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South 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.
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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. -
Benjamin Thorp/WFYIGov. Braun ends race and gender based business initiatives following legal opinion. Democrats say the move is bad public policy.
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