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David In Indy:
From WRTV Channel 6:
Carnival Worker Critically Injured In Fight
DOTHAN, Ala. -- A 60-year-old Indiana man critically injured in a fight with a carnival co-worker remained on life support at an Alabama hospital after a fight.
Dothan Police Cpl. Frank Meredith said Mike Cowherd of Indianapolis, a concessions worker at the National Peanut Festival, received a severe head injury Thursday and is not expected to recover. He was being treated at Flowers Hospital in Dothan.
Police plan to question Sane Michael Westover, 29, of Indiana, who was identified as the co-worker involved in the fight.
Authorities told The Dothan Eagle that Westover left the state, but they expected him to return to Dothan and face police questioning about the fight.
Cowherd and Westover both worked on the midway at the festival and are employed by West Concessions.
David In Indy:
From the WISH Channel 8 website:
Fishers Construction Sites Popular Targets For Copper Thieves
Fishers, Ind. - Fishers police say they arrested two men early yesterday morning for cutting open walls and stealing the copper tubing inside. Police say the thieves were targeting new homes under construction.
Over the past few years, copper thefts have increased because the demand for scrap copper has also gone up. Police say the thieves usually take the stolen copper to scrap yards and sell it for cash.
Fishers police say Michael and Aaron Bertram ripped about $1,000 worth of copper tubing out of the walls of four homes. The Bertram brothers caused thousands more in damage. "They were knocking out walls, pulling out dry wall, pulling out pipe from the wall and cutting up the pieces and using it as scrap," said Sgt. Gerry Hepp of the Fishers Police Dept.
Fishers police say, with all the new construction, they see at least one copper theft a month. State lawmakers passed a law in July to help address the problem. The law requires scrap yards to ask for customer ID.
One westside scrap yard says since the law passed, it's turned away customers for refusing to show identification.
Police say it's still too early to know if the law is working. But when asked who was keeping track of the records kept by the scrap yards, Police said they don't know.
"We're only about 4-5 months into it. It's just going to take time," said IMPD Lt. Jeff Duhamel.
Right now, police do not have a timeline as to when they'll actually start checking the customer records at Indiana scrap yards.
Even though the law was designed to decrease scrap metal thefts, Police say they don't expect to see a decrease in copper thefts until the price of scrap copper goes down.
David In Indy:
From the WISH Channel 8 website:
CBS Takes Responsibility For Audio Incident During Colts -Pats Game
INDIANAPOLIS - The Patriots are calling foul against the Colts one day after defeating the blue and white at the RCA Dome. But CBS, the network that broadcast the game, is taking responsibility for the audio incident in question.
The Patriots claimed the Colts were blasting artificial crowd noise through the dome speakers during the game, which is against NFL rules. New England says during Sunday's game you could hear a skip that proves the crowd noise wasn't real.
The play in question occurs when New England has the ball for the first play of the 4th quarter. But if you watch the play from the 24-Hour News 8 cameras rolling at the same time the problem isn't there. And if you listened on the Colts radio broadcast it wasn't there either.
The Colts would not talk about the allegations on camera.
Instead they issued this statement: "CBS has informed us that the unusual audio moment heard by fans during the Patriots-Colts game was the result of tape feedback in the CBS production truck and was isolated to the CBS broadcast. It was in no way related to any sound within the stadium and could not be heard in the stadium."
The Colts go on to say, "We trust this will put an end to the ridiculous and unfounded accusations that the Colts artificially enhanced crowd noise at the RCA Dome in any way."
David In Indy:
From WISH TV 8:
NCAA Headquarters and Museum Remain Closed
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA is keeping its headquarters and Hall of Champions closed for another day as it continues to clean up from a fire in the museum.
NCAA spokesman Erik Christianson says the organization hopes to reopen the headquarters on Friday. However, the museum will remain closed indefinitely for repairs.
The fire started in a second-floor area containing some interactive exhibits and was contained by a sprinkler system. Water drenched some exhibits.
The museum shares a ventilation system with the headquarters and some smoke got into the system. Christianson says the smoke didn't reach the headquarters building, but another day is needed to clean the system.
An electrical problem is believed to have caused the fire.
David In Indy:
From WISH TV 8:
World's Third Oldest Person Dies In Muncie
MUNCIE, Ind. - A Muncie woman who was considered the world's third oldest person has died at the age of 113.
Bertha Fry died on Wednesday at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. The cause of death was listed as pneumonia.
Fry was born on December 1st, 1893, in Switzerland County in southeast Indiana. She attended Hanover College and was a school teacher. She had been living in a Muncie retirement community since 1979.
Her daughter, Barbara Money, says Fry's mind remained sharp until the end.
In April, Fry traveled to Shelbyville to visit with Edna Parker, who at 114 is now listed by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person.
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