Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow

South Bend Common Council Member Oliver Davis and Black Lives Matter South Bend say the city should send some of its cash reserves to local food pantries if the federal government shutdown doesn't end by Saturday, when SNAP recipients would normally receive their November benefits.

In his State of the City address Tuesday night at IUSB, Mayor James Mueller painted an optimistic picture of South Bend’s ongoing resurgence.

The Morris Performing Arts Center is expanding, but extra parking spaces are not part of the expansion.

Developer Dave Matthews says the city has granted such extensions to 14 other developers whose projects were delayed by the COVID pandemic.

Commissioner Derek Dieter announced he is leading a task force to identify other potential sites for South Bend's proposed homeless shelter, though the county is not involved with funding the center.

Mayor James Mueller said the city is considering other sites but will proceed with this one despite heavy opposition from neighbors

South Bend reported 82 people shot in the city, which mark the lowest since before 2016. Of those 82 shootings, 20 were fatal.

Neurological research has found big, lifelong benefits for speaking often to babies from their first moments of life

The two-day event turned Howard Park and surrounding streets into a showcase of the area's ethnic and cultural diversity

South Bend leaders credit more officers on the force as key to decrease in shootings