The city of South Bend's Office of Sustainability has been planning to receive $3 million in federal grants to fund a new rooftop solar program for up to 150 income-qualified households.

"If the Republicans in the state legislature and the governor want to redistrict before the midterms, it’s most likely going to be the First District," said Saint Mary’s College Political Science Professor Sean Savage.

South Bend Common Council Member Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers has called a public meeting Aug. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the MLK Dream Center to hear from west side businesses and residents hurt by the Western Avenue Kroger store's July 22 closure.

As South Bend students prepare to return to class next week, the school board is confronting some sobering academic realities.

New railroad overpasses and wider highways are some of the projects that the Indiana Department of Transportation is working on in Elkhart County.

“This plan is really focusing on optimizing the operational capacities. It’s focusing on strengthening community connection and figuring out ways programmatically and through our infrastructure that we can focus in on the health and wellness of the community,” said Jamison Czarnecki, Superintendent of Elkhart Parks & Recreation.