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Silver Alert canceled, missing man found

BLOOMINGTON, IN (WAVE) – A Silver Alert issued for a missing Bloomington man was canceled Wednesday morning.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Department said Curtis Wiggins, 60, had been found. No other information was released.

Wiggins disappeared Tuesday morning. Authorities believed he might have been disoriented and in need of medical attention.

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Silver Alert issued for missing Monroe County, IN man

Bloomington, IN (WAVE) – A regional Silver Alert has been issued for a Bloomington, IN man who may be in danger.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Department said Curtis Wiggins, 60, was last seen at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday wearing blue jeans, a plaid shirt and a red Indiana University jacket and baseball cap. He may have been trying to travel on a Bloomington metro bus.

Wiggins is 6' 2" tall, weighs 185 lbs. and has gray collar-length hair and blue eyes.

According to deputies, Wiggins may be disoriented and require medical attention.

Anyone with information about Wiggins' should contact the Monroe County Sheriff's Department at 812-349-2781.

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Big bargains in a small neighborhood store

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Dollar General seems to be the new Starbucks with new stores popping up on every street corner. The company recently opened store number 10,000 with 625 more planned for construction.

Unlike the Starbucks chain, customers won't spend high prices on coffee or anything else in the stores including top brand items recently added along with coolers to now sell milk and eggs and other basic need perishables.

Tawn Earnest is Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Dollar General. She says the economy has been a driving force for new customers to the store.  

"Saving money never goes out of style," Earnest said. "Our company has built a model more relevant than others because we focused on keeping prices low."

She says even though stores are small, Dollar General has more retail locations across the country than any other retailer in America.

Crews to widen ramps in southern Indiana

Crews to widen ramps in southern Indiana

The Indiana Department of Transportation will be working on the exit ramps on I-265 at Grant Line Road and I-625 and Charlestown Road.

INDOT tells us that all ramps will remain open during construction. They say they will be widening the ramps for two left turn lanes and one right turn lane. INDOT says delays are probably and drivers should plan an alternate route during construction.

The construction is scheduled to being on May 21 and be completed by September 30.

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Cut fiber optic line disrupts phone service in 3 Indiana counties

SALEM, IN (WAVE) – A cut fiber optic line in Salem, IN is causing phone outages across parts of at least three Indiana counties, according to the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department.

Landline service and Verizon and AT&T cell phone service was out in some areas of Washington, Lawrence and Orange Counties.

911 calls were being rerouted to Crawford County dispatchers.

There was no late word on how the fiber optic line was cut, and crews were uncertain when the line would be repaired.

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New Albany police evaluate evidence found 800 miles away in Gibson case

NEW ALBANY, IN (WAVE) - The New Albany Police Department is making changes as part of its investigation into the murders of three women in southern Indiana.

Major Keith Whitlow says they are in the process of evaluating new evidence found 800 miles away connected to William Cylde Gibson. Whitlow says they can't give a lot of details about this new evidence. It is not being released where they found it or even what it is. 

Gibson has been charged with killing Christine Whitis in his home on April 19 and Karen Hodella, whose body was discovered in Clarksville near the Ohio River in January 2003. He is also a suspect in the death of Stephanie Kirk. Kirk's body was found buried in Gibson's backyard on April 27.  

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