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For most people, a dog is a companion that cuddles or plays fetch. For 5-year-old Maybel Lowry of Northern Indiana, a dog could mean the difference between life and death.
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Provided/IUSBGovernment funding for private and charter schools will be the topic of an upcoming event hosted by South Bend NAACP. The forum scheduled for Saturday, September 6 will include discussions about recent legislation and the NAACP’s national call for a moratorium on new charter schools. -
Jeff Parrott/WVPEGirls flag football officially becomes an emerging sport this year with the Indiana High School Athletic Association. If about 10 more schools start teams, it will become an IHSAA state championship sport, commonly known as "varsity." -
The former chancellor of Ivy Tech’s South Bend-Elkhart campus alleges that her race and gender played a role in her firing. -
Mike Murrell/WVPESlate Auto has already moved into the historic R.R. Donnelley factory in Warsaw, where demolition is underway to prepare the site for electric-vehicle production. -
Indiana LandmarksGeorge Garner, with Indiana University South Bend's Civil Rights Heritage Center, says the building initially housed offices for Black professionals before later serving as a pool hall and recreation center offering then-"seedy" things like a daily numbers game. -
mcapindiana.comMore mental health services will be coming to the South Bend area next year. Nonprofit Imani Unidad has gotten a $1 million grant to launch a mobile crisis team.
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