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[] | 2016-08-30T14:50:08 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Fthe-scoop%2FVerbatim--Fort-Wayne-Bids-on-25-NCAA-Championships-for-2018-2022.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Verbatim: Fort Wayne Bids on 25 NCAA Championships for 2018-2022 | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The following was released on Tuesday, August 30, 2015 by the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum:
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and Visit Fort Wayne have partnered with the Fort Wayne Mastodons (IPFW) and the Manchester University Spartans to submit 25 NCAA Division I and III bids for seven championships in four different sports to be contested during the 2018-2019 through 2021-2022 academic years.
These bids are a result of a collaborative effort to re-introduce Fort Wayne to the NCAA and further position the city as a premier championship host community. The Memorial Coliseum has hosted four NCAA championship events in its history - the National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship in 1988, 1994 and 2000, and the Division I Men's Ice Hockey Midwest Regional in 2010. The Coliseum is slated to host the Division III Wrestling Midwest Regional in February of 2017, hosted by Manchester University.
In this latest multi-year bid opportunity made available by the NCAA, more than 400 pre-determined championship sites will be awarded for the 2018-19 through 2021-22 academic years for 24 different NCAA sports. Event sites and hosts will be announced in December of 2016.
"We are excited at the prospect of adding to our championship resume," said Randy Brown, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Memorial Coliseum. "Our objective has been, and will continue to be to execute the technical aspects of the championship flawlessly, while ensuring that each student-athlete is left with a memorable experience - win or lose."
"We have prepared proposals that demonstrate our city's ability to provide the facilities, hotels, attractions and amenities to ensure a successful and enjoyable experience for student-athletes, coaches and fans," said Dan O'Connell, President & CEO of Visit Fort Wayne. "We are extremely grateful to our local NCAA member universities for partnering with us to bid on these high profile tournaments."
Below is an outline of the bid submissions made by the Memorial Coliseum, Visit Fort Wayne, the Fort Wayne Mastodons (IPFW) and the Manchester University Spartans:
NCAA Championship Event Bids
Month & Year
Host
Facility
Division I Men's Basketball - First Four
March 2019-2022
Fort Wayne Mastodons
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Arena
Division I Men's Basketball - First/Second Rounds
March 2019-2022
Fort Wayne Mastodons
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Arena
Division I Women's Basketball - Regionals
March 2019-2022
Fort Wayne Mastodons
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Arena
Division III Women's Volleyball - Finals
November 2019-2021
Manchester Spartans
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Expo Center
Division III Men's Basketball - Finals
March 2019-2022
Manchester Spartans
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Arena
Division III Women's Basketball - Finals
March 2019-2022
Manchester Spartans
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Arena
Division III Men's Wrestling - Regionals
February 2019 & 2021
Manchester Spartans
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Expo Center | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/the-scoop/Verbatim--Fort-Wayne-Bids-on-25-NCAA-Championships-for-2018-2022 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/e11d3f98f016ad8edf78eac5de1b6508e42f0d7be9679ea5d5597048340a2992.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T18:50:09 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FMoeller-Road-portion-limited-to-one-lane-14974523.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Moeller Road portion limited to one lane | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Moeller Road between Adams Center and Hartzell Road will be restricted to one lane beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday for bridge maintenance, the Allen County Highway Department said today.
The restrictions will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and will reopen daily at 5 p.m., the highway department said in a statement. Traffic will be maintained by a flagger.
The work is scheduled to be completed by 5 p.m. Friday. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Moeller-Road-portion-limited-to-one-lane-14974523 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/d4cb3994ed39be8458d95b0c715a2854db3d84cd1cdade99c18c71af9e03554a.json |
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"Chris Goff",
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] | 2016-08-29T02:49:49 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Ffull-count%2FMiller-felt-butterflies-upon-joining-TinCaps-14964476.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Miller felt butterflies upon joining TinCaps | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Evan Miller had already starred for one baseball team in Fort Wayne, helping IPFW reach the Summit League championship series this spring. But he felt something different in his stomach Saturday night in his debut for another Summit City team, the TinCaps.
"Being around the TinCaps all the time, growing up in northern Indiana and going to IPFW, yesterday was probably the first game ever where I was actually nervous to pitch," the right-hander said. "The first at-bat I was nervous. It's hard to compare (to the Summit League's postseason). It's really special."
Miller estimated he handed out 15 tickets to friends or former Mastodon teammates and trainers for Saturday's game at Parkview Field. His guests were treated to two shutout innings from Miller in the TinCaps' 15-4 rout of West Michigan.
Anthony Contreras, Miller's new manager, referred to the reliever's outing as "pretty impressive." Miller was promoted to low-A Fort Wayne on Thursday from short-season Tri-City, where he had appeared in 15 games since being chosen by the San Diego Padres in the 22nd round of the amateur draft in June.
"Going two innings like that and no runs, that's the first time I've seen him, haven't heard that much about him," Contreras said. "Any time you can get a fresh arm like that to help out the guys who have been here all year, it's nice." | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/full-count/Miller-felt-butterflies-upon-joining-TinCaps-14964476 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/35c25e36576069856ade3ee8fc7148f09431a75dc0535d5721595f3b98419a2b.json |
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"Kimberly Dupps Truesdell",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-31T06:50:59 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Ffood%2Fthe-dish%2FMcAlister-s-Deli-going-into-Lima-spot-14974844.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | McAlister's Deli going into Lima spot | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Three years ago, the restaurant at 6709 Lima Road nearly became a McAlister’s Deli.
But the owner of Koze Thai Cuisine & Bar came in and bought the former O’Charley’s building as deli franchisees were nearing a lease deal.
Koze opened in late fall 2014 and closed in March, leaving the space up for grabs. And this time, it really will be a McAlister’s.
On Monday, yellow building permits were taped to the front window, and crews were working inside and out to clean kitchen equipment and transform the space.
David Blackburn, CEO of Southern Rock Restaurants and a McAlister’s franchisee, says that “the next four weeks will be exciting, seeing things come together week after week.”
The façade will be updated with the brand’s awnings, shutters and signs and a patio will be added. The interior, which is about 6,500 square feet and larger than a typical location, will have a private room and more seating. Blackburn is opting to keep the bar set-up, but rather than serve cocktails, guests can sip on McAlister’s signature sweet tea, watch sporting events on wall-mounted televisions and charge their devices at outlets on the bar top.
Blackburn, who has 51 McAlister’s locations and is set to acquire 12 more, says that if everything goes as planned, the restaurant will open for lunch Oct. 31. It will close in the afternoon so employees can enjoy Halloween festivities, and it will reopen for regular hours Nov. 1.
McAlister’s is a fast-casual restaurant that offers an expansive menu of salads, soups, hot and cold sandwiches and loaded baked potatoes. The 6709 Lima Road location will be the second Blackburn operates in the city; McAlister’s Deli, 1310 S. Illinois Road, is open 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
More plans
McAlister’s isn’t the only restaurant moving in to the north side of the city.
• According to its website, Blaze Pizza is planning a restaurant for 401 Coliseum Blvd. E., in the same strip mall as Half Price Books. Blaze Pizza, which recently opened its 150th restaurant, is a fast casual franchise that offers signature pizzas, a build-your-own option, salads and desserts.
The pies are built assembly-line style the way one would get a sandwich at Subway or burrito at Chipotle.
• Signs are up for a Mr. Panini restaurant 1019 Coliseum Blvd. E. The space used to house a Forum Pizza and is just east of North Clinton Street.
Free frappés
The first weekend in September marks the unofficial end of summer. School is back in session and everyone is back to work the day after Labor Day. To celebrate a new season and give fans a pick-me-up, participating Dairy Queen locations are giving away frappés on Tuesday.
From 2 to 5 p.m., guests can have one free small Ultimate Oreo Frappé. Fans can choose from a choice of a mocha, salted caramel or vanilla-flavored iced coffee; Oreo, Caramel Chip or Midnight Mocha Ultimate Frappés.
Dairy Queen will also offer happy hour pricing from 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays at participating locations. Small flavored iced coffees are $1, and frappés and small Orange Julius fruit smoothies are $2.
For more information, go to DairyQueen.com. Connect with the DQ system on Twitter using #LOVEmyDQ and at twitter.com/dairyqueen, or the DQ Facebook fan page at facebook.com/dairyqueen.
The Dish features restaurant news and food events and appears Wednesdays. Fax news items to 461-8893, email kdupps@jg.net or call 461-8727. | http://www.journalgazette.net/food/the-dish/McAlister-s-Deli-going-into-Lima-spot-14974844 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/7808a5d13524ea6a18bc9d8daf7b225d46d63db0b416882c9af6c48b5cdb0a9b.json |
[
"Niki Kelly",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-31T06:50:36 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Findiana%2FState-stays-split-on-LGBT-rights-14991020.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | State stays split on LGBT rights | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | INDIANAPOLIS – Hoosiers from around the state and on opposite sides of the issue pressed lawmakers Tuesday to enact or block civil protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Hoosiers.
Much of the testimony was similar to that given in hearings during the 2016 legislative session before the Senate killed a bill that would have banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity statewide.
And it doesn’t appear there’s going to be any movement on the issue in 2017, with Rep. Greg Steuerwald, chairman of the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary, saying the issues will likely be decided by the courts.
He was referring to the topic of bathroom use by students, which has become a central topic since the Obama administration advised all schools in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathroom coinciding with the gender they identify themselves with. Several lawsuits are pending.
What got less play Tuesday was employment, housing and public accommodations protections for LGBT folks.
State law doesn’t prohibit discrimination on basis of sexual orientation and gender identity as it does for race, gender and ethnicity. That means someone can refuse to serve a gay couple in a restaurant; fire a transgender person for transitioning; and refuse to rent an apartment to married lesbians.
These Hoosiers are protected only if a local human rights ordinance has been passed.
The Indiana business community lined up in support of protections – saying prospective employees are questioning how inclusive and welcoming Indiana is.
Mark Fisher, from the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, said lawmakers calmed the backlash from the religious freedom bill in 2015 but that questions still regularly come up on whether discrimination is allowed in the state.
“The only true way to get beyond the controversy is to update our existing civil rights code,” he said.
The opposition spoke almost exclusively about bathroom use.
One woman read a letter from another woman who spoke of a male track athlete going into a women’s restroom at a meet. Nothing happened, and there was no indication in the letter if the person was transgender. The letter writer admitted she didn’t know if it was done by accident or with malicious intent or was a prank.
Monica Boyer, a vocal conservative from Warsaw, spoke on behalf of her four children and noted that transgender protections are harming the right of conscience for people of faith.
“The vain threats of economic terrorism will again knock on our door,” she said, urging the lawmakers to stand for children.
She said she doesn’t think transgender Hoosiers are a threat to her children but noted others might take advantage of any regulation allowing sexes to mix in locker rooms and restrooms.
“What teenage boy wouldn’t leap at showering with the girls?” she said.
Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, asked Korvin Bothwell, a transgender man, to comment on the thorny bathroom issue. Holdman supported extending protections but couldn’t get his colleagues past the bathroom questions when it came to gender identity.
“Transgender people just want to use the bathroom like anyone else. I’ve been using public bathrooms all my life and nothing has happened,” he said. “I pose no threat.”
There is no schedule for another meeting of the committee.
nkelly@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/State-stays-split-on-LGBT-rights-14991020 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/bd94c820ab0bf8d1cc78c3bb595bec8fa69a7c3975afc6555138578273d93980.json |
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"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-29T20:50:04 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Feyeing-iu%2FTickets-to-IU-IPFW-game-on-sale-Thursday-14975362.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Tickets to IU-IPFW game on sale Thursday | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | On Nov. 22, guard James Blackmon Jr. and center Thomas Bryant will lead Indiana against IPFW. The tipoff time is yet to be set, but Coliseum officials put out the following release about tickets going on sale Thursday:
"Tickets for the Indiana University men’s basketball game vs. the Fort Wayne Mastodons at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum will go on sale to the public on Thursday, September 1 at 10:00 a.m.
Tickets will be available at the Memorial Coliseum Ticket Office, online at www.ticketmaster.com/acwmc, or by phone at (800) 745-3000." | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/eyeing-iu/Tickets-to-IU-IPFW-game-on-sale-Thursday-14975362 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/e888bdc82016e16b34d9a3eb703f8bdb4a1cd8d504e9c1265500d1706e51efb6.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T06:50:33 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FScience-Central-getting-ready--14977042.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13251324/14975315.jpg | en | null | Science Central getting ready | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Rachel Von | The Journal Gazette
Science Central worker Ryan Jackson works on mopping the floor Monday in preparation for it being painted later in the week. Monday was the first day of Science Central’s weeklong fall shutdown to prepare for the upcoming school year. Science Central will still be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Science-Central-getting-ready--14977042 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/2442bade4778f7c1cbe632b59f94d417794c24694d505e13ff8f4ff30af51b53.json |
[
"Dave Gong",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-28T22:49:35 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FNearly-5-000-play-with-Legos-at-Grand-Wayne-Center-14962091.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13248707/14958919.jpg | en | null | Nearly 5,000 play with Legos at Grand Wayne Center | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | It was all about the Legos at the Grand Wayne Center this weekend.
On Saturday and today, more than 60 builders featured Lego displays including a replica of downtown Tampa, Florida, a model of the Second Temple in Jersualem, and a black-and-white portrait of actor and comedian Bill Murray.
Dubbed Brickworld, the annual event is meant to showcase hobbyists' creativity and skill while inspiring children and adults to create their own projects, said Bryan Bonahoom, Brickworld executive director.
"It's really amazing what these people do with this stuff," Bonahoom said. "I've been doing these shows for 10 years and every show there will be something that catches my eye."
Bonahoom, a Fort Wayne native who now lives in Fishers, is also a builder whose display included some mosaics, a globe, a covered bridge and a Christmas tree.
Outside Fort Wayne, Brickworld has done shows in Chicago, Indianapolis and Tampa, Bonahoom said. Brickworld has also done shows in Lafayette.
"We try to keep locations where we return year after year," Bonahoom said. "We freshen the shows every year, we invite different people and try to get different displays — with the exception of local people, they kind of get an automatic invite."
Lego supports the events, providing kits to be given away as raffle prizes.
This year's convention drew more than 4,700 guests, Bonahoom said, which is down from last year. A large part of the decrease, Bonahoom said, was caused by the convention being held in August as opposed to when it is usually held over the second weekend in October. Next year's Fort Wayne convention is planned for the usual October timeslot, Bonahom said.
Builders and vendors came from across the country to showcase their work. Like most hobbyists, builder Scot Thompson, of Bay City, Michigan, said he got started with Legos as a child, building space vehicles and other creations with his friends before school.
"The hobby continued to grow," Thompson said. "I build with my mom. I vividly remember building a hot air balloon. Just great memories."
Thompson, a nurse, said it takes years of building to prepare displays for shows and the creations can often evolve or change over time. Several of Thompson's models at the convention were based on real Bay City locations.
"That's the beauty of the Lego hobby," Thompson said. "It's got infinite possibilities. Whether you tweak it or change it or tear it down completely and make something completely different."
Elkhart resident Jordan Stair, is a member of Fort Wayne's Lego User Group. The group, Stair said, spends a lot of time each year designing the layout of their Brickworld display. This weekend's convention was the third one the group has participated in. Stair said he loves the hobby because it's fun for kids and adults.
Stair had a bit of advice for people interested in the Lego hobby.
"Pick something and start building. Your mind is going to take you where you want to go," Stair said.
dgong@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Nearly-5-000-play-with-Legos-at-Grand-Wayne-Center-14962091 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/09e608dc9ee65752f34bf01ff04f2758fec88c640cfaec051785e742bc2537ad.json |
[
"Jamie Duffy",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-31T06:51:03 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fpolice-fire%2F2-women--bound--beaten-14994023.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | 2 women bound, beaten | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | A Fort Wayne man has been accused of binding two women with cable and torturing them in his basement.
The torture stopped when one woman – who said her captor prostituted her against her will and supplied her with 3.5 grams of heroin a day to keep her hooked – was able to slip out of the bindings and flee as he went upstairs to take a break from the beatings, according to court documents.
Morgan K. Govan, 37, was arrested late Monday and faces charges of aggravated battery and three counts of criminal confinement and intimidation after allegedly throwing the two women down the basement of a home that served as his place of business, after he saw that things were missing from a storage locker. Court documents did not list an address for Govan’s home.
The women had traded the stolen items for drugs from another heroin dealer, one woman said.
On Monday, one woman said she had been clean from heroin about a week and a half when she agreed to meet Govan at the storage facility on Cook Road. She had the key to the storage unit and he had been asking her for it.
Govan allegedly became enraged when he noticed some items were missing. The woman told Govan she had lent the key to another woman whom Govan had allegedly prostituted in exchange for drugs.
The woman said Govan then commandeered her vehicle after he forced her in and, while driving to his home, punched her in the face so hard several times that she had no energy to do anything.
At Govan’s house, the other woman admitted to taking the items and promised to return them. That enraged Govan more, and he grabbed both women, with the help of another man, threw them into the basement, laid them face down and bound their arms behind their backs with cable.
The first woman said she was kicked in the head more than 100 times and then hit with a claw hammer on the back of her head and her back. Govan then allegedly told her he was going to kill both women, according to court documents.
The second woman said Govan stomped on their bodies and their heads for about 45 minutes. She said he would kick, hit and torture them for 15 minutes at a time and then would begin to sweat so much and tire himself out that he had to take a break, at which time he would go upstairs as though he was looking for someone.
She also said she tried to cover her face when Govan allegedly whipped them with a cord, and he once picked up a huge rock, which he had a hard time lifting, and dropped it on her back and leg.
During one of his trips upstairs, the second woman was able to slip out of her bindings, run to the back door, unlock it and run to the nearest house, where she saw people. She went inside and asked to use their phone.
Once Govan saw that the second woman was gone, he picked up the first woman and threw her out of the door, telling her that he couldn’t kill her now since the other woman had gone to the police. But he threatened that if she talked to the police, he would kill her whole family.
The first woman arrived at her grandmother’s home around 2:30 p.m. Her grandmother described her granddaughter as “extremely injured,” according to court documents.
Both women were taken to a hospital. The second woman said that when she asked the first woman to escape with her, she replied that she was too weak to move. She had witnessed Govan bring the first woman into the house earlier that day. He was pulling her in by her hair and threw her to the floor on her face.
After his arrest, Govan refused to answer most questions. Police found heroin on him, according to court documents.
In November 2008, Govan was convicted of battery. He was sentenced to prison and released in 2014, according to the Indiana Department of Correction. He served a second term for a battery after being sentenced in May 2015 and was released in December of that year.
Govan is in the Allen County Jail. Bond was set at $225,000.
jduffy@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/2-women--bound--beaten-14994023 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/08618ecac46afe591c5794612cb4c3246a1831b6f96f3298612a22778332f314.json |
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"John Jackson",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-29T00:49:42 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FRodon--Morneau--Cabrera-lead-White-Sox-past-Mariners--4-1-14962665.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13248728/14962666.jpg | en | null | Rodon, Morneau, Cabrera lead White Sox past Mariners, 4-1 | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | CHICAGO – A month ago, Carlos Rodon was deep into a disappointing season. However, the 23-year-old left-hander now is in the midst of a major turnaround.
Rodon pitched into the seventh inning, Justin Morneau had a two-run single and Melky Cabrera drove in a run and scored twice to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
Rodon (5-8) allowed the run and five hits in six-plus innings to go 3-0 with a 1.47 ERA in his last five starts.
"You could say the beginning of the year wasn't too good," he said, "but it's all about how you finish."
Jose Abreu also drove in a run to help Chicago, which took three of four in the series and has won six of eight.
Robinson Cano hit a solo homer, his 30th, and Kyle Seager had three hits for the Mariners.
"We just didn't get much going offensively," Seattle manager Scott Servais said. "You've got to get hits with runners in scoring position. It was a tight game. We just didn't get the big hits at the end."
Rodon got a big boost from the Chicago bullpen on that end. Chris Beck and Dan Jennings worked out a jam in the seventh, Nate Jones pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and David Robertson got the last three outs for his 33rd save in 39 chances.
Chicago center fielder Adam Eaton left the game due to a bruised forearm in the fifth — an inning after being hit by a pitch. X-rays were negative and he is listed as day-to-day.
Seattle starter Taijuan Walker (4-9) allowed four runs on four hits in 7 1/3 innings. He also hit three batters.
Walker was perfect through three innings, but then started the fourth by hitting Eaton. One out later, Cabrera doubled to put runners on second and third. Abreu was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Morneau followed with a single to left for a 2-0 lead.
Seattle got a run back in the sixth on Cano's solo shot.
Rodon was lifted in the seventh after giving up hits to Seager and Franklin Gutierrez to start the inning. Catcher Mike Zunino then tried to advance the runners with a sacrifice bunt against Beck, but third baseman Todd Frazier fielded the bunt and fired to second base for the force out.
That play proved crucial when Jennings induced pinch-hitter Adam Lind to ground into an inning-ending double play.
"He got me that win right there, Dan Jennings," Rodon said.
Chicago added a two runs in the eighth on an RBI triple by Cabrera and a sacrifice fly by Abreu to ensure Rodon's win.
"He's fun to watch," Jennings said of Rodon. "He's got incredible stuff. He's going to be as good as he wants to be. He is growing and he is learning. His potential is unlimited."
30-HR CLUB
Cano reached 30 homers for the second time in his career. He had 33 in 2009.
"He's had a phenomenal year, really from the get-go, from the opening series of the season all the way through," Servais said. "He's been the constant in our lineup. Even when it doesn't look like he's swinging the bat that well, he does have a knack for finding holes and getting hits and keeping it going."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mariners: 3B Seager (bruised right foot) was in the lineup for a second straight day after missing the previous three games. "He looked fine," Servais said. "Is he 100 percent? Probably not."
White Sox: The return of 2B Brett Lawrie (left hamstring) remains uncertain. He's cleared medically, but is experiencing discomfort. "He still feels like there's something there," manager Robin Ventura ... RHP Miguel Gonzalez (groin) is expected to make a rehab start this week after throwing a simulated game on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (14-9, 3.81 ERA), who's gone at least seven innings in 12 of his 26 starts, faces RHP Yu Darvish (4-3, 2.91) Monday in the opener of a three-games series at Texas.
White Sox: RHP James Shields (5-16, 5.98 ERA) looks to rebound Monday in the opener of a three-game series at Detroit after going 0-4 with a 13.95 ERA in last 5 starts. LHP Matt Boyd (5-2, 3.98) goes for the Tigers. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Rodon--Morneau--Cabrera-lead-White-Sox-past-Mariners--4-1-14962665 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/e8a050de25068c7f69a89676d7cc9bf37a794f94f1d0dcd39f95c5026c2ec2d4.json |
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"Jonathan Lemire",
"Lisa Lerer",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-26T14:49:44 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2FClinton-says-Trump-unleashes--radical-fringe--in-GOP2016-08-26T06-01-03.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13244113/1_w1200.jpg | en | null | Clinton says Trump unleashes 'radical fringe' in GOP | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | MANCHESTER, N.H.— Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump has unleashed the "radical fringe" within the Republican Party, including anti-Semites and white supremacists, dubbing the billionaire businessman's campaign as one that will "make America hate again."
Trump is rejecting Clinton's allegations, defending his hard-line approach to immigration while trying to make the case to minority voters that Democrats have abandoned them.
The back-and-forth accusations came Thursday as the two candidates vie for minorities and any undecided voters with less than three months until Election Day. Weeks before the first early voting, Trump faces the urgent task of revamping his image to win over those skeptical of his candidacy.
In a tweet shortly after Clinton wrapped up her speech in the swing state of Nevada, Trump said she "is pandering to the worst instincts in our society. She should be ashamed of herself!"
Clinton is eager to capitalize on Trump's slipping poll numbers, particularly among moderate Republican women turned off by his controversial campaign. "Don't be fooled" by Trumps efforts to rebrand, she told voters at a speech in Reno, saying the country faced a "moment of reckoning."
"He's taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over one of America's two major political parties," she said.
Trump tried to get ahead of the Democratic nominee, addressing a crowd in Manchester, New Hampshire just minutes before Clinton.
"Hillary Clinton is going to try to accuse this campaign, and the millions of decent Americans who support this campaign, of being racists," Trump predicted.
"To Hillary Clinton, and to her donors and advisers, pushing her to spread her smears and her lies about decent people, I have three words," he said. "I want you to hear these words, and remember these words: Shame on you."
Trump tried to turn the tables on Clinton, suggesting she was trying to distract from questions swirling around donations to The Clinton Foundation and her use of her private email servers.
"She lies, she smears, she paints decent Americans as racists," said Trump, who then defended some of the core — and to some people, divisive — ideas of his candidacy.
Clinton did not address any of the accusations about her family foundation in her remarks. Instead, she offered a strident denouncement of Trump's campaign and the so-called alt-right movement, which is often associated with efforts on the far right to preserve "white identity," oppose multiculturalism and defend "Western values."
Clinton's campaign also released an online video that compiles footage of prominent white supremacist leaders praising Trump.
Trump, who also met Thursday in New York with members of a new Republican Party initiative meant to train young — and largely minority — volunteers, has been working to win over blacks and Latinos in light of his past inflammatory comments and has been claiming that the Democrats have taken minority voters' support for granted. "They've been very disrespectful, as far as I'm concerned, to the African-American population in this country," Trump said.
Many black leaders and voters have dismissed Trump's message as condescending and intended more to reassure undecided white voters that he's not racist.
Cornell William Brooks, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" Thursday that Trump has not reached out to the organization for any reason. He added that Trump refused the group's invitation to speak at its convention.
"We're going to make it clear: You don't get to the White House unless you travel through the doors of the NAACP," Brooks said. "More importantly, you don't get to the White House without addressing the nation's civil rights agenda."
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Lerer reported from Reno, Nevada. Jill Colvin contributed reporting from Washington. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/politics/Clinton-says-Trump-unleashes--radical-fringe--in-GOP2016-08-26T06-01-03 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/9c13d9af9eca1e5e77d5011cbb475f1f8bb9a16e32132a5b5a8ada97d58fdc15.json |
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"Ron Shawgo",
"Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-30T06:50:03 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fpolice-fire%2FPolice-say-1-person-dead-after-shooting-14981979.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | One dead after south-side shooting | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | A man was fatally shot late Monday on the city's southeast side after several people apparently followed him home after an argument or meeting at a nearby gas station, police said.
