South Bend, St. Joseph County | featured news

What was making news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers these newspaper excerpts to give you an idea.

ELWOOD, Ind. — Dressed in one of his usual tie-dye T-shirts, Tom Barmes stands on his porch and waves as a sanitation crew picks up trash from his neighbors.

DANVILLE, Ind. — During the Spanish Flu pandemic a century ago, Indiana Gov. James P. Goodrich and President Woodrow Wilson barely played a role in the public response, despite the fact that it killed an estimated 10,000 Hoosiers.

We keep hitting new lows.

Mark Torma, who directs a six-county program providing legal services for the needy, could soon perhaps provide political direction for a needy St. Joseph County Democratic Party. The need is clear for a party in a “Democratic” county in which…

The following lectures are scheduled this week in the community. Registration or connection information is listed. All events are free and open to the public:

Say hello to Mack, the Pet of the Week. Mack is available through Pet Refuge Inc. He’s a 1 ½-year-old strong, smart and striking Doberman/Rhodesian ridgeback mix. He weighs 75 pounds and is not always aware of his own strength.…

The infamous “police tapes” are back in the news, with the fate of a case that was scheduled to go to trial last week hanging in the balance.

The difficult part … is determining the estimated Balance Due

Some people think it’ll be like putting a straitjacket on their spending and their lives.