Public Safety

Elkhart's City Council on Monday voted to bid $3.125 million on the West Franklin Street building

Elkhart officials want to buy the old Chase building on Franklin Street for a new public safety building.

Indiana National Guard leaders told House lawmakers current state law can make it hard to hold troops fully accountable for serious offenses. House Bill 1076 would make it easier to dole out discipline and hold “general court-martials,” which are a primary setting for military prosecutions. That bill passed a House committee Wednesday.

South Bend Mayor James Mueller and city law enforcement leaders held their second quarterly public safety update Thursday afternoon.

Major themes of Mueller’s speech included public safety, housing, the economy and investments in infrastructure.

The Elkhart Common Council appropriated $5.2 million dollars Monday night for a new police headquarters and 911 communications center. The plan also includes a separate training and storage facility.

South Bend Mayor James Mueller and city law enforcement leaders held their first quarterly public safety update Thursday. The goal of the updates...

Following a string of shootings in South Bend’s Near Northwest Neighborhood last month, residents are seeking solutions.The neighborhood organization held…

Indiana lawmakers will study topics in the coming weeks that include human trafficking, a racial achievement gap in K-12 schools and unemployment benefits…

Following the conviction earlier this week of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who murdered Georgia Floyd, the South Bend chapter of…