Fort Wayne police were called to the 2900 block of Stardale Drive shortly after 11 p.m. They found an unresponsive man in a front yard. He was pronounced dead when medics arrived, said Officer Jeremy Webb. The victim's name and age were not released.
Webb said he did not know if others were in the house at the time of the shooting or if the victim was alone in the vehicle he drove to the house.
Stardale Drive is south of East Paulding Road and west of Hessen Cassel Road.
Police suspect more than one shooter, judging by gun shell casings found at the scene, Webb said. Investigators were looking for a white four-door Chevrolet believed to belong to the suspects. Police are uncertain of the year and model, Webb said. They are hoping to get gas station surveillance video of the men and the vehicle they were in, he added.
A neighbor said she called 911 after hearing four shots. The dead man lived at the home where he was shot, she added. The woman declined to give her name saying, "Folks have a way of coming back."
"I looked out my window. I didn't see anybody running. I didn't hear a car. I didn't hear none of that," she said. "I heard a lady screaming, and I couldn't see anything."
She said the residents of the house, who she described as a husband and wife, have lived there 10 or 12 years.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867 or the Fort Wayne Police Department at 260-427-1222.
rshawgo@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Police-say-1-person-dead-after-shooting-14981979 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/a3adc97e88486b6b3a0bc5b96dca63b97ce7475c8b37ce433caa7fb8fc5b5eba.json |
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"Brian Francisco",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-30T06:50:18 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Flocal-politics%2FUS-Chamber-backs-Young-for-Senate-14966919.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13251321/14978892.jpg | en | null | US Chamber backs Young for Senate | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | In 2011, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hired Evan Bayh for what it called a “road show” around the country. The former Democratic senator was to make speeches and media appearances in favor of business deregulation.
On Monday, the Chamber embarked on an Indiana road show to endorse Bayh’s Republican opponent for an open seat in the U.S. Senate.
It was the second time this year that the nation’s largest business advocacy group has publicly backed Rep. Todd Young, R-9th. The Chamber earlier endorsed Young in his primary election battle with Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd.
The Chamber spent $1 million on advertisements to help Young in the primary, and it said Monday it plans to spend even more in an effort to boost his chances of winning the Nov. 8 general election.
Rob Engstrom, national public director for the Chamber, said at a Fort Wayne news conference that Bayh is a “career politician” with a “reflexively liberal voting record in the Senate” that included support for the Affordable Care Act, Dodd-Frank financial industry regulations and cap-and-trade restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions.
“On all the issues that matter most, those critical moments, those votes that make a big difference to our economy, he found himself consistently on the wrong side of those issues,” Engstrom said at the downtown office of STAR Financial Bank, one of three stops in the state.
Bayh’s votes aligned with Chamber’s positions on legislation 55 percent of the time during his dozen years in the Senate – what Engstrom called an F grade. Young, elected to the House in 2010, has voted in favor of Chamber’s positions 91 percent of the time.
If Bayh’s record in the Senate was so bad, The Journal Gazette asked Engstrom, why did the Chamber enlist him to promote deregulation after he had left it?
“The Chamber for 104 years has brought together a variety of different individuals on all ends of the political spectrum to provide their advice and counsel to us on a variety of different issues,” Engstrom replied.
“He did give some speeches. … Giving a speech is one thing; voting in the United States Senate is quite another,” Engstrom said.
Young’s campaign has called Bayh a “D.C. superlobbyist who’s bought by special interests” for his role as a partner in the Washington office of law firm McGuireWoods.
Although never a registered lobbyist, Bayh since 2011 has been an adviser to “clients who have a stake in Washington’s contentious public policy battles,” according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics.
Since Bayh joined the firm, it has spent $26.6 million on lobbying, according to the center’s database. In the same time, the Chamber has spent $538 million, by far the largest amount of any single lobbying organization.
Young was asked Monday why he thinks it’s bad for Bayh to be a lobbyist but OK for Young to accept the endorsement and indirect financial support of the nation’s largest lobbyist.
He said that he lives, raises his family and prays in Indiana and “will bring Hoosier values” to the Senate while Bayh “has become Washington.”
Young said his House votes and the legislation he introduces are “informed by my interaction with actual Hoosiers, not Hoosiers in the abstract. So when it comes to the issues that the Chamber, both the Indiana Chamber and the U.S. Chamber, advocate for, I look at all of these issues through the lens that’s been informed by actual Hoosiers.”
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce also endorsed Young on Monday during news conferences in Fort Wayne, South Bend and Indianapolis.
Earlier in the day, the Indiana Democratic Party blasted Young for voting against legislation in 2015 to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance for American workers who lose their jobs to foreign competitors.
“Congressman Young will do anything to cozy up to Washington leaders – even if it means saying his job wasn’t to worry about job loss in Indiana, but to argue for the bad trade deals that cost Hoosiers those jobs in the first place,” Democratic Party Chairman John Zody said in a statement.
Young’s response in Fort Wayne: “I think it’s inequitable to treat one class of unemployed Hoosiers differently than another class. In other words, if someone’s job is replaced by automation, why shouldn’t they receive the same sort of benefits that someone who happens to have unfortunately lost their job on account of competition abroad or domestic competition? So I think there needs to be parity.”
Ben Ray, communications director for the Bayh campaign, said in a text that Young “has been an unabashed advocate of free trade, no matter what that means for Hoosier workers, for years. … Trade is going to be a critical issue in this election because it lets Hoosiers see who is standing with them, and who isn’t.”
The Indiana Senate race is regarded as one of at least six close contests that will determine which political party controls the Senate next year. Republicans currently enjoy a 54-46 advantage.
“The road to the majority runs through the state of Indiana. It will be won in Indiana,” Engstrom said.
Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Star has reported that the Senate Leadership Fund, a political action committee affiliated with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will spend nearly $4 million in advertisements that oppose Bayh.
In addition to Bayh and Young, Libertarian Lucy Brenton is a candidate for the seat of retiring Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind.
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[
"Jennifer Kaplan"
] | 2016-08-28T06:49:59 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fbusiness%2FAmerica-s-drinking-buddy-14880011.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247165/14885577.jpg | en | null | America's drinking buddy | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s supporters chant “build the wall,” more Americans are drinking beer and tequila imported from what would be on the other side. And the largest alcohol producers are stressing the need to appeal to consumers, Hispanic and otherwise, who increasingly want products with Mexican heritage.
U.S. beer shipments from Mexico grew 18 percent this year through June, outpacing the 1.3 percent gain for all beer shipments, according to data from the Beer Institute. From 2010 to 2015, tequila rose 30 percent by volume in the U.S., more than any other alcohol category expect cognac, according to data from Euromonitor International.
Constellation Brands’ 24 percent compound annual growth from 2010 to 2015 was driven by the popularity of its Mexican imports, including Corona and Modelo beer, according to Kenneth Shea, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst.
Heineken’s Tecate franchise has grown 7.2 percent so far this year, led by Tecate Light, which is up 31 percent. Heineken also imports Dos Equis.
“Millennials and Hispanics, for us, are very critical,” said Ronald den Elzen, chief executive officer of Heineken USA. “The trends coming out of Latin America over here and the attractiveness for all the American population in general in what’s happening in food, in clothing, in style – in everything – is just helping to drive that fuel.”
Constellation and Heineken aren’t alone. Other companies have taken notice of the power of Hispanic consumers.
On Thursday, MillerCoors will introduce Zumbida, an alcoholic take on a traditional Mexican beverage called agua fresca. Diageo, the world’s largest distiller, has bolstered its tequila portfolio and invested in Mexico’s newest popular spirit: mezcal. The tequila and mezcal industry in the U.S. is expected to grow 17 percent between 2015 and 2020, according to data from Euromonitor.
Alcohol companies are caught at the crossroads of two cultural movements: the rise of Trump and his nativist bombast, and the so-called Mexicanization of U.S. culture as seen in the food and beverage industries.
“Trump has tapped into the frustration with illegal immigrants; it’s kind of mind-boggling,” said Stephen Rannekleiv, a global beverage strategist in New York at Rabobank International. “But at the same time, you see the growing interest in brands with Mexican heritage, in all categories. It’s not just tequila now.”
Trump’s pledge to build a wall along the Southern border, deport 11 million immigrants and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement carry risks for companies like Constellation, the largest importer of Mexican beer to the U.S.
Based in upstate New York, Constellation relies on Mexican imports for 55 percent of its $6.5 billion in annual revenue, and Hispanic consumers account for a third of Corona’s sales.
While Trump trails Democrat Hillary Clinton in national polls and those in key battleground states, his anti-Mexico rhetoric continues to stir up his base, some of whom shout anti-immigrant slurs at his rallies. That’s raised concern that the movement Trump unleashed could threaten brands and products connected to Mexico, even if he loses on Nov. 8.
“If you have these very divisive policies being generated, what does that mean for Brand Mexico?” said Pablo Zuanic, an analyst at Susquehanna International Group. “There is a significant impact on Constellation Brands that people have not factored.”
Constellation declined to comment. Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Hispanics made up 17.6 percent of the U.S. population in 2015, up from 3.5 percent in 1960, according to U.S. Census data. That percentage is expected to reach about 29 percent by 2060. The group’s increasing influence proves that there’s room for tequila and other Mexican spirits to grow, said Alex Tomlin, a Diageo North America senior vice president who oversees tequila.
“It’s not just happening in Manhattan,” said Tomlin. “You go to any town in America now and you can see the Mexican influence.”
Trump, a billionaire real estate developer and TV personality, kicked off his campaign in June 2015 with a vow to build a wall along the Southern border to keep out Mexican “rapists” and other criminals. His comments about Hispanics since then have ranged from adoring – or patronizing, depending on your view – to disdain.
He tweeted about his appreciation of Hispanic culture on May 5: “Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!” On June 3, he said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who was born in the U.S., shouldn’t preside over a legal case against Trump University because of his Mexican parents.
According to a New York Times/CBS poll released last month, about three-quarters of Trump’s supporters favor building a wall along the Mexican border. Only 13 percent of Clinton’s backers approve of such a plan.
In the meantime, consumer-products analysts will be watching.
“If he gets in, you can certainly change the mood and turn the tide against Mexican imports,” said Philip Gorham, an analyst at Morningstar Inc. who follows distillers and beer companies. “It’s easier said than done.” | http://www.journalgazette.net/business/America-s-drinking-buddy-14880011 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/de4558e8644e2a74e31ac967bebbf9538d3b9fb87c11d9c51e8034d260dc7dd1.json |
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"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-31T06:50:22 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Ftincaps%2FMoney-not-a-minor-issue-14988150.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13253635/14855923.jpg | en | null | Money not a minor issue | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | TinCaps vs. Great Lakes When: 7:05 p.m. today Where: Parkview Field Tickets: $12.50, $10, $8,$5 (lawn) TV: Comcast Channel 81 Radio: 1380 AM
Cramped apartments. Diets replete with fast food. Putting in long hours for little money.
Minor leaguers often have it rough, and the pay structures and conditions for players have been in the news a lot lately.
Like many guys across the minors, TinCaps players have received mailings on the legal fight to improve their wages.
In a lawsuit filed in 2014 in federal court in California, 34 plaintiffs said Major League Baseball is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Kodie Tidwell declined to sign onto the class-action suit in large part because he wasn’t sure of the process and didn’t want to hold any obligations.
But the TinCaps’ jack-of-all-trades utility man wants to see the suit succeed at its trial, scheduled to begin next year.
“I think something should be done,” Tidwell said. “Here, we don’t (live with) host families, so we have to pay rent along with clubbie dues and electric bills, the same things every other American worker pays for.”
Minimum wage is $7.25. Tidwell said he earns about $900 per month, after taxes, and works more than 70 hours a week, all told, during the 140-game season. That comes to something like $3 an hour.
“Making well under the minimum wage makes it really hard,” said Tidwell, who tried to avoid McDonald’s and Taco Bell when he returned home to Louisiana last winter since he had eaten so much fast food in 2015, his professional debut.
It is important to note that TinCaps players are not paid by Hardball Capital, the firm that owns the franchise. Rather they are employees of the San Diego Padres, for whom Fort Wayne is a Single-A affiliate.
The Padres – along with the 29 other major league teams – are defendants in the suit filed by attorney Garrett Broshuis, a former minor leaguer himself.
There are FLSA exclusions for recreational and seasonal employers, according to the U.S. Labor Department, and MLB cited those exemptions in its response to the lawsuit.
Jacob Nix doesn’t know all the legal mumbo jumbo. What the TinCaps’ ace does know is toiling in the minors offers the promise of one day playing in the majors, where the average salary is $4.38 million, per a 2016 Associated Press study.
“We’re playing for an opportunity,” Nix said. “But I know a lot of guys are hurting. I was fortunate enough to get two signing bonuses, basically, so I’m doing all right. I try to help guys out when I can.”
The Padres chose Nix in the third round of the 2015 draft and signed him to a $900,000 bonus. No bonus babies in the 26th round, where the Padres took Tidwell, who works jobs in construction in the offseason just to help make ends meet.
Nix bought all the furniture in his Fort Wayne apartment, a place that once included Logan Allen, Austin Smith, Elliot Ashbeck and Will Headean but is now down to Nix, Allen and Thomas Dorminy. The three teammates split the rent.
“We get by,” Nix said. “We get two meals a day at the ballpark. About $30 a day doesn’t sound like much, but you can get by on it when you don’t have a lot of expenses.”
But Tidwell, who lives with teammates Peter Van Gansen, Chris Baker and Alan Garcia as they space air mattresses in a two-bedroom apartment, is of the mind current wages for minor leaguers are insufficient.
“This is a job,” he said. “People say it’s not a career, but we get one or two off days a month. We’re here every day and should be compensated for the work we do to make it easier on us financially.”
Note: Dorminy was placed on the disabled list Tuesday. Another starting pitcher, 2016 No. 8 overall pick Cal Quantrill, was promoted to low-A Fort Wayne from short-season Tri-City and will start today at Parkview Field.
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"Niki Kelly",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-26T12:54:55 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FPain-doctor-minus-license-90-more-days-14914010.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13243035/14914478.jpg | en | null | Pain doctor minus license 90 more days | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The Indiana Medical Licensing Board on Thursday extended the suspension of Fort Wayne physician Michael Cozzi’s license for an additional 90 days.
Neither Cozzi nor his attorney appeared at the hearing, and the board had no discussion before voting unanimously. The panel originally suspended Cozzi’s license in March relating to questionable prescribing practices for pain medication.
Cozzi, who operated Fort Wayne Interventional Pain Management Clinic at 2510 E. Dupont Road, handed out the most prescriptions for controlled substances in the state two years in a row.
About 90 percent of the doctor’s prescriptions were for narcotics containing controlled substances, including 2 million dosage units of the highly addictive oxycodone and 1.2 million dosage units of hydrocodone, according to the court documents filed by the attorney general. Oxycodone is found in OxyContin and other opioid pain medications.
Board members then questioned how thorough Cozzi could be, considering the high number of patients he had.
Cozzi’s home and office were raided in March. He was arrested on a preliminary charge of possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug, but the charge was dropped.
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The lane restrictions, which continue through 6 a.m. Friday, weather permitting, will allow INDOT contractors to repair and replace roadway sensors, the transportation department said in a statement. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/I-69-restricted-overnight-beginning-Tuesday-14933612 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/3d4ee6e8fbfc6dad47f3d90b04211d6625b3e8f6f47f779c4f0f3ea283c05e68.json |
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"Gregory Viscusi",
"Mark Deen",
"Bloomberg News"
] | 2016-08-26T16:48:28 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FBurkini-ban-reversed-by-French-supreme-court-14929040.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Burkini ban reversed by French supreme court | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | France's top court struck down a push by local governments to ban the "burkini" from the country's beaches, saying the Muslim-style full-body swimming outfits don't create a public threat that justifies impinging on freedom of religion.
The decision dealt specifically with a law in Villeneuve-Loubet on the Riviera but sets a legal precedent against similar bans in at least 31 beach towns, mostly run by rightist mayors. The case was brought by a human-rights organization and a group that monitors anti-Islamic speech.
"The contested ban seriously impinged on the principle of equality of citizens before the law, freedom of expression, freedom of conscience and freedom of movement and was manifestly illegal," the Council of State said in its ruling.
The local bans, as well as video footage of police standing over a woman on a beach as she removed a long-sleeved shirt, split the government and were widely covered -- and widely ridiculed -- by media around the world. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were among leaders who criticized the prohibitions.
With more than 200 people killed in terrorist attacks since the beginning of 2015 and a presidential election less than eight months away, some French politicians are competing to show toughness in defending the national principle of keeping religion out of the public sphere.
The debate about how to balance the lifestyle choices of some Muslims and France's concept of secularism frequently pops up, from a 2004 law banning headscarves in schools to a 2010 law forbidding face-covering veils to a still-not-resolved debate about whether schools should always offer pork-free lunches.
"The justices have decided we can't just let a mayor on his own decide what clothes are allowed," said Patrick Spinosi, a lawyer for one of the groups that brought the suit, after the decision. "There's no justification for this law."
Prime Minister Manuel Valls, from the Socialist Party, Thursday reiterated his support of the bans, saying on BFM TV that they were taken in the interest of public order.
"The burkini is a political sign of religious proselytizing that shuts in women," he said.
But Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said on Europe1 radio the same day that she's opposed to laws that, in her words, "set loose racist talk." Health Minister Marisol Touraine posted on her blog that the bans created a "dangerous stigmatization" and that how women dressed on the beach didn't "threaten public order or the values of the Republic."
Politicians on the right were more united in backing the bans.
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy, who Aug. 22 announced his candidacy for the 2017 presidential elections, called for a national prohibition on burkinis Thursday during his first rally in the south of France, as well as banning Muslim headscarves in all public buildings and workplaces. Florian Philipport, vice-president of the anti-immigrant National Front, said on BFM that obvious religious signs such as headscarves, large crosses and yarmulkes should be banned throughout France.
Tareq Oubrou, the imam of Bordeaux and one of the most outspoken moderate Muslim leaders in France, said the burkini debate is making France look "nervous and fragile." Speaking on Europe1 Friday, he said, "It's not through prohibitions that you emancipate women." | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Burkini-ban-reversed-by-French-supreme-court-14929040 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/7782cf1bf972631c1f545be838adb05995a282bbc9fe7236b4aec6f4a870e2c6.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:50:30 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Findiana%2FSupreme-Court-Justice-Ginsburg-to-speak-at-Notre-Dame-15001822.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to speak at Notre Dame | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | SOUTH BEND, Ind. – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is planning to speak at the University of Notre Dame.
University president the Rev. John Jenkins announced that Ginsburg will speak at the Purcell Pavilion on Sept. 12. He says she will talk about a wide range of issues with U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ann Claire Williams, who is a Notre Dame alumna and board of trustee member.
President Bill Clinton appointed the 83-year-old Brooklyn native to the Supreme Court in 1993. She recently said that split 4-4 decisions by the short-handed high court have left important public policy issues up in the air.
The event is free and open to the public, but a ticket is needed to attend. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Supreme-Court-Justice-Ginsburg-to-speak-at-Notre-Dame-15001822 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/5cb955daa8ccd2d2afb7ee87fc6bc2ef42b21055f04ae90871ca989f49543568.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T06:50:11 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fracing%2FBiffle-needs-more-Michigan-magic-14947976.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Biffle needs more Michigan magic | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | BROOKLYN, Mich. – With time running out on his bid to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup, Greg Biffle is back at the site of his most recent victory.
It was over three years ago.
In June of 2013, Biffle won at Michigan International Speedway – his fourth victory at the track and second in a row. In 116 Cup races since, he’s come up empty. He missed the Chase last year and is in danger of falling short again unless he can pull out a victory in one of the last three races of the regular season.
“This sport is very humbling,” Biffle said. “When you think you’ve got it figured out, for sure you don’t, and it reminds you of that every week.”
Biffle is the active leader in wins at Michigan, but he finished 19th at the track earlier this season. Shortly after that, he ran off a streak of three straight top-10 finishes at Daytona, Kentucky and Loudon, but he’s been outside the top 15 in each of the four races since.
Biffle and Roush Fenway Racing teammates Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. would all miss the Chase if the regular season ended now. None of them has a win this year.
There’s always a lot of drama in the last few races before the Chase, and that’s when the season’s second race at Michigan falls on the schedule. A dozen drivers have won this year, solidifying their spots in the Chase as long as they stay in the top 30. Rookie Chris Buescher is cutting it close. He’s currently 30th and has only two top-10 finishes, but one was a win at Pocono.
XFINITY SERIES: In Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Michael McDowell won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Road America on Saturday, edging Brendan Gaughan following an overtime restart.
McDowell beat Gaughan by 0.534 seconds on an overcast, sometimes misty afternoon at the sprawling road course. The Richard Childress Racing teammates went bumper-to-bumper midway through the last lap before McDowell held on at the finish line.
A regular on NASCAR’s top Sprint Cup circuit, McDowell took his first career Xfinity checkered flag.
Three cautions in a late eight-lap stretch led to several bumps and spin-outs in the field around the 14-turn course. The extra time had crew chiefs fretting about fuel strategy.
McDowell had more than enough, spinning his wheels into a wall at the finish line to burn his tires in a smoky celebration. Brennan Poole finished third.
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES: In Brooklyn, Michigan, Brett Moffitt passed Timothy Peters and William Byron on the final lap to win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday.
Peters was two laps away from what would have been his first victory of the season, but Byron nosed ahead with a lap to go, and Moffitt was then able to move to the outside and take over the lead.
Moffitt, the Sprint Cup rookie of the year last season, was making his fourth Trucks start this year in the No. 11 Toyota. His victory denied Peters a win that could have solidified a spot in the season-ending Chase.
Peters did finish second, giving Red Horse Racing a 1-2 showing. Daniel Hemric was third and Byron finished fourth. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/racing/Biffle-needs-more-Michigan-magic-14947976 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/3b51a091912e2ddc7749f45a17a0311e7f39d244be50baf00065ced97783a271.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T06:50:14 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fcolleges%2Fiu%2FTeammates--proud--of-Lagow-s-growth-14978082.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13251341/14978116.jpg | en | null | Teammates 'proud' of Lagow's growth | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Indiana coach Kevin Wilson didn’t make a formal announcement to his team about who the starting quarterback would be. He didn’t need to.
Since the seventh practice of fall camp, IU’s coaching staff knew, barring any unforeseen developments, junior college transfer Richard Lagow was going to be the starter. Wilson made it official Friday, announcing that when IU takes the field 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Florida International, Lagow was going to start.
Senior wide receiver Ricky Jones didn’t know any kind of announcement had been made until he spoke with the media Friday, but didn’t seem shocked. In just a few months, he’s seen Lagow transform from a quiet newcomer to the confident and capable signal-caller he is today.
“He’s grown so much,” Jones said. “He’s able to read defenses, able to make checks and different things like that. I’m proud of how far he’s come.”
It’s been a long journey to Bloomington for Lagow.
He spent a year at Connecticut before transferring and walking on at Oklahoma State. After one season there, he elected to go to Cisco College, a junior college where he could hopefully catch the eye of a bigger program.
That bigger program ended up being Indiana. Though Lagow publicly considered UNLV and Colorado State, he knew quickly he wanted to come to Indiana. Offensive coordinator Kevin Johns developed a tight bond with Lagow, and when he saw at the 6-foot-6, 240-pound prospect with a strong arm, he saw a potential replacement for Nate Sudfeld.
Lagow came to IU as quickly as possible, arriving in December and being able to observe some of IU’s practices in advance of its New Era Pinstripe Bowl game on Dec. 26. Lagow then dived into workouts and film study in January, seeking to learn the offense quickly.
With Sudfeld graduating, the starting quarterback job was wide open. The obvious candidates were rising juniors Zander Diamont and Danny Cameron, along with Lagow. Immediately, IU coaches knew Lagow had the arm, but Diamont and Cameron were way ahead of him in terms of knowing the offense.
Jones said during the offseason, receivers would spend a great deal of time with Lagow, running routes and watching film to try and bring him along quickly.
“We had to do a lot of things with Rich,” Jones said, “because he had such a short amount of time to control a Big Ten offense. I feel like if it had been somewhere else, it might have been easier for him, but this is the Big Ten, so you’ve got big-time competition.”
Diamont and Lagow emerged as the two front-runners for the job, and contrasted each other in a number of ways. Lagow has 5 inches and more than 60 pounds on Diamont. Diamont, the Los Angeles native and son of a soap opera star, never shies away from the spotlight. Lagow, a Texas native who likes country music and cowboy boots, is much more low-key.
That laid-back nature might actually benefit Lagow. Before fall camp started, senior right guard Dan Feeney talked about Lagow’s nature being encouraging.
“When you start, you can be a little uptight,” Feeney said. “With Rich, I don’t think he is too much, and I think the more reps he gets, he’s going to become more fluid and just become a better player as the weeks go on.”
That apparently happened as missed reads and interceptions in the spring turned into pump fakes and deep completions in fall camp. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/iu/Teammates--proud--of-Lagow-s-growth-14978082 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/2f79fbf5648b3fdd2ac9a865812fa013a51386d70f8fb854ae1a5989a5fc48bc.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:50:09 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Fthe-scoop%2FVerbatim--Lutheran-Cancer-Center-Earns-Outstanding-Achievement-Award.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13250435/Lutheran-Cancer-Center_w1200.jpg | en | null | Verbatim: Lutheran Cancer Center Earns Outstanding Achievement Award | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The following was released on Monday, August 29, 2016 from Lutheran Health Network:
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Aug. 29, 2016) – The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons has bestowed its Outstanding Achievement Award to Lutheran Hospital’s cancer program, known as Lutheran Cancer Center, as a result of a survey performed earlier this year.
The purpose of the award is to encourage cancer programs to raise the bar on quality cancer care, with the ultimate goal of increasing awareness about high quality, patient-centered care. In addition, the award is intended to:
Recognize those cancer programs that achieve excellence meeting the CoC Standards
Motivate other cancer programs to work toward improving their level of quality cancer care
Facilitate dialogue between award recipients and health care professionals at other cancer facilities for the purpose of sharing best practices
Encourage honorees to serve as quality-care resources to other cancer programs
Lutheran Cancer Center was evaluated on 34 program standards categorized within five cancer program activity areas: cancer committee leadership, cancer data management, clinical services, patient outcomes, and data quality. The cancer program was further evaluated on seven commendation standards. To be eligible, all award recipients must have received commendation ratings in all seven commendation standards, in addition to receiving a compliance rating for each of the 27 other standards.
