
  
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• Huntington police investigate Tuesday morning shooting

  26-09-2017 20:36 via wane.com
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) Police in Huntington have a suspect in connection with an early morning shooting that left another person with non-life threatening injuries.
  Details in a news release provided Tuesday afternoon by the Huntington City Police Department are limited.According to the release, officers responded to the 600 block of East Market Street at around 4:35 a.m. in regards to a possible shooting.
  When officers arrived they found the shooting victim who was taken to a hospital for trea
  
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• Arrest made in Huntington shooting investigation

  26-09-2017 20:36 via wane.com
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WANE) Police in Huntington have arrested a suspect in connection with a Tuesday morning shooting that left another person with non-life threatening injuries.
  Steven P. Wheeler faces six felony counts according to a news release issued Wednesday afternoon by Chad Hacker, Police Chief of the Huntington Police Department.
  According to the original news release issued Tuesday, officers responded to the 600 block of East Market Street at around 4:35 a.m. in regards to a possible sho
  
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• New US sanctions hit 8 North Korean banks, 26 bank workers

  26-09-2017 19:43 via wane.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is using new sanctions authority to punish eight North Korean banks and 26 bank workers living abroad.
  The sanctions rely on an executive order President Donald Trump signed last week to target North Korea’s access to the international banking system. They come as the United Nations has also recently passed its toughest sanctions package targeting North Korea.
  The eight banks are all in North Korea. The Treasury Department says the 26 indivi
  
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• Caving club suspended after student left behind for 60 hours

  26-09-2017 19:40 via wane.com
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University has suspended its spelunking club pending an investigation into how a freshman was locked inside a cave for 60 hours.
  The Herald-Times reports that university officials announced Monday that the Office of Student Conduct is conducting an investigation into how 19-year-old Lukas Cavar became trapped inside Sullivan Cave.
  Cavar was on a beginner’s spelunking trip with the Caving Club on Sept. 17 when he was separated from the group. He then d
  
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• HGTV’s ‘Fixer Upper’ to end after upcoming 5th season

  26-09-2017 19:30 via wane.com
  WACO, Texas (AP) — The husband and wife team behind HGTV remodeling show “Fixer Upper” have announced that the popular series will end after its upcoming fifth season.
  FILE – In this March 29, 2016, file photo, Joanna Gaines, left, and Chip Gaines pose for a portrait in New York to promote their home improvement show, “Fixer Upper,” on HGTV. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)In a blog post Tuesday announcing the decision, Joanna and Chip Gaines write that
  
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• Michigan pizzeria Cottage Inn expanding to Fort Wayne

  26-09-2017 19:07 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Gourmet pizzeria Cottage Inn Pizza will expand into Fort Wayne.
  The exterior of a Cottage Inn Pizza location is shown. (Cottage Inn Pizza)The Ann Arbor-based eatery with more than 50 locations across Michigan announced it will begin its push into Indiana with a restaurant in Fort Wayne. Debbie Masse, senior vice president of Cottage Inn, told NewsChannel 15 on Tuesday that the location would open “within the next year.”
  It’s not clear where. Masse said t
  
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• Pet of the Week: 9/26/17

  26-09-2017 18:43 via wane.com
  Miley is a 6 year old spayed female, black and brown Doberman Pinscher and Rottweiler dog. This pet has been at the shelter since Sept. 11, 2017.
  If you are interested in learning more about how to adopt this week’s pet, click here.
  
