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THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS II COR. 3:17 STATEEDITION RETAIL $1.50 WEATHER LOW: 72 HIGH: 88 hance of storms. Details, 18A METRO, 3A Defending Kanye West REMEMBERING RYAN CLAUSON Family, friends held a memorial for the 27-year-old rom Noblesville who died in Aug. 7 USAC midget crash. 1C ITALY DAZED AFTER QUAKE Apowerful temblor toppled omes, churches and shops, killed more than 150 and injured hundreds.

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Call Today! (317) 841-2222 Mortgage Consultants Available to Assist You Pay $1,500 to $2,500 in Closing Costs! Total Closing Costs NO HIDDEN COSTS Local Servicing Only Purchases Only Plus Minimal Recording Fee 317-865-1166 Greenwood 317-841-2222 812-378-9906 Columbus 812-323-7200 Bloomington 260-451-2080 Ft. Wayne Email us at Meteorologists were still working to answer a lot of quest ions Wednesday night after a storm system that spanned much of Central Indiana produced several tornadoes. ational Weather Service teams were deployed to evalu- a te extensive damage left in the wake of a storm, meteorologist Joe Skowronek said. An apparent tornado leveled a Starbucks i Kokomo, about 50 miles north Indianapolis, though no inju- ies were reported. The storm that produced the tornado began in neighboring Carroll County, and traveled straight east before leveling uildings and tearing the roofs ff houses, Skowronek said.

A storm that hit northeastern Marion County likely began in southern Boone and northern Hendricks counties before ropping heavy rain and caus- i ng flooding on Indianapolis treets. But the full extent of the damage sustained in Kokomo and the rest of Central Indiana was still unknown by sundown. a long process, especially when a lot of damage to look Skowronek said. Authorities across Indianapolis and Central Indiana TORNADO OUTBREAK STORMY SUMMER WEATHER ROBERT In Kokomo, a tornado is believed to have demolished a Starbucks coffee shop. Officials declared a state of emergency for Howard County.

DESTRUCTIVE STORMS SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA, HIT KOKOMO AREA HARD See tornado video and more hotos and follow weather. ROBERT KELLY Alfredo Lozano cleans out debris rom his flooded front yard after late Wednesday a fternoon storms moved through the area in the 3 500 block of West 71st Street in Indianapolis. Madeline Buckley, Michael Anthony Adams, John Tuohy, Chelsea Schneider and Holly V. Hays madeline.buckley@indystar.com, michael.adams@indystar.com, john.tuohy@indystar.com, helsea.schneider@indystar.com and holly.hays@indystar.com Asupercharged form of heroin appears to be the cause of nearly 50 overdoses in nearby ities, putting local public safe- officers on alert as they brace for the possibility of the arrival here. aw enforcement officials fear the heroin is laced with fen- tanyl, a powerful painkiller sed to treat patients recovering after surgery.

The Drug Enforcement Administration calls his synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin. The combination offers addicts a more intense high but sometimes with a deadly conse- uence. I Jennings County, about 80 miles south of Indianapolis, one person died and 11more over- osed Tuesday. Several more people have overdosed in the Cincinnati area since Friday, acc ording to The Cincinnati Enquirer, with the number continuing to grow as recently as ednesday. While paramedics in Indianapolis witnessed a recent surge in overdoses, EMS officials Wednesday issued a Supercharged heroin leads to overdoses Public safety officials fear the deadly drug i coming to Indy Vic Ryckaert a nd Shari Rudavsky vic.ryckaert@indystar.com PACE TASK FORCE This bundle of fentanyl was seized onday.

Officers found five pounds of the drug after a traffic stop in Henry County. Love him or hate him, again; his tonight in Indy..