“This award from the American College of Surgeons is a recognition of the extraordinary efforts by all of the oncology-related specialists, pathologists, radiologists, oncology nurses and members of our tumor registry staff,” said R.V. Prasad Mantravadi, MD, Radiation Oncology Associates, and Steven Rhinehart, MD, Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, via a joint statement. Mantravadi and Rhinehart serve as co-chairs of Lutheran’s cancer committee.
Lutheran Cancer Center has maintained its accreditation and the CoC outstanding achievement designation since its first survey as a new program in 2007. Lutheran Cancer Center is the only program in northeastern Indiana to ever earn this designation during four consecutive surveys.
“All four surveys conducted here since 2007 validate our commitment to quality patient care,” said Brian Bauer, CEO, Lutheran Health Network. “I applaud the consistent, multidisciplinary care given daily by physicians, nurses, clinical and support staff to patients and their families fighting cancer.”
Lutheran is one of only 20 cancer programs surveyed in the United States between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2016, to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award. Facilities with cancer programs may elect to go through the voluntary accreditation process every three years.
A complete list of 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award recipients and additional information may be found athttps://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer/coc/info/outstanding/2016-part-1.
About the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
Established in 1922 by the ACS, the CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving patient outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients through standard-setting, prevention, research, education and the monitoring of comprehensive quality care. The CoC’s accreditation program encourages hospitals, treatment centers, and other facilities to improve their quality of patient care through various cancer-related services. For more information on the CoC, visit: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer/coc. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/the-scoop/Verbatim--Lutheran-Cancer-Center-Earns-Outstanding-Achievement-Award | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/5462f4699c4fabaf6da6ffd260e5721dc42f2fc98cc6cadf482a829e06651fca.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T06:49:25 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fhigh-schools%2Fhighlights-14934531.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13245988/14937528.jpg | en | null | www.journalgazette.net | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Scoreboard
Dwenger 30, North Side 6
Luers 21, Wayne 13
Homestead 27, Concordia 26
Snider 41, Carroll 7
Northrop 35, South Side 20
Whitko 20, Columbia City 14
Garrett 28, DeKalb 14
East Noble 47, Warsaw 42
Eastbrook 47, Huntington N. 7
Leo 34, Angola 17
New Haven 62, Lakeland 26
Heritage 27, Norwell 13
South Adams 10, Bellmont 7
Bluffton 12, Manchester 7
Adams Central 28, Eastside 14
Southern Wells 18, Fremont 7
Woodlan 53, Prairie Heights 0
North Miami 37, C. Noble 13
Churubusco 18, Cass 12 (OT)
Wawasee 48, West Noble 7
Player of the week
To vote for The Journal Gazette Player of the Week, go to www.journalgazette.net/playeroftheweek. Voting is open today through noon Monday. Results will be revealed Tuesday.
Peak performers
ANDREW MCCORMICK, EAST NOBLE
452 passing yards, 6 passing TDs; rushing TD
DYLAN HUNLEY, EAST NOBLE
326 receiving yards, 4 TDs
NISHAWN JONES,
NEW HAVEN
4 total TDs
JACK RHOADES, WOODLAN
205 rushing yards, TD
TREVON MCCARTER, WOODLAN
145 receiving yards, 3 TDs | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-schools/highlights-14934531 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/97bdb0b5b554a655a08db2720c97ddcfac8c7ebb59d6824a7912f3d171a74954.json |
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The State Board of Animal Health announced earlier this month that bovine TB had been diagnosed in a white-tailed deer in southeastern Indiana's Franklin County. Its discovery triggers big changes in disease-monitoring requirements for the region's cattle owners and deer hunters.
Board of Animal Health staffer will hold a Monday evening meeting at Franklin County Community High School in Brookville to explain their plans for expanded disease surveillance in the region's cattle.
Nearly 500 cattle farms are within the 10-mile surveillance zone.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources staff will also discuss the disease's impact on the upcoming fall deer-hunting season. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Indiana-officials-to-explain-bovine-TB-surveillance-plans-14969673 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/b7e95d78baa2684e64ecd7508cd480f452a8fecd7239c60200e76971928d112a.json |
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Shortly before 2 p.m., Geoffrey A. Foughty, 59, of Columbia City was swimming with friends near a pontoon in the third basin of Big Lake when witnesses saw him go beneath the surface of the water and never resurface.
Indiana conservation officers recovered his body about 2:40 p.m.
Conservation officers were assisted at the scene by the Noble County Sheriff’s Department, Noble Township Fire Department, Thorncreek Township Fire Department, Parkview EMS, and the Noble County coroner’s office. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Area-man-drowns-at-Big-Lake-14963801 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/4b0dba3cdbf1ae82949a675515ee77d37376dab2074ade9f975be892f1e74fe4.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T00:49:12 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FUrias-matures-on-mound-in-Dodgers--3-2-win-over-Cubs-24c0da19.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247194/c027c8d7ca3f45afa2d7592acb75b93c.jpg | en | null | Urias matures on mound in Dodgers' 3-2 win over Cubs | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | LOS ANGELES – Julio Urias allowed one run over six innings, Corey Seager set a Dodgers franchise record for a shortstop with his 23rd home run and Los Angeles defeated the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Saturday to even the series between NL division leaders.
Urias (5-2) pitched better at home than the last time he faced the Cubs. The rookie left-hander made his second career start in Chicago on June 2 and gave up six runs – five earned – and eight hits in five innings while serving up three homers.
This time, he allowed six hits and tied a career high with eight strikeouts and two walks. He is 4-0 in six games (four starts) since the All-Star break.
Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for his 38th save a day after allowing a run on a wild pitch in the ninth in a 6-4, 10-inning loss.
The Cubs' four-game winning streak ended behind the shortest outing of the season from Jason Hammel (13-7). He gave up three runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings.
The right-hander was coming off a poor performance against Colorado, allowing a season-high 10 runs (six earned) in 3 1/3 innings of an 11-4 loss. Hammel remained winless in nine career games (six starts) at Dodger Stadium.
The Cubs' rally in the seventh came up short. They got to 3-2 on pinch-hitter Jason Heyward's RBI single off reliever Pedro Baez.
Heyward got caught stealing, and Baez walked Dexter Fowler and Kris Bryant before getting Anthony Rizzo on an inning-ending grounder.
Los Angeles took a 3-1 lead in the third on RBI singles by Chase Utley and Justin Turner. Utley's hit was the third straight given up by Hammel to start the inning.
Seager tied the game at 1 in the first, giving him the most homers by a Dodgers shortstop in franchise single-season history. He broke the old mark of 22 set by Glenn Wright in 1930.
The Cubs led 1-0 in the first on Rizzo's RBI single.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cubs: RHP John Lackey (right shoulder strain) will throw a bullpen session on Monday in Chicago.
Dodgers: OF Scott Van Slyke won't play again this season. He's on the DL with right wrist irritation after being out nearly two months earlier in the season with low back irritation. "He doesn't have the range of motion he needs to contribute," manager Dave Roberts said. ... LHP Clayton Kershaw (mild disk irritation) will face hitters in a simulated game on Tuesday in Los Angeles, Rancho Cucamonga or Arizona.
AT THE TURNSTILES
The announced attendance of 49,522 pushed the Dodgers over the 3 million mark for the fifth consecutive year and made them the first team in the majors to top that number this season.
DAY TRIPPIN'
The game featured the major leagues' top two clubs in day games. The Dodgers improved to 24-11, while the Cubs fell to 38-21. Los Angeles came in averaging over a run more during the day (5.56) than at night (4.17).
UP NEXT
Cubs: LHP Jon Lester (14-4, 2.81 ERA) is 1-1 with a 4.05 ERA in two career starts at Dodger Stadium. The team is 7-0 in his last seven starts.
Dodgers: RHP Brock Stewart (0-2, 11.25) makes his third career major league start after being recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Friday. He last pitched on Aug. 19 against Albuquerque, allowing four hits in five scoreless innings. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Urias-matures-on-mound-in-Dodgers--3-2-win-over-Cubs-24c0da19 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/97876e3dd23369b0f44c14dd8b89f6eac27b74f6e4554de5c6f575244d3fd191.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:49:40 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FNigeria-president-says-Boko-Haram-leader-has-been-wounded-14957945.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Nigeria president says Boko Haram leader has been wounded | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | NAIROBI, Kenya – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says the military wounded the leader of Boko Haram, his country's homegrown Islamic extremist group.
Nigeria's military said last week it had wounded Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in an airstrike. The military said Shekau had been "fatally wounded" but stopped short of saying that he was dead.
Boko Haram, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, no longer holds any Nigerian territory and the group has split into small groups attacking soft targets, said Buhari on Sunday, speaking on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference for Africa Development in Kenya.
Boko Haram appears to be fractured by a leadership struggle after the Islamic State group recently announced it had a new leader. Shekau has insisted he is still in charge. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Nigeria-president-says-Boko-Haram-leader-has-been-wounded-14957945 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/f102a0babcca1df0d555ba7f22e284ab998b5e3c156bdf1657b89e4d33851317.json |
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The court ruled 4-3 Tuesday in favor of a man sued after his unsuccessful efforts to free another man whose leg was pinned between a truck and a loading dock in Fairfield.
Dennis Carter lost his leg after Larry Reese, the man trying to help him, inadvertently caused the truck to roll back and crush Carter's leg.
Attorneys for Reese said he shouldn't be held liable for the accident because Ohio's good Samaritan law protects people trying to help in such circumstances.
Justice Terrence O'Donnell, writing for the majority, says the law applies to anyone providing emergency care or treatment, not just health care professionals. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/ohio/Ohio-court-rules-that-immunity-law-covers-non-medical-help-14986738 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/ad6dbeaecf1df42ada55b8f6e05b99f87400224aab430c0d90b8a8a7909eeccd.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:50:11 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FDeputies--UPS-driver-shot-by-man-s-errant-crossbow-bolt-14969723.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Deputies: UPS driver shot by man's errant crossbow bolt | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | PRATTVILLE, Ala. – Authorities in Alabama say a man was practicing with his crossbow in his front yard when he accidentally shot a United Parcel Service driver in the chest.
Citing Autauga County Sheriff's Office records, the Montgomery Advertiser reports the unidentified delivery man was driving around noon Thursday when a crossbow bolt flew into the cab of his truck, striking him.
Deputies say the driver was taken to the hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators say 55-year-old Ronald Curtis Gantt has been charged with assault in the case.
Gantt told authorities he was taking part in target practice in his front yard when he shot the driver. Investigators are calling the incident an accident, but are charging Gantt due to the reckless nature of his actions.
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Information from: Montgomery Advertiser. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Deputies--UPS-driver-shot-by-man-s-errant-crossbow-bolt-14969723 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/521b22b16afaa080f49323828881084d1854f57ee232ef0e80a351f55e9a6ecd.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T06:50:04 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2F2-dead--36-hurt-in-fatal-La--crash-14964579.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13249268/14964688.jpg | en | null | 2 dead, 36 hurt in fatal La. crash | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | LAPLACE, La. – A bus full of construction workers hit a firetruck on an elevated highway Sunday, killing two people and injuring 36, several of them seriously, Louisiana State Police said.
The ladder truck from St. John the Baptist Parish, west of New Orleans, had parked across the right lane of Interstate 10 to block traffic while police investigated an earlier wreck involving a pickup truck that had skidded on the wet road, crashing into both guardrails about 6:40 a.m., Trooper Melissa Matey said.
The 2002 Eldorado National party bus hit the fire truck and then rear-ended a 2012 Toyota Camry, pushing it into a flatbed trailer being towed by a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado, Matey said. She said the bus then veered behind the fire truck and into the first pickup truck, a 2005 Nissan Titan. It also knocked three firefighters, who were standing near the guard rail, into the water 30 to 40 feet below.
Matey said the wreck killed Jermaine Starr, 21, of Moss Point, Mississippi, a back-seat passenger in the Camry, and St. John the Baptist Parish district Fire Chief Spencer Chauvin. The injured included the other two firefighters, the bus driver, 24 bus passengers and a total of nine people in the car and pickups.
Firefighter Nicholas Saale, 32, of Ponchatoula, and Camry passenger Vontravous Kelly of Moss Point, Mississippi, are in critical condition, she said. The Camry’s other two occupants, driver Marcus Tate, 35, and David Jones, both of Moss Point, are in serious condition.
Other injuries – including the Titan’s two occupants, who suffered minor injuries in the original crash – ranged from minor to moderate, Matey said.
The bus driver, identified as Denis Yasmir Amaya Rodriguez, 37, of Honduras, will be arrested on two counts of negligent homicide and one each of reckless driving and driving without a license, she said.
“Additional criminal charges are forthcoming,” she said.
The injured were taken to hospitals in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Hammond and LaPlace, she said.
Matey said the bus was taking flood recovery workers from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. It belonged to a company with two names: AM Party Bus and Kristina’s Transportation LLC, both at the same address in Jefferson, about 30 miles from New Orleans in Jefferson Parish, Matey said.
No listing in Jefferson was available. A call to Kristina’s Transportation in Destrehan, 12 miles from Jefferson in St. Charles Parish, was not answered Sunday. A woman who answered the phone at AM Party Bus of New Orleans said she was only authorized to take booking calls.
Matey did not know whether Rodriguez was an employee of that company, or whether the company checked to see whether he had a driver’s license.
“He is in this country illegally from Honduras. He has no driver’s license. He had minor injuries,” she said.
Matey did not know where in Honduras Rodriguez is from. Department of Homeland Security investigators and state police are checking on the passengers’ immigration status, she said.
Matey said speed was a factor in both the crash of the Titan, which bounced from one guard rail to the other about 6:40 a.m., and that of the bus at 7:17 a.m. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/2-dead--36-hurt-in-fatal-La--crash-14964579 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1cc1972a4081f719f3c43846a7cc165d1540fa435bf30d3c035b20ce670ecf60.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T16:49:40 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Findiana%2FNorthwest-Indiana-airports-fight-aviation-downturn-14957302.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Northwest Indiana airports fight aviation downturn | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | MUNSTER, Ind. – Airports across northwest Indiana are striving to secure and grow on-airfield businesses in an effort to fight a decades-long downturn in general aviation.
Data on takeoffs and landings from the Indiana Department of Transportation confirm local airport operators' observations, with annual numbers for all six northwest Indiana airports showing declines of varying magnitudes during the last 10 years.
The numbers between 2006 and 2015 range from a 57.4 percent decline at LaPorte Municipal Airport to a 2.4 percent decline at Griffith-Merrillville Airport, The Times of Northwest Indiana (http://bit.ly/2bJXVo3) reported.
Local operators say that the department's figures might not be completely accurate because some years were estimated. But they acknowledged they are fighting national trends, including a rapid drop in people acquiring and holding private pilot's licenses. The latter saw a 33.5 percent decline over 14 years, from more than 245,000 in 2002 to nearly 163,000 in 2015, according to the Federal Aviation Administration's U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics.
"Since the recession started, there has been a general downshift in pretty much everything in aviation, but we are starting to see an upturn in it," said Craig Anderson, general manager at Griffith-Merrillville Airport.
Michigan City Municipal Airport offers skydiving to help pay for costs, and Porter County Regional Airport is continuing a comprehensive plan that makes the airport a foundation for serving existing employers and attracting new ones to the community.
Griffith-Merrillville Airport relied on businesses like aerial advertising and training Chinese pilots to help pull it through the recession.
The county and city of Valparaiso are focusing much of their economic development activity on business and industrial parks around the airport.
"Our goal is to always be the aviation asset for our community's needs," said Kyle Kuebler, director of the Porter County Regional Airport. "And we want to be one of those check-marks for a company when they want to come into our community and have aviation
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Information from: The Times. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Northwest-Indiana-airports-fight-aviation-downturn-14957302 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/146a7b3433ec2ed4ed2572b84aa948824c3700f8b9bc9b716b6d2c93bd67e84c.json |
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"Jeff Donn",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-27T18:49:06 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FScams---waste-loom-as-charity-millions-donated-after-Orlando2016-08-27T10-09-15.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13246977/1_w1200.jpg | en | null | Scams & waste loom as charity millions donated after Orlando | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The more than 430 fundraisers posted on the GoFundMe website after the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando have exposed weaknesses inherent in these popular do-it-yourself charity campaigns: waste, questionable intentions and little oversight.
The fundraisers — an average of more than four for each of the 49 killed and 53 wounded — include travelers asking for cash, a practitioner of ancient healing, a personal safety instructor who sells quick loaders for assault rifles, and even convicted identity impostors.
"There was a deluge," said Holly Salmons, president of the Better Business Bureau for Central Florida. "It was almost impossible for us or anyone else to be able to vet."
The crowdfunding sites operate outside traditional charitable circles and often beyond the reach of government regulation. Appeals can be created in minutes by almost anyone and shared around the world.
The officially sanctioned Equality Florida campaign raised more than $7 million via GoFundMe, but another $1.3 million went to smaller appeals — mostly set up by people with little or no charity experience.
The Associated Press examined 30 campaigns chosen from throughout the lengthy list produced by a GoFundMe search for "Orlando shootings." Within a month of the June 12 shootings, they had raised more than $265,000.
Half said donations would be used for legitimate-sounding purposes: to cover funeral, medical and other costs. Some campaign organizers were relatives of the dead or wounded. A high school basketball coach raised $15,297 for the family of Akyra Murray, a star player who had just graduated before dying in the attack.
But most campaigns lacked key details, such as exactly what the donations would cover or even who was asking for them. Only nine of the 30 organizers agreed to interviews.
One man wanted money for travel costs to Orlando to shoot independent news video. He hadn't raised anything two months later. Another organizer raised just $25 for travel money to hold a community healing ceremony inspired by ancient shamanic rituals. She dropped that plan in favor of sending painted rocks with an inspiring word of support.
Jackson Yauck of Victoria, British Columbia, put up a lighthearted appeal to let the highest donor burn a pair of skimpy gold-colored shorts he wore to gay-pride events. He had created the appeal on Jan. 1 on behalf of other charities and when he tried to switch it to benefit the Orlando victims, GoFundMe froze his account for at least a week, he said. He agreed to transfer the donations to Equality Florida, and GoFundMe let the appeal go forward.
Yauck said he knew all but one of his 11 donors personally and didn't feel a need to tell them of the switch. "It was just for fun. If you look at the bigger picture, we raised $600 off a pair of underwear," he said.
Several businesses asked for contributions. One appeal raised $1,375 from 14 donors within two months to keep open a hair salon run by partners killed in the attack. A counseling center raised $150 to subsidize services to victims but closed its campaign when it found grant money elsewhere. GoFundMe helps make refunds when contributions go unused.
Weapons-accessory dealer Craig Berberich, of Bradenton, Florida, proposed holding public classes on personal safety. He posted a link to his business at the bottom of his appeal. He said he "wasn't trying to promote my business." Then he added: "I hope we didn't give the impression that we were a charity."
He said he was shutting down his appeal. It remained online over a month later — but with only $100 in donations. Among his store products: a high-speed loader for assault weapons.
Efe Atalay, of Clermond, Florida, raised $1,145 from 81 donors to buy security wands for nightclub entrances, but didn't say which clubs and spoke vaguely of lobbying politicians to require such security measures. He didn't respond to emails sent to his GoFundMe address.
Florida charities law generally requires no filings by crowdfunding campaigns meant for particular victims or their families or in support of other established charities. That accounts for the vast majority of appeals. Other states apply a patchwork of laws.
Yet, crowdfunding campaigns can distribute aid more quickly than large bureaucratic funds. And they have less overhead than traditional charities, with only 8 percent of donations on GoFundMe going to the website and credit card fees.
Bobby Whithorne, a GoFundMe spokesman, said the website's staffers were vetting the Orlando campaigns before releasing funds, and only a small fraction of a percent of past appeals involved outright fraud.
GoFundMe froze funds from entertainment company manager David Luchsinger's campaign when donations piled up quickly. Luchsinger said he was asked for more details of his plans to replace the ruined equipment of one of his deejays who was working at the club during the attack. Luchsinger set an initial goal of $5,000, and raised $8,742 in one month.
Asked about the website's vetting process, he replied, "Was it so strenuous that you couldn't fake it? No, you could definitely fake it."
Despite his good intentions, things got mixed up. He didn't realize someone else had launched a GoFundMe appeal for his deejay, who got his name removed from the second appeal. Two companies eventually replaced the equipment for free, so the deejay kept some of the donations to replace his lost salary and shared the rest with other club deejays, Luchsinger said.
Several big funds have joined forces in an official centralized campaign that raised more than $23 million, including the $7 million from Equality Florida's GoFundMe campaign.
The donations to the central fund are generally tax-deductible, since they go to registered charities. Donations to a crowdfunding site are typically not tax-deductible, unless the organizer is a tax-exempt charity.
The bigger charities — unlike many crowdfunding campaigns — give timetables for distributing aid, and detail recipients and how decisions are made. Ken Feinberg, administrator for the centralized fund, has already held two town hall meetings with survivors and family members of the victims.
In one crowdfunding campaign, friends Guardini Bellefleur and Demetrice Naulings asked for $25,000 to set up a vaguely defined foundation in memory of Eddie Justice, a friend of Naulings killed in the shootings. They said the money would pay for Justice's funeral and victim counseling.
Six people donated $253.
Wilhemina Justice said no one consulted her about the appeal in her son's name or made arrangements to give her proceeds. "To me, it's fraud," she said.
Florida bars anyone convicted in the past decade of certain crimes, including identity fraud, from running a charity. Yet, court records show Bellefleur was convicted in 2012 of buying $3,570 worth of furniture by impersonating the son of an account holder, and Naulings was convicted in 2008 of giving police a false name and driving with a suspended license.
"We've all done some bad things that we would want to change, but this was my moment to change," Naulings said.
Naulings acknowledged he never consulted Justice's mother or helped pay for his funeral, but said, without offering details, his future nonprofit would someday help her.
Bellefleur did not respond to repeated messages, but in an online video, rejected the idea the pair wanted the money for themselves.
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Donn reported from Plymouth, Massachusetts. Associated Press writer Pat Eaton-Robb contributed from Hartford, Connecticut. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Scams---waste-loom-as-charity-millions-donated-after-Orlando2016-08-27T10-09-15 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/0c2e3f3145d4c1de73d760eef8d7e39b4c21a203321c91e96faec020d21df4cb.json |
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"Niki Kelly",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-26T12:57:58 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FState-yanks-doctor-s-license.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13244032/101413_Metro_MD04_Mail_BGVVIF6_w1200.jpg | en | null | State yanks doctor's license | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Medical Licensing Board early today took the medical license of a former Fort Wayne abortion doctor for failing to exercise reasonable care and violating several notice and documentation requirements.
The minimum six-month suspension for Dr. Ulrich Klopfer came after 12 hours of testimony and thousands of exhibits.
But it was a story that Klopfer told himself that struck a nerve with members of the board.
He spoke of a 10-year-old girl raped by her uncle who he performed an abortion on in an Illinois hospital but didn't notify police about the child abuse. Instead, he let her go home with her parents, who knew of the rape and refused to prosecute.
It wasn't part of the complaint filed by the Indiana Attorney General's Office but appeared to shift the case, with several members of the board bringing it up during final discussion.
Board member Rebecca Moredock-Mueller described Klopfer as having a nonchalant attitude and lacked sound medical judgment.
"The thing that bothered me most was his professional incompetence," she said.
Klopfer, 71, is likely Indiana's most prolific abortion doctor in history with numbers going into the tens of thousands of procedures in multiple counties over several decades.
Testimony during Thursday's hearing - which ended this morning - showed a man who was essentially using the same abortion and sedation procedures from the 1970s and 1980s.
Klopfer told the panel he has never lost a patient in 43 years of doing abortions and has never even had a patient go into cardiac arrest.
"Women get pregnant, men don't. We need to respect women making a decision that they think is best in their life," he said. "I'm not here to dictate to anybody. I'm not here to judge anybody."
The board specifically was bothered that he didn't give pain medication to all women - only those under 16 and those who could pay extra. And when he did sedate women he didn't have qualified staff to monitor them and didn't follow best practices for administration of the drugs and emergency procedures.
Despite this Klopfer had very few complications, which board members called amazing and lucky.
Klopfer can petition for reinstatement in six months - but only after he completes a laundry list of evaluations, continuing medical education credits and child abuse training. He also was fined $3,000.
The board found him guilty of five of nine charges. One of the charges related to not reporting performing an abortion on two girls under the age of 14 within the three-day required timeline. Two referenced sedation and medical practices; two others were whether he followed state law requiring informed consent 18 hours before the procedure on a handful of women.
"Justice has been done," said Cathie Humbarger, executive director at Allen County Right to Life. "We're glad that he's been held accountable for the inferior medical treatment that he has been responsible for over many, many years."
Indiana Right to Life was instrumental in the procedure after analyzing thousands of terminated pregnancy reports and other required documentation.
KIopfer has performed abortions in Fort Wayne, Gary and South Bend for years but is currently not practicing. All three of his abortion clinics have closed but he told the panel he wants to reopen when he can.
Mary Watts - Klopfer's attorney - said the case is about forms and not about the standard of care patients received.
"He provided good medical care for his patients and did his best to follow the law," she said. "It's a question of documentation."
She said anytime deficiencies were found he corrected the procedure.
Klopfer and Watts declined to speak at the conclusion of the hearing.
Klopfer began performing abortions in 1973 following the legalization of abortion by Roe v. Wade.
He had been affiliated with the Fort Wayne Women's Health Organization since 1986 and became the owner in 2008. Klopfer stopped performing abortions in Fort Wayne in January 2014 when he lost a backup physician required to meet the county's admitting privileges law.
The last of his clinics closed in November 2015.
Some of the hearing was spent on surveys by the Indiana State Department of Health on Klopfer's clinics.
Surveyor Linda Plummer did four inspections of the Fort Wayne office and described it as rundown, not well-maintained and older. Some examples of deficiencies included equipment not being properly maintained; expired medications in an emergency drug kit; lack of infection control practices; no log of cleaning procedure rooms and incomplete personnel policies.
Plummer also said Klopfer was blunt and abrupt, and described staff as having a "laissez faire" attitude.
nkelly@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/State-yanks-doctor-s-license | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1e601166ccdee85372a3b45add456a196d639443c922db0e2992bf74d26c82f0.json |
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"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-29T00:49:40 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Ffull-count%2FTinCaps-eliminated-from-playoff-contention-14961630.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | TinCaps eliminated from playoff contention | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The TinCaps' streak of seven consecutive playoff appearances, longest in the Midwest League, is over.
