The $350,000 READI grant to Juke Music Town, announced this week by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, will expand an online platform that markets live music and sponsors more live shows in South Bend, Elkhart and Goshen.
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ProvidedSouth Bend's Jalen Batiste Waddell, 22, was excited to meet actor Tom Cruise recently when he was invited to the trailer release for Warner Brothers' coming film, Digger. -
HealthLinc CEO Melissa Mitchell says merging with Heart City Health in Elkhart will increase access to care for low-income Heart City patients by sharing clinical staff from HealthLinc clinics. -
Jeff Parrott/WVPEThe Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security are now conducting joint preliminary damage assessments in several counties, including Elkhart. -
ProvidedThe Midwest Continental Divide Trail project seeks to develop a pedestrian path for eco-tourism through rural western St. Joseph County. Farmers are angry and vow to continue fighting the project until elected leaders give up on it. -
Marek Mazurek, WVPE/WVPESt. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter says officers were justified under Indiana law in fatally shooting 35-year-old Jujuan Bates to protect themselves and others as he walked through a neighborhood with a gun, refused commands to drop it, and fired it into the air. -
provided/NICTDThe railroad says trains will once again run their full routes on their normal schedules, starting Friday at 3:01 a.m. CDT.
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