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Franklin Electric: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 29, 2024 08:26 AM EDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Franklin Electric Co. (FELE) on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $54.6 million. The Fort Wayne, Indiana-based company said it had net income of $1.17 per share. The results fell short of Wall Street...

Man who pleaded guilty in Indiana mall shooting that wounded 1 gets home detention

Oct. 24, 2024 17:05 PM EDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty in a shooting that wounded one person inside a northeastern Indiana shopping mall last year has been sentenced to one year of home detention. An Allen County magistrate sentenced Quentin A. Lewis, 28, on Wednesday to three years with...

Indiana State Police is investigating a jail inmate's death

Oct. 21, 2024 18:28 PM EDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — State investigators are trying to determine how an inmate died in an Indiana jail on Monday morning. The Indiana State Police said in a news release that 25-year-old Jose Velazquez Trejo of Fort Wayne was found unresponsive in an Allen County Jail cell just...

Steel Dynamics: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 16, 2024 16:43 PM EDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $317.8 million. On a per-share basis, the Fort Wayne, Indiana-based company said it had net income of $2.05. The results beat Wall Street...

Accused drug dealer arrested in killings of 2 confidential police informants, police in Indiana say

Sep. 24, 2024 17:41 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An accused drug dealer has been arrested in the killings of two confidential police informants whose bodies were stashed in trash bags and dumped in a northeastern Indiana river. The 29-year-old man was expected to be formally charged Wednesday with murder,...

Man pleads guilty in Indiana mall shooting that wounded one person last year

Sep. 13, 2024 14:31 PM EDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A man charged in a shooting that wounded one person inside a northeastern Indiana shopping mall has pleaded guilty to criminal recklessness in last year's shooting. Quentin A. Lewis, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge Wednesday, one day before he was scheduled...