Sunday's 7-3 loss to West Michigan at Parkview Field, combined with Great Lakes' win over South Bend, eliminated Fort Wayne from the Eastern Division wild-card race with seven games remaining.
Leadoff batter Kodie Tidwell came up in the bottom of the eighth inning with the bases loaded and Fort Wayne down 5-3 but struck out swinging against Mark Ecker for the third out. That proved to be the TinCaps' last chance to salvage the game as Elvin Liriano allowed a two-run single to Brett Pirtle in the top of the ninth that essentially put it out of reach.
A day after setting season highs for runs (15) and hits (20), Fort Wayne (60-73, 24-39 second half) didn't quite have enough offense. All-Star catcher Austin Allen went 3 for 4 with a sacrifice fly, and Peter Van Gansen went 2 for 3 with an RBI single and a walk but the TinCaps stranded 10 runners and had one thrown out at the plate.
Whitecaps starter Eudis Idrogo threw a run-scoring wild pitch but ended up going five innings and limiting the damage to three runs on five hits. The left-hander had five strikeouts.
Emmanuel Ramirez lasted six innings and allowed four runs on eight hits. In the second, Cam Gibson hit an RBI double and Franklin Navarro an RBI single to put the Whitecaps up 2-0. In the third, Jose Azocar hit a two-run triple to give West Michigan a 4-2 lead.
Will Stillman followed Ramirez and gave up six hits in 2 1/3 innings. Leo Laffita got Stillman for an eighth-inning RBI single that made it 5-3.
The TinCaps and Whitecaps (67-61, 28-33) finish their four-game set Monday night with Fort Wayne going for a series win. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/full-count/TinCaps-eliminated-from-playoff-contention-14961630 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/343497d738fcc0932e54c909e2a4234fe526116ffadb0b3650d2cf701d7a5454.json |
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"Stephen Hawkins",
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] | 2016-08-29T00:49:44 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FRangers-top-Indians-2-1-to-win-series-of-division-leaders-14962624.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13248726/14962625.jpg | en | null | Rangers top Indians 2-1 to win series of division leaders | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | ARLINGTON, Texas – Derek Holland allowed one run over six innings in his second start off the disabled list, new left fielder Carlos Gomez made two highlight-reel catches and the AL-best Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 2-1 on Sunday.
The Rangers took three of four in the series between division leaders, the first time since 1999 both teams were in first place when playing each other after the All-Star break.
Ian Desmond and Jonathan Lucroy each had an RBI single for Texas, which has an 8 1/2-game lead in the AL West with five weeks left in the season. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Rangers-top-Indians-2-1-to-win-series-of-division-leaders-14962624 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/73519968ceb8208eefe84203d7f4cf196a8a9b85e0e98c6da41e77af68fc56ac.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T06:49:28 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FGrief-erupts-in-Italy-whilenation-honors--buries-dead-14946099.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247344/14946130.jpg | en | null | Grief erupts in Italy while nation honors, buries dead | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | ASCOLI PICENO, Italy – Mourners in Italy prayed, hugged, wept and even applauded as coffins carrying victims of the country’s devastating earthquake passed by at a state funeral Saturday, grieving as one nation after three desperate days of trying to save as many people as possible.
In the central town of Ascoli Piceno, they gathered to bid farewell to 35 of the 291 people confirmed dead so far after the quake that struck a swath of countryside early Wednesday at the foothills of the central Apennine mountains.
The caskets of 35 people had been brought to a community gym – one of the few structures in the area still intact and large enough to hold hundreds of mourners. The local bishop, Giovanni D’Ercole, celebrated Mass beneath a crucifix he had retrieved from one of the damaged churches in the picturesque area of medieval stone towns and hamlets.
Many mourners were recovering from injuries themselves. Everywhere people knelt at coffins, tears running down their cheeks, their arms around loved ones.
As all of Italy observed a day of national mourning, with flags at half-staff, Bishop D’Ercole urged residents to rebuild their communities.
“Don’t be afraid to cry out your suffering – I have seen a lot of this – but please do not lose courage,” D’Ercole said in his homily. “Only together can we rebuild our houses and our churches. Together, above all, we will be able to restore life to our communities.”
The bishop recalled the heartbreaking story of 9-year-old Giulia Rinaldo, whose embrace apparently allowed her younger sister Giorgia to survive.
He said 15 hours after the quake struck Wednesday, firefighters were using their hands to dig out the two sisters.
“The older one, Giulia, was sprawled over the smaller one, Giorgia. Giulia, dead, Giorgia, alive. Giulia was among those buried Saturday, while her younger sister had her 4th birthday at a hospital, trying to recover from the traumatizing ordeal.
Before Saturday’s mass funeral, President Sergio Mattarella visited Amatrice, which bore the brunt of destruction with 230 fatalities and a town turned to rubble and dust. Many of the dead from Amatrice are now in a refrigerated morgue in an airport hangar in Rieti, the provincial capital 40 miles away, awaiting identification.
On Tuesday, a memorial service will be held for the dead of Amatrice. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Grief-erupts-in-Italy-whilenation-honors--buries-dead-14946099 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/c6d6116a578acfa61e1961c8975328cbb6bcafdb34da71693474461370b80127.json |
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"Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-28T06:49:23 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fcolleges%2Flocal-colleges%2FSaint-Francis-overcomes-obstacles-to-roll-in-opener-14948353.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Saint Francis overcomes obstacles to roll in opener | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Saint Francis football coach Kevin Donley called the Cougars season opener a “lethargic environment,” but they still posted a convincing 34-20 win over Trinity International in Deerfield, Illinois, on Saturday.
“It was a good experience for us,” Donley said by phone Saturday. “We had to overcome some homecooking officiating, we had to overcome a lethargic environment and we had to deal with the negating of our speed overall and in our defense and the timing with our quarterback and receivers.
“But we survived. The field conditions and the high grass affected the timing of routes, and it negated our speed on defense. We overcame all those things pretty well.”
Saint Francis, which was 11-1 and reached the NAIA tournament semifinals last year, was penalized 15 times for 104 yards. Trinity International had six penalties for 130 yards.
Donley said he couldn’t remember the last time the Cougars played on a grass field, which the veteran coach estimated was “6 inches high” that reminded him of his “CYO days in the ’50s.”
Still, Saint Francis junior quarterback Nick Ferrer threw for 323 yards and two touchdowns to Seth Coate and Akeim Kelsaw, who was playing in his first game since 2014.
Coate led the Cougars with four catches for 92 yards. Kelsaw had two catches for 46 yards, while Jason Nicodemus, who also missed the 2015 season, had one catch for 12 yards in his return.
Aaron Harris scored two rushing touchdowns for the Cougars.
“(Ferrer) was affected with the timing of the routes and the high grass,” Donley said. “He overthrew some, we didn’t make some plays, and we dropped some balls. We weren’t as sharp as we would like but overcame it. It was difficult on timing routes … but it’s still pretty good for the first game in late August.”
It was only the second time in the 19-year history of the program that the Cougars had a season opener before the first day of classes, which is Monday. The other time was in 2012.
The NAIA No. 4 Cougars led 27-3 heading into the fourth quarter when the Trojans outscored them 17-7. Saint Francis led 34-6 with six minutes remaining.
“I am a little disappointed with the play of our backup, second group at the end,” Donley said. “We are going to get those guys to do a better job when they get their chance; they have to prove themselves. Other than that, it was a pretty good performance.”
Donley was complimentary of the Trojans’ defense, which returned 10 starters from last year’s 2-9 team that lost in Game 3 to Saint Francis, 45-3. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/local-colleges/Saint-Francis-overcomes-obstacles-to-roll-in-opener-14948353 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/19253b80f6ffa4dec4c8476291a636b683197d8dba748910363847523d5eed83.json |
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"Josh Patterson",
"For The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-27T06:48:51 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fhigh-schools%2FHomestead-comes-back--hangs-on-14938621.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Homestead comes back, hangs on | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Spotting Concordia a 20-point lead after one quarter, Homestead roared back, then had to hold its breath on the final play.
Taking possession on its own 32 with 21.5 seconds left, the Cadets connected on three passes to line up for a 35-yard game-winning field goal attempt. Concordia kicker Peter Morrison’s attempt was on line but bounced off the crossbar and out, preserving a 27-26 victory for the Spartans.
“I really wanted to close my eyes and listen to see what the reaction was,” Homestead quarterback Jiya Wright said. “It was a good reaction.”
Filling in for Drew Keszei, who has been ruled out for the year with an ankle injury, Wright showed some good and some bad in his first varsity start. His elusive running style proved effective (20 carries, 156 yards and a touchdown) as the Spartans (2-0) imposed their will over the middle two quarters.
“They took control with their offensive line,” Concordia coach Tim Mannigel said. “They’re big, tough, physical players. But I thought our kids were resilient enough to man up and make some stops.”
But a pair of interceptions, including one inside the Concordia 10 with just over 21/2 minutes remaining, gave the host Cadets (1-1) some life.
Trailing 27-20 at that point, Concordia drove the ball 94 yards, aided by a pair of defensive penalties. Peterson Kerlegrand’s 44-yard scoring rumble would bring the hosts within a point, but Morrison, also the team’s quarterback, was unable to find a receiver on the 2-point conversion try.
Following an onside kick that traveled about four yards, Homestead was content to run down the clock. But a punt that was tipped by the Concordia rush went just 11 yards, giving the Cadets one final possession, one final chance to score the upset.
With the ball on the Spartan 18 and 3.6 seconds on the clock, Mannigel had to make a quick decision – a final pass attempt into the end zone, or a lengthy field goal try.
“We generally don’t even try field goals,” Mannigel said. “But (Morrison) came to the sideline and said he could make it. He wanted to give it a shot. It was right on, it just hit the crossbar.”
Despite the Spartans digging themselves a deep hole early, the tandem of Wright and Jordan Presley running started to wear down the Concordia defense. Presley followed up a 157-yard effort in the season-opening win over Northrop with 166 yards and a pair of touchdowns, the second giving Homestead a 24-20 lead midway through the third quarter.
That said, it wasn’t a certainty that he’d see the ball that much – at least to Presley.
“I thought since (Keszei) was out, we’d be throwing it a lot, but I guess we got a lot of runs,” Presley said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-schools/Homestead-comes-back--hangs-on-14938621 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/7ab544b0e526a824ab0a0ba8f05fe6a4732be06de561a48a8ec39afacd8258cb.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:50:05 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Findiana%2F3-found-dead-in-northwest-Indiana-home-14970680.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | 3 found dead in northwest Indiana home | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Associated Press
SUMAVA RESORTS, Ind. -- Police found the bodies of two men and a woman at a home in northwest Indiana and their deaths are being investigated as homicides, a coroner said Monday.
Officers responding to a 911 call of a bleeding man found the three bodies around 8 p.m. Sunday at a home in Sumava Resorts, about 60 miles south of Chicago.
Newton County Coroner Scott McCord said there was "no suicide associated with this." The Newton County sheriff's office did not immediately respond to an email seeking information.
An officer found a 20-year-old man dead in one room while the bodies of a 23-year-old man and a woman in her 30s were discovered in an adjacent bedroom, the coroner said. They were victims of trauma, he said.
McCord said autopsies are scheduled for Tuesday. He had no other details and said the victims' identities would be released once their families have been notified. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/3-found-dead-in-northwest-Indiana-home-14970680 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/0a9d058fb5f6d8d0ce13d42bff48ee570eee1533a67a28849507151a8dd4d694.json |
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"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-28T12:49:28 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FSept--10-is-Blood-Donation-Day.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Sept. 10 is Blood Donation Day | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | In response to a blood shortage crisis, governors across the United States, including Indiana, have proclaimed a state Blood Donation Day on Sept. 10.
The move honors the request of Dr. Daliah Wachs, syndicated radio personality, and the American Red Cross, United Blood Services and blood banks across the country. The day will coincide with National Blood Donation Week, which runs Sept. 4-10.
For information about donating blood or hosting a blood drive, go to www.doctordaliah.com and click “National Blood Donation Day” in the upper right of the screen. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Sept--10-is-Blood-Donation-Day | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/6c4c32ffce4ec248349cb538d20ba154c82a36ae43b028295c0de493f1a3979b.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:49:52 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Finstant-recall%2FJ-D--North-America-recalls-all-Power-portable-gasoline-generators.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13248522/The-UPC-code-and-serial-number-location.jpg | en | null | J.D. North America recalls all Power portable gasoline generators | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | All Power portable gasoline generators recalled by J.D. North America due to the fuel tank can leak, posing explosion, fire and burn hazards.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled generators and contact J.D. North America to schedule a free replacement fuel tank, including installation.
The recall involves All Power portable gasoline generators with model numbers APGG6000 and APGG7500. The black and red generators have a black fuel tank on top of the units. Model APGG6000 generators are rated at 6,000 watts and have UPC code 8 4676600055 3 and serial number JD29014S18035 through JD29014U020742. Model APGG7500 generators are rated at 7,500 watts and have UPC code 8 4676600056 0 and serial number JD42014S16027 through JD42014T210606. The model number is located on both sides of the unit. The UPC code and serial number can be found on a silver plate on the upper right hand-side of the back side panel.
Consumers can contact J.D. North America toll-free at (844) 287-4655 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, by email at apggrecall@jdna.com, or online at www.allpoweramerica.com and click on the APGG Recall link for more information.
The generators were sold at Big Sandy Superstores, Family Farm & Home, Inc., Home Owners Bargain Outlet, Mills Fleet Farm Corp., Nexcom West Coast and other stores nationwide and online at Bluestem.com jbtoolsales.com and other online retailers from March 2014 through May 2016 for between $510 and $725. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/instant-recall/J-D--North-America-recalls-all-Power-portable-gasoline-generators | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/5f5e8bda37e55d20c313fb40111f12e67b85546f2a3270141e32cb53a946e1a9.json |
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"Mari Yamaguchi",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-29T12:50:08 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FTokyo-leader-vows-Olympics--policy-leadership-14969784.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13249944/14969786.jpg | en | null | Tokyo leader vows Olympics, policy leadership | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | TOKYO – Tokyo's first female leader said Monday that she will use her platform to host a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly 2020 Olympics and push a women's rights agenda that she hopes will be a model for Japan's central government.
Yuriko Koike, elected Tokyo governor in a sweeping victory last month, said in an interview that "reduce, reuse and recycle" of waste and temporary facilities will be her slogan for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games. The estimated cost of hosting the Olympics has spiraled.
Because Japan is prone to earthquakes, buildings, even temporary facilities, have to be quake-resistant, causing Olympic costs to exceed budget estimates, she said.
"We should focus more on sustainability and credibility in planning the Olympics," Koike told The Associated Press, adding that she will use her expertise as a former environment minister. "The triple-R of reduce, reuse and recycle perfectly fits the global sustainability and waste management ... I will make use of the idea for cost cutting."
She said there is a Japanese word for it — "mottainai," meaning "what a waste." For instance, Koike said, the idea is demonstrated in the Japanese Shinto tradition of rebuilding the holiest shrine of Ise every 20 years, in which some old materials are reused.
Preparations are underway for the 2020 Olympics. Construction of the main stadium is slated to start toward the end of this year. Japan's capital also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964.
Koike has pledged to examine the spiraling costs to avoid saddling taxpayers with debt.
A veteran national lawmaker who has held top Cabinet posts, Koike said she aims to achieve women's advancement, diversity and policies such as animal rights beyond what the central government has done. The 64-year-old conservative faces challenges from the male-dominated ruling party that she defied to run for governor.
The percentage of female employees in the Tokyo metropolitan government is already larger than in the national government, Koike said, adding that she will further push for women's advancement as she encourages diversity overall. She said Japanese tolerance to overtime should also be corrected, so that overtime is considered a lack of efficiency. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Tokyo-leader-vows-Olympics--policy-leadership-14969784 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/22a2aaa76d0996150fc2283432c8b034ed4d09737dbd623542cbd980228eaabe.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T02:49:25 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2FMystics-dominate-2nd-half--beat-Fever-92-69-64e0b679.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Mystics dominate 2nd half, beat Fever 92-69 | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | INDIANAPOLIS – Tayler Hill scored 18 points, Kahleah Copper and Emma Meesseman had 17 each, and the Washington Mystics beat the Indiana Fever 92-69 on Saturday night to snap a seven-game losing streak.
The Mystics (10-15) lost all seven of their games in July, and the Fever (12-13) won five of their last six. It was the first game back for both teams since the Olympic break.
The Mystics took the lead for good with a 9-0 run to open the second half, capped by Stefanie Dolson's jumper that made it 45-39.
Indiana cut it 48-45, but would get no closer as Washington answered with a 9-2 run and stretched to its margin to 26 in the final minute.
Stefanie Dolson and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt added 11 points each for Mystics. They outscored Indiana 56-30 in the second half.
Erlana Larkins, Natalie Achonwa and Tamika Catchings led the Fever with 12 points each. Marissa Coleman added 11, and Shenise Johnson had 10. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/Mystics-dominate-2nd-half--beat-Fever-92-69-64e0b679 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/54aa89e56d596fe3c4f92f8b6a0780b14d1952d90b3181325c896ab0c0817703.json |
[
"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-30T18:50:18 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Firish-insights%2FKelly-mum-on-exact-quarterback-plan-14989646.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Kelly mum on exact quarterback plan | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The college football season is already underway, with California having beaten Hawaii in Australia, and Notre Dame will join the party Sunday night at Texas in a game televised by ABC.
On Tuesday, Irish coach Brian Kelly held his first game-week press conference of the year. Predictably, he said he has not decided whether Malik Zaire or DeShone Kizer will be the quarterback for the first series. Both will play, and Kelly said he will go "by feel" as to how he divides the playing time. Texas coach Charlie Strong is also using two quarterbacks Sunday and has been mum on who will actually start; Kelly was just returning the favor.
Here are the other pertinent items from Kelly's session:
* Freshman Devin Studstill, whom Kelly had previously said would be the starting free safety, has a hamstring injury. Veteran Avery Sebastian is listed ahead of Studstill on the depth chart and may start Sunday, Kelly said.
* The Irish won't leave for Austin until late Friday.
* "It's best for our team that they both play," Kelly said of the quarterbacks. "If both play dynamically...I'd love to see them both (continue) to play."
* Four backups (wide receiver Kevin Stepherson, linebacker Te'von Coney, halfback Dexter Williams and defensive back Ahston White) face misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession. Kelly said he didn't consider suspending the four players because he said he's never done that for a first drug offense.
* Kelly said Notre Dame has a "very rigorous" policy of drug testing for its athletes and that those four players are subject to a program with random testing. However, Kelly said it's the precedent throughout Notre Dame's athletic department that a first drug offense does not bring about a suspension from actual games or matches.
* Cornerback Devin Butler, who faces two felony charges related to resisting law enforcement, remains suspended indefinitely. Whether there's been a change in his status continues to be asked because dismissal from the team would seem a possibility. Max Redfield was dismissed, Kelly clarified Tuesday, in part because he was a senior and faced not only a marijuana possession charge but also a gun charge. Butler is a senior facing two felony charges.
* The Irish are committed to establishing a strong and continually used running game, Kelly said, which includes Zaire and Kizer. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/irish-insights/Kelly-mum-on-exact-quarterback-plan-14989646 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1b2a6075328b2ea3174bb88b92379adcbb9f4b28ecbbecdd3d8b585f52553f3d.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T02:50:15 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FDavis-homers--Indians-hand-Twins-12th-straight-loss--5-4-212081e0.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13253529/9dca098169514e47bf9cd44ecb9e647d.jpg | en | null | Davis homers, Indians hand Twins 12th straight loss, 5-4 | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | CLEVELAND – Francisco Lindor drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and the Cleveland Indians survived another poor start by Josh Tomlin to beat Minnesota 5-4 on Tuesday, extending the Twins' losing streak to 12 games.
Lindor's double off Alex Wimmers (0-1) snapped a 4-4 tie and helped the Indians maintain their lead over second-place Detroit in the AL Central.
Rajai Davis hit a three-run homer and Jason Kipnis added a solo shot for Cleveland, which trailed 4-1 in the second after the Twins knocked around Tomlin. Dan Otero (4-1) pitched 2 2/3 hitless innings, Bryan Shaw worked out of a jam in the seventh and Andrew Miller got five outs for his third save since joining Cleveland. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Davis-homers--Indians-hand-Twins-12th-straight-loss--5-4-212081e0 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1da63b33c3c73a7ae36509b5cc7a22972f07c7b1999145274e18d82ef602e3ed.json |
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"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-30T12:50:09 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FStudent-killed-in-Georgia-school-bus-crash--others-hurt-14985463.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Student killed in Georgia school bus crash; others hurt | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | VALDOSTA, Ga. – Officials in a south Georgia school system say a student has died after a crash involving a school bus that also injured more than a dozen students.
The Georgia State Patrol says the crash happened Monday afternoon on Interstate 75 in Valdosta.
Lowndes County Schools said in a statement that the bus was traveling south on I-75 from Lowndes High School to Lowndes Middle School at the time. The statement said one of its students died, but did not identify the student.
Georgia State Patrol Cpl. Chris Kelch said the crash happened when a semitrailer carrying a load of metal beams collided with the bus.
The state patrol said more than a dozen students were taken to South Georgia Medical Center.
Valdosta, in far south Georgia, is about 15 miles from the Florida line. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Student-killed-in-Georgia-school-bus-crash--others-hurt-14985463 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/d711aac39f23b0c7f8e29f32f410519ae3d4bd12b46b8bbc07848167c28e1056.json |
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"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-31T14:50:28 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fohio%2FOhio-Health-officials--Contagious-diarrheal-disease-cases-grow-15003567.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Ohio Health officials: Contagious diarrheal disease cases grow | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | COLUMBUS, Ohio – Public health officials say a contagious diarrheal disease continues to grow in central Ohio.
The Columbus Dispatch reports health officials say 423 cases of diagnosed cryptosporidiosis were reported as of Monday. Columbus Public Health Spokesman Jose Rodriguez says the number of cases of the disease caused by a parasite increased nearly 70 percent in a few days.
The outbreak in Franklin and Delaware counties is being linked to recreational water facilities and possibly poor home hygiene.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cryptosporidiosis is most commonly spread through water. It also can be transferred through human-to-human contact in homes, schools and daycare centers.
Symptoms include stomach pains, watery diarrhea and vomiting.
The Ohio Department of Health says the entire state typically logs about 400 cases a year. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/ohio/Ohio-Health-officials--Contagious-diarrheal-disease-cases-grow-15003567 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/d577b5d44075194739513ef4bdc617b8c0f63775658c507a82bc6201274c0723.json |
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"Renae Merle",
"Washington Post"
] | 2016-08-31T06:51:10 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fbusiness%2FEU--Apple-owes-back-taxes-14986719.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | EU: Apple owes back taxes | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | European authorities ruled on Tuesday that Apple struck a sweetheart deal with Ireland that allowed the tech giant to underpay its taxes by more than $14.5 billion over more than a 10-year period.
Apple runs its European operations from Ireland, which has a 12.5 percent corporate tax rate. But its agreement with the Irish government allowed Apple to pay a tax rate of just 1 percent or even less – .0005 percent, in some years – according to the European Commission, which launched an investigation into Apple’s tax strategies in 2014.
Apple must now repay those taxes, the commission ruled.
“The Commission’s investigation concluded that Ireland granted illegal tax benefits to Apple, which enabled it to pay substantially less tax than other businesses over many years,” European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who is in charge of competition policy, said in a statement from Brussels. “Member States cannot give tax benefits to selected companies. This is illegal under EU state aid rules.”
Both Apple and Ireland said they would appeal.
“Apple follows the law and pays all of the taxes we owe wherever we operate,” the company said in a statement.
The company also took aim at the EU move as having a “profound and harmful effect on investment and job creation in Europe.”
“The European Commission has launched an effort to rewrite Apple’s history in Europe, ignore Ireland’s tax laws and upend the international tax system in the process,” the Cupertino, California-based company said.
In Dublin, Ireland’s finance minister, Michael Noonan, denied that the country sidestepped EU tax rules and vowed to challenge the decision – raising yet another potential flash point between Brussels and member states over the reach of regulations and oversight.
Such questions helped tip the scales in Britain in June’s vote to leave the 28-nation bloc, and have complicated transatlantic trade talks. | http://www.journalgazette.net/business/EU--Apple-owes-back-taxes-14986719 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/e14a1cc0e3c3b5c273a510b668fd498db3a141a7d0f91e677ec40254360a7d86.json |
[
"Josh Patterson",
"For The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-27T04:48:51 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Fpreps-plus%2FHomestead-rallies--survives-Concordia-14938718.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Homestead rallies, survives Concordia | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | FORT WAYNE – Spotting Concordia a 20-point lead after one quarter, Homestead roared back, then had to hold its breath on the final play.
Taking possession on its own 32 with 21.5 seconds left, the Cadets connected on three passes to line up for a 35-yard game-winning field goal attempt. Concordia kicker Peter Morrison’s attempt was on line, but bounded off the crossbar and out, preserving a 27-26 victory for the Spartans.
“I really wanted to close my eyes and listen to see what the reaction was,” Homestead quarterback Jiya Wright said. “It was a good reaction.”
Filling in for Drew Keszei, who has been ruled out for the year with an ankle injury, Wright showed some good and some bad in his first varsity start. His elusive running style proved effective (20 carries, 156 yards and a touchdown) as the Spartans (2-0) imposed their will over the middle two quarters.
“They took control with their offensive line,” Concordia coach Tim Mannigel said. “They’re big, tough, physical players. But I thought our kids were resilient enough to man up and make some stops.”
But a pair of interceptions, including one inside the Concordia 10 with just over 2 ½ minutes remaining, gave the host Cadets (1-1) some life.
Trailing 27-20 at that point, Concordia drove the ball 94 yards, aided by a pair of defensive penalties. Peterson Kerlegrand’s 44-yard scoring rumble would bring the hosts within a single point, but Morrison, also the team’s quarterback, was unable to find a receiver on the 2-point conversion try.
Following an onside kick that traveled about four yards, Homestead was content to run down the clock. But a punt that was tipped by the Concordia rush went just 11 yards, giving the Cadets one final possession, one final chance to score the upset.
With the ball on the Spartan 18, 3.6 seconds on the clock and no timeouts, Mannigel had to make a quick decision – a final pass attempt into the end zone, or a lengthy field goal try.
