St. Joseph County (Indiana)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The number of unemployed Hoosiers grew slightly last month while remaining well below the national average. Click here to see a ranking of Indiana counties by unemployment rate. Click here to see an Indiana county map with...

SOUTH BEND — As a grinning Gerald McKinney was led out of the St. Joseph County Courthouse after his trial this afternoon, he called himself "blessed." The 41-year-old was acquitted by a six-person jury of felony animal mutilation in connection...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY -- Drivers beware: delays are the name of the game on U.S. 31. The beam project got a late start Thursday. That means delays are to be expected Thursday night and throughout the weekend. Orange cones and barrels line a stretch of U.S....

SOUTH BEND –  Students in South Bend report to class for the first day of school in a month from now. Administrators at Riley, Washington, and Rise Up Academy say they will be building on the improvements they made last year.  This is what got them...

NORTHERN INDIANA – Do you know where you're most likely to be in a car accident?  A new report shows the most dangerous intersections in Indiana might not be where you think they are.  That report, issued by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute,...

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana's current marijuana laws are among the most harsh in the nation, but a group of state lawmakers met Thursday to talk about whether changing those laws would be a good idea. It all stems from a northern Indiana state senator...

SOUTH BEND — Harlan Praul had been dating his girlfriend only two weeks when he said he decided to kill her. Using only his fists, he said he beat 48-year-old Christine Freeman early today until she was unconscious and not breathing. Then he...

A South Bend woman who avoided criminal prosecution in 2007 for insurance fraud was charged last week related to separate allegations of welfare fraud. Daneile Frydrych, 34, is accused of receiving nearly $22,000 worth of food stamps from the...

SOUTH BEND — An autopsy conducted this morning on 19-year-old Steven A. Chatman revealed he died of multiple gunshot wounds. The manner of death has been confirmed as a homicide, according to a news release. The St. Joseph County Metro Homicide...

St. Joseph County leaders are mulling over how to react to a new Indiana law that will bar local governments from enforcing their own gun restrictions. The new law, which takes effect July 1, means people could begin carrying firearms into public...

SOUTH BEND -- A two month search for a Cass County murder suspect is over. Police arrested 19-year old Jaren Wade this morning at the Beacon Heights Apartment complex in South Bend.  Police say Wade shot and killed Darius Nickens outside a home on...

SOUTH BEND - A man convicted last month of sexually assaulting and battering his pregnant ex-girlfriend was mistakenly released from the St. Joseph County Jail six days after his trial and is now on the run from police. Manuel Murillo, 31, should have...