News from The South Bend Tribune

Truck fire spreads to South Bend house

Mar 20, 2010 3:08 pm

A fire in a Ford F150 spread to the house it was parked at Saturday morning, causing damage, the South Bend Fire Department says in a news release. No one was hurt.

SUV crashes into Mishawaka Home Depot store

Mar 20, 2010 1:06 pm

A Mishawaka home improvement retailer will need some exterior work of its own after an SUV crashed into its building Friday afternoon.

Mishawaka Dairy Queen re-opens after February fire

Mar 20, 2010 12:46 pm

Betz's Dairy Queen is open for business again, after a fire in February did significant damage to the newly remodeled business.

Bidders hit wall in St. Joseph County Internet tax sale :Capacity problem slows auction Web site; county urging vendor to fix issue.

Mar 20, 2010 11:46 am

SOUTH BEND -- Last week's tax certificate sale included a technical hiccup that cost the county at least a few thousand dollars and likely more.

New bishop supports St. Joseph High School's building plans :$16.5 million already raised for school's 'Forward in Faith' campaign.

Mar 20, 2010 11:45 am

SOUTH BEND -- If St. Joseph's High School supporters get their wish, a brand-new, $35 million high school will open in the fall of 2013 at the downtown site of the former Saint Joseph Regional Medical...

15-year-old Washington H.S. student leads by example

Mar 20, 2010 11:43 am

SOUTH BEND -- Adrienne "Shay" Smith strives to be the best she can be.

Funeral, burial services for homeless, indigent veterans

Mar 20, 2010 11:42 am

SOUTH BEND -- On any given night in the United States, more than 100,000 military veterans sleep on the street.

Indiana gun bill is signed into law :Some businesses weighing legal challenge.

Mar 20, 2010 11:08 am

Gov. Mitch Daniels added his signature this week to a controversial measure prohibiting Indiana employers from banning guns in their parking lots.

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Hill, Ellsworth to vote yes on health care

Mar 20, 2010 7:03 pm

INDIANAPOLIS ? U.S. Rep. Baron Hill, D-9th District, said Saturday that he will vote for the federal health care bill because the current system has "failed hard-working Hoosier families" wh...

Indiana school reading rules now up to Bennett, board

Mar 20, 2010 4:46 pm

Third-graders unable to read at grade level will be held back only as a last resort under a watered-down version of a bill that Gov. Mitch Daniels had hoped would end the "social promotion" ...

High schoolers compete in robotics at Purdue

Mar 20, 2010 3:18 pm

Soccer-playing robots and day-glow wigs are the norm here. This is not a science fiction rock n' roll concert, but it's close. It's FIRST, an acronym for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and...

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Hatchets are more than just Zeller

Mar 20, 2010 5:09 am

While Cody Zeller towers over most opponents, he couldn't have led Washington High School's boys' basketball team to the Class 3A Southport Semistate without a little help from his friends.

Officer pleads guilty, keeps job

Mar 20, 2010 4:44 am

Evansville Police Sgt. Allan Goodwin, who pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanor battery for striking his 13-year-old son during a family argument, will keep his job as an officer with the Evansville Po...

Supporters quick in thanking Ellsworth

Mar 20, 2010 4:44 am

The decision by Rep. Brad Ellsworth , D-Ind., to support health care reform legislation pending before Congress drew more than two dozen people Friday afternoon Downtown to the Federal Building to dem...

Fire destroys garage

Mar 20, 2010 4:43 am

A fifth-wheel recreational vehicle, bass boat, motorcycles, four-wheeler, lawn mowers and other vehicles were destroyed Friday afternoon when fire swept through an Elberfeld, Ind., garage.

'Mr. G' strikes again

Mar 20, 2010 4:42 am

Motorists along North Green River Road recently may have seen the sentiment "Thanks Mr. G" posted prominently in the center of Bethel United Church of Christ's outdoor bulletin board.

A hero's reward

Mar 20, 2010 4:42 am

MOUNT VERNON, Ind. Members of Posey County's Black Township Volunteer Fire Department recognized an unlikely hero Friday who is credited with saving his family from a December house fire.

Rain may close out first day of spring

Mar 20, 2010 4:39 am

Today's the first day of spring and while it won't be a record, the high amid partly sunny skies is expected to reach 67.

Stores to help fill weekend backpacks

Mar 20, 2010 4:37 am

Ten Henderson retailers will participate in the Backpack Club Shopping Days next week to raise funds to fill backpacks with food to provide weekend nutrition for underprivileged schoolchildren, accord...

Day with nature may ease break blues

Mar 20, 2010 4:36 am

Audubon State Park in is offering a cure for the "spring break blues" a "Spring Break Bash" adventure for two age groups on March 31 (ages 6-8) and April 1 (ages 8-12).

Main Street to close for water work

Mar 20, 2010 4:34 am

Main Street, between King Boulevard and Sixth Street in Downtown Evansville, will be closed to traffic from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.