St Joseph County News

Linda Allbaugh stood with her arms folded as she watched a crowd gather at South Washington Park on Sunday -- exactly two years from the day her granddaughter, Jodi Parrack, was found murdered.

The much-awaited autopsy in the mysterious death of an 11-year-old Constantine girl has become like everything else in the unsolved homicide: a secret.

The next step for Colon Community Schools - on the heels of its $23.1 million plan for a new elementary school being defeated Tuesday - might be taken early next week.

A 78-year-old woman was killed Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash in St. Joseph County, police said.

Election results have just come in for the vote on the Regional Transportation District, and St.

A Florida man accidentally shot himself while cleaning a gun on Sunday. Rickey Hill, 53, of Sarasota, Fla., was stuck in the left hand and leg at 4:13 p.m. at a residence in Centreville, according to the St.

Harvest time in the Schoolcraft area. ALLEGAN - West Michigan farmers are running out of time as they face the latest harvest of corn and soybeans they've seen in 30 years.

The St. Joseph Health Department has announced an upcoming H1N1 clinic. The details are: Saturday Oct.

Jury selection will continue in the trial of the parents of a Michigan girl who was chained to her bed when she died in a house fire.

More than 100 Hindus attended an educational event Sunday in Farmington Hills hosted by the Hindu American Foundation, an advocacy group cofounded by a Southfield native.

The trial for the parents of a 16-year-old Centreville girl who died nearly 20 months ago in a house fire, while chained to her bed, is scheduled to start Tuesday with jury selection.

Golden Age Club meets on Nov. 4 The Edwardsburg Golden Age Club will meet at noon Nov.

A July surprise resulted in an October harvest of a significant meth manufacturer in Porter Township.

One person was critically injured Wednesday in a house fire in southwestern St. Joseph County, police said.

Cabomba caroliniana, an invasive aquatic plant known as fanwort, has infested at least two Oakland County lakes, including Lake Sherwood in Commerce Township.

Joseph County Courthouse lawn, in Centreville, 125 W. Main St., Centreville. The event features brief comments from guest speakers, prayers, songs and a candle-lighting ceremony.

Voters in St. Joseph County's largest community will decide Nov. 3 whether Sturgis Hospital will remain a city-owned operation or if it should be turned into a locally controlled, not-for-profit corporation.

Posted 3 hours, 48 minutes ago at 9:10 am. By NORMA LERNER Dowagiac Daily News CASSOPOLIS - It's been a long time since Pioneer Street in Marcellus Township has been improved east of M-40. Part of it will get a new surface yet this fall - a graveled surface.

Three Rivers Police K-9 Anjiaa s record of captures and a oegoing nose-to-nosea with those on the wrong side of the law earned her a co-recipient title of Police Officer of the Year Award in 2008.

Tom Tenney, a member of the Kids First Committee and interim principal at Colon Elementary School, said the media center at the school is a converted classroom, one of many compromises in the building due to space limitations and logistics.