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• Boy, 16, tased and arrested for battery on police officer at Marion sectional football game

  14-11-2019 22:24 via wane.com
  MARION, Ind. (WANE) — Two boys were arrested during a high school football sectional game for battery on a police officer.During the Friday, November 8 game between Mississinewa and Marion, Marion Community School safety director Brian Sharp confronted one of the juveniles for disruptive behavior, according to a release from police. Sharp asked the boy to leave school grounds or be arrested.The boy, 16, refused to leave the school and began shouting vulgar obscenities at Sharp, which led t
  
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• Fort Wayne man sentenced for running drug house

  14-11-2019 21:58 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A Fort Wayne man was sentenced in federal court for keeping a drug house.Varnell Coe, 28, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 9 years, 9 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release for maintaining a drug involved premises.Coe and another man – Brandon Buchanan – were indicted in March 2018 after authorities served a search warrant at a Fort Wayne home and found a loaded .357 caliber revolver, fentanyl, crack cocaine, marijuana, hypod
  
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• Autopsy: Twin brothers, 69, were shot to death

  14-11-2019 19:35 via wane.com
  JAY COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — Twin brothers found dead in a Jay County home last month were shot to death, an autopsy has found.Jay County Coroner Michael Brewster told WANE 15 that the bodies of twin brothers Wayne and Zayne Burroughs, both 69, were discovered in a home in the 300 block of C.R. 700 East, just east of Portland., on Oct. 9. The bodies were badly decomposed, Brewster said, suggesting they’d be in the home for some time.An autopsy was performed Oct. 11. The final autopsy re
  
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• Meet the Manzanas Luchadores de Fort Wayne: TinCaps to change name for select games in 2020

  14-11-2019 18:01 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne TinCaps will be renamed for six games during the 2020 season as Minor League Baseball works to engage with its Hispanic fanbase.The club will become Manzanas Luchadores de Fort Wayne, which translates to the “Fighting Apples” in Spanish. A new green-and-red logo featuring an rendition of the TinCaps’ red apple (wearing a mask like freestyle Mexican wrestlers called luchadores) was unveiled along with the name Thursday.The Copa de l
  
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• Several hurt in California school shooting, gunman caught

  14-11-2019 17:40 via wane.com
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Several people were injured Thursday during a shooting at a Southern California high school and the gunman was in custody, authorities said.Reports on the number of people injured have fluctuated.Fire officials said at least three people were injured.However, a hospital in the city of Santa Clarita tweeted that it received two patients in critical condition and three more were on the way.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said deputies responded
  
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• At least 6 hurt in Southern California high school shooting

  14-11-2019 17:40 via wane.com
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — At least six people were injured during a shooting at a Southern California high school Thursday morning, authorities said.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said on Twitter that deputies responded to Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.The department said a male suspect in black clothing was seen at the location.It was not immediately clear if the victims suffered gunshot wounds or ot
  
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• At least 3 hurt in California school shooting, gunman sought

  14-11-2019 17:40 via wane.com
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — At least three people were injured Thursday during a shooting at a Southern California high school and a search was underway for the gunman, authorities said.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said deputies responded to Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.The department said a male suspect in black clothing was seen at the location.“If you live in neighborhoods anywhere near
  
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• 2 dead in California school attack; gunman shoots self

  14-11-2019 17:40 via wane.com
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, killing two students, wounding three others and shooting himself in the head, authorities said. He was in grave condition.The shooting occurred around 7:30 a.m. at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.Shauna Orandi, 16, said she was in her Spanish class doing homework when she heard four gunshots that she initially mistook
  
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• 1 dead, several injured in California school shooting

  14-11-2019 17:40 via wane.com
  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, leaving one person dead and several others injured before he was taken into custody, authorities said.The shooting occurred around 7:30 a.m. at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.Freshman Rosie Rodriguez said she was walking up the library stairs when she heard noises that “sounded like balloons”
  
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• Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control expands service to New Haven

  14-11-2019 17:10 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control is now providing animal control services to the residents of New Haven.
  Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control and the City of New Haven entered into an inter local agreement allowing officers to uphold New Haven’s city ordinances and respond to calls of stray dogs running loose, injured domestic animals, bite investigations, and reports of animal abuse and neglect.New Haven does not currently have an animal shelter or capability
  
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• KISS adds Fort Wayne date to farewell tour; tickets go for up to $1,000

