Elkhart County News

Eight small food pantries are working with the Food Bank of Northern Indiana to be able to apply for grants and funding jointly.

Around 1:15 in the morning, Police say the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department contacted the Police Department for assistance responded to a call of a suspicious person in the area of County Road 19 and County Road 8. Police say officers found a man with gunshot wounds and lacerations in the area.

An Elkhart woman was airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital after a head-on collision late Friday afternoon in Elkhart County.

One employee at an Elkhart business was arrested and another taken to the hospital after a fight led to a stabbing Friday morning.

They rewarded their students for reaching a 1 billion word reading total by performing some wild dives while fully clothed.

Around 1:15 in the morning, Police say the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department contacted the Police Department for assistance responded to a call of a suspicious person in the area of County Road 19 and County Road 8. Police say officers found a man with gunshot wounds and lacerations in the area.

Officers from the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department were called to the area of C.R. 19 and C.R. 8 early Thursday morning on a report of a "suspicious person." At 1:15 a.m., police found Flavio Contreras with gunshot wounds and cuts.

In the second day of proceedings in the Terry Sturgis trial, the jury heard from one of his other boys.

A Michiana mom says her daughter's pet cat was shot in the head and the shooter returned it to their home in a plastic bag.

The City of Elkhart announced three new bicycle routes Sunday. The new routes come just in time for bike to work week, which kicks off tomorrow.

"It's a great way to see where you can get on your bike and the kind of paths that are available to bike on any day not just on bike the bend," says Bike the Bend Bicyclist, Krista Bailey.

Jacob Arousell, 3, was driving a 2008 Yamaha PW50 dirt bike on private property on Larry Lee Drive just after 6 p.m., when he crashed the bike into a tree, per an Elkhart County Sheriff's Department news release.

Emergency crews are responding to a car accident on Lombardy and Sample Street in South Bend.

Carefree of Colorado executives paid a visit to the company's Elkhart, Ind., facility this week to give OEM customers a 'first glimpse' of some new products and a jump-start on integrating them into the coming year's motorhome and travel trailer lines.

Indiana's unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since late 2008, per April figures released Friday by Indiana Department of Workforce Development.

With summer just around the corner, you might be craving a day at the beach. A day to relax, catch up on a good book and warm up in the sun.

Thankfully, no one was injured early Friday morning, but a family of five lost their mobile home to fire.

The 12-year-old girl who was hit by a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon while walking on County Road 108 in Elkhart County has died.

A man convicted of murdering an Elkhart County woman in her apartment in 2008 will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole, the punishment handed down by a judge Thursday morning.

Not many people enjoy the noisy sounds of construction but for Niles residents it's music to their ears.