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Expansion could bring in an additional $2 million in revenue and draw 250,000 people a year

As county councilmen, we have been preparing for upcoming Circuit Breaker property tax cap as best we can without knowing its full effect until it occurs. In recent years, department budgets have been slashed, retiring staff have gone unreplaced and…

I am a retired educator and Eagle Scout. The other night I grew angry as I listened to news excerpts of the president’s speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree. The next morning I went online to read the full text…

Effort aims to draw people to look at art anytime and visit the outdoor market on Sunday

MoneyTipsAre you carrying ever-increasing balances on your credit card? If so, you must take steps to control it before you enter a debt spiral – a situation where you are accruing so much collective debt and interest on that debt…

MoneyTipsAs we age, our cognitive skills begin to decline and our ability to take proper care of our finances begins to fade. When you hit that point in life, you run the risk of missing bill payments and losing track…

SOUTH BEND — It's been two days since a shooting here left two dead and two others in critical condition, but still no suspects have been named and little has been released about what occurred that night.

LAPORTE — A LaPorte man received the maximum 12-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to child molesting.

CASSOPOLIS — A Benton Harbor man was sentenced to prison Friday for molesting a 13-year-old girl in Dowagiac last year.

ELKHART — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management will hold an open house Monday to inform residents about environmental work at the Lusher Street Groundwater Contamination Superfund site. Planned activities at the site involve…