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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A suspect in an attempted home invasion was killed Monday after being shot by the homeowner, according to Fort Wayne police. Police were called just before midnight Monday to a shooting on Melita Street, near downtown Fort Wayne. FWPD spokesman Officer Michael Joyner said a preliminary investigation revealed a burglar attempted to enter the home and was shot by the homeowner in self-defense. Joyner said information was not immediately available if the intruder made it into the house.

FORT WAYNE – They brought revolvers, .22-caliber and .38-caliber. They brought semiautomatics. They brought 12-gauge, 16-gauge and 20-gauge shotguns, some with barrels and stocks chopped off. ---------------------cut-------------------------- It was mostly elderly and middle-aged people who brought guns to the collection site in the parking lot of the Fort Wayne Urban League, near Hanna Street and East Creighton Avenue. The police, along with the NAACP, the Urban League and the Guardians of Police, a watchdog group of officers and residents, sponsored the event.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) – Confidentiality is the idea behind Gun Amnesty Day, an event coming up next weekend where FWPD will collect guns. The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) is teaming up with the Fort Wayne Urban League, NAACP Fort Wayne Chapter, and Men of Action for Gun Amnesty Day. Next Saturday (April 20), you can head to 2135 S. Hanna Street, at the Urban League parking lot, and turn in any ammunition and or guns, no questions asked. There will also be a tip box on site for people to anonymously leave crime tips. Police say the goal...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -- Police in Fort Wayne say a man told them he shot and killed a man who he said kicked in the door to his apartment.

It's no April fool joke...starting April first, you'll be able to hear newstalk 1190 WOWO on the FM dial. WOWO programming will be simulcast on 92.3 FM. Programs like Fort Wayne's morning news, The Pat Miller Program and Rush Limbaugh will all be available to you on the FM dial. WOWO will continue to be available at 1190AM. FEDERATED MEDIA today announced a new milestone in the history of Heritage News Talk Radio Station 1190AM WOWO in Fort Wayne, IN. Beginning in April 2012, Fort Wayne’s most listened to radio station will become available on FM at 92.3. This will...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A trusted family friend who confessed to police that he bludgeoned to death a 9-year-old Indiana girl in his care then dismembered her just days before Christmas was formally charged Friday in the killing. Michael Plumadore, 39, was charged in Fort Wayne with murder, abuse of a corpse and removing a dead body from the scene in the Dec. 22 death of Aliahna Maroney-Lemmon. Allen County prosecutor's office chief investigator Danielle Edenfield said the charges will be read to Plumadore in jail, where he was being held without bond. An initial court hearing on the formal...

ROMULUS, Mich. – A portion of a terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was evacuated Monday after a man walked through a passenger screening checkpoint and refused to obey security officers, officials said. The passenger failed to stop about 7:45 a.m. at the McNamara Terminal, the Transportation Security Administration said. The man was arrested by airport police and was being questioned, airport spokesman Mike Conway said. "The Transportation Security Administration asked him to stop and he didn't comply," Conway said. TSA workers activated an alarm and called police. Security doors were lowered at the portion of the terminal between the security...

By sunrise Thursday, more than 500 people had lined up here in a wet Indiana supermarket parking lot in hopes of sharing a brief moment with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Despite the fact that most in line had to stand outside Meijer’s, a big box grocer and retailer with 31 checkout lanes, Palin’s fans waited patiently and politely, flipping through the pages of her new memoir “Going Rogue” as they chanted “Sarah, Sarah” and took turns getting coffee and donuts. Like the conservative icon that some had driven a considerable distance to meet, the otherwise buoyant crowd harbored hard...

FORT WAYNE, IN (Indiana's NewsCenter) --- A Meijer's Department Store in Northeast Fort Wayne is preparing for what could be an onslaught of customers looking for a chance to meet a big star in the world of politics. Sarah Palin didn't get elected Vice-President, but she figures to be a huge hit at an event here in town on Thursday. Palin will only be in the city a short time to sign copies of her new book, but the possibility of getting to meet her up close and personal is expected to draw supporters like a magnet. The Meijer at...

