Garry Hamilton out as Fort Wayne police chief and other top stories.

• Garry Hamilton out as Fort Wayne police chief

  Fort Wayne Police Chief Garry Hamilton discusses his reassignment within the department to deputy chief of the new community relations division at a press conference Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Related Coverage FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Garry Hamilton will step down as chief of the Fort Wayne Police Department, a demotion Mayor Tom Henry said Hamilton requested but one that sources told NewsChannel 15 was a result of his “lack of leadership.” Henry confirmed at a press conference Frida..

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• Jackrabbit men fall at Fort Wayne

  

  Argus Leader staff 8:33 p.m. CST February 18, 2016SDSU Basketball(Photo: @ArgusSports)South Dakota State battled Fort Wayne for first place in The Summit League Standings on Thursday, where offensive rebounds and second chance points made the difference for the homestanding Mastodons in a 91-79 win over the Jackrabbits.IPFW, which improves to 21-7 overall and to 10-3 in league play, turned 13 offensive rebounds into 19 points, while SDSU, which falls to 20-7 overall and to 9-4 in th..

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• Traffic restrictions include Cityscape Flats work in Fort Wayne

  

  Traffic restrictions include Cityscape Flats work in Fort Wayne Courtesy illustrationThis architectural drawing shows a portion of the Cityscape Flats residential development planned for downtown on the west side of Ewing Street south of Jefferson Boulevard. By Lisa M. Esquivel Long lesquivel@news-sentinel.com Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:41 PM Traffic restrictions beginning next week include a months-long closure of southbound Ewing Street for constructio..

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• Will Myanmar's Past Dictate Its Future?

  

  February 19, 2016 Updated Feb 19, 2016 at 10:07 AM EST Mawlamyine, Myanmar (21Alive)-There are many images of Myanmar we’ll never forget. And this is one of them, the day the Friendship Agreement was signed in the city of Mawlamyine. That is Minn Myint Nan Tin. She runs Fort Wayne’s Burmese Advocacy Center on Lake Avenue, helping settle refugees in Fort Wayne. But 30 years ago she was a soldier in a guerilla army in the Burmese jungle, fighting the ruling military dictatorship. On their first d..

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• New Arena Comparison: A Special Report

  

  February 18, 2016 Updated Feb 18, 2016 at 5:15 PM EST FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21ALIVE) --- We wait for word from Mayor Tom Henry if a downtown arena is in Fort Wayne’s future. Seven years ago, the city of Evansville bankrolled such a venue in the core of that community. In Evansville, the mayor, some city council members and other business folks told us they hit a home run with their facility that opened in 2011. But there have been some bumps in the road, and had they followed the plan we are consid..

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• Sound Off - Feb. 18

  

  Sound Off - Feb. 18 By Donovan Klein - 21Alive February 18, 2016 Updated Feb 18, 2016 at 8:18 PM EST FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21Alive) -- The Feb. 18 edition of Parkview Sports Medicine Sound Off comes live from the SportONE/Parkview Fieldhouse with Parkview Sports Medicine's Tommy Shoegler and 21Alive's Kent Hormann. Peyton Manning was in the spotlight again this week, but this time it was for old skeletons in his closet rather than football ..

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• The Beaver to leave it to local college graduates

  

  This year’s graduating class of students at Indiana Tech University will be sent off with words of wisdom from Jerry Mathers, TV’s Beaver from “Leave it to Beaver.” The actor will serve as the commencement speaker for the institution’s graduation ceremony at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Indiana Tech said in a statement. Mathers gained fame as a child star on “Leave it to Beaver,” playing the title character Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver from the late 1950s into the 1960s. He still acts..

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• Daniels leaves Komets, two players return

  

  Daniels leaves Komets, two players return By WISE Web Sports Fort Wayne Komets February 18, 2016 Updated Feb 18, 2016 at 6:04 PM EST (Fort Wayne, Indiana) -- All - Star defenseman Drew Daniels has left the Fort Wayne Komets and returned to his home out east. Details about the reason he left the hockey club are sketchy, but his return is unlikely. Defenseman Cody Corbett and Goaltender Spencer Martin were sent back to the Komets..

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• Developing a community alternative to the 'debt trap'

  When the struggle to make ends meet has a family living so close to the edge that it is willing to pay a high interest rate to borrow less than $606 for two weeks, a lender is faced with a greater than average risk. To cover the higher risk, the state allows finance charges of up to 15 percent on these loans. But, a regional poverty-fighting nonprofit group believes it can cover the risk for much less. Brightpoint, based in Fort Wayne, is extending a program to northeast Indiana workers that ..

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• Ruth's Chris just one to change restaurant scene

  

  Ruth’s Chris Steak House will anchor the Skyline Tower portion of the Ash Brokerage Skyline development in downtown Fort Wayne. The posh steakhouse will be the restaurant’s fourth location in Indiana when it opens in the fall of 2017, commercial real estate firm Bradley Co. announced in a press release Feb. 12. There are two in the Indianapolis area and one in South Bend. Great Lakes Capital, based in South Bend, is developing the multiuse tower, which will have retail space on the first floo..

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