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• Lou Holtz to speak at Trine

  26-09-2017 17:55 via wane.com
  ANGOLA, Ind. — Former college football coach Lou Holtz will return to Trine University’s Distinguished Speaker Series on Oct. 16.
  Holtz, the namesake for Trine’s Master of Science in leadership program, previously spoke in the series in March 2015. He served as the university’s Commencement speaker in 2011 and received an honorary doctorate from Trine at that ceremony.
  Holtz also was a member of the university’s board of trustees and will be recognized with emeritus
  
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• Postal carrier’s alert leads troopers to rescue Indiana man

  26-09-2017 17:27 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State Police say a postal worker who noticed mail accumulating in an elderly man’s mailbox alerted two state troopers, who rescued the Indianapolis man days after he fell and severely injured himself in his home.
  Police spokesman Sgt. John Perrine says the man remained hospitalized Monday but was improving.
  He was rescued Sept. 20 after U.S. Postal Service carrier Glenn Bass noticed the man had uncharacteristically not retrieved his mail for days.
  Bass alerted Tro
  
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• Nearly all job cuts done at Rexnord’s Indianapolis factory

  26-09-2017 17:20 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All but a handful of workers are losing their jobs at Rexnord Corp.’s Indianapolis factory nearly a year after industrial bearings plant’s closing was announced.
  Union officials say about 65 employees have their final shifts Tuesday, leaving 11 union members who will be wrapping work as production is shifted to factories in Monterrey, Mexico, and McAllen, Texas.
  The plant had about 350 workers when Milwaukee-based Rexnord announced the closing plans last Oct
  
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• NCAA coaches among 10 charged with fraud and corruption

  26-09-2017 16:38 via wane.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Four college basketball coaches were among those facing federal charges Tuesday in a wide probe of fraud and corruption in the NCAA, authorities said.
  The coaches were identified in court papers as Chuck Person of Auburn University, Emanuel Richardson of the University of Arizona, Tony Bland of the University of Southern California and Lamont Evans of Oklahoma State. They are in federal custody and expected to make court appearances later Tuesday.
  They were among 10 p
  
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• Police: Distracted driver rear ends car, crashes into garage

  26-09-2017 16:32 via wane.com
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE)  The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department investigated a traffic accident Monday afternoon involving a pickup truck and a car on U.S. 6.
  According to a news release, Violet Arthur, 64, of Orland, was driving east in a GMC Sierra in the 1000 block of U.S. 6 behind a Chevy Sonic when the driver of the Sonic slowed down for another vehicle that was making a turn off the highway.
  Police say Arthur, who was distracted, also was following too closely, was speeding a
  
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• Water and some food scarce as Puerto Rico emerges from storm

  26-09-2017 15:06 via wane.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Supermarkets are gradually re-opening in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico but the situation is far from normal and many customers are going home disappointed.
  Most food stores and restaurants remain closed. That is largely because power is out for most of the island and few have generators or enough diesel to power them. The shops that were open Monday had long lines outside and vast empty shelves where they once held milk, meat and other perishables. Drinking wat
  
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• Indiana offers free admission at state parks on Saturday

  26-09-2017 14:54 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says it will waive entrance fees at state parks and state forest recreation areas Saturday in recognition of National Public Lands Day.
  It says National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands.
  The DNR says volunteer opportunities at state park properties that day include trail work at Raccoon State Recreation Area, Turkey Run State Park and Brookville Lake, invasive plant re
  
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• Woman pleads not guilty to neglect after crash kills kids

  26-09-2017 14:51 via wane.com
  JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The mother of two young southern Indiana children killed when her SUV collided with a freight train has pleaded not guilty to charges including neglect.
  Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull says a blood sample drawn at the scene of the June 28 crash in Henryville shows Ericka Fouch had amphetamine, marijuana or its active ingredient, and other drugs in her system. He says she admitted taking drugs an hour before the crash.
  The crash killed 4-year-old Wyatt James
  
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• Colts could get Luck back on practice field this week

  26-09-2017 14:35 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck may soon be the highest-paid player on an NFL scout team.
  It could even happen later this week.
  After ruling out Luck for Sunday night’s game in Seattle, coach Chuck Pagano provided an update about his star quarterback’s progression from offseason shoulder surgery.
  “There might be a chance, I’ll know more probably Wednesday, he might be able to start some practice this week,” Pagano said Monday. “I’m not guaranteeing
  
