Oliver Davis

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.

South Bend Common Council member Oliver Davis says the juvenile's family and activists like Black Lives Matter South Bend are even angrier after hearing Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski's defensive tone and words at a press conference Wednesday.

The South Bend Common Council's Personnel & Finance and Residential Neighborhoods committees will hold a joint meeting to further discuss the bill sometime before the council's next regular meeting Aug. 11.

The Rev. Sylvester Williams Jr.'s decision stems from an extraordinarily tense meeting Thursday of the South Bend Common Council Rules Committee.

Oliver Davis held a press conference Friday in the County-City Building lobby, recounting the tense situation at Thursday's South Bend Common Council Rules Committee meeting.

Council Rules Committee Chair Rachel Tomas-Morgan stood over Council Member Oliver Davis for nearly two minutes, demanding that he sit in the audience and show her respect as chair.

The South Bend Common Council bill would prohibit people during Privilege of the Floor from directly addressing council members or making "repetitive" comments.

Boykins in the 1990s combined his loves of tennis and boxing with his passion for mentoring youth to create the Police Athletic League.

When asked if she lives in her council district, South Bend Common Council President Sharon McBride said she pays a mortgage and utilities there. Council Member Oliver Davis says that's not enough.

South Bend council member Oliver Davis says council President Sharon McBride should tell the community whether Council Member Sheila Niezgodski will be disciplined over an alleged assault