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35 min ago | WNDU-TV South Bend

Chicago expert brings plan to Anti-Violence Commission

Mayor Pete Buttigieg addressed a room filled with members of the South Bend Anti-Violence Commission Tuesday morning and recounted the story of 18-year-old Chris Simril, who was killed last year.

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4 hrs ago | WSJV-TV South Bend

Woman who drowned in Mishawaka pond identified

Police say 89-year-old Christel Moryl drowned in a private pond on Park Place, near the assisted living facility where she lived.

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Related Topix: Mishawaka, IN

9 hrs ago | WNDU-TV South Bend

St. Joe Co. brothers face federal charges

A pair of St. Joseph County brothers, who've been convicted of scams in the past, are now facing federal charges.

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13 hrs ago | WLFI-TV West Lafayette

Neglect charges dropped against woman

Prosecutors in northern Indiana are dropping child neglect charges against a mother whose two young sons locked themselves in the trunk of her car and died.

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Related Topix: New Carlisle, IN

17 hrs ago | WSJV-TV South Bend

Missing Illinois woman found in Osceola

Dispatchers say police found the woman, who they estimate to be in her late 60s, near the corner of 3rd Street and Beech Road in Osceola.

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Related Topix: Osceola, IN

17 hrs ago | WSJV-TV South Bend

Semi rollover closes down multiple intersections in St. Joseph County

An early morning semi rollover closes down the roundabout at Cleveland Road and Bittersweet Road.

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18 hrs ago | The Indianapolis Star

Dementina patient, 89, dies in pond at Indiana care center

Police say an 89-year-old woman with severe dementia drowned in a pond after leaving her assisted-living apartment unnoticed.

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Related Topix: Mishawaka, IN

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WSBT

Walkerton-Lincoln Twp. library reopens with limited hours

Amid an FBI and Indiana State Police probe, the Walkerton-Lincoln Township Public Library has reopened with limited public hours.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Walkerton, IN, Criminal Defense Law, Law

South Bend Tribune

State drops neglect charges against Wilk

The St. Joseph County prosecutor's office has decided to drop the criminal case against Jacqueline Wilk, accused of neglect in the deaths of her two sons.

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WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Sex charges fly in Menard-Hilbert legal battle

Prosecutors in northern Indiana are dropping child neglect charges against a mother whose two young sons locked themselves in the trunk of her car and died.

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Related Topix: Retail, Household Products, Menards, Indiana

WSJV-TV South Bend

Owen "Butch" Morgan/Courtesy: St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department

In April, Former Party Chairman Butch Morgan was found guilty on four counts of conspiracy in forging signatures.

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Related Topix: Prison, Plymouth, IN

SFGate

Former St. Joe Democrat officials to be sentenced

A former Democratic county chairman in northern Indiana and a party worker convicted of forging signatures on petitions placing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the state's 2008 presidential primary ballot should soon know their punishments.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

South Bend Tribune

Glimpsing frontier life

For a handful of children visiting an early-1800s cabin Sunday afternoon, even a simple craft project became a lesson in the realities of frontier life.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

WSJV-TV South Bend

Construction projects to begin Monday

Beginning Monday morning, the westbound driving lane on the Cleveland Road bridge over St. Joseph River in South Bend will be closed and traffic will be restricted to the inside lane of the bridge.

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Related Topix: South Bend, IN, Etna Green, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, New Carlisle, IN

South Bend Tribune

Judgment time in ballot case

Once a prominent force in local politics, with his stout figure and bespectacled face a given at events like Dyngus Day, former chairman of the county's Democratic Party Owen "Butch" Morgan will be sentenced Monday for his role in a ballot fraud case that ended his more than 16-year career in scandal.

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Daily Reporter

N. Ind. man charged in park killing of teenager

A northern Indiana man is facing murder charges alleging that he fatally shot a teenager last year after luring him to a South Bend park.

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Related Topix: South Bend, IN

Sat Jun 15, 2013

WBIW-AM Bedford

Boathouse Blast Caused By Meth Lab

Osceola Police say a man who was in the building when the explosion happened Tuesday told police he was working on a carburetor when it blew up, but St. Joseph County sheriff's deputies say methamphetamine was being cooked there.

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Related Topix: Explosion

Fri Jun 14, 2013

WNDU-TV South Bend

IRS moves to intercept Walkerton library taxes

A sign on the front door today offered apologies for the inconvenience and stated that the closing will be temporary.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Tax, Walkerton, IN

South Bend Tribune

Roofsit is moving -- but goal remains the same

Not only is the weeklong event that starts Monday moving to Heritage Square in Granger, the live broadcast is coming down from the roof.

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Related Topix: Granger, IN, Family, Kids, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

Customer Interaction Solutions

FBI, state police investigating Walkerton-Lincoln Township library

The FBI and Indiana State Police are conducting an investigation of a smalltown library in southwest St. Joseph County, a state police spokesman confirmed.

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Related Topix: US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News, Walkerton, IN