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• Cowboys kneel before national anthem against Arizona

  26-09-2017 14:29 via wane.com
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, so the speculation was that he would not allow his players to kneel during the national anthem.
  The Cowboys and their owner did kneel, though not during the anthem.
  Following a weekend of kneeling and protesting across the NFL, the Cowboys and their owner displayed their own version of unity Monday night, kneeling on the field before rising as a group prior to the playing of the
  
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• Indiana accepting Pre-k applications from 10 new counties

  26-09-2017 10:22 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana’s On My Way Pre-k program is accepting applications from 10 new counties.The preschool program for children from low-income families previously was offered in just five counties, but lawmakers recently expanded it.Children in Bartholomew, Delaware, Elkhart, Howard, Kosciusko, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, St. Joseph, and Tippecanoe counties can now enroll.Eligible children must have turned 4 years old by Aug. 1 and come from a family with an income below 127
  
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• Sen. Collins’ opposition kills GOP health care drive

  26-09-2017 10:11 via wane.com
  Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen Rand Paul tells reporters he plans to vote against a GOP bill that would repeal and replace most of former President Barack Obama’s health care law on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)WASHINGTON (AP) — The last-gasp Republican drive to tear down President Barack Obama’s health care law essentially died Monday as Maine Sen. Susan Collins joined a small but decisive cluster of GOP senators in opposing the push.
  The Maine
  
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• Coffee sold in California could carry cancer warning labels

  26-09-2017 10:06 via wane.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A future cup of coffee in California could give you jitters before you even take a sip.
  A nonprofit group wants coffee manufacturers, distributors and retailers to post ominous warnings about a cancer-causing chemical stewing in every brew and has been presenting evidence in a Los Angeles courtroom to make its case.
  FILE – Starbucks store in New York’s Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)The long-running lawsuit that resumed Monday claims Starbucks and
  
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• Convicted Ohio Craigslist killer of 3 questions evidence

  26-09-2017 10:00 via wane.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The evidence against an Ohio man accused of killing three down-and-out men lured by fake Craigslist job offers wasn’t strong enough to convict him, according to attorneys fighting the defendant’s death sentence.
  No physical evidence links death row inmate Richard Beasley to the killings, his attorneys argued in a court filing with the Ohio Supreme Court.
  It also doesn’t make sense that someone would go to great lengths to target the poor individuals
  
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• Full federal court to hear ‘Making a Murderer’ appeal

  26-09-2017 09:56 via wane.com
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court will consider arguments Tuesday over whether detectives tricked a Wisconsin inmate featured in the “Making a Murderer” series into confessing and whether he should go free in a case that puts police practices in the spotlight.
  FILE – In this March 13, 2007 file photo, Steven Avery listens to testimony in the courtroom at the Calumet County Courthouse in Chilton, Wis. A lawyer is asking for a new trial for Avery, a Wisconsin man
  
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• In Ivanka’s China, business ties shrouded in secrecy

  26-09-2017 09:51 via wane.com
   
  FILE – In this June 13, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, listens as his daughter, Ivanka Trump, speaks at a workforce development roundtable at Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, Wis. It is no secret that the bulk of Ivanka Trump’s merchandise comes from China. But just which Chinese companies manufacture and export her handbags, shoes and clothes is more secret than ever, an Associated Press investigation has found. Since she took on her White Hous
  
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• Former NFL player with Fort Wayne ties speaks about NFL controversy

  26-09-2017 05:24 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – From President Trump to professional athletes, there is no shortage of opinions when it comes to taking a knee during the national anthem, but not everyone is choosing sides. Former Wayne High School standout and Carolina Panthers Punter Jason Baker said he’s not sure what he’d chose to do during the national anthem if he was still on the field during these times.
  He said he’d have a hard time kneeling, but he’d never condemn a teammat
  