“We generally don’t even try field goals,” Mannigel said. “But (Morrison) came to the sideline and said he could make it. He wanted to give it a shot. It was right on, it just hit the crossbar.”
Despite the Spartans digging themselves a deep hole early, the tandem of Wright and Jordan Presley running started to wear down the Concordia defense. Presley followed up a 157-yard effort in the season-opening win over Northrop with 166 yards and a pair of touchdowns, the second giving Homestead a 24-20 lead midway through the third quarter.
That said, it wasn’t a certainty that he’d see the ball that much – at least to Presley.
“I thought since (Keszei) was out, we’d be throwing it a lot, but I guess we got a lot of runs,” Presley said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/preps-plus/Homestead-rallies--survives-Concordia-14938718 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/d419fcb13ca3ef3f2077210eb8e04072af233743391fc6f3e7d7762fdbb3b670.json |
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"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-31T06:50:40 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fcolleges%2Fnotre-dame%2FBy-comparison--Irish-stable-at-QB-14988231.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | By comparison, Irish stable at QB | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Notre Dame at Texas When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday Where: Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin TV: ABC Radio: 1190 AM, 92.3 FM, 107.3 FM
SOUTH BEND – Four days until Notre Dame’s first game, things remain uncertain as to just how this quarterback scenario ultimately plays out.
“Haven’t figured that out yet,” coach Brian Kelly said Tuesday. “It will be by feel.”
But whether Malik Zaire or DeShone Kizer is taking snaps, everyone knows the Irish feel they’re in a win-win situation.
Not many teams on Notre Dame’s schedule could say the same thing at quarterback, or at least not with assuredness.
In fact, in what can only be described as a stroke of fortune for the Irish, most of the teams they’ll face this season are in transition at college football’s most important position.
Sunday’s opener at Texas is no exception, as the Longhorns will use both freshman Shane Buechele and senior Tyrone Swoopes at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The Notre Dame defense harassed Swoopes in last year’s clash.
Swoopes has not had any overwhelming success in his career, but a few Notre Dame foes lost star quarterbacks.
Michigan State, which is in South Bend on Sept. 17, has to replace Connor Cook, a three-year starter. Tyler O’Connor, a fifth-year senior, won the job.
As for Duke, Thomas Sirk – a dual-threat standout – was just announced as being out for the season with an injury. The Blue Devils’ Sept. 24 trip to Notre Dame looks like mission impossible without Sirk at QB.
Stanford’s Kevin Hogan will not be missed by the Irish. The four-year starter won 36 games and threw 75 TD passes for the Cardinal, who turn to senior Ryan Burns ahead of an Oct. 15 visit to Notre Dame.
Keenan Reynolds finished his Navy career as the FBS’ all-time leader in total TDs. He usually made the annual game with Notre Dame competitive. No one knows if Tago Smith can do the same come Nov. 5.
And, if that isn’t enough, Southern California no longer has Cody Kessler, a three-year starter who hit 68 percent of his passes with 88 touchdowns and just 19 interceptions. The Trojans, who play host to the Irish on Nov. 26, named Max Browne as the successor.
But, wait, there’s more.
One of Notre Dame’s three true road games is at North Carolina State, where Jalan McClendon and Ryan Finley are the two unproven options.
And Virginia Tech, which is in town for Notre Dame’s home finale Nov. 19, has a quarterback fresh out of junior college in Jerod Evans.
Before fans celebrate too much a slate of inexperienced opposing passers, Notre Dame defensive line coach Keith Gilmore offers some jarring perspective on why that may not be a magic elixir for the defense.
The Irish collected 24 sacks last season. Of the four teams that made the College Football Playoff, each one finished with 37 sacks or more. Those four teams combined for 176 sacks.
“You have to get after the passer and be productive no matter who they are,” Gilmore said. “We didn’t accomplish our goals last year as far as sacks and pressures. We have a lot of work to do no matter who is in the backfield.”
Notes: Devin Studstill (hamstring) may not start at free safety Sunday, Kelly said. Avery Sebastian’s listed ahead of him on the depth chart. … Irish cornerback Devin Butler remains suspended indefinitely while Ashton White, Te’von Coney, Kevin Stepherson and Dexter Williams are available to play Sunday. Kelly said he has never suspended a player for a first drug offense and that in all Notre Dame’s athletic programs there is a precedent to not do so. … Not guilty pleas were entered Tuesday for Coney and Stepherson, who face misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession. Attorneys for Williams and White filed motions to wave initial hearings.
cgoff@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/colleges/notre-dame/By-comparison--Irish-stable-at-QB-14988231 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/c78f098f4f90a987fe96777bf4cc8f238b946bcb5d08bf98b8495030da822d68.json |
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"Paolo Santalucia",
"Nicole Winfield",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-26T14:48:17 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FQuake-damaged-roads-threaten-access-to-Italy-town2016-08-26T06-22-38.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13244137/1_w1200.jpg | en | null | Quake damaged roads threaten access to Italy town | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | AMATRICE, Italy — Strong aftershocks damaged two key access roads into quake-struck Amatrice on Friday, threatening to isolate the tiny hilltop town as hopes dimmed that firefighters would find any more survivors from the earthquake that killed at least 267 people.
Some crumbled buildings in Amatrice cracked even further after the biggest aftershock of Friday morning struck at 6:28 a.m. The U.S. Geological Service said it had a magnitude of 4.7, while the Italian geophysics institute measured it at 4.8.
The shaking ground also damaged one key access bridge to Amatrice, forcing emergency crews to close it. Mayor Sergio Pirozzi said he was working with authorities to find an alternative bypass also to another damaged bridge. "We hope to God it works because otherwise with the damaged stretch of road, we are without any connection" to the main roads.
Even before the roads were shut down, traffic into and out of Amatrice was horribly congested with emergency vehicles bringing hundreds of rescue crews up to Amatrice and dump trucks carrying tons of concrete, rocks and metal down the single-lane roads.
The aftershock was preceded by more than 50 overnight and was followed by another nine in the next hour — part of the nearly 1,000 aftershocks that have rocked Italy's central Apennine Mountains since the original 6.2 magnitude quake early Wednesday.
Premier Matteo Renzi has declared a state of emergency and authorized 50 million euros for immediate quake relief.
The Italian government also declared Saturday a day of national mourning and scheduled a state funeral to be attended by President Sergio Mattarella.
Rescue efforts continued through the night and into Friday, but more than a day and a half had passed since the last person was extracted alive from the rubble. While Renzi hailed the fact that 215 people had been rescued after the quake, authorities reported a steadily rising death toll that had hit 267 by Friday morning.
Civil protection operations chief Immacolata Postiglione still insisted Friday that the rescue effort hadn't yet switched to a recovery mission. Rescue workers have noted that a person was pulled out alive 72 hours (three days) after the 2009 earthquake in the Italian town of L'Aquila.
"I confirm, once again as we have from the start, that the units that are doing the searches and rescues, including with dogs looking for other people trapped in the rubble, are absolutely fully active," she said Friday.
On the ground, authorities were still struggling to account for all the missing, since that number is still uncertain given the large number of visitors for summer holidays and an annual food festival.
"There is still hope to find survivors under the rubble, even in these hours," Walter Milan, a mountain rescue worker, said Friday. But he conceded: "Certainly, it will be very unlikely."
The vast majority of the dead were found in leveled Amatrice, the medieval hilltop town famous for its bacon and tomato pasta sauce.
The other dead hailed from nearby Accumoli and Arcquarta del Tronto.
Flags will fly at half-staff Saturday on all public offices and a state funeral will be celebrated by a bishop in a gym in Ascoli Piceno for the victims of nearby Arquata del Tronto — to date, 49 of the dead have come from the tiny town and its hamlet Pescara del Tronto.
The first private funerals were scheduled for Friday, including one in Pomezia south of Rome celebrated by one of Pope Francis' closest collaborators, Bishop Marcello Semeraro.
Across the area, thousands have been forced to abandon their homes, either because they were destroyed or they were determined to be too unsafe. Overnight some 2,100 slept in tent camps, nearly 1,000 more than the first night after Wednesday's quake, in a sign that a significant number had found nowhere else to go.
"I have no idea what I'm going to do now, because I had renovated the house two years ago," survivor Umberto Palaferri said, showing a photo of his collapsed home on his phone. "It was all new and now I don't know what to do. I'm 76 and don't know if I can rebuild it."
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Winfield reported from Rome. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Quake-damaged-roads-threaten-access-to-Italy-town2016-08-26T06-22-38 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/606c820ebe4bda786a500fc6d95c48a453e2ad37058b4f27636f676da1d0b199.json |
[
"Tom Withers",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-29T16:50:09 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fnfl%2FBrowns--Paul-Kruger-calls-his-release--wrong-decision--14971833.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13250396/14971836.jpg | en | null | Browns' Paul Kruger calls his release 'wrong decision' | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | CLEVELAND -- The Browns have plans for the future, and they don't include Paul Kruger.
Kruger was Cleveland's most proficient pass rusher and one of its most experienced defensive players. The 30-year-old linebacker's contract was terminated Monday by a team intent on rebuilding with youth.
His departure is a big surprise given the Browns' lack leadership on defense and that Kruger is one of the team's most respected players. Just last week, Sashi Brown, the team's executive vice president of football operations, said the team valued its veterans.
Kruger started 46 games and made 18 sacks in three seasons for Cleveland, which signed him as a free agent in 2013 after he helped the Baltimore Ravens win the Super Bowl.
On Twitter, Kruger thanked the Browns and wished his "teammate brothers" success but expressed his disappointment. He said the release was mishandled, calling it "unfortunate and absolutely the wrong decision."
The Browns, who played poorly in an exhibition loss to Tampa Bay on Friday, began their youth movement during the offseason by releasing linebacker Karlos Dansby, safety Donte Whitner and others. Kruger acknowledged his relief in surviving those initial cuts and wondered how long he might remain with Cleveland.
Kruger had just 2 1/2 sacks last season — he had 11 in 2014 — as the Browns struggled to find the right role for him. Last week, the Browns traded linebacker Barkevious Mingo. Rookies Emmanuel Ogbah or Joe Schobert could take Kruger's starting spot opposite second-year linebacker Nate Orchard.
The Browns also terminated the contracts of defensive end Nick Hayden and quarterback Austin Davis. The team waived incumbent kicker Travis Coons, giving Patrick Murray the starting job.
Running back Glenn Winston (shoulder) and nose tackle Nile Lawrence-Stample (shoulder) were placed on injured reserve. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/nfl/Browns--Paul-Kruger-calls-his-release--wrong-decision--14971833 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/6fd1301d95c7401183c73bcc8d9d2f0fed31952aa4cfb1d4850d17c653ddb3e2.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T04:49:30 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Ftincaps%2FTinCaps-vs-West-Michigan-Whitecaps-14951279.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247324/14951244.jpg | en | null | TinCaps vs West Michigan Whitecaps | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
TinCaps' Alan Garcia is out at home as West Michigan Whitecaps Arvicent Perez tags him in the second inning of Saturday's game at Parkview Field.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
TinCaps' Chris Baker hits a home run in the first inning of Saturday's game against West Michigan Whitecaps at Parkview Field.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
TinCaps' Brad Zunica hits a foul ball in the second inning of Saturday's game against West Michigan Whitecaps at Parkview Field.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
TinCaps' Carlos Belen throws to first in the second inning of Saturday's game against West Michigan Whitecaps at Parkview Field.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
TinCaps' Brad Zunica hits a fly ball in the second inning of Saturday's game against West Michigan Whitecaps at Parkview Field.
Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
TinCaps' Jose Carlos Urena rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the fourth inning of Saturday's game against West Michigan Whitecaps at Parkview Field.
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Marcus Greene Jr., of the TinCaps, strikes out swinging in the fourth inning of Saturday's game against West Michigan Whitecaps at Parkview Field. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/tincaps/TinCaps-vs-West-Michigan-Whitecaps-14951279 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/f5473ec44f5eed1305309ed5e3e88da7f274ab5a3a4ad503ef8a532e79e8105d.json |
[
"Keiara Carr",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:27 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2FLife-on-entertainment-trail-14767900.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13242858/14878813.jpg | en | null | Life on entertainment trail | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | If you go What: The Charlie Daniels Band When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday Where: Foellinger Theatre, 3411 Sherman Blvd. Admission: $49 to $79 general admission; $5 processing fee Information: 427-6000 or www.fortwayneparks.org
Charlie Daniels can’t count the number of times he has played “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” in the past 30 years. It’s probably in the thousands by now.
But with every show, the song has the potential to get even better, Daniels says.
“People say, ‘Don’t you ever get tired of playing “Devil Went Down to Georgia?’ ” And I really do not get tired of playing it,” Daniels says during a phone interview from New Mexico, where he was preparing for his show. “I get a chance to play better tonight than I did last night, better tomorrow night than I did tonight. I haven’t quite done it perfect yet.”
The Charlie Daniels Band will perform Thursday at Foellinger Theatre. Although Daniels released a new album, “Night Hawk,” today, he says his set list focuses on the music the fans know best.
“There’s songs we have to do, songs that we want to do,” Daniels says. “That’s why people come see you. If we did a show and didn’t do ‘Devil Went Down to Georgia’ and ‘Long Haired Country Boy’ and ‘The Legend of Wooley Swamp,’ I would have felt like I had cheated them.”
However, Daniels may include one or two new songs from “Night Hawk” in the show. On the new album, Daniels offers his take on traditional cowboy songs, using his style of storytelling to bring life into an acoustic setting.
Daniels is also in the midst of a milestone year, with the announcement of his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame earlier this year and celebrating his 80th birthday in October.
“Everything I do is challenging. Every record we make is challenging, every show we play, because I’m challenged to entertain people every night. My whole aim when I walk onstage is that I want to entertain people. I want them to say when the show is over, I want them to say, ‘Man, I had a great time. The next time they come back to town, I’m going back to see them again.’
“That’s how you stay in the music business. That’s my whole thing.”
Daniels has spent more than 50 years in the music business, with his first hint of success as a co-writer for Elvis Presley’s “It Hurts Me,” in 1964.
Moving to Nashville in 1967, Daniels worked to make a name for himself as a songwriter, studio musician and producer.
In 1970, Daniels set out on his own music career, recording his self-titled solo album. He formed the Charlie Daniels Band two years later, scoring the band’s first top 10 hit with “Uneasy Rider.”
The Country Music Association announced this year that Daniels will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in the Veteran’s Era category alongside Monument Records founder Fred Foster and country singer Randy Travis.
The Country Music Hall of Fame will also showcase Daniels’ mementos, instruments and personal photographs in the “Million Mile Reflections” exhibit in September.
In November, Daniels will again host the Southern rock festival Volunteer Jam in Nashville to celebrate his 80th birthday.
“The Country Music Hall of Fame was so totally unexpected. I didn’t have any idea that it was going to happen, and when it did, it floored me. I’m still learning to live with the fact that it’s actually true, that it’s actually going to happen,” he says.
“I can’t say that I’ve taken it in stride because there’s no way someone is going to walk up to you after 58 years in the music business, and tell you that one of the biggest dreams that you ever had, one that you almost dared not even dream, has come true.”
kcarr@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/entertainment/music/Life-on-entertainment-trail-14767900 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/981cf6078005a4cfcc597cbe4c9f81775c22c20d995e7627a30680bc3bf14e32.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T06:50:07 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fopinion%2Feditorials%2FA-taxing-measure-14919806.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13248906/14933467.jpg | en | null | A taxing measure | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | It may not be as scintillating as preseason football coverage. In fact, the tax-sale information on seven pages throughout today’s paper is pretty dull-looking material. But the information could be important to you or someone you know. Such public-notice announcements appear often in the newspaper, and some readers scarcely give them a second glance. But maybe you should.
The pages of notices you see today comprise all of the properties that soon will be offered for sale to collect unpaid Allen County property taxes. It’s the third and final time the list will appear before the county’s annual tax sale on Sept. 14.
The properties range from businesses in default, to empty lots, to residences. But if your property is on the list, there still is time to save it. The legally required publication of those properties is just one of several steps designed to ensure that there are no surprises.
“Property doesn’t go to tax sale unless it’s three full payments behind in taxes – in other words, 11/2 years behind,” explained William Royce, the county’s chief deputy treasurer.
The sale is an auction, but the minimum bid listed by the county is the amount of unpaid property taxes. “The government is only interested in collecting taxes,” Royce explained; funds raised that aren’t required to cover taxes and sale fees may eventually revert to the property owner.
“We don’t want to sell someone’s property out from beneath them,” Royce said. In January, the county sends a letter to anyone whose building or land is two tax payments behind, warning that if the owners miss the spring tax payment, the property will go onto the sale list.
Owners who ignore or forget that warning may see the notices when they are published in the newspaper. Often, Royce said, a friend or family member will see the listing and alert the property owner.
As a final precaution, the auditor’s office sends certified letters to lending institutions and property owners involved. Extreme procrastinators can still pay their taxes and get their property off the chopping block until auction day.
The high bidder purchases a lien on the property; he or she doesn’t receive ownership until a year after the sale. So “you still have one year to redeem your property,” Royce said.
Royce, who is running unopposed to succeed Treasurer Susan Orth, who must step down because of term limits, said the office strongly urges those interested in tax-sale property to check out the rules and the property itself before they bid.
“We’ve had people that put up money to buy a house and find out they have no access to it for a year,” Royce said. “Or they looked at a picture of it on the web, and then find out that the house has burned to the ground and they’re buying a piece of land.
“Go through the listings, do a physical inspection with a drive-by,” he said, cautioning that you can’t go through a house or building or even onto a property just because it’s on the tax-sale list. “Make sure there’s not another lien on the property.”
The listings today are among several types of public notices about meetings and actions of governmental agencies and schools that appear in The Journal Gazette. They’re all tangible reminders of the openness and transparency of our system of government – whether or not you pore through all that type on your way to the next news page. | http://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/editorials/A-taxing-measure-14919806 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/aba33dd9166e131c0d936c3b437989b39b47e9de1028709fc5b272d9d1f77538.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:50:09 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FOhio-woman-says-boyfriend-shot-couple-next-door--then-self-14987813.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Ohio woman says boyfriend shot couple next door, then self | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | HOLLAND, Ohio – Police near Toledo say at least two people have been shot at a home that was on fire when officers got there.
A woman who lives next door tells The Blade newspaper that she watched her boyfriend shoot the couple who live in the house and then shoot himself in the head Tuesday morning.
She says there had been an ongoing dispute between the neighbors and her boyfriend.
The Lucas County Sheriff's Office says at least two people were shot in the village of Holland. But a sheriff's lieutenant would not say whether the shooter was among those taken to a hospital.
It appears that the fire was put out within an hour of a 911 call about the shooting. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/Ohio-woman-says-boyfriend-shot-couple-next-door--then-self-14987813 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/3648f5ae5f1d681de012543059b5e749b711e443529d7cc1f0a4fa80c42d6bf1.json |
[
"Noah Trister",
"Associated Press"
] | 2016-08-29T02:49:50 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fracing%2FLarson-takes-advantage-of-late-restart-for-first-Cup-victory-14965258.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Larson takes advantage of late restart for first Cup victory | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | BROOKLYN, Mich. – Kyle Larson raced to his first Sprint Cup victory Sunday, taking the lead on a restart with nine laps remaining and holding off Chase Elliott at Michigan International Speedway in a duel between two of NASCAR's up-and-coming standouts.
Elliott had a comfortable lead before a tire problem on Michael Annett's car brought out the yellow flag. Larson had the better restart and went on to win by 1.48 seconds. Brad Keselowski finished third.
Larson's victory in his No. 42 Chevrolet snapped a 99-race losing streak for Chip Ganassi Racing dating to Jamie McMurray's victory at Talladega in 2013.
Larson secured a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup with two races left in the regular season. Elliott remains winless, but is in solid shape to make the Chase field on points if need be.
It was the 99th career start for the 24-year-old Larson, who had 14 top-five finishes before Sunday but hadn't won at the Cup level. The 20-year-old Elliott is winless in 29 starts, but this was an impressive showing for him after eight consecutive races outside the top 10.
Elliott finished second at Michigan in June as well, losing to Joey Logano.
Elliott led by 2.86 seconds with 28 laps to go Sunday, and it looked like Larson's chance to catch him had been derailed when he lost ground passing a lapped car. The caution gave him another shot, though, and he took advantage.
There were only four cautions in the 200-lap, 400-mile race. Larson led a race-high 41 laps. Logano, the pole winner, finished 10th.
Chris Buescher, who has a victory but still needs to stay in the top 30 in points to make the Chase, finished 35th after some early engine trouble. Buescher is seven points ahead of David Ragan for 30th place on the season.
Alex Bowman, filling in for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 car, had a problem with the ignition system and finished 30th.
Hendrick Motorsports is now winless in the last 19 races after Elliott fell short, but there were some positive signs for the team. At the midway point, Hendrick cars were 1-2, with Jimmie Johnson leading Elliott at the front. Kasey Kahne was in fifth at that point.
Johnson ended up sixth, and Kahne finished 14th.
This is Hendrick's longest losing streak since a 22-race dry spell from 1993 into 1994.
Twelve drivers who have wrapped up Chase berths. Tony Stewart, who has a victory, has clinched a top-30 finish in points to secure his spot.
Buescher's situation is still uncertain, so there could end up being as many as four drivers making it in on points. Elliott is 11th in the standings, the top driver with no victories. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/racing/Larson-takes-advantage-of-late-restart-for-first-Cup-victory-14965258 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/275e9e4e9ae5cce4a5c14a1df0f12b76bc03c972116180000d05af6c87e6cb87.json |
[
"Dave Gong",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-26T12:54:28 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F-Everything-s-new--at-old-West-Central-home-14914118.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13243053/14914873.jpg | en | null | 'Everything's new' at old West Central home | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Fort Wayne’s Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services on Thursday announced the completion of the first of six home rehabilitations in the West Central neighborhood.
Standing at 1121 Fulton St., the historic home built in 1890 was one of six homes bought by the city of Fort Wayne in 2014 with federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds. The city paid $38,135. The sale price after the rehabilitation was about $105,000.
“This house could have been a demolition because it was a market failure, but we had recently done a residential housing market potential study, and we found there was a lot of demand for buying and renting downtown,” said Heather Presley-Cowen, director of the Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services.
The developer for the project is Belay Corp. Preston Allen Homes LLC did the custom remodeling work.
The home had been vacant for so long that the utility lines had been pulled out of the ground, said Kurt Stark, general contractor for Preston Allen Homes LLC.
“It was in pretty bad shape, all the wiring was shot,” said Ric Zehr, president of Belay Corp. “So we had to demolish to the studs in all of the rooms.”
One of the larger challenges, Zehr said was taking the original floor plan and making it more contemporary. The renovations also included new insulation, wiring and water pipes, as well as a new roof, heater and air conditioning.
“Everything’s new in the house,” Zehr said.
He said that since the house is historically eligible, the development had to adhere to the city’s guidelines for historic houses.
This is Belay Corp.’s 41st project, Zehr said. Rehabilitating a blighted home is different from Zehr’s usual developments.
“The most rewarding thing is handing the keys to the buyer,” Zehr said. “It’s such a great opportunity.
“This family in particular has three kids, a husband and wife. They live at Three Rivers Apartments. They’re millennials; they’re the exact target that you want for owner-occupied.”
The family is closing on the house today, Zehr said.
Of the six homes slated for rehabilitation, four are taken, Presley-Cowen said. Those interested in the two remaining homes that may be available should call Zehr at 260-489-7095, ext. 326.
dgong@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/-Everything-s-new--at-old-West-Central-home-14914118 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/bc82bfef47f0f161b31ccba17442372bc26de2f20417a074f8e4ae69608ff2b6.json |
[
"Rebecca S. Green",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:12 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcourts%2FFeds-file-15-counts-against-employee-14918430.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13243040/14918943.jpg | en | null | Feds file 15 counts against employee | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | A 50-year-old Roanoke woman faces a 15-count federal indictment accusing her of a variety of financial crimes involving her employer.
Marianne Matchette is accused of access device fraud, allegedly using 13 credit cards, from American Express cards to Kohl’s store cards, belonging to someone else from March 2014 until October 2015.
She is also charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and mail fraud. And federal prosecutors seek the forfeiture of $156,776.11. That amount of money is believed to be equal to the value of the proceeds acquired through the scheme, according to court documents.
According to the indictment handed up Wednesday by a federal grand jury, Matchette worked for an unnamed Whitley County company and, as part of her job, used various company credit cards to make purchases for the benefit of the company.
She also had access to the business’s CEO’s personal cards as well. Matchette could use those to make purchases only for the benefit of the CEO and his family, not hers, according to court documents.
Matchette is accused of making a variety of purchases, from Overstock.com, Planet Fitness and Von Maur.
According to court documents, she had packages from Bed, Bath & Beyond shipped to Columbus, Ohio, and items from Pottery Barn Kids shipped to Oregon, Ohio.
In December 2014, Matchette began making wire transfers from the CEO’s bank account to her own, doing so on four different occasions, according to court documents.
This case was investigated by the Allen County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tina Nommay and Stacey Speith, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
It does not appear as of Thursday evening that Matchette had been arrested.
rgreen@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/courts/Feds-file-15-counts-against-employee-14918430 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/e2ba2e17bf8408b36ba80a6a1c79ee0ff173a5d90b9f61761898474662742015.json |
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The shooting took place in the 2900 block of Stardale Drive. Officers on the scene said there was one person dead, though a neighbor said they didn’t hear shots.
Other neighbors in the area say they saw a body lying in front of a home on Stardale Drive.
Police were still investigating late Monday. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Police-say-1-person-dead-after-shooting-14982222 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/235e3483fb26dc2fb2c4db02c02071932d905febe834e73c52a96f19a941d543.json |
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Nelson Antonio Lemus-Munoz was found in the front yard of a residence in the 2900 block of Stardale Drive about 11:15 p.m., and died at the scene, the coroner's office said in a statement following an autopsy.
Lemus-Munoz died from a gunshot wound or wounds to the chest, and his death is the 26th homicide in Allen County so far this year, the statement said.
Stardale Drive is south of Paulding Road between U.S. 27 and Hessen Cassel on Fort Wayne's southeast side.
Fort Wayne police have said several people apparently followed the victim home after an argument or meeting at a nearby gas station.
