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One man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after a dispute in Benton Harbor last night. This is the first murder in the city of Benton Harbor since last May. Police say 25-yearold Gary Alilovich was shot several times and died last night when an argument broke out at a home at 791 Odgen around midnight.  Heather Poe, 35, of Benton Harbor is at Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph being treated for multiple gunshot wounds. Police say they spoke to the tenant of the house along with other witnesses at the scene who identified a brother and sister who were still inside the residence as suspects -- 28-year-old Jovan Davis of Benton Harbor and 19-year-old Ashley Davis of Grand Forks, North Dakota.

SOUTH BEND - After a 3-day jury trial, a 21-year-old woman has been convicted of a murder that happened more than two years ago in South Bend. On November 30, 2010, Cornelius Miller of Chicago was shot to death in a home at 518 S. Lombardy Dr. Shots were fired through the back door. Brittney Watson on Thursday was found guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Sentencing is set for February 25. Sentencing for murder is between 45 and 65 years and between 20 and 50 years for conspiracy to commit murder.

WALKERTON - Police say a man got into an intense argument, then jumped into his car and drove it through the doors of a nearby TCU. This happened around noon. Police say the man, who they identified as Adam R. Mann of Walkerton, was bashing out his own car windows with a baseball bat and threatening another person with the bat. He then drove off and became involved in a very short pursuit by officers before crashing into the TCU at 449 Liberty Street - seemingly on purpose, according to police.

It goes by several names; Mr. Smiley, K2, or Mr. Dutchy. And it's sold legally in gas stations and convenience stores as herbal incense. But authorities say it's actually synthetic marijuana, but more dangerous, and a growing number of teens are using it to get high. Some communities and some states have started banning it. Authorities say getting there isn’t so simple.    Authorities say if you're looking for proof that K2 is dangerous, look no further than St. Joseph County.

SOUTH BEND — A 42-year-old mentally ill woman was sentenced Thursday morning to 20 years in prison for the deadly stabbing of an acquaintance last year. St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Roland Chamblee Jr. on Thursday sentenced Tracy Carter to 30 years in prison, with 10 years suspended and 20 years executed, in the death of Carla Proby. A jury in March found the South Bend woman guilty but mentally ill of voluntary manslaughter, Class A felony. Jurors had had the option of convicting Carter of murder, but chose the lesser-included offense of Class A felony voluntary manslaughter, according to past reports.

Police say a Michigan City man has been charged with Class C felony battery after punching the assistant basketball coach at St. Stanislaus School into unconsciousness. This happened shortly after 3 p.m. last Wednesday. During practice two players got into an argument and were punished by being made to run laps inside the gym. When 37-year-old Shelly S. Miller, the father of one of those players, arrived at the school police say he was angered by his daughter's punishment so he approached assistant coach Jeffrey Yackus and punched him. Yackus was knocked to the ground and police say Miller climbed on top of him and continued punching him in the face and head, rendering him unconscious.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A judge in Tennessee has refused to stop construction at the site of a proposed mosque that inspired an argument from opponents that Islam is not a religion. Rutherford County Chancellor Robert Corlew ruled Wednesday after hearing closing arguments in a lawsuit by opponents who claimed county planners erred in approving the plans. The lawsuit claimed that the Tennessee open meetings law was violated because the planners failed to file adequate public notice of the meeting.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio will make it easier for an inmate who lost his larynx to cancer to make a final statement at his execution. Prison officials are using the change as part of their argument that a federal judge should dismiss a lawsuit challenging Ohio's execution procedures. The state will raise the gurney where Kenneth Smith will lie and let him keep one arm free to make it easier for him to use his artificial voice box. It would be the first time an Ohio inmate has not been completely strapped down since the state resumed the death penalty in 1999.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials in a small city in eastern Kentucky are disciplining a couple of workers after two disabled gay men were told to leave a public pool. The city of Hazard said Saturday one worker had been suspended for a week without pay. The employee, Kim Haynes, told investigators the couple was engaged in an excessive display of affection while at the pool with the social service group Mending Hearts. Haynes also acknowledged referencing the Bible in an argument with the leader of the Mending Hearts group, saying the affection wasn't tolerated.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - An injured Indiana soldier has been arrested on the eve of his homecoming parade on charges that he shot another man. A Tippecanoe County Jail officer said 24-year-old Eric S. Braman was released on $5,000 bond Saturday. He had turned himself in earlier to face preliminary charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and possession of a handgun without a permit. The Journal & Courier reports Lafayette police say Braman fired two shots during an argument with 31-year-old Andrew Studer, injuring him either by a bullet or debris kicked up by the shots.