  14-11-2019 16:39 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Rock legends KISS will play another show in Fort Wayne.KISS has added a Fort Wayne date to its final tour, the “End of the Road” world tour. The “Detroit Rock City” performers will play at the Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.Tickets go on sale Nov. 22 at 10 a.m., ranging in price from $39.50 for upper level seats to $1,000 per ticket for a front row experience, according to the Memorial Coliseum.“All that we have built and
  
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• KISS adds Fort Wayne date to farewell tour

  14-11-2019 16:39 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Rock legends KISS will play another show in Fort Wayne.KISS has added a Fort Wayne date to its final tour, the “End of the Road” world tour. The “Detroit Rock City” performers will play at the Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.Tickets go on sale Nov. 22 at 10 a.m.“All that we have built and all that we have conquered over the past four decades could never have happened without the millions of people worldwide who’ve fil
  
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• Indiana attorney general seeking new term amid groping case

  14-11-2019 16:26 via wane.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general is running for reelection as he awaits the outcome from professional misconduct allegations of drunkenly groping four women that threaten his law license.Republican Curtis Hill announced his bid for a second term on Thursday, releasing a video in which he says he won’t back down from “partisan attacks, the media, and even Republicans embarrassed to defend our values.”Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb and other stat
  
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• NFL helmet safety challenge kicks-off with symposium in Ohio

  14-11-2019 15:24 via wane.com
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — As part of the Helmet Challenge launched by the National Football League, league safety officials, scientists, engineers and helmet manufacturers are meeting in Ohio for a symposium on developing a safer helmet for league players.The Vindicator reports that the NFL is partnering with America Makes, a national accelerator for 3-D printing and additive manufacturing based in Youngstown, to put on the three-day event which started Wednesday.The Youngstown event is
  
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• Garrett man hurt in rollover crash on icy road

  14-11-2019 14:04 via wane.com
  Waterloo, Ind. (WANE) — A Garrett man was hurt Thursday morning after crashing his car, according to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department.
  In a release, police said 51-year-old Dale Hook was traveling south in the 1000 block of State Road 427 around 5:50 a.m. when he lost control on the icy roadway. Hook reportedly traveled off the west side of the road and into a ditch, rolling his vehicle.He was transported to the hospital for treatment, having hurt his arm in the crash. The exte
  
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• W. State Blvd. reopens after garage fire

  14-11-2019 10:24 via wane.com
  Fort Wayne, Ind. (WANE) — A detached garage is badly damaged after a fire early Thursday.Around 2:37 a.m. the Fort Wayne Fire Department was called to the 1800 block of West State Blvd. near Tyler St. on report of a residential structure fire. Firefighters arrived to find a fully involved detached garage fire.
  The fire did not spread to any nearby structures, but W. State Blvd. was closed in both directions briefly as fire crews worked to contain the blaze. It took crews about 10 minutes t
  
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• Police looking for GetGo armed robbery suspect

  14-11-2019 08:38 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Fort Wayne police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station late Wednesday night.It happened just before midnight, at the GetGo on Saint Joe Road, near Saint Joe Center Road.Investigators say the suspect walked in with a gun, demanded money, then “calmly walked out.” He’s described as a white man in his 30s.Police looked at the station’s surveillance video and later located a vehicle that matched a possible suspect vehicle, outside a h
  
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• One injured in DeKalb County crash

  14-11-2019 06:18 via wane.com
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – One person was hurt in a single vehicle crash outside Corunna, around 2:20 p.m. Wednesday.According to DeKalb County deputies, a 2003 Ford Ranger was traveling west on County Road 28, near County Road 17. The driver, 19-year-old Eric Hart of Corunna, lost control on an icy hill and ran off the roadway.The truck rolled multiple times before landing on its top in a cornfield.Medics took an 18-year-old passenger to a hospital, for treatment of a fractured femur.Ha
  
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• Fort Wayne Professional Firefighters donate ambulance to Mexican EMS crew

  14-11-2019 05:17 via wane.com
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- A former Parkview ambulance will see a second life helping people in Mexico.
  Emergency service crews in Tijuana, Mexico have it very different than crews in Fort Wayne, especially when you talk about the volume of violent crime. Fort Wayne firefighter and paramedic Bryan Peterson had the chance to see first hand what it was like for those working for Rescate Halcones when he was just started out his EMS career, and then he and the other Professional Firefighters Local 12
  
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