Police did not know whether others were in the residence at the time of the shooting or whether the victim was alone in the vehicle he drove there. They suspect more than one shooter because of gun shell casings found at the scene.
Police are looking for a white four-door Chevrolet believed to belong to the suspects. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 260-436-7867 or city police at 260-427-1222.
The slaying remains under investigation by city police, the coroner's office and the county prosecutor's office.
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To see The Journal Gazette's database of Allen County homicides, click on http://www.jgdata.net/data/homicides | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Coroner--Stardale-Drive-death-was-homicide-14990662 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/ec58c29338a2bdec1bd0ee2356e4f712d0ba411078ffdf47bab53c5ea6cad479.json |
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Emergency officials in Van Wert County said they're fortunate the tornadoes rolled across mostly rural farmland during the storms Wednesday night. They said six properties had just minor damage.
The weather service also confirms a tornado damaged eight homes in Putnam County. A county official said the homes lost siding, shingles and have a few broken windows.
Crews are still assessing the damage in Paulding and Defiance counties, where suspected tornadoes blew the roofs off homes and tore through a mobile home park.
Officials said there haven't been any reports of injuries from the storm. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Weather-service-confirms-4-tornadoes-in-Van-Wert-County-14926560 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/9ba9f6839f7761d0dfd18a3d144c3bc3b5e1792040c6e651e8a385197d8b78d7.json |
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Lochte told ABC’s “Good Morning America” his legal team is dealing with the situation, adding “we’re just trying to get this over with.”
Lochte admits he lied about having a gun held to his head at a Rio de Janeiro gas station, where he and three other American swimmers had stopped to use a restroom.
Lochte says he has offered to reimburse fellow swimmer James Feigen for a nearly $11,000 fine Feigen paid to resolve legal issues and leave the country. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/Lochte-mum-on-return-to-Rio-14992807 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/58cbadc8c7e8079c104750a40f7d93eac2674a24d0f62f28d4c01b03a76d704c.json |
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the talks on Syria with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry were "excellent" as they took a lunchtime break from meetings in Geneva as part of a new U.S. effort to enlist Russia as a partner in Syria as fighting becomes more volatile and complicated with the introduction of Turkish ground forces.
Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. envoy for Syria, joined the conversations in the early afternoon, and told The Associated Press after the break: "We are still working."
Neither Washington nor Moscow has signaled that an agreement is imminent, although progress appears to have been made in one critical battleground: the besieged city of Aleppo, where the United Nations has been clamoring for a 48-hour cease-fire so humanitarian aid can be shipped into the city.
Asked to describe the main impediment to a nationwide ceasefire in Syria as he sat down with Kerry, Lavrov said: "I don't want to spoil the atmosphere for the negotiations." Kerry did not speak and it was not immediately clear if either man would address reporters after their talks, which include discussions about the crisis in Ukraine.
On Thursday, U.N. officials said Russia was on board for the temporary pause in fighting in and around Aleppo. However, the Russian Foreign Ministry simply reiterated its general support for a ceasefire to open an aid corridor, and was waiting for the U.N. to announce it is ready.
The three-point plan for Aleppo, which U.N. officials say now needs the approval of two rebel groups and the Syrian government, would involve road convoys both from Damascus and across the Turkish border through the critical Castello Road artery. Another mission would go to southern Aleppo to help revive a damaged electric plant that powers crucial pumping stations that supply water for 1.8 million people.
Kerry was to meet with de Mistura separately later Friday in Geneva.
Expectations are low for the talks, particularly given how efforts to forge a new U.S.-Russia understanding have fallen short virtually every month for the past five years. At the same time, the administration is not of one mind regarding the Russians. The Pentagon has publicly complained about getting drawn into greater cooperation with Russia even though it has been forced recently to expand communication with Moscow. Last week, the U.S. had to call for Russian help when Syrian warplanes struck an area not far from where U.S. troops were operating.
Despite the apparent incremental progress on Aleppo, U.S. officials are keen to broaden the focus and hammer out a diplomatic initiative that would see greater military cooperation with Russia that could lead to a resumption of talks on a political transition. However, previous efforts to set target dates for the start of the transition process have failed, most recently when an early August timeline had to be abandoned.
U.S. officials say it is imperative that Russia use its influence with Syrian President Bashar Assad to halt all attacks on moderate opposition forces, open humanitarian aid corridors, and concentrate any offensive action on the Islamic State group and other extremists not covered by what has become a largely ignored truce. For their part, U.S. officials say they are willing to press rebels groups they support harder on separating themselves from the Islamic State and al-Nusra, which despite a recent name change is still viewed as al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria.
Those goals are not new, but recent developments have made achieving them even more urgent and important, according to U.S. officials. Recent developments include military operations around the city of Aleppo, the entry of Turkey into the ground war, Turkish hostility toward U.S.-backed Kurdish rebel groups and the presence of American military advisers in widening conflict zones.
Meanwhile, in a blow to the opposition, rebel forces and civilians in the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya were to be evacuated on Friday after agreeing to surrender the town late Thursday after four years of grueling bombardment and a crippling siege that left the sprawling area in ruins. The surrender of Daraya, which became an early symbol of the nascent uprising against President Bashar Assad, marks a success for his government, removing a persistent threat only a few miles from his seat of power. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/US--Russia-renew-push-for-elusive-agreement-on-Syria2016-08-26T06-05-52 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/55bf2f4f684da896658bda531456c59ed3333493b63914099941ee589388cec0.json |
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"Toluse Olorunnipa",
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] | 2016-08-29T12:50:13 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fbusiness%2FObama-finds-an-ally-in-Wal-Mart--whose-stores-he-once-shunned-14969783.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Obama finds an ally in Wal-Mart, whose stores he once shunned | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | As a freshman senator with his eye on the presidency, Barack Obama said he'd never shop at a Wal-Mart and held the company up as an emblem of corporate greed.
Today, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is one of Obama's most reliable corporate allies, a go-to partner that's backed the White House on more than a dozen business initiatives, particularly the Affordable Care Act and climate change.
The pairing benefits both. Obama can point to Wal-Mart's support to beat back Republican charges that he's hostile to business. Wal-Mart can point to the president's embrace to lure squeamish shoppers who, like Obama of old, have stayed away out of a belief the company hurts workers and undercuts competition. This is a key part of the company's effort to spur continued growth.
"It only makes sense for the president to be willing to strike a partnership with the nation's largest retailer," said Dwight Hill, a Plano, Texas-based partner with retail consultancy McMillan Doolittle. "And Wal-Mart has made more strides of late to try to be more transparent about worker pay and benefits. They have certainly seen the light."
The president completed the turn from Wal-Mart antagonist to fan when he visited one of the retailer's stores in Mountain View, California, in 2014 to praise its use of renewable energy. Obama's visit represented a "major milestone" for the company and its public image, said Jib Ellison, whose consulting firm worked on Wal-Mart's sustainability program.
"When he got elected, his rhetoric was very anti-Wal-Mart," said Ellison, who continues to advise Wal-Mart on environmental policies. "So it's reaffirming."
The partnership between the president and the retailer is especially strong in two areas: health care and climate change.
Obama's view of Wal-Mart shifted early in his presidency when he realized he needed business support to advance his health-care overhaul, which Republicans claimed would kill jobs and drive companies out of business. Wal-Mart was one of the first major employers to sign on to the plan. In June 2009, as debate raged in Congress, Wal-Mart publicly released a letter to Obama saying it supported requiring employers to offer health insurance to their workers, a keystone of the law.
For Wal-Mart, the Affordable Care Act - also known as Obamacare - resolved a major gripe about the company: that it provided weak health benefits for its more than 1 million workers in the U.S. Obamacare created a system of subsidized insurance for middle-income Americans and expanded the Medicaid program for the poor to cover people earning poverty-level wages. Pressure subsided on Wal-Mart to provide coverage. When government-run insurance exchanges opened in 2014, Wal-Mart stopped offering health insurance to 30,000 part-time workers.
"Obamacare is great for Wal-Mart workers; it was a huge transfer of wealth," said Nelson Lichtenstein, director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who wrote a book on Wal-Mart. "The pressure is off Wal-Mart to provide better health insurance to its own employees. If you're a single mom and work at Wal-Mart you now qualify for Medicaid."
Wal-Mart and the White House have cooperated on Obama's climate agenda, which current and former company executives described as a natural gelling of interests rather than a political calculation. Wal-Mart began pushing to cut its carbon footprint in 2005 as a way to not only help the environment, but also improve its public image, and is now the largest corporate user of solar energy.
Last year, the company endorsed the global accord Obama negotiated in Paris to reduce carbon emissions.
Leslie Dach, who ran Wal-Mart's government relations and corporate affairs department from 2006 until 2013 before joining the Obama administration, published a piece in the Huffington Post shortly before leaving the company titled: "Wal-Mart Agrees With the President: The Time for Renewables Has Come." The retailer seized upon an offhand comment by the president during a speech that week at Georgetown University, in which he said "Wal-Mart deserves a cheer" for reducing carbon pollution.
Obama's senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said the White House has found in Wal-Mart a willing partner as its reached out to various businesses to embrace administration's initiatives.
"We recognize that the private sector is the economic engine of our country," Jarrett said in an interview. "It's not enough just to have these policies on the books."
Working with the administration helps the retailer address the social and environmental issues that the company's customers care about, said Kathleen McLaughlin, Wal-Mart's chief sustainability officer and CEO of the Wal-Mart Foundation.
"It's so essential that we have these collaborations," she said.
When Wal-Mart announced it would raise its minimum wage for employees in early 2015, after some encouragement from the administration, Obama called Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon from Air Force One to congratulate him and told a crowd in North Carolina that "once Wal-Mart is paying people more, then you know that something is happening, right?"
The pair have also worked on veteran employment, financial security, workforce training, gun control, criminal justice issues and First Lady Michelle Obama's healthy lifestyle campaign. As Obama was urging Congress to pass tougher restrictions on guns, Wal-Mart removed military-style rifles from its stores in August 2015, citing declining demand.
For Wal-Mart, all of this is aimed at bolstering its standing with a key demographic of shoppers it must reach for continued growth -- upper-income families in traditionally liberal areas like Chicago, Los Angeles and the East Coast.
"Given the fact the company isn't growing that much, they really need to expand, in these coastal cities," Lichtenstein said. "There has been a certain percentage of Americans that just won't shop there for political reasons."
The company's warm ties with Obama don't seem to bother its base of customers in redder parts of the country. In Elizabeth, Colorado, a fast-growing area about 46 miles (74 kilometers) southeast of downtown Denver where just 13 percent of voters identify themselves as Democrats, some shoppers recoiled at a reporter's mention of Obama's name. Others said they didn't care.
Betty Erickson, 82, a retired cashier, said she cares more about whether Wal-Mart's shelves are fully stocked and their prices stable than the company's decision to discontinue selling rifles or other politically controversial products.
"But I am glad that they are paying their workers more," she said.
Money has followed Wal-Mart's embrace of Obama. The company increased its political spending during his presidency, with donations to Democrats no longer trailing Republicans by huge margins.
Wal-Mart's political action committee gave $1.2 million to federal candidates during the 2012 cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington nonprofit that tracks campaign spending. Democrats claimed about half that money, up from 21 percent in 2004 and only 14 percent in 2000. So far this cycle, Democrats have received about 41 percent of Wal-Mart's $1.1 million in contributions, with Republicans getting the rest.
Alice Walton, the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, gave $353,000 to Hillary Clinton's joint fundraising committee with the Democratic National Committee.
The détente, however, does not include some Democrats who continue to criticize Wal-Mart -- as Obama once did -- for its labor practices and relatively low wages. The retailer is still a favorite target for attacks by party activists. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders continues to hold the company up as the epitome of inequality and has said it should "get off of welfare, pay your workers a living wage."
Robert Reich, labor secretary under President Bill Clinton, said he was upset that Obama had visited the "viciously anti-union" retailer's Mountain View store. But he said he understood the rationale for working with the company.
"It is the largest employer in America and I think it's understandable that a president would want to work with them and coax them along," Reich, now a public policy professor at University of California, Berkeley, said in a telephone interview.
Aware of the criticism he would face from his base for building closer ties with Wal-Mart, Obama's outreach was part of a broader strategy to court a range of businesses during a time of heightened congressional gridlock. The president in 2014 partnered with companies on initiatives including finding jobs for the long-term unemployed, improving worker training and fighting climate change. Wal-Mart was often part of those projects.
Wal-Mart still has work to do before coastal liberals brave its Supercenters, said Allen Adamson, founder of BrandSimple Consulting, and it will likely have to continue to cozy up with Democrats to sway opinions.
"They are starting to make some progress, but it is very hard if you are very big to change people's perceptions," Adamson said. "Once consumers categorize you as big, but not necessarily good, it is hard to change that perception."
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Jennifer Oldham and Angela Greiling Keane contributed. | http://www.journalgazette.net/business/Obama-finds-an-ally-in-Wal-Mart--whose-stores-he-once-shunned-14969783 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/7e60535ea5c5854513ab200932040597972894af931d9c0aeaad0aacbcb7a33a.json |
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Gas prices, which at some stations had been as low as around $1.97 for regular began trending up at many Fort Wayne stations late Tuesday morning.
Many area stations were posting prices of around $2.07 Tuesday morning. But by noon, several stations had raised prices to around $2.35, especially the Illinois Road and West Jefferson Boulevard corridors southwest of the city and city's north side.
It's part of the picture of a summer travel season with some of the lowest gas prices in years but nonetheless following an upward trend, according to www.gasbuddy.com and the American Automobile Association.
For more on this story, read Wednesday's print edition of The Journal Gazette or visit www.journalgazette.net after 1 a.m. Wednesday,
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Logan Allen, in his second start since being taken off the disabled list, performed well, while Austin Smith struggled in a 10-2 defeat to West Michigan at Parkview Field.
The TinCaps (60-74, 24-40 second half) settled for a split of the four-game series and are off Tuesday before starting their final six games of the season.
Allen, operating on a pitch count, went 3 2/3 innings and gave up just one run on one hit, which was a solo home run by Will Allen (no relation) in the top of the second inning.
Fort Wayne activated the left-handed Allen Wednesday and started him that night at Great Lakes. He went 3 2/3 innings there and gave up just one run on four hits to begin his comeback from bone spurs.
Austin Smith also pitched in that game Wednesday. But his tandem outing with Allen didn’t go as well on Monday.
Elvin Liriano got the final out of the fourth to keep it 1-0. Smith then entered in the fifth and went 1/3 of an inning. The Whitecaps got five earned runs on five hits against Smith, a 20-year-old righty rated the No. 27 prospect in the San Diego Padres’ farm system.
An error by third baseman Carlos Belen, one of two he made in the game and one of the TinCaps’ four in all, was pivotal in setting up the inning.
Will Allen, the Whitecaps’ cleanup hitter, finished 2 for 4 with his fifth homer, an RBI single and two walks. West Michigan’s Jose Azocar went 3 for 5 with two RBI singles, and Arvicent Perez was 3 for 6 with a pair of RBI doubles.
West Michigan (68-61, 29-33) is headed to the Midwest League playoffs and finished 11-11 against the TinCaps, who were eliminated Sunday from the Eastern Division wild-card race. It snapped Fort Wayne’s streak of consecutive playoff appearances (seven).
Down 8-0 in the sixth, the TinCaps scored twice. Tyler Selesky hit an RBI single and Alan Garcia an RBI groundout. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/full-count/TinCaps-pitchers-struggle-in-loss-to-West-Michigan-14980864 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/3d7293b4ed109e56f5e01ae55611a6f4e63a708f726b4c2f4911434451adfdf3.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T06:49:37 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Fpolitical-notebook%2F1st-governor-debate-to-be-educational-14928608.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | 1st governor debate to be educational | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The Indiana Debate Commission on Tuesday released information on the first of three debates in the governor’s race.
The debate will be Sept. 27 at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, and will focus on education issues. It will be webcast live during school hours for students around the state to view.
The commission is in the process of completing the dates and locations for two evening televised debates in October.
The three candidates for governor are Republican Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb, Democrat John Gregg and Libertarian Rex Bell.
The first debate, to be moderated by University of Indianapolis assistant professor of political science Laura Merrifield Albright, is intended partly as an educational event for students throughout Indiana.
Candidates will meet in a town hall-style setting with high school students, teachers and administrators to discuss their positions on education issues, with some questions posed by students.
The debate commission is organizing the event in partnership with the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Secretary of State and the Indiana Department of Education, sponsors of Indiana Kids’ Election, a program that helps educate students about the electoral process.
“Being involved in an event such as this is a new experience for the debate commission,” said Dan Byron, president of the debate commission. “We’re excited to be part of an event that helps young people better understand our democratic system of electing our top officials in government, and we are pleased that the three candidates also recognize this opportunity.”
Sept. 27 is National Voter Registration Day and is also the day after the first scheduled presidential debate.
“So voting and debates will be fresh on the minds of the public,” Byron said. “This is perfect timing for the first of our fall debates.”
The commission is also working to schedule two televised debates with the three candidates for U.S. senator – Democrat Evan Bayh, Republican Todd Young and Libertarian Lucy Brenton.
Ryan stumps for Young
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan will be the featured guest at a Fort Wayne fundraising reception for Republican Senate candidate Todd Young on Sept. 16.
The time and location of the fundraiser have not been announced by Young’s campaign. An online ticket order form shows the event will be a luncheon.
Admission will range from $500 for lunch guests to $17,700 for event hosts. The host package includes a private VIP reception, photo opportunity, signage, the lunch reception and admission to future Young campaign events.
Ryan, R-Wis., will be at least the second high-profile GOP leader to help raise money for Young’s Senate campaign. Former President George W. Bush is scheduled to attend a Sept. 12 fundraiser for Young in Elkhart.
Young’s Fort Wayne fundraiser is sponsored by a joint fundraising committee involving Young’s campaign committee, the Indiana Republican State Committee and OORAH! Political Action Committee, a leadership PAC started by Young.
Appointments announced
Gov. Mike Pence tapped several Hoosiers to serve various boards and commissions last week, including these citizens from northeast Indiana.
• Dr. Mark R. Stetzel, of Allen County, was reappointed to serve on the State Board of Dentistry.
• Dennis K. “Matthew” Kruse II, of DeKalb County, was appointed to serve on the Real Estate Appraiser Certification Board.
Trump-Pence fundraiser set
Gov. Mike Pence is headlining a Trump-Pence victory fundraiser Sept. 6 in Indianapolis.
The minimum donation to attend a reception at the J.W. Marriott is $1,000 per person. But you have to pay at least $10,000 per person to attend a dinner and get a photo opportunity as well. The top level is $250,000 per couple.
That is money that is presumably not going to Indiana statewide, congressional or Statehouse candidates.
It doesn’t appear that Donald Trump will attend – only Pence is noted on the invitation.
A fundraiser that took place Aug. 15 in Evansville with both Trump and Pence raised a reported $1.5 million.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:01:25 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fopinion%2Feditorials%2FHead-above-water-14916627.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13242868/14919164.jpg | en | null | Head above water | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Last month, the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department notified the swim teams involved that it would no longer run the City Swim Meet and Dive Meet. But Chuck Reddinger, deputy director of recreation, said Thursday this does not mean his department intends to let the 55-year-old meet die.
“This is a community event,” Reddinger said. “We want to support it and we’re going to continue to support it.”
The decision to stop running the event was one department officials had considered for several years, Reddinger said. It wasn’t a question of money, he explained. The swim meet costs $15,000 to $17,000 a year, but much of that is covered through swimmers’ entry fees.
But with the growth of neighborhood pools, he said, the parks department’s pools have moved away from competitive swimming and the department wants to “refocus our efforts on our own aquatic programs” in the public pools and splash pads. At the same time, Reddinger believes, the city meet could become stronger if the 13 neighborhood summer swim teams that participate took over responsibility for the competition.
The coaches and parents involved with those teams are indeed stepping up. “Nobody wants to see it go away,” said Julie Anderson, president of the Fort Wayne Summer Swim League and coach of the Orchard Ridge Swim and Dive Team.
The league had its annual meeting Sunday and created two committees to look for a way to keep the annual meet alive. One group will look at how to meet expenses for the competitions. The other will explore the options for insurance. The committees will report back in October and the league will settle on a strategy to fund and mange the event, which is already scheduled for next August at the Helen P. Brown Natatorium.
“Sponsorship is an option,” Anderson said Thursday. “It could be naming rights.”
Another option is a small admission charge for fans. “We’ve never charged admission for the meet,” Anderson said. But even a one- or two-dollar charge for the meet, which draws 800 to 1,000 swimmers and divers and hordes of parents and friends, could make a big difference.
Anderson’s concern goes beyond making sure the city meet remains viable. “We are desperate in this area for another 50-meter-by-25-yard pool” like the Brown Natatorium, she said. “Swimming is such a growing sport. If you’re in the swimming community, you know that there’s just such a need.”
Reddinger said building such a pool is not on the parks department’s agenda, but he emphasized that the department is working with the swim league to ensure that the event doesn’t fold. “We want to see the program continue for another55 years.”
Reddinger even hinted the department might provide more direct support for next year’s event if alternatives fall through. “I don’t want to shut the door on anything,” he said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/editorials/Head-above-water-14916627 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1976f5e1b0f20eb2b421ab1ebeddd546574f892ecb0e1656ef997dcd723821b2.json |
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The five graves arranged at the foot of Sinjar mountain hold the bodies of dozens of minority Yazidis killed in the Islamic State group’s bloody onslaught in August 2014. They are a fraction of the mass graves Islamic State extremists have scattered across Iraq and Syria.
In exclusive interviews, photos and research, The Associated Press has documented and mapped 72 of the mass graves, the most comprehensive survey so far, with many more expected to be uncovered as the Islamic State group’s territory shrinks.
In Syria, AP has obtained locations for 17 mass graves, including one with the bodies of hundreds of members of a single tribe all but exterminated when IS extremists took over their region.
For at least 16 of the Iraqi graves, most in territory too dangerous to excavate, officials do not even guess the number of dead. In others, the estimates are based on memories of traumatized survivors, Islamic State propaganda and what can be gleaned from a cursory look at the earth.
Still, even the known numbers of victims buried are staggering – from 5,200 to more than 15,000.
Satellites offer the clearest look at massacres such as the one at Badoush Prison in June 2014 that left 600 inmates dead. A patch of scraped earth shows the likely site, according to exclusive photos obtained by the imagery intelligence firm AllSource Analysis and shared with AP.
On Sinjar Mountain, Rasho Qassim drives daily past the mass grave in Hardan that holds the bodies of his two sons.
The sites are roped off and awaiting the money and the political will for excavation. The evidence they contain is scoured by wind and baked by sun.
“We want to take them out of here. There are only bones left. But they said, ‘No, they have to stay there, a committee will come and exhume them later,’ ” said Qassim, standing at the flimsy protective fence.
IS made no attempt to hide its atrocities. But proving what United Nations officials and others have described as an ongoing genocide will be complicated as the graves deteriorate. The Islamic State group targeted the Yazidis for slaughter because it considers them infidels. The Yazidi faith has elements of Christianity and Islam but is distinct.
“There’s been virtually no effort to systematically document the crimes perpetrated, to preserve the evidence,” said Naomi Kikoler, who recently visited for the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. The graves are largely documented by the aid group Yazda.
Following the release of the AP research, the State Department noted that it is providing assistance to Iraqi authorities for the investigation of mass graves.
“Sadly, we anticipate that additional mass graves will be discovered as additional lands are liberated from Da’esh,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.
Through binoculars, Arkan Qassem watched it all. His village, Gurmiz, overlooks Hardan and the plain below. When the jihadis swept through, everyone in Gurmiz fled up the mountaintop. Then Arkan and nine other men returned with light weapons, hoping to defend their homes.
The first night, a bulldozer’s headlights illuminated the killing of a group of handcuffed men. Then the machine plowed over their bodies.
Over six days, the fighters killed three more groups – several dozen each, usually with hands bound. Once, the extremists lit a bonfire, but Arkan couldn’t make out its purpose.
Two years later, the 32-year-old has since returned home, living in an area dotted with mass graves.
“I have lots of people I know there. Mostly friends and neighbors,” he said. “It’s very difficult to look at them every day.”
Nearly every area freed from IS control has unmasked new mass graves, like one found near a stadium in Ramadi. The graves are easy enough to find, most covered with just a thin coating of earth.
“They are beheading them, shooting them, running them over in cars, all kinds of killing techniques, and they don’t even try to hide it,” said Sirwan Jalal, the director of Iraqi Kurdistan’s agency in charge of mass graves.
No one outside IS has seen the Iraqi ravine where hundreds of prison inmates were killed. Satellite images of scraped dirt along the river point to its location, according to Steve Wood of AllSource. His analysts triangulated survivors’ accounts and began to systematically search the desert according to their descriptions of that day, June 10, 2014.
The inmates were separated by religion, and Shiites had to count off, according to accounts by 15 survivors gathered by Human Rights Watch.
Justice has been done in at least one IS mass killing – that of about 1,700 Iraqi soldiers who were machine-gunned at Camp Speicher. On Aug. 21, 36 IS militants were hanged for those deaths.
But justice is likely to elude areas still under IS control, even when the extremists film the atrocities themselves.
That’s the case for a natural sinkhole outside Mosul that is now a pit of corpses. And in Syria’s Raqqa province, where thousands of bodies are believed to have been thrown into the al-Houta crevasse.
Hundreds of mass graves are believed to be in areas that can only be explored when fighting stops. So far, at least 17 are known, in the list put together from AP interviews with activists, fighters and residents in former IS strongholds.
Some of the worst are in Deir el-Zour province. There, 400 members of the Shueitat tribe were found in one grave, just some of the up to 1,000 tribesmen believed to have been massacred by IS, said Ziad Awad, the editor of the local publication, The Eye of the City, who is documenting the graves. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Dozens-of-mass-graves-found-in-IS-territory-14993993 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/a4e771819c42bd80d6a7392b250ce6f5ae19184e4a7ebcc5fe93a9978785bceb.json |
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- A small plane crashed into a home near a western Indiana airport, injuring two people on the aircraft.
The single-engine Cessna plane slammed into the house Thursday evening a few miles north of Terre Haute near Sky King Airport.
Authorities said two people were rescued from the plane wreckage and flown to a hospital. Their names and conditions weren't immediately released.
Resident Matt Fox told the (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star that no one was inside the house when the plane struck. The crash left the plane's nose embedded in the roof, with the wings vertical to the ground.
