Niles Police Chief James Millin says detectives continue running down leads in the deaths of Alexa Navarro and Vanessa Bautista, including a possible encounter with a Niles man.
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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. -
South Bend police are investigating two shootings that took place within a mile of each other Saturday night. -
Russ McNamara/MPRNRepublican Mike Rogers rolls out plan heavy on transparency; Democrat Abdul El-Sayed advocates for Medicare for All -
An effort to pause data center development in Michigan City has itself been paused. The city council on Tuesday tabled a proposed moratorium ordinance, by a vote of eight-to-one. -
FILE PHOTO: Justin Hicks/IPB NewsAn hours-long manhunt in rural LaPorte County ended with a man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, while an Elkhart woman was taken into custody. -
Cass Family Clinic/cassfamilyclinic.orgCass Family Clinic CEO Joseph Gavan told the county commissioners Thursday that the organization’s mobile clinic has seen more than 900 patients since it went into service last November.
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