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CRIME & SAFETY
Fatal shooting on W. Cleveland Ave
ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. --The Elkhart County Homicide Unite was activated on Jul. 20, around 10:52 p.m., to handle the investigation of a fatal shooting in the 300 block of W. Cleveland Ave, by the Elkhart City 911 Communications Center. Officers with the Elkhart City Police Department and first responders arrived...
One man killed, another injured in Elkhart shooting
One man was killed and another was injured in a shooting in Elkhart. It was just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, when police got a call about a shooting in the 300 block of West Cleveland Avenue. Upon arrival in the area, officers saw a man with an...
South Bend Police ballistics experts investigate injury to see if it was a shooting or not
SOUTH BEND — One resident was injured and two others had vehicles damaged during an incident Wednesday night with someone firing a gun, according to the South Bend Police Department, but it's not clear if the victim was injured by a bullet or by debris knocked loose by a bullet. Police were dispatched around 8:30 p.m. to the 1200 block of North Huey Street on July 17. The incident was logged as an aggravated assault-shooting with injury...
Jefferson township motorcycle crash leaves man dead
CASS COUNTY, Michigan — A man is dead after a motorcycle crash on Saturday afternoon in Jefferson Township, according to the Cass County Sheriff's Office. Deputies said around 3:30 p.m. they were called to an area near Dailey Road and Jefferson Center Street for a crash. CCSO said the...
South Bend Police help rescue cat
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Cats are known to be curious and they are also known to get into trouble. A cat in the south side of South Bend is no exception. Early Friday morning a kitty got its head stuck under a chain link fence at O'Brien Park.
North Liberty driver faces felony charges after 4-car South Bend crash, also had warrants
SOUTH BEND — A North Liberty man accused of crashing into three vehicles Tuesday evening is now charged in St. Joseph Superior Court with four criminal counts, including resisting law enforcement and possession of drugs. Matthew James Dean, a 33-year-old resident of North Liberty, was allegedly driving erratically with...
South Bend K9s Troy and Teddy get body armor donation
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The South Bend Police Department announced on Friday that two of the department's finest, K9 officers Troy and Teddy, have received bullet and stab protective vests from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s. Teddy’s vest was sponsored by John and Molly Shirk of Redmond, WA and...
Niles man faces jail time for carrying concealed weapon
A 64-year-old Niles man was sentenced to jail time on Monday. Gladger Ross pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and was sentenced to 20 days in jail with credit for one day served after being arrested for carrying a loaded stolen gun. The incident happened in October of last...
South Bend On Site Prayer Ministry seeks to create ripples of peace after violent June
SOUTH BEND — Six people stood around a lone candle on a grassy yard between homes just south of Proper Apartments where Robert Jeffries was shot. He later died from his injuries at the hospital. They specifically stood in a circle— with no beginning and no end— as one,...
CrowdStrike glitch had minimal effects in South Bend area. Airport, 911 centers adjusted
SOUTH BEND — Local law enforcement and airport flights mostly escaped being caught up in a globally disruptive IT outage, but a couple of nearby counties were feeling some of the effects. The glitch in the software update of CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity program, caused outages for airports, banks and...
911 centers turn to 'stone age' during software outage
ELKHART, Ind.-- Overnight, computers across the globe were crashing and logging out due to a faulty antivirus update from CrowdStrike including at 911 call centers, where dispatchers lost access to their computer-assisted dispatch (CAD) software. At the Elkhart Communications Center, this meant dispatchers had to go back to the basics:...
Eight firefighters sworn-in by the South Bend Fire Department
There are now 8 new firefighters ready to respond to emergencies in South Bend. The recruits graduated this morning after 22 weeks of Fire and EMS education. The Assistant Chief says they've been in a hiring "lull" for a long time and they're excited to see more people interested in the career.
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