Vigo County Sheriff Greg Ewing said it appears the plane was trying to land when it clipped tree limbs. He said federal investigators were expected to arrive Friday. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/indiana/Small-plane-crashes-into-home--2-hurt-14927659 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/0f3aa8b64b041d85e60e76fcd0a0fad3cc98cf420a3b0f2f8db9d5a2f9b7d9a7.json |
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Crews will be working on utility line taps, the statement said. It said no business entrances will be interrupted.
The work is scheduled to be completed by 5 p.m. Sept. 21. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/3-week-closure-for-portion-of-Old-Leo-Road-14974270 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1fedcb7987ceabb2c1facfec1a2dbf24221d30eba062757313bfcfc5c58673fd.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T04:49:31 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fracing%2FRahal-makes-last-lap-pass-to-win-IndyCar-race-at-Texas-7c4f2b49.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247350/40c42249d07d4c4d8d893bfcef4b6d98.jpg | en | null | Rahal makes last-lap pass to win IndyCar race at Texas | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | FORT WORTH, Texas – Graham Rahal made a last-lap pass and just held on to beat James Hinchcliffe in the closest finish ever for an IndyCar race at Texas.
The only time Rahal led the race – competed over a 2 1/2-month span – was when he sliced to the bottom of the track coming off of the backstretch on that final lap Saturday night. He won by eight-thousandths (0.008) of a second, crossing the line only inches and side-by-side with Hinchcliffe, with Tony Kanaan right behind them.
Rahal almost celebrated a bit too early, pumping a fist over his head just before crossing the checkered flag with Hinchcliffe right beside him and still making a final push for the victory.
Hinchcliffe had led the Firestone 600 for 76 days. He was leading when the race was initially red-flagged June 12 because of rain after only 71 of 248 laps, and dominated after it resumed until three late restarts.
Rahal's fourth career win came at the high-banked, 1 1/2-mile-oval where four years ago he appeared headed for victory before brushing the wall on the last lap and finishing second to Justin Wilson.
Hinchcliffe led 188 laps overall in the race, including 157 of the 177 laps run Saturday night.
Series points leader Simon Pagenaud was fourth, and extended his lead to from 20 to 28 points over Team Penske teammate Will Power with two races left. Power, who won four of the previous six races with runner-up finishes in the other two, was eighth at Texas.
Ed Carpenter twice had contact with other cars while running second behind Hinchcliffe in the later laps.
Carpenter was within about 2 seconds of the lead on Lap 213 when Scott Dixon, trying to get back on the lead lap, made contact coming off the frontstretch. That sent Dixon spinning, and Carpenter believes he might have cut a tire though he was able to stay on the track and even took the lead after that.
After the ensuing caution, Hinchcliffe and Carpenter restarted 1-2 on lap 221, and Carpenter went low coming off the backstretch and led at the line by a matter of inches. Hinchcliffe went back in front on the next lap, and was still there when Carpenter got loose coming out of Turn 4 on lap 225 and made contact with Helio Castroneves and slammed into the wall to end his race.
There was one more caution after that, when lead-lap car Mikhail Aleshin crashed, setting up the final sprint to the finish.
It was the fifth-closest finish in IndyCar Series history and the closest of any race ever at the Texas track that has hosted NASCAR and IndyCar races since 1997. At one point, the top four finishers were running side-by-side on the backstretch.
Some other notable items from IndyCar's one-day return to Texas:
BACK THE BLUE: Two police officers wounded on duty, Jorge Barrientos from Dallas and Matt Pearce from Fort Worth, served as co-grand mashals and gave drivers the command to start their engines. Barrientos was wounded in the July 7 downtown Dallas attack that left five officers dead, Pearce survived being shot multiple times by a fugitive during a manhunt in March. Pearce was the grand marshal in June. Every IndyCar on Saturday night had a "Back the Blue" decal, and before the race drivers wore caps representing different local police and national law enforcement agencies.
FAST BREAK: Takuma Sato was only two laps into the short practice session when something broke in the car and the No. 14 car slammed into the wall coming out of Turn 4. The A.J. Foyt Racing team got the car fixed and ready for the restart.
UP NEXT: IndyCar is going to Watkins Glen instead of Boston next Sunday for the second-to-last race of the season. When the planned Boston race was canceled earlier this year, Watkins Glen become the replacement for the Labor Day weekend date. The last IndyCar race at Watkins Glen was in 2010, and won by Power.
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Purdue University’s board of trustees Friday included that much money among its 2017-19 funding requests to the state legislature.
The money, if approved in the full amount, will continue work already begun on Kettler Hall, Neff Hall and the Liberal Arts building on campus, said Jay Harris, the campus physical plant director.
Harris said many buildings on campus were built about 40 years ago, and while the structures themselves are sound, systems such as heating, cooling and plumbing and interior finishes need updating.
Kettler, the first campus building, was built in the 1960s.
“In the past, the focus has been almost entirely on new buildings. In more recent funding years, there’s been a new focus on repairing and maintaining what we already have,” he said. “All the things we’re doing now are priority projects and things to make it (the campus) better for students.”
Among the projects are expanding the number of renovated classrooms with carpeting, LED lighting, new finishes, better Wi-Fi and better furniture.
“Also, we hope to upgrade finishes in (restrooms) and corridors, which are very 1960s looking,” Harris said.
Some money will go for roof replacements, water main upgrades, backup generators and heating, air-conditioning and air-handling upgrades, he said.
The last big building investments came in 2011 with projects for the library, the student services area, Parking Garage 3, the fieldhouse and student housing, Harris said.
Upcoming proposed projects are an addition to the engineering building and the Gates Center for a health and wellness clinic, he said.
Harris said the most recent request for funding by Purdue shows a commitment to continuing the campus.
“The fact that this is being included shows they value keeping your facilities up,” Harris said.
“It tells me we’re not quite ready to expand, this campus, but we’re going to maintain it in good shape.”
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Through a special program called 3-plus-3, Miyamoto will earn both her bachelor's and law degrees in a combined six years, rather than the usual seven. During the fourth year of her undergraduate education, she'll take first-year law school courses designed to count toward both degrees, allowing her to trim a year — and an estimated roughly $30,000 — off the two-degree sequence.
At a recent law school function, Miyamoto said, "I got to meet professors at the law school, got to know students and graduates. That really pushed me, and motivated me to see where I might go."
That's the idea, said Rachel Janutis, interim law school dean.
"Students who come into the 3-plus-3 program as early as their freshman year in college can start to understand what it means to be a lawyer, what it takes to be successful in law school and to build a program of education around those skills and those attributes," Janutis said. "It helps the institution, as well, to have students who are better prepared."
Benefits aside, Ohio effectively barred such programs until just last school year — the 50th state to get on board. All other states, and the rules of the American Bar Association, allowed 3-plus-3 graduates to take the bar.
In 2014, Ohio law schools lobbied for a change to Ohio Supreme Court rules, noting what an "extreme outlier" Ohio had become.
Joseph Alutto, then interim Ohio State University president, wrote at the time that only a strong explanation could justify leaving the rule in place that required all candidates for the bar to have completed their undergraduate education "prior to" completing their legal education.
"I see no such explanation, certainly not one rising to the level that would merit swimming against such a strong national tide," he wrote in February 2014.
The court rule was changed and Capital was the first university to launch its program. Ohio Northern University and Cleveland State University, in partnership with Lake Erie College, also offer 3-plus-3 options. Among others signaling interest were Ohio State, the universities of Akron and Findlay and Franciscan University of Steubenville.
A handful of Capital students, including Miyamoto, joined Capital's program in its first year, said Amy Adams, interim vice president for enrollment services. This year, 23 new students have enrolled.
Adams said the school tried to make the option attractive by building in flexibility. Participants, for example, may continue with sports and other extracurriculars during their overlap year, and they still formally graduate with their undergraduate peers.
Enrolling also doesn't compel you to complete all six years if it's not for you, she said.
"When we were designing the program, we wanted students to have some flexibility," she said. "We know things happen."
Miyamoto — who's already landed a legal assistant job with a Capital alum — has no intention of quitting. As she begins her second year of college this fall, she said she's grateful to be the first of her siblings to go to college — and to law school, too.
"Before this, I was more undecided on what I wanted to do, but this program has allowed me to see what life will look like after graduation," she said. "Looking up to current attorneys and saying, 'That's going to be me one day' — that's really exciting." | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/ohio/Ohio-students-can-finish-college--law-degree-in-6-years2016-08-27T09-29-14 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/0aae599de78b55d8a0aebd882426ab1609f0f8a202c9d257ba37eceb2778347c.json |
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USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick says in a statement on Tuesday that the department had received "several anonymous messages" that raised concerns about the safety of USDA personnel and facilities. He said six offices are closed until further notice.
Herrick said the department is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and federal and local law enforcement to determine whether the threats are credible.
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The Norwegian Environment Agency has released eerie images showing a jumble of reindeer carcasses scattered across a small area on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. The agency says 323 animals were killed, including 70 calves, in the lightning storm Friday.
Agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told The Associated Press it's not uncommon for reindeer or other wildlife to be killed by lightning strikes but this was an unusually deadly event.
"We have not heard about such numbers before," he said Monday.
He said reindeer tend to stay very close to each other in bad weather, which could explain how so many were killed at once.
"I don't know if there were several lightning strikes," he said. "But it happened in one moment."
Knutsen said the agency is now discussing what to do with the dead animals. Normally, they are just left where they fall to let nature take its course, he said.
Thousands of reindeer migrate across the barren Hardangervidda plateau as the seasons change.
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This story corrects the spelling of the plateau to Hardangervidda. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/Lightning-strike-kills-more-than-300-reindeer-in-Norway-14973496 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/4cc5049ddd000b2c425441cc14f8c10d34a22a9a1e5299d1312a1040bfb5fb85.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T14:50:30 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fohio%2FHillary-Clinton-heads-to-Cleveland-for-Labor-Day-event-15003761.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Hillary Clinton heads to Cleveland for Labor Day event | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | CLEVELAND – Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine will bring their campaign to Cleveland on Labor Day.
Clinton's campaign confirmed in a statement released Tuesday night that the Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates will attend the 11th Congressional District picnic and parade in Luke Easter Park in Cleveland. The annual Labor Day event was started by the late Democratic Congressman Louis Stokes decades ago.
Campaign officials say additional details of the visit will be released later. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/ohio/Hillary-Clinton-heads-to-Cleveland-for-Labor-Day-event-15003761 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/6b6a74fecf66f485a4b7b3d52e3897b85654fdf9b018ec9a3c20aed1b7dab176.json |
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"Rebecca S. Green",
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] | 2016-08-26T12:55:52 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fpolice-fire%2FShooting-of-teen-declared-justified-14917346.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13243127/14915261.jpg | en | null | Shooting of teen declared justified | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Fort Wayne Police Officer Robert Hollo was justified in shooting a 17-year-old boy earlier this summer in an alley on the city’s south side, Allen County Prosecutor Karen Richards said Thursday.
And she believes the teenager and his friends might have confused the police officer’s unmarked cruiser with a vehicle they believed was connected to a drive-by shooting that struck the 17-year-old’s house the night before.
She will not be filing charges and ruled that Hollo acted reasonably, believing force was necessary to protect himself and others. Richards announced her findings in a news conference Thursday.
Initial reports that the youth was not armed were not accurate, Richards said.
During the two months since the June 21 shooting, investigators obtained video evidence, witness statements and the gun, all of which matched Hollo’s statements to police, Richards said.
That day, Hollo was in the area of Smith and McKee streets because of gang activity, including damage to a house by gunfire the night before. He parked his unmarked police car to conduct surveillance.
Around 1 p.m., a teenager walked around the corner to the vehicle, his hand showing that he was carrying something heavy. Hollo saw that, as did his in-car surveillance camera, Richards said.
Hollo got out of the car, identified himself and pursued the teen. What he likely didn’t see, but was captured by the camera, was another teen lurking in the weeds near the car, a hooded sweatshirt pulled up over his head in spite of the 80-degree temperatures, Richards said.
That teen was the one whose house was damaged the night before, and before the encounter with Hollo was over, the 17-year-old would have a gunshot wound to his lower back.
Hollo turned to that young man, who was pointing a gun at him, and ordered him to the ground. The young man did not comply, nor did he drop the weapon. Hollo fired as they ran, hitting him once, Richards said.
Though officers searched that afternoon for the weapon Hollo said the teen was carrying, they were unsuccessful. But a series of jail telephone calls in the days after the shooting revealed discussion about the presence of the gun in a weedy area in the alley, Richards said.
Police kept looking and found a gun on the opposite side of the alley. The weapon was a Springfield Armory XD .40-caliber. Later, text messages recovered from the teen’s cellphone indicated he was trying to sell his gun, an XD .40-caliber handgun, Richards said.
Characterizing the troubled relationship between the public and police around the country as unfortunate, Richards said she hoped the findings remove any perception that Hollo acted in any way other than in self-defense.
She does not want officers to hesitate to use force to protect the public and themselves when they feel it is necessary.
“We have to allow them to defend themselves,” Richards said.
In July, the family of the teen sued the police department and Hollo over the shooting, contending the teen was unarmed. The boy was identified in court papers only as J.D.
When reached for comment Thursday afternoon, the family’s attorney, Richard Waples, said the teen continues to assert that he does not have a gun.
“We will review the prosecutor’s evidence, but doubt whether it will show what is asserted,” Waples said in an email.
The actions of the 17-year-old and his friends are still under investigation, Richards said.
rgreen@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Shooting-of-teen-declared-justified-14917346 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/18bd6ea9af302b8d74652b4b8e07ca42f32bfa30033c3fcc433d644d981089f7.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T00:48:41 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Ffull-count%2FGame-131--TinCaps--58-72--vs--West-Michigan--66-59--14935082.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Game 131: TinCaps (58-72) vs. West Michigan (66-59) | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The TinCaps' season is down to its final 10 games. Surprisingly, their playoff hopes are not dead yet, but the focus from this point forward is going to be on how the premium players on the roster finish off their development this summer.
Anderson Espinoza, the San Diego Padres' top-ranked prospect, is one of those players, and he is coming off possibly the biggest struggle of his professional career. Lake County knocked him out after 1 2/3 innings having allowed four runs on six hits.
West Michigan, here at Parkview Field for a four-game set, has already clinched a spot in the Midwest League playoffs. The Whitecaps are pitching Beau Burrows, the Detroit Tigers' No. 2 prospect. This will be Burrows' fifth start since a stint on the disabled list because of a blister.
Here is the lineup for Fort Wayne.
Peter Van Gansen 2B
Chris Baker SS
Kodie Tidwell LF
Carlos Belen 3B
Tyler Selesky DH
Brad Zunica 1B
Marcus Greene Jr. C
Alan Garcia RF
Rod Boykin CF
Espinoza P
And here is manager Andrew Graham's lineup for the Captains.
Victor Padron LF
Will Maddox 1B
Arvicent Perez C
Will Allen DH
Joey Havrilak RF
Brett Pirtle 3B
Cam Gibson CF
David Gonzalez 2B
Leo Laffita SS
Burrows P
Special guest: Padres general manager A.J. Preller is in town to get a look at the TinCaps, the Padres' low-A affiliate. This is his first visit to Fort Wayne since being hired by San Diego in 2014. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/full-count/Game-131--TinCaps--58-72--vs--West-Michigan--66-59--14935082 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/c020171548dca794765795140752d27dce51ce8cc85dc3253df49750229b6e0f.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:49:54 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Finstant-recall%2FWhirlpool-recalls-microwaves-due-to-fire-hazard.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13248524/Whirlpool-microwave-hood-combination.jpg | en | null | Whirlpool recalls microwaves due to fire hazard | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Whirlpool recalls microwave hood combinations due to the internal arcing during use can ignite an internal plastic component, posing a fire hazard.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled microwaves, unplug the units and contact Whirlpool for a free replacement product.
Consumers can contact Whirlpool Corporation at 800-990-6254 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at http://repair.whirlpoolcorp.com. Consumers can also visit www.whirlpool.com and click on “Product Recall” for more information.
The recall involves Whirlpool brand microwave hood combinations. The microwave ovens were sold in stainless steel, black and white. Model numbers and serial numbers are located on the inside of the unit, above the oven cavity on the left hand side. The following model and serial numbers are included in the recall:
Model Numbers Serial Numbers WMH53520CS TR33500000 to TR34899999 WMH53520CW TR33500000 to TR34899999 WMH53520CB TR33500000 to TR34899999 WMH53520CE TR33500000 to TR34899999 WMH53520CH TR33500000 to TR34899999 WMH73521CS TR33500000 to TR34899999 WMH73521CW TR33500000 to TR34899999 WMH73521CB TR33500000 to TR34899999 WMH73521CE TR33500000 to TR34899999 WMH73521CH TR33500000 to TR34899999
A complete list of model and serial numbers included in this recall is posted on the firm’s website at http://repair.whirlpoolcorp.com.
Incidents/Injuries: Whirlpool has received five reports of incidents, including one home fire, two fires involving the surrounding cabinets, one report of smoke, and one report of a burning odor.
The microwaves sere sold at Best Buy, HH Gregg, Lowes, Sears and other home improvement, home appliance and retail stores and by homebuilders nationwide from January 2014 through April 2016 for between $370 and $470. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/instant-recall/Whirlpool-recalls-microwaves-due-to-fire-hazard | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/6fdde10dc44514fe93394df6ea1f95c90b9124fc776cd9515e7627d13f17adf0.json |
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"Brady Dennis",
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] | 2016-08-29T06:49:50 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2FFirst-offshore-wind-farm-lauded--scorned-14947836.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13248985/14964989.jpg | en | null | First offshore wind farm lauded, scorned | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. – The turbines stand like sentinels off the coast of this tiny island, each rising twice as high as the Statue of Liberty. Workers attached the final 240-foot-long blades just days ago, turning the nation’s first offshore wind farm into a reality.
When residents look out at the altered horizon from their gray-shingled houses, some see progress, the birth of a promising industry, a way to ditch the 1 million gallons of diesel fuel that Block Island burns each year for power.
Others see an expensive eyesore, a boondoggle that they contend will enrich private investors while burdening the state’s ratepayers and doing little to improve daily life here. One group went to federal court in an unsuccessful effort to stall the project.
The country’s inaugural foray into offshore wind power is modest compared with the sprawling developments that have existed in Europe for decades. The five-turbine, 30-megawatt project, which is set to start operating this fall, will feed into New England’s electrical grid via underwater cables and provide enough energy to power about 17,000 homes.
But here’s what makes it momentous: It exists.
Building offshore turbines to capture ocean winds has long appealed to U.S. proponents who see them as an untapped source of renewable energy. Yet efforts to jump-start the industry have faltered, none more publicly than the Cape Wind project off Martha’s Vineyard, which has been beset by permitting struggles, legal challenges and opponents with last names such as Koch and Kennedy.
In part because of its deliberately small size, only the Block Island wind farm has successfully navigated the legal, regulatory and political hurdles that have tripped up others. Deepwater Wind, the Providence-based company behind the facility, views it as a steppingstone to much bigger endeavors.
“Something had to be first,” said the company’s chief executive, Jeff Grybowski. “Some project had to be successful in order for the U.S. to be able to begin taking advantage of this huge resource.”
There’s reason to believe offshore wind farms could soon see a U.S. boom. The federal government has awarded nearly a dozen commercial offshore wind leases, including locations off the coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. This month, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, signed a law requiring utilities to buy a combined 1,600 megawatts of offshore wind power in coming years. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat,wants half the state’s power to come from renewable energy sources by 2030, a plan backed by the state’s Public Service Commission.
Deepwater Wind already is angling to build a proposed 15-turbine wind farm off the eastern coast of Long Island, the first phase of what it hopes will be more than 200 turbines to help supply parts of New York and Massachusetts.
Tens of thousands of wind turbines already dot Texas, Iowa and other states, accounting for about 5 percent of the nation’s energy generation. Building these structures on land is cheaper and simpler, but the ocean provides stronger, more reliable winds, and the larger turbines can, in theory, harness vast amounts of energy.
The wind farm three miles southeast of Block Island has not been universally embraced by the island’s roughly 1,000 year-round residents – a population that swells to 20,000 during the summer, when tourists pour off ferries and fill quaint saltwater-sprayed inns and bars.
“We certainly don’t appreciate the turbines ruining the view our family has had for nearly 100 years,” said Rosemarie Ives, whose husband has been coming to a cottage atop Mohegan Bluffs since he was a baby in the 1940s.
But Ives, the former mayor of Redmond, Washington, said the couple’s opposition goes beyond aesthetics. They and other detractors say they think officials approved the roughly $300 million project without adequately considering the long-term costs and other effects. They argue that it will do little to lower electricity bills on Block Island, where residents pay among the highest rates in the country.
For Norris Pike, a home builder and the island’s second warden, his vote in favor of the project came down in part to a commitment to combat climate change.
“It’s the right thing to do. Everybody has to do their part. I believe this is our part,” said Pike. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/First-offshore-wind-farm-lauded--scorned-14947836 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/5999dc1dcbd53942b03280b88cf96ea07c58b04767f94e6b9343ce5bc95b8a21.json |
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Kaila C. Cearbaugh was driving east on U.S. 30 near County Road 650 West sometime before 9:44 a.m. She overcorrected, crossed the westbound lane and was struck by the semi driven by a 50-year-old Paulding, Ohio, man. Cearbaugh was thrown from her vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
The semi driver was not hurt. The incident is under investigation. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Woman-killed-in-semi-crash | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/f78ac3519a44a84ee8e2701edbbdd552b69a15e976f981808b37cd952ac90e5e.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T02:48:50 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fmlb%2FUpton-and-Verlander-lead-Tigers-to-5th-straight-win-7d257452.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13245335/26a955f732634eab8be9f31edf112675.jpg | en | null | Upton and Verlander lead Tigers to 5th straight win | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | DETROIT – Justin Verlander pitched into the eighth inning and Justin Upton homered for the fourth time in five games as the Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on Friday night.
The Tigers have won five straight to move back into contention in both the AL Central and wild-card races.
Upton was hitting .226 when Tigers manager Brad Ausmus held him out of the starting lineup for three days last week. Since returning on Saturday, he's batting .417 with seven extra-base hits and 11 RBIs in six games.
Verlander (14-7) allowed two runs and four hits in 7 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out eight in his ninth straight quality start. Francisco Rodriguez got the last four outs for his 36th save.
Ricky Nolasco (4-12) held the Tigers scoreless for the first five innings, but ended up allowing four runs, nine hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/mlb/Upton-and-Verlander-lead-Tigers-to-5th-straight-win-7d257452 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/f8bf27db4b753a83bd62bb94d7058ce8098a11cefca82dda1f051bea7a8a2612.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T06:49:52 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fracing%2FLarson-wins-in-Michigan--1st-in-Sprint-Cup-14963090.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13249623/14963141.jpg | en | null | Larson wins in Michigan; 1st in Sprint Cup | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Top 5 Finishers 1. Larson Chevrolet 2. Elliott Chevrolet 3. Keselowski Ford 4. Blaney Ford 5. Harvick Chevrolet Points 1. Harvick 762 2. Keselowski 735 3. Ku. Busch 692 4. Edwards 689 5. Logano 684
BROOKLYN, Mich. – During the last couple laps of his first Sprint Cup victory, Kyle Larson was emotional.
“I think with two to go, I was starting to get choked up,” he said. “We worked really, really hard to get a win, and just haven’t done it. Finally all the hard work by everybody, hundreds of people at our race shop, people who have got me through to the Cup Series, it was all paying off.”
Larson took the lead on a restart with nine laps remaining and held off Chase Elliott at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday in a duel between two of NASCAR’s up-and-coming standouts. Elliott had a comfortable lead before a tire problem on Michael Annett’s car brought out the yellow flag. Larson had the better restart and went on to win by 1.48 seconds.
Brad Keselowski finished third.
Larson’s victory in his No. 42 Chevrolet snapped a 99-race losing streak for Chip Ganassi Racing dating to Jamie McMurray’s victory at Talladega in 2013.
Larson secured a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup with two races left in the regular season. Elliott remains winless, but is in solid shape to make the Chase field on points if need be.
It was the 99th career start for the 24-year-old Larson, who had 14 top-five finishes before Sunday but hadn’t won at the Cup level. The 20-year-old Elliott is winless in 29 starts, but this was an impressive showing for him after eight consecutive races outside the top 10.
Elliott finished second at Michigan in June as well, losing to Joey Logano.
“That’s a couple races in a row in just a few short months here at this place we had a really good car, had an opportunity,” Elliott said. “That’s one thing I try really hard to do is make the most of opportunities when they’re presented. Obviously I didn’t do a very good job of that here both trips.”
Elliott led by 2.86 seconds with 28 laps to go Sunday, and it looked as if Larson’s chance to catch him had been derailed when he lost ground passing a lapped car. The caution gave him another shot, though, and he took advantage.
“We both spun our tires really bad, and the No. 2 (Keselowski) pushed me really good,” Larson said. “He could have probably pulled underneath me and went by, but he stayed with me and got me the lead.”
There were only four cautions in the 200-lap, 400-mile race. Larson led a race-high 41 laps. Logano, the pole winner, finished 10th.
Chris Buescher, who has a victory but still needs to stay in the top 30 in points to make the Chase, finished 35th after some early engine trouble. Buescher is seven points ahead of David Ragan for 30th place on the season.
Alex Bowman, filling in for Dale Earnhardt Jr., had a problem with the ignition system and finished 30th.
Twelve drivers have wrapped up Chase berths. Tony Stewart, who has a victory, has clinched a top-30 finish in points to secure his spot.
Buescher’s situation is still uncertain, so there could end up being as many as four drivers making it in on points. Elliott is 11th in the standings, the top driver with no victories. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/racing/Larson-wins-in-Michigan--1st-in-Sprint-Cup-14963090 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/5ae5d62e89cacc6ef58a33a06376a7f567eaf9af11cdd6b38b220153a1499d71.json |
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Severe storms are not expected, the weather service said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Thunderstorms-possible-this-afternoon-14975587 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/5122fa00ed6cbfa7c8ffa2d9b4f63144f258a47f17d7e2ff6b9c9b859bb848f1.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T16:49:58 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FOvernight-lane-restrictions-set-for-bridge-painting-14971707.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Overnight lane restrictions set for bridge painting | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Bridge painting is scheduled to begin on two bridges in Allen County, creating overnight lane restrictions or closures, the Indiana Department of Transportation said today.
