Jeff Parrott
ReporterParrott, a longtime public radio fan, comes to WVPE with about 25 years of journalism experience at newspapers in Indiana and Michigan, including 13 years at The South Bend Tribune. He and Kristi have two children currently attending Indiana University in Bloomington. In his free time he enjoys fixing up their home, following his favorite college and professional sports teams, and watching TV (yes that's an acceptable hobby).
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Prompted by growing consumer frustration over long power outages, the Michigan Public Service Commission in 2022 launched a third-party audit of the state's two largest electric utilities. -
St. Joseph County prosecutors have asked a judge to detain 53-year-old Chad Bean until his bond hearing because he's a threat to his victims and the community, after a 2001 kidnapping and confinement conviction in which he used his baby as a shield as a police K-9 tried to bring him down. -
For the first time since its 2021 renovation, the St. Joseph County Public Library's main site downtown South Bend will close Jan. 5-9 for elevator repairs. Its attached Community Learning Center will remain open to provide warmth for the homeless and limited library services. -
The South Bend Common Council Rules Committee held a rare public meeting Friday over a complaint that the council president was selling dogs at too young an age on Facebook. -
The South Bend Redevelopment Commission earlier this month approved hiring a consultant to study whether a passenger platform can be built between existing tracks, and assess whether the passenger tunnel under the tracks is still structurally sound for passenger access. The city also plans to seek federal funding for design and planning. -
The South Bend Redevelopment Commission on Thursday approved a deal to lend Washington-based developer Ancora $30.8 million to build a tech and innovation hub in the former South Bend Tribune building. The money will paid back by capturing new property tax, and state income and sales tax, generated there. -
South Bend's Community Police Review Office director Charles King says two recent board resignations, combined with personal issues remaining board members are dealing with, have left the board unable to take action. -
Elkhart Community Schools Superintendent Larry Huff says he'll stay on the job through June, delivering his school closure recommendations because of declining enrollment to the board in February -
Elkhart Superintendent Larry Huff will receive a $285,000 salary, compared to his $218,000 approved by the Elkhart Community Schools board in June, and he'll no longer have to lead what could be an unpopular school consolidation process in Elkhart. -
A St. Joseph County Council committee will consider new restrictions on low-frequency sound, the kind we feel rather than hear, that's emitted by industrially zoned operations like data centers.
