Fort Wayne Notes: National recognition keeps rolling in and other top stories.

• Fort Wayne Notes: National recognition keeps rolling in

  

  Fort Wayne Notes: National recognition keeps rolling in Fort Wayne men's basketball coach Jon Coffman speaks to his team during a timeout in a recent win over Miami (Ohio) at Memorial Coliseum. (By Tom Davis of The News-Sentinel) More Information For more on college basketball, follow Tom Davis on Twitter at Tom101010 and on Facebook at Thomas Davis. Mastodons seek another Top 25 victory at Notre Dame By Tom Davis Tdavis@news-sentinel.com ..

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• No. 23 Notre Dame prepares to face dangerous Fort Wayne (Dec 5 ...

  

  SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame coach Mike Brey knew Sunday what was coming in less than 24 hours when his team likely would be nationally ranked for the first time. Brey knows what's coming at the end of the week, when now-No. 23 Notre Dame (8-0) faces the newest top-ranked team in defending national champion Villanova (8-0). All Brey was worried about after a 54-point victory over North Carolina A&T -- the most lopsided in Purcell Pavilion history -- was the challenge that awaits Tuesday..

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• Fort Wayne fatal house fire investigated

  

  Fort Wayne fatal house fire investigated Person found dead in 6900 block of Penrose. News-Sentinel staff reports Monday, December 05, 2016 6:25 PM Fort Wayne firefighters found a person dead in the crawl space of a Penrose Drive home while they battled to put out a blaze there as the floor collapsed Monday afternoon. Investigators had not released the gender or identity of the victim and are still looking into a cause of death and how the fire started Fort Wayne Fire Department u..

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• Fort Wayne's Randy Moss earns Hall of Fame nod

  

  Fort Wayne's Randy Moss earns Hall of Fame nod Randy Moss of Fort Wayne poses before a Roy Hobbs World Series game in October in Fort Myers, Fla. (Courtesy photo) The brick commemorating Randy Moss' induction into the Semipro Baseball Hall of Fame in Evansville. (Courtesy photo) More Information For more on local sports, follow Reggie Hayes on Twitter at reggiehayes1 Stars Baseball Academy co-owner inducted for semi-pro career. By Reggie Hayes, rh..

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• Holiday Pops this weekend in Fort Wayne

  

  FORT WAYNE — The Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Chorus usher in the Yuletide season with Holiday Pops at the Embassy Theatre on Friday, Saturday and Dec. 17. The program features a cast including Broadway veteran Anne Runolfsson, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music graduate Nathaniel Irvin, The Fort Wayne Children’s Choir and The Philharmonic Chorus. Theatrical direction of the program is by Greg Stieber. Chia-Hsuan Lin is returning to conduct the production. “I will be home f..

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• Fort Wayne Police investigating four weekend armed robberies

  

  Fort Wayne Police investigating four weekend armed robberies Two of the robberies reportedly took place a gas stations. News-Sentinel staff report Monday, December 05, 2016 9:31 PM Fort Wayne Police Department officers are investigating four armed robberies reported this weekend. Police didn't say whether there is any connection between the robberies. Police provided these details: * About 11:30 a.m. Saturday, a man reported he arrived at Richfield Apartments in the 4700 block o..

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• Man charged in attack at Fort Wayne Rescue Mission

  Man charged in attack at Fort Wayne Rescue Mission News-Sentinel staff report Tuesday, December 06, 2016 12:01 AM Peter M. Barbaruolo, 60, who listed his address as homeless, was charged Monday in Allen Superior Court with strangulation and battery for allegedly attacking a Fort Wayne Rescue Mission staff member Nov. 29 after he was asked to leave the mission, 301 W. Superior St. Earlier that day, Barbaruolo reportedly had been refused housing for the night and was asked to leav..

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• Journey coming to Fort Wayne

  

  FORT WAYNE — Soft rock icons of the 1980s and ’90s, Journey, will headline a concert on Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster.com at the Memorial Coliseum Ticket Office or 800-745-3000. VIP packages are available. Details are at www.journeymusic.com. The British band Asia will be the opening act. Asia is John Wetton, lead vocal and bass; Carl Palmer, drums; Geoff Downes, keyboards; and Sam Coulson, guitar...

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• Semi driver arrested after slow-speed chase

  

  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A trucker who led police on a multi-county chase Monday evening along Interstate 69 has been arrested on seven charges, including two felonies. Jakub Huremovic Jakub Huremovic, 51, of St. Louis, Missouri, faces charges of felony resisting law enforcement and possession of a legend drug, along with misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance and reckless driving, two federal motor carrier safety regulation infractions and one unsafe lane movement infr..

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• FWFD investigate fire, neighbors identify victim

  

  Related Coverage FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)-An investigation is underway after a body was found badly burned inside a basement crawlspace. Firefighters made the discovery after putting out a house fire on the city’s northeast side Monday afternoon. Authorities have not confirmed the identity of the person found dead, but several neighbors told Newschannel 15 the body is that of Joe Thomas. The Fort Wayne Fire Department was called to 6902 Penrose Drive at about 2:45 p.m. on report of the fire i..

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