Contractors will begin painting the Stellhorn Road bridge over Interstate 469 at 9 p.m. tonight, weather permitting, the transportation department said in a statement.
Motorists on Interstate 469 near mile marker 24/Stellhorn Road should expect lane restrictions in each direction between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., the statement said. It said a speed limit of 60 mph will be strictly enforced.
Work on the Stellhorn Road bridge is expected to be completed by late September.
Later in the fall, INDOT contractors will paint the Indiana 14 bridge over Interstate 69, near mile marker 305/Illinois Road, the transportation department said.
Motorists traveling near mile marker 305/Illinois Road should expect one lane of Interstate 69 to be closed between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., the statement said. It said a speed limit of 55 mph will be strictly enforced.
Work on the Indiana 14 bridge will continue through late October, the statement said. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Overnight-lane-restrictions-set-for-bridge-painting-14971707 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/b5d5ca40f33195353a4832b2a6813c36310353c8c1c0d17e76725e55f49af64c.json |
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"Chris Goff",
"The Journal Gazette"
] | 2016-08-28T06:50:03 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Ftincaps%2FTinCaps-crush-with-GM-in-town-14953150.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247426/14951242.jpg | en | null | TinCaps crush with GM in town | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | TinCaps vs. West Michigan When: 3:05 p.m. today Where: Parkview Field Tickets: $12.50, $10, $8, $5 (lawn) TV: Comcast Channel 81 Radio: 1380 AM
Runs and hits galore. Good weather. Players on top of their game before a sizable crowd.
The TinCaps’ 15-4 blowout of West Michigan on Saturday night exemplified why the San Diego Padres want Fort Wayne to remain their low-A affiliate. A.J. Preller, in his first visit to Parkview Field since being hired as the Padres’ general manager in August 2014, made clear that San Diego wants to renew the 18-year partnership.
“From our standpoint, for me getting a chance to come here for a couple of days, that was important,” Preller said. “I had heard such great things. I see the atmosphere and meet the people and meet the staff.
“It continues to motivate us to try to get something done and continue the relationship.”
The player development contract between the TinCaps and Padres expires after this season, and Preller said there have been discussions on its renewal between San Diego farm director Sam Geaney and TinCaps president Mike Nutter.
“I think that’s what the next couple weeks will be about,” said Preller, who earlier this month did contract extensions with Triple-A El Paso and short-season Tri-City.
The TinCaps’ slumbering offense suddenly woke up Saturday and looked the part of a sleeping giant as Preller watched from the stands.
With a season-high 20 hits, a six-run fourth inning and a five-run fifth, Fort Wayne set a season high for runs before an announced crowd of 7,781.
The TinCaps (60-72, 24-38 second-half) retain faint hope of reaching the Midwest League playoffs with eight games left. They trail Great Lakes by seven and a half games in the Eastern Division wild-card race. Three other teams are in the way as well.
For a night, it looked easy.
All that offense was more than All-Star Jake Nix (3-7) needed. In six innings, he gave up just one run on three hits.
Evan Miller, who pitched for the Mastodons this spring as they reached the Summit League Championship Series, made his TinCaps debut with two shutout innings in relief of Nix. He got applause from a few IPFW folks in the stands, walked one and struck out two.
The TinCaps broke out of a 4-11 slump in which they had scored only 19 runs – total.
The stars were plentiful.
Chris Baker led the way by finishing 3 for 5 with a solo homer, an RBI triple, an RBI single and a walk. Austin Allen went 3 for 5 with a two-run single and an RBI double. Carlos Belen went 2 for 5 with an RBI single and a two-run double. And Jose Carlos Urena went 2 for 5 with a two-run homer and an RBI single.
“Everyone had fun hitting the fastball,” Baker said. “It’s awesome, just not for baseball but for a bigger thing. That I was able to play well on Stand Up To Cancer Night is almost like a shout-out to my dad (who is battling leukemia).”
Notes: TinCaps outfielder Rod Boykin (back) was sent to the DL and replaced by outfielder Taylor Kohlwey from high-A Lake Elsinore.
cgoff@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/tincaps/TinCaps-crush-with-GM-in-town-14953150 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/03800425a19c4e7b8cc08689b79e0a458c6b870d497442deb9af701a39e0c140.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:49:28 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fus%2F1-rescued--2-missing-after-plane-crash-in-New-Orleans-lake-14956259.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | 1 rescued, 2 missing after plane crash in New Orleans lake | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Eds: APNewsNow. Minor edit. Will be updated.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say a woman has been rescued and two men remain missing after a small plane crashed into a lake near a New Orleans airport.
New Orleans Police Department spokeswoman Dawne Massey says in a statement early Sunday that department officials responded at 8:53 p.m. Saturday to a report that a Cessna aircraft carrying three people had crashed into Lake Ponchatrain near New Orleans Lakefront Airport.
The airport is located about 10 miles northeast of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana.
Massey says one female passenger was picked up by a private yacht and transported to Ochsner Hospital. Her medical condition was not immediately known.
Massey says NOPD divers were preparing to deploy in an effort to locate the additional two male passengers and the wreckage.
No further details were immediately available. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/1-rescued--2-missing-after-plane-crash-in-New-Orleans-lake-14956259 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/a48062fb9ee31ae6e62a862a38cae511577a08c2f9fc53b52abf8ba215a3cd0b.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T14:49:07 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Fworld%2FN--Korea-threatens-to-fire-at-US--S--Korea-troops--lights2016-08-27T06-02-05.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13246659/1_w1200.jpg | en | null | N. Korea threatens to fire at US, S. Korea troops' lights | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea today threatened to aim fire at the lighting equipment used by "provocative" American and South Korean troops at a truce village inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas.
The North's Korean People's Army accused U.S. and South Korean soldiers of "deliberate provocations" by aiming their lights at North Korean guard posts at Panmunjom since Friday evening.
The KPA said in a statement that the soldiers' actions have seriously threatened the safety of North Korean troops and disrupted their normal monitoring activities. It said the activities have further raised the anger of North Korean soldiers at a time when the Korean Peninsula has reached the "brink of war" due to last Monday's start of annual joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea that Pyongyang says are an invasion rehearsal.
"Floodlight directed at the KPA side at random is taken as an intolerable means of provocation and it will be the target of merciless pinpoint shots," the KPA's chief security officers at Panmunjom said in the statement, carried by the North's state media.
"The true aim sought by the provocateurs through their recent act is to seriously get on the nerves of the KPA soldiers, lead them to take due countermeasures and label them as provocation," it said.
South Korea's Defense Ministry didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The statement by North Korea's military came hours after the United Nations Security Council issued a statement strongly condemning four North Korean ballistic missile launches in July and August.
On Tuesday, the American-led U.N. Command in South Korea accused North Korea of planting land mines near the truce village. Panmunjom, jointly overseen by North Korea and the U.N. Command, is where an armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War was signed and is now a popular tourist spot for visitors from both sides.
Under the Korean War armistice, the two sides are barred from carrying out any hostile acts within or across the 2.5-mile-wide DMZ. Still, they have accused each other of deploying machine guns and other heavy weapons and combat troops inside the zone.
More than a million mines are also believed to be buried inside the DMZ. In August 2015, land mine blasts that Seoul blamed on Pyongyang maimed two South Korean soldiers and caused tensions between the two Koreas to flare. | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/N--Korea-threatens-to-fire-at-US--S--Korea-troops--lights2016-08-27T06-02-05 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/4c760f9a1c1db2f59c086ab13f1f02d8672084d9fe7206e3d61bb30afd891597.json |
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"Column Greg Jones"
] | 2016-08-26T13:04:42 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fhigh-schools%2FLast-week-s-lesson--Running-game-rules-14903091.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13243158/14822476.jpg | en | null | Last week's lesson: Running game rules | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Tonight Bishop Dwenger at North Side Bishop Luers at Wayne Homestead at Concordia Snider at Carroll South Side at Northrop Columbia City at Whitko Garrett at DeKalb East Noble at Warsaw Eastbrook at Huntington North, 7:30 p.m. Leo at Angola Lakeland at New Haven Heritage at Norwell South Adams at Bellmont Bluffton at Manchester Eastside at Adams Central Fremont at Southern Wells, 7:30 p.m. Woodlan at Prairie Heights Central Noble at North Miami Churubusco at Lewis Cass, 7:30 p.m. West Noble at Wawasee, 7:30 p.m. – Games at 7 p.m., unless noted
If there is anything to be learned from the first week of the high school season, it’s that the running game is alive and well. The high-flying, pass-happy game fans see in college and in the NFL hasn’t completely trickled down to the prep ranks.
“Most high school coaches will tell you, at least from my perspective, that you have to run the football,” Leo coach Jared Sauder said. “Just because being able to control a game on the ground, clockwise as well, is so important. You oftentimes, year in and year out, don’t have the type of talent that you need to throw the ball consistently in high school.”
Sauder had a rookie under center in sophomore A.J. Restivo, and in an effort to ease his quarterback into the new role as a varsity starter, Sauder went to the ground – again and again – in a 53-21 season-opening win over South Bend Riley. Having two 100-yard rushers in Chris Farrell (161) and Trenton Bonner (125) certainly helps any quarterback, experienced or otherwise.
“We were just trying to get (Restivo) a feel for the speed of the game and how things go the first go-around for him,” Sauder said. “It was important that we tried to do that and tried to get him some confidence.”
Not that Leo has ever been mistaken as a pass-crazy team, but the Lions have had strong signal-callers, including Kray Klopfenstein a year ago before suffering an injury. The Lions will throw it when they need to, but last Friday it was as a needed alternative as Restivo got his feet wet. Restivo completed 7 of 9 passes for 75 yards, while the Lions rushed for 358 yards.
“To take a sophomore and for us to throw the ball 30-40 times is not going to happen,” Sauder said.
Leo wasn’t the only team to take the pressure off a new at quarterback by running the ball. Snider also produced two 100-yard rushers in Money Woods (137) and Christian Covington (128) in support of first-year starter Michael Haupert. The defending Class 5A state champions were able to play a little defense, which also helped the cause, in a 56-0 win over North Side.
And a third team, Carroll, is still trying to work out its starting quarterback situation between senior Ian Miller or junior Jack Miguel, and to assist with that process, the Chargers used Nic Novotny a lot for a 205-yard rushing performance in a 38-27 win over Bishop Luers.
The Knights, who were breaking in Arion Nieves at quarterback, had J’Lyn Charlton run for 218 yards. Nieves isn’t new to playing the position on varsity, having done it for three years at North Side before transferring this season. But Luers got more done offensively, like the other teams, powered by Charlton’s legs.
Whitko is using Garrett Elder, who played QB last year, at running back this season and against Cambridge City Lincoln (a 32-6 win), he ran for 175 yards.
Even Homestead, which is usually known for its aerial show, went to the ground last week in a 41-28 win over Northrop. And with senior quarterback Drew Keszei, an Ohio commit, out for the season with a serious ankle injury, the Spartans will utilize the legs of Jordan Pressley even more after he ran for 157 yards last week. Jiya Wright, who came in when Keszei suffered his injury, ran for 46 yards and a touchdown.
Wright is expected to be the Spartans’ starter.
Eventually, teams such as Leo will open up the offense as their respective quarterback’s learning curves adjust and they gain confidence.
Eventually it will be a must, especially in the postseason, for teams to establish the needed balance to keep defenses honest.
“You are going to face really good defenses that will take the run away from you,” Sauder said. “At some point, you have to balance it out and throw it a little bit.”
Greg Jones is the assistant sports editor for The Journal Gazette and has been covering sports in Fort Wayne since 1998. He can be reached by email at gjones@jg.net; phone, 461-8224; or fax, 461-8648. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-schools/Last-week-s-lesson--Running-game-rules-14903091 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/0c05ba82298f3f61ee552d5e3607c9b271eff110a5316297e44e2b0a3616e21f.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T06:48:57 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fhigh-schools%2FSnider-takes-charge-early--often-14938285.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13246011/14937268.jpg | en | null | Snider takes charge early, often | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | Seven days before, Carroll had taken down one of the SAC’s most decorated citizens, a program as familiar with the top step of the podium as any.
Knocking out a current occupant of that top step proved somewhat more problematical for the Chargers.
In front of a full-to-bursting house at Carroll, reigning 5A state champion Snider (2-0) stole the air from the place early Friday night, riding a dominant first half to a 41-7 victory over a young Chargers squad that opened the 2016 season with a win at Bishop Luers last week.
Quarterback Michael Haupert (72 yards) and running backs Money Woods (113) and Christian Covington (97) combined for 282 rushing yards and four touchdowns, Damarious Ridley took a punt back 62 yards for another score, and Snider’s defense shut down the Chargers (1-1), holding Carroll to just 10 yards on the ground a week after Nic Novotny ran for more than 200.
“The defense played very well,” Snider coach Kurt Tippmann said. “As well as Carroll ran the ball last week, it was a nice challenge to say, ‘Hey, this team ran the ball very well against a very good program like Bishop Luers. What better challenge can we have this week than to see how good we are against the run?’ ”
Pretty good, as it turned out. And right from the start.
The Panthers rolled to a 34-0 lead at the break, piling up 301 yards to Carroll’s 70. Snider scored on five of their six possessions and clambered out of two mammoth holes on two of them, both times courtesy of Haupert. The junior quarterback, who also threw for 74 yards, erased a third-and-22 with a 26-yard scramble for six on the first drive, and his 37-yard keeper on a second-and-37 kept the second drive going.
That one ended with Woods slicing in from the 3-yard line, one of his two scores.
“All I want to do is come out here and run our hardest,” Woods said. “And when there’s an open hole you want to hit them and make plays.”
On this night, they made plenty. | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/high-schools/Snider-takes-charge-early--often-14938285 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/b2a59abcfe2f9888cf8bcc96c33567cece6f2c8ec41fb551c33941d17eb0fcae.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T06:51:00 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcourts%2FAlleged-stalker-now-accused-of-murder-try-14991719.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13253591/14913029.jpg | en | null | Alleged stalker now accused of murder try | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The Allen County prosecutor’s office was already investigating 39-year-old Willie Amos for stalking a woman when he escalated the situation.
According to court documents now charging the convicted felon with attempted murder, Amos rammed his SUV into her Dodge Charger as he chased her down Fairfield Avenue last week.
When the two vehicles came to rest, hers into a tree and his through a fence, he scrambled out of his vehicle, pulled out a gun and shot her, police said.
Arrested nearby, Amos was initially charged with aggravated battery, battery, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and criminal recklessness.
On Tuesday, prosecutors significantly increased the charges, charging him with Level 1 felony attempted murder and a Level 4 charge of possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
They also sought to have his bond elevated because of the threat he poses to the woman, according to court documents.
Since May, the victim filed five police reports about Amos and his harassing behavior. Before the shooting, Amos told her that he would kill her if he ever got into trouble over her, according to court documents.
He also told police at the time of his arrest that he thought about killing himself and that one of the officers should have shot him, according to court documents.
Allen Superior Court Judge Fran Gull granted the request for the elevated bond, setting it at $150,000 total on the two charges.
Amos was out on bond on a felony charge of dealing marijuana at the time of the attack on the woman, according to court documents. That bond was revoked, so he remains in the Allen County Jail without bond in that case.
This is not the first time he’s been charged with attempted murder.
In 1995, Amos, then 18, was convicted of attempted murder, having shot another teen nine times in the back, neck and arm. Amos punched his attorney in the face after the jury rendered their verdict.
Allen Superior Court Judge John Surbeck sentenced Amos to 45 years in prison for the attempted murder, but with good behavior credits and other time cuts, Amos got out of the Indiana Department of Correction in 20 years and one month.
Amos successfully completed the Re-Entry Court program in September, and he was released from any probation.
He is not currently on parole, according to Department of Correction records.
rgreen@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/courts/Alleged-stalker-now-accused-of-murder-try-14991719 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/94e97ca2bf794233bb3989d3b75d13211b9dd384af7e48660f859f119a4d3c7f.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T06:50:17 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fpolice-fire%2FParamedics-begin-steps-to-become-firefighters-14971060.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13251328/14971942.jpg | en | null | Paramedics begin steps to become firefighters | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | The Fort Wayne Fire Department welcomed its newest class of recruits Monday, a group of 10 men and one woman who are intended to revolutionize the department.
Unlike other academy classes, every member of the latest class is already a paramedic.
Mayor Tom Henry, in welcoming the recruits, told them to know what they were getting into but also advised them they were already something special.
“You’re already one up on everyone else. You are already paramedics,” Henry told the candidates. “Not everyone made the cut” to be in the class. “You’re in a leadership position already.”
The class is the first step in a move to have every firefighter in the department be a certified paramedic.
Currently, fire crews respond to every emergency call, and they usually get to the scene first. But they are limited in what aid they can provide. They have to wait until an ambulance crew arrives.
The goal is to transform the fire department from being able to provide basic life support to advanced life support. That means firefighters will have unlimited options when providing aid at the scene of an emergency and not have to wait extra minutes for an ambulance to arrive.
The goal is to have some crews operating as advanced life support teams by the beginning of the year.
Fire Chief Eric Lahey said the recruits all look serious because “They found out this morning that we are serious people doing serious work. You are the future of our fire department. There are people who say we’re not smart enough.”
The 11 recruits, if they all pass the 13-week academy, will leave the fire department with 363 firefighters.
fgray@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/Paramedics-begin-steps-to-become-firefighters-14971060 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/0969e7ebdec12e2b055cd7f7d227cbbd9bca1923821ce6a2074d2af52a1a9b14.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T06:50:41 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fsports%2Fprofessional%2Fnfl%2FColts--backups-should-get-a-chance-to-show-their-stuff-14993804.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13253655/14993808.jpg | en | null | Colts' backups should get a chance to show their stuff | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | INDIANAPOLIS – Scott Tolzien and Stephen Morris see every play as an opportunity.
So when they trot out Thursday night at Cincinnati, the Indianapolis Colts’ backup quarterbacks know this game matters.
“You’re always trying to be sharp,” Tolzien said. “The way I look at it, it’s another opportunity to go play in a football game.”
On this team, those chances usually have been rare.
From 1998 through 2010, Peyton Manning started every meaningful game the Colts played. Then after drafting Andrew Luck with the top overall pick in 2012, Indy plugged the rookie into the starting lineup, and he started every meaningful game for the next three-plus seasons.
Fortunately for the Colts, when Luck went down last season, they had a capable backup in 40-year-old Matt Hasselbeck.
But when Hasselbeck announced his retirement during the offseason, it didn’t take the Colts long to sign Tolzien. He spent the previous three seasons backing up Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay, and they still had Morris, a developmental quarterback who finished last season on the Colts’ roster.
Now, with the preseason winding down, the Colts will likely follow their traditional tack by giving most of their starters an extra night off to get healthy for the regular-season opener Sept. 11 against Detroit.
With so many injuries already, who can blame them?
Besides, Tolzien and Morris cherish getting some extra work.
“It’s being consistent, making plays, getting the ball out quicker, being decisive with my feet,” Morris said, rattling off this week’s goals. “You have to make sure you’re in the books and preaching the right things.”
This time, though, the two quarterbacks could be vying for one open spot.
Tolzien is listed at No. 2 on Indy’s depth chart with Morris on the No. 3 line.
While coach Chuck Pagano has repeatedly brushed aside any discussion of a challenge to Tolzien, Morris has shown promise in his limited playing time and in a normal season might get one of the precious 53 roster spots.
It’s not so clear now.
With the possibility of 10 or more injured players taking spots on the 53-man active roster, Pagano acknowledged Monday that trimming the roster from 75 to 53 might be tricky. Things could get even more complicated when they fill out the 10-player practice squad because the Colts may need all 10 active for Week 1.
Morris said Tuesday he has no idea if the Colts plan to keep two or three quarterbacks, though they have usually had only two during the Manning and Luck eras.
Either way, Morris is eager to give it his best shot.
“It’s exciting,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity to put something good on film. Any time you’re on the field, you want to put good film on.”
Tolzien also can use the work.
A year ago, he threw only one pass – a 4-yard completion at Arizona in Week 16. The only other regular-season action for the six-year veteran came in 2013, when Rodgers was injured. He played in three games that season, started two and finished 55 of 90 for 717 yards with one touchdown and five interceptions.
He’ll probably make his second preseason start Thursday and he wants to make the most of it.
“It is crunch time, but we’re going to play to win,” he said. “You play your best when you’re prepared and you’re comfortable.”
Notes: Indianapolis got under the 75-player limit Tuesday by waiving linebacker Anthony Sarao and cornerback Darius White and putting safety Dezmen Southward on injured reserve. … The Colts then re-signed safety Alden Darby, who the team had released Sunday. …
Left tackle Anthony Castonzo did not practice Tuesday because of a strained triceps. Pagano said he expected Castonzo to return to practice today. … Tight end Dwayne Allen also sat out for the second straight day with a sore hip. … Don’t expect cornerback Antonio Cromartie to play against the Bengals. “He’s in shape,” Pagano said. “But there’s a difference between L.A. Fitness shape and football shape, right? | http://www.journalgazette.net/sports/professional/nfl/Colts--backups-should-get-a-chance-to-show-their-stuff-14993804 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/1dcf71da99bc267342052fe934caad6ed27113a7fa5bd1b9012d9f1e86f558b3.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T00:49:15 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fblog%2Ffull-count%2FGame-132--TinCaps--59-72--vs--West-Michigan--66-60--14949003.json | http://www.journalgazette.net/images/favicon.ico | en | null | Game 132: TinCaps (59-72) vs. West Michigan (66-60) | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | It's another good pitching matchup, Jake Nix against Spenser Watkins, as the TinCaps look to follow up Friday night's win over West Michigan with another in the second game of the four-game series.
It is Stand Up To Cancer Night. The special game-worn jerseys will be auctioned online at TinCapsJersey.com with all proceeds going to Stand Up To Cancer, a national organization that funds cancer research. In addition, Fifth Third Bank is donating $530 to the organiztion for every strikeout that Nix and other Fort Wayne pitchers record.
Here is the lineup for Fort Wayne.
Kodie Tidwell LF
Chris Baker SS
Austin Allen C
Carlos Belen 3B
Marcus Greene Jr. DH
Brad Zunica 1B
Jose Carlos Urena RF
Alan Garcia CF
Peter Van Gansen 2B
Nix P
And here is manager Andrew Graham's lineup for the Whitecaps.
Jose Zambrano 3B
Will Maddox 1B
Arvicent Perez C
Will Allen DH
Joey Havrilak RF
Jose Azocar CF
Cam Gibson LF
David Gonzalez SS
Brett Pirtle 2B
Watkins P
Roster move: TinCaps center fielder Rod Boykin has been placed on the disabled list because of a back issue, which might explain why Boykin was in an uncharacteristic 8-for-66 slump. Taylor Kohlwey, an outfielder at high-A Lake Elsinore, was sent to low-A Fort Wayne to fill Boykin's roster spot. | http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/full-count/Game-132--TinCaps--59-72--vs--West-Michigan--66-60--14949003 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/c5e1578ec679222830939254864cb09cdb96fc9f1b84882a62c14860086c135c.json |
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Dedication and ceremony are 2 p.m. Sept. 11, and tours and reception are 3 to 5 p.m. at 1000 Fountain Grove Drive (grades 6-12 building). | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/schools/Bryan-to-celebrate-new-school-14928662 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/4d11b4d52079b9df9f3ce01f0eb29c5472ebe386aca2fa45a4b26763a3eb954f.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T06:49:52 | null | null | The Journal Gazette, as Fort Wayne and northeast Indianas largest newsgathering operation, is your best source of local news, sports, business, dining and entertainment information as well as comprehensive auto, home, jobs and classified ads. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalgazette.net%2Fnews%2Flocal%2FFestival-for-every-taste-14945181.json | http://journalgazette.net/assets/13247363/14947416.jpg | en | null | Festival for every taste | null | null | www.journalgazette.net | It’s impossible to say how many people attend Taste of the Arts for the arts … and how many are there for the tastes.
But many seemed to be enjoying a bit of both on a muggy Saturday afternoon.
Music filled the air and mimes performed on East Main Street while people walked about with ribs, nachos, beer and cheesecake. A psychic read tarot cards in exchange for donations.
For Bridget Jones, the annual festival presented an opportunity.
The former owner of B.J.’s Seafood Heaven, which closed in 2004, wants to get back into the kitchen. Her goal is to buy a food truck – or even just a trailer – to peddle her fried fish, hoppin’ john, fried green tomatoes and peach cobbler.
But, first, she wanted to get some customer feedback. So she set up a booth at Taste of the Arts, which drew thousands of people downtown Friday and Saturday.
“She’s trying to get an idea how people are taking to the chicken and waffles and other things she’s offering,” said Carol Banks, Jones’ sister. Banks brought her mother and her daughter along to the outdoor event.
So far, so good, Jones said Saturday afternoon while taking a quick break from Savannah Soul’s debut outing. Each of the menu items was about equally in demand, she said.
Travis Kreager was focused on the festival’s food, too.
The local man was walking around while digging into a Korean noodle bowl. Earlier, he listened to his friend’s band, Exterminate All Rational Thought, perform. Later, he was hanging out with another friend, Joel Forman. They were in the same youth group back in high school.
Forman, who lives in Marion, was in town with his wife, Carolina Forman, an artisan, who was selling mugs, bowls and other items at the Sticky Stone Pottery tent. They planned to hit up the food booths when she got a break.
Booths featuring arts-related activities for kids were set up in Freimann Square. Fort Wayne Youtheatre, Fort Wayne Ballet, Fort Wayne Philharmonic and many others offered schedules and literature to passersby.
Ella Nix, 11, and Isabel Follrod, 12, stood behind a table for the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir.
The young members are enthusiastic ambassadors for the group, which practices various styles of music twice a week for 90 minutes.
“You get to sing at The Nutcracker and the holiday pops” and other special events, Ella said. “We sing songs in different languages.”
Isabel likes that she’s made new friends in the group and learned how to read music.
Among the trinkets they were handing out were small pinwheels, which they use to practice breath control, a skill that allows them to hold notes longer.
“The trick,” Ella said, “is to go low and slow.”
Becky Walter, director of the Whitley County Children’s Choir, looked on with pride.
“We teach them to be independent learners,” Walter said. “These kids, when they come out of choir, are magnificent musicians.”
sslater@jg.net | http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/Festival-for-every-taste-14945181 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.journalgazette.net/2cec69087ea99b2572bbfb529382dbdf9face0131f650b754e8df303ab1c5590.json |
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