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Mental health treatment in St. Joseph County has made great strides since the launch of Oaklawn’s behavioral crisis center. Now, faith groups are asking leaders to go further by improving coordination.
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St. Joseph County sheriff candidate Rod Laureys was briefly suspended from the county police department for failing to notify its leaders of his plans to run. Laureys is a St. Joseph County police corporal. -
File photo/WFIU/WTIU NewsThe man accused of resisting arrest, shooting an officer’s gun and punching a police K9 has died at the St. Joseph County Jail. -
ProvidedThe nonprofit Elkhart Civic Theatre has launched a drive to raise money to replace its Bristol Opera House awning, after its planned removal to make way for roadwork by the Indiana Department of Transportation. -
screenshot/city of South BendThe common council Monday appointed Sharon Banicki and George Jones to three-year terms. Current member Komonique Thomas was reappointed but to a different seat. -
ProvidedBill Redman is term-limited from serving a third term as sheriff, so he's ending his 31-year law enforcement career at the end of 2026 and hopes to face incumbent Republican Commissioner Carl Baxmeyer in the November election. -
ProvidedMishawaka police say 29-year-old Curtiss Walker of Mishawaka, who shot himself Wednesday while handling a friend's gun, leaves behind a wife and three young children.
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