St Joseph County News

A new Roman Catholic bishop will officially take over the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese in January - and Hispanic parishioners at St.

A new pet-friendly board game gives dog lovers the opportunity to bond with family members and their four-legged friends.

SOUTH BEND a ' The St. Joseph County Health Department on Tuesday issued a news release informing the public of a petroleum leak at the 7-Eleven gas station at 901 S. Mayflower Road.

There is still no resolution to questions raised in court Tuesday indicating an accused rapist may have been released without serving all of his prison sentence.

Officials are trying to determine why a 24-year-old South Bend man facing a rape charge never served a two-year prison sentence in another case.

County officials are trying to determine why a 24-year-old man now accused of rape was allowed back into the community last year before serving a previous two-year prison sentence.

Vodka is funny stuff. Purity is the catch word, and vodka is pretty much supposed to be pure alcohol , with the final product being, according to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Trade and Taxation Bureau, "without distinctive character, aroma, or taste." And vodka is just that, on paper.

A man already facing criminal charges in Delaware County was arrested Thursday in connection with an Ohio resident's slaying in Randolph County.

SOUTH BEND a ' Lakeville clerk-treasurer Casey Grove, who remains in the St. Joseph County Jail, resigned today.

Mid-afternoon on Monday, Dan Warner came home from work to find his beloved Old English Sheepdog shot dead in his kitchen.

A fugitive recently accused of attempted murder came close to killing another man just four years earlier, court documents show, but prosecutors say the charges were dismissed because of missing witnesses.

MISHAWAKA a * The U.S. Postal Service says a mail carrier's route through Christy Ann and Grove streets is a rough route, but people who live their stand by their accusations against the mail carrier.

Vodka is funny stuff. Purity is the catch word, and vodka is pretty much supposed to be pure alcohol , with the final product being, according to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Trade and Taxation Bureau, a oewithout distinctive character, aroma, or taste.a And vodka is just that, on paper.

A St. Joseph County home detention officer charged with fondling an offender during a home monitoring visit would avoid jail time under a binding plea agreement he filed today in court.

Indiana University South Bend received its first doses of H1N1 flu vaccine last week, and all 500 doses quickly were distributed Wednesday and Thursday.

A Catholic priest living in South Bend is facing possible extradition to Ireland on charges of child sex abuse.

Alexander Orta's sentencing date has been moved to January 7th at 11 a.m. This is to give Orta's new lawyer, Peter Boyles, more time to become familiar with the case.

A visitor to the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City was arrested on a charge of trafficking after she attempted to smuggle a cellular telephone to an inmate, the Indiana Department of Correction said.

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY a * As the bags of raked leaves increased in some St. Joseph County yards, so did the frustration for some Waste Management customers in the Wedgewood Park neighborhood.

Police have captured Luis Briones, the man accused of shooting an 18-year-old on South Benda s west side Oct.