St Joseph County News

The St. Joseph County Board of Finance members met today to vote on how to invest the county's savings, which averages between $100 million and $110 million.

Three people face robbery charges after a man allegedly held up a convenience store at gunpoint Friday and tried to escape in a car with a pair of cohorts.

Members of the Vote Center Committee met Wednesday with updated lists of vote center location recommendations from both major political parties, as well as maps showing locations and overlaps.

People came out and enjoyed the 3rd annual Bike the Bend ride Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Local pedestrians and motorists are getting used to a new-style traffic signal recently installed on Twyckenham Drive east of the University of Notre Dame .

But the 32-year-old South Bend resident isn't the only one who finds it tempting to text behind the wheel.

Many area schools see their rates go up, too. By KIM KILBRIDE South Bend Tribune A greater percentage of students who enter high school in Indiana are getting diplomas.

St. Joseph County prosecutors have charged a New Carlisle man with sexual misconduct with a minor for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl.

A series of setbacks led to a Mishawaka woman's home being sold at a county tax sale, and a St.

The Food Bank of Northern Indiana is cheering for letter carriers and their volunteers.

St. Joseph County prosecutors have charged a man with raping two women in the 1980s after a lab matched his DNA to samples in evidence kits that have been stored for decades.

The Unity Gardens grand opening for this season -- its fifth -- will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11 marking the debut of the new, all-seasons greenhouse -- which might spark a new frontier for the organization, Stewart added.

The St. Joseph County Health Department staff called the owners of Irene's Cafe in downtown Mishawaka and Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant on McKinley Avenue in for hearings after multiple health inspection violations.

A survey of South Bend's local colleges and universities shows a very low number of students intending to stay in the area after they graduate.

The St. Joseph County Regional Water and Sewer District board extended the deadline for Granger residents to make physical connections with the new Granger sewer project, according to a news release from county engineer Jessica Clark.

A security camera captured an image of a suspect. Anyone with information on the burglary or identity of the suspect pictured are asked to contact Detective Guest or Detective Mangels at 235-9569. A 23-year-old Plymouth woman is dead after being involved in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

This is the picture of a man who stole coins, jewelry and guns from Casper's Coin and Jewelry in Roseland overnight on May 7. Sgt William Redman of the St.

School officials are trying to make sure parents and students are aware of a case of meningococcal disease at Riley High School.

It's alleged that Delmar Talley, Jr. had a camera pointed out the attic window of his home-and into the second story bedroom window of his neighbor.

Kevin Strebinger can just taste it: 200,000 pounds of food. The letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service has been trying to get the people of St.