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Residents, along with South Bend Common Council members Sherry Bolden-Simpson and Oliver Davis Jr., want the city to do more to improve traffic safety and emergency response in the growing Lafayette Falls subdivision.
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South Bend TribuneSt. Joseph County Democratic Party Chair Don Westerhausen on Wednesday filed a complaint with the county election board alleging that Republican Penn Township political candidates and firefighters broke the law when they intermingled their booth at the recent Osceola Music Festival. -
The St. Joseph County Health Department's Quisha Jordan says most mothers know they need car seats but some can't afford high-quality seats or they don't know how to install them correctly. -
FILE PHOTO: Lauren Chapman/IPB NewsThose planning to apply for benefits in January will have to start meeting the new requirements next month. -
Jury selection started Monday in Elkhart Circuit Court in the murder trial of Nicholas Stanley, charged in the slaying of convicted sex offender Allen Cogswell, who had molested Stanley's relative. -
Elkhart police on Tuesday say they arrested a man who was found looking into windows at Beardsley Elementary School. They had to arrest him again later after he ran from the hospital in the nude. -
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