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• Leo tops Snider in KB Classic as Panthers remember former coach

  26-09-2017 04:39 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Leo topped Snider 3-1 (25-21, 25-15, 19-25, 25-21) on Monday at Kilmer Court, but volleyball took a backseat at the KB Classic.
  The KB Classic honors former Snider assistant volleyball coach Kirstin Brelsfoard, who passed away in December of 2014 at the age of 44.
  Brelsfoard was an assistant at Snider for 13 years and was a coach at the Fort Wayne Volleyball Club for 17 years.
  Leo was led by Brooke Smith with 13 kills and Casey Reinking with 4 aces.
  
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• Pacers sign former Mad Ants forward Jared Uthoff

  26-09-2017 04:03 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers announced Monday they have signed 6-7 forward Jarrod Uthoff. Per team policy, terms were not disclosed.
   
  Uthoff was undrafted out of the University of Iowa in 2016. He played nine games for the Dallas Mavericks last season and averaged 4.4 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. He played 11 games for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers’ affiliate in the NBA G League, and averaged 17.1 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.6 blocks per game.
   
  
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• Silver Alert issued for Peru man believed to be in danger

  26-09-2017 03:51 via wane.com
  PERU, Ind. (WANE)  Police in Peru are looking for a man who was last seen Monday afternoon and is believed to be in extreme danger.
  Deon Jon Droke, 32, is 6’0″, 150 pounds, and has light brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a t-shirt, khaki pants, and gray shoes with a green design. He was riding a green mountain bike.
  Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Peru Police Department at 765-473-5522.
  
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• Silver Alert canceled for Peru man

  26-09-2017 03:51 via wane.com
  PERU, Ind. (WANE)  Police in Peru have canceled a silver alert for a Peru man.
  The alert was originally issued Monday night after Deon Jon Droke, 32, disappeared and was believed to be in extreme danger.
  The alert was later cancelled early Tuesday around 12:40 a.m.
  Information about what led to the cancellation was not immediately available.
  
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• Honor Flight veteran shares prisoner of war stories

  26-09-2017 01:54 via wane.com
  Portland, Ind. (WANE) – This week, 85 veterans will fly to the nation’s capital to see the war memorials with Honor Flight Northeast Indiana. One of those vets is former prisoner of war Don Bailey.
  Bailey’s most gut-wrenching war memories began on January 23, 1968. He and 81 other Navy men were in the U.S.S. Pueblo searching for radars in the North Korean waters.Suddenly, they were attacked by North Korean air planes.
  “Bullets were coming through the side o
  
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• Honor Flight veteran recalls being held prisoner by North Korea

  26-09-2017 01:54 via wane.com
  Portland, Ind. (WANE) – This week, 85 veterans will fly to the nation’s capital to see the war memorials with Honor Flight Northeast Indiana. One of those vets is former prisoner of war Don Bailey.
  Bailey’s most gut-wrenching war memories began on January 23, 1968. He and 81 other Navy men were in the U.S.S. Pueblo searching for radars in the North Korean waters.Suddenly, they were attacked by North Korean air planes.
  “Bullets were coming through the side o
  
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• 9/25 Inside The Zone – Week Seven

  26-09-2017 00:04 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – It is week seven of the prep football season and that means SAC rivalry week. Check out this week’s edition of “Inside the Zone” with The News-Sentinel’s Justin Kenny and WANE-TV sports director Glenn Marini as they break down all the top match-ups.
  
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• North Korean diplomat says tweet by Trump ‘declared war’

  26-09-2017 00:03 via wane.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s top diplomat said Monday that a weekend tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump was a “declaration of war” and North Korea has the right to retaliate by shooting down U.S. bombers, even in international airspace.
  It was the latest escalation in a week of undiplomatic exchanges between North Korea and the U.S. during the U.N. General Assembly’s annual ministerial meeting.
  Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters that the United Nati
  
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