Bishop John D'Arcy has announced his retirement over the weekend. Bishop D'Arcy holds the priestly duties of the Fort Wayne/South Bend Diocese. At the Cathedral Of Immaculate Conception, parishioners will see the changing of the guard. The Bishop is retiring because of mandatory retirement age rules. He has served the diocese for 24 years as Bishop. John D'Arcy was born......

Note: The following text is a quote: Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment on Internet Bomb Threats Hammond, IN—The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana announced that a three-count indictment was returned against Ashton Lundeby for his role in Internet bomb and related threats directed to Purdue University, Indiana University/Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Ind., and numerous other educational institutions throughout the country. Lundeby, 16, of Oxford, N.C., was arrested by the FBI at his home in Oxford on March 6, 2009. A federal search warrant was also executed at that time. Lundeby was arrested pursuant to a...

After a suspected robber shot his co-worker on Wednesday, a Belmont Beverage liquor store clerk didn’t wait to see if he’d be next. The clerk fatally shot the suspected robber – whom Fort Wayne Police have identified as Donald N. Jones – in self-defense, according to Gary Gardner, Belmont operations manager. Gardner said Thursday that store surveillance video shows Jones enter the store, walk around the counter and shoot a clerk in the leg before robbing two cash registers. “That’s what was so stunning to us,” said Gardner. “(Usually) all they want is the money and they leave, but not...

Officials are considering a proposal to explore for natural gas beneath land at Fort Wayne [Indiana] International Airport. Fort Wayne-based geologist Chuck Knox approached officials with the Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority several months ago about searching for natural gas and possibly oil, Executive Director Tory Richardson said Friday.

pla•gia•rism -[pley-juh-riz-uh m, -jee-uh-riz-] –noun - the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work. Three years ago, I received an email for articles for a risk management trade magazine, a profession to which I am proud to belong. I deleted it. It got me thinking, though – why not send in an article and see what would happen. So I wrote a humorous little piece on how invisible risk managers seem to be in the business world and how no one (not even my...

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Feb. 24, 2005 -- Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Bowe and his wife, Sgt. Brandy Bowe, spent their "honeymoon" on a Caribbean island. There was plenty of sun and stunning views of crystal-clear, blue-tinted waters. But this couple didn't visit Jamaica or the Bahamas. In fact, the only home the two Army Reservists have shared so far in their short marriage has been in Cuba – at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Kevin, who is responsible for the tools in his unit's motor pool, and Brandy, a military police officer, were married in December 2003, while she...

I just learned that Celsius 41.11 is showing at the Rave Motion Pictures theatres at Jefferson Pointe in Fort Wayne, IN. Tonight's showings are at 6:50pm and 9:00pm Contact Information: 4250 W. Jefferson Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46804 (260) 432-1732

Federal agents say they are investigating how a man succeeded in stowing away in a cargo plane on a flight from New York to Dallas by shipping himself in a wooden crate. After hours of traveling, Charles McKinley, 25, of New York City, pried open the crate with a crowbar Saturday morning, authorities said. He popped up outside his parents' doorstep in suburban DeSoto, shook the hand of a shocked deliveryman and walked away, The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday. The deliveryman called DeSoto police, who arrested him on outstanding Texas warrants. McKinley has not been charged with a crime,...

Haven't seen it posted, but I was there, so I'll do it. Glenn Beck's Rally For America was held in Auburn today, and the giant hall was overflowing with proud Americans. Sandy Patti sang chilling renditions of the National Anthem and other patriotic songs, while Beck closed with a great tear-inducing speech. G.B. needed 15,000 more to show up at this weekend's 3 rallies to hit a total of 100,000 in the last few weeks. He announced 17,000 were present. Local radio station WOWO estimated 20,000! CNN (which Glenn said on stage "blows") estimated 9,000 on Headline news a few...

OK, I was a good newbieFReeper and did a search - I did not see this mentioned... Rally for America: Saturday, March 22, 11:00 a.m. (EST) at the Kruse Auction Park located approx. 20 miles north of Fort Wayne on Interstate 69. Speaker Glenn Beck. I've heard many attendance guesses above 5,000 - should be a great rally! It's been extensively advertised locally. Turns out my boss' husband works for one of the companies that is sponsoring the rally (in fact, he's having breakfast with Glenn Beck :) so we'll be heading up there early, to help set-up. ;-))