Court records say when confronted about his "trash talking" a student at practice, Demetrius Jackson said, "This is my court, I can say whatever . . . I want." Marian High School named the court after Jackson in 2019 after he donated money to buy it.
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St. Joseph County commissioners on Monday approved their annual animal control contract with the Humane Society.
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Elkhart County Parks hosts a free spring bird walk Wednesday on the Pumpkinvine Trail, giving residents a chance to spot early migrants and reconnect with nature.
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Now that Microsoft has announced a national policy of forgoing local property tax breaks for its data centers, four of the St. Joseph County Council's five Republicans have sent Amazon Web Services a letter asking it to renegotiate the 35-year, $4 billion property tax abatement it's receiving from the county for its New Carlisle data center under development.
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The LaPorte County Sheriff's Department's Highway Interdiction Unit looks to make drug and gun trafficking arrests on the Indiana Toll Road through observing routine traffic violations.
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Last month’s fatal shooting of a teenager by Elkhart police was one of the issues highlighted during Saturday’s No Kings rally.
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"We want to keep our kids in Elkhart," said Director of Secondary Schools Cary Anderson. "We want to provide them with an equitable online solution, and we think that we have the people in place and the programming already in place to be able to establish this virtual school."
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