News from The South Bend Tribune

Ind. rules restrict jurors' use of technology

Mar 21, 2010 7:54 pm

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana jurors will have to surrender cell phones and other communications devices when deliberations begin under new courtroom rules taking effect July 1.

Memorial ER sees an influx since St. Joe move :Doctors note rise in uninsured, indigent patients

Mar 21, 2010 12:02 pm

SOUTH BEND -- More than three months after Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center's highly publicized move to a new building in Mishawaka, medical officials say a burden is growing in the city they left...

Lessons about life from sororities

Mar 21, 2010 11:48 am

SOUTH BEND -- A group of middle school girls listened to two women and their wisdom on tapping only their positive powers.

Signs of new life in Dowagiac :More businesses bring optimism for merchants

Mar 21, 2010 11:45 am

DOWAGIAC -- Sue Kazlauskas has seen new life breathed back into the city's downtown in recent weeks.

Prom garment giveaway at Hall of Fame draws crowds

Mar 21, 2010 11:44 am

SOUTH BEND -- Wide-eyed and excited, the girl in a prom dress fled down the staircase at the College Football Hall of Fame to show her father. Not many words -- just enough to say: How do I look?

Green-thumbed residents turn out for Niles event :Niles' Garden Party offers advice, techniques for spring planting.

Mar 21, 2010 11:42 am

NILES -- With two thriving garden clubs, Niles perhaps has more than its share of residents with green thumbs.

Locals offer opinions on health care reform

Mar 21, 2010 11:41 am

How are you hoping the health care vote goes?

Deadline approaching for fire territory merger :Washington Township, Bristol deciding whether to proceed.

Mar 21, 2010 11:39 am

BRISTOL -- Both Washington Township and Bristol leaders are working with their lawyers to decide if the two will create a joint fire territory.