More Hoosiers could have access to faster job placement and industry-recognized credentials under an expanded program from the United Way of Central Indiana. The initiative is now offered through five nonprofits across the state.

As the Indiana Governor Mike Braun administration has cut funding for child care, a St. Joseph County group plans to ask local employers to invest in a fund to help child care providers with equipment, supplies and furniture.

Bird flu has been confirmed in Elkhart and LaGrange counties. Officials say the risk is low, but experts urge caution around sick or dead birds.

After sharing a building with St. Joseph County since 1971, the city of South Bend opens its own City Hall at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 13, including a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Vice President JD Vance visited Indiana Friday to meet with Republican state senators and add new pressure for the Trump administration’s redistricting push. Protesters rallied at the Statehouse to oppose redrawing Indiana’s congressional maps.

Nappanee is honoring its surprising cartooning legacy with “Cartoon Alley,” a new downtown mural project celebrating local artists behind classic American comics.

A St. Joseph County Sheriff Department investigation in 2022 found that 82-year-old James Belkiewitz owned four massage parlors where Chinese women who had been trafficked were being forced to work and were living at the businesses. A new county council ordinance aims to stop such situations.

Kent Fulmer talk with Alex Painter about his upcoming presentation "Rockne: His Greatest Games" at the History Museum in South Bend.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says it doesn't need a state historic preservation review board's approval to demolish a barn at Potato Creek State Park because it's not a historic structure, but the agency determined the barn was historic in a 2000 report.

United Way of St. Joseph County President and CEO Mark Herriman says the Trump and Braun administration cuts are short-sighted because studies show a 7-to-1 return on investment from public funding for quality early childhood care and education.