South Bend

George Garner, with Indiana University South Bend's Civil Rights Heritage Center, says the building initially housed offices for Black professionals before later serving as a pool hall and recreation center offering then-"seedy" things like a daily numbers game.

The Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend says it has raised $4.5 million of $5.5 million it needs to build a facility for rare Amur tigers and leopards from Asia.

The city of South Bend's Office of Sustainability has been planning to receive $3 million in federal grants to fund a new rooftop solar program for up to 150 income-qualified households.

South Bend Common Council Member Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers has called a public meeting Aug. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the MLK Dream Center to hear from west side businesses and residents hurt by the Western Avenue Kroger store's July 22 closure.

The South Bend Reparatory Justice Commission hopes to receive feedback and input at two more public meetings, Aug. 9 and 23, before sending a final report to the common council by Dec. 31.

The city of South Bend expects to spend at least $17 million to remove PFAS, commonly known as "forever chemicals" from drinking water pumped at its North Station in Leeper Park. It will next begin work at the Pinhook station.

Let's Turn It Around Founder Lynn Coleman said he decided to organize the press conference after a recent spate of gun- and knife-related crimes across the city.

People who rent trailers at Countryside Village in South Bend say they can't afford to install central air-conditioning but the trailers get too hot without using window units.

Tonight from 6:30 to 7:30 the city of South Bend invites the public to the new MLK Dream Center for the first discussion on what kind of public art will be erected outside the entrance.

Bloomberg Philanthropies has selected the city of South Bend as a finalist for a $1 million grant in its Mayor's Challenge 2025.