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Some Setbacks in the nearly half million dollar renovation of the Elkhart Public Library.The newly renovated library was supposed to open Tuesday but that was pushed back to Wednesday. And parts of the More>>
FOX28 News talks to Father Matthew Coonan at St. Vincent DePaul about the meaning of Ash Wednesday, and why it is important for Christians.
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Police are investigating a crash on US-12 near Klinger Rd. that killed a 60-year-old.Police tell FOX28 that the man was driving his pickup truck on US-12 when he crossed the centerline and hit an oncoming More>>
Indiana senators are taking up work on a statewide smoking ban in the waning days of the 2012 session. More>>
The Robotics Team at Penn High School worked long hours for six weeks, all the way up to a midnight deadline Wednesday, to create a basketball shooting robot. The robot is able to pick up NERF balls More>>
This winter has been a real challenge for the folks up at Swiss Valley in Jones, Michigan. The unseasonably warm temps have made it pretty tricky to make snow, but they have been able to stay open. More>>
It came and went in a flash each time, a number on a board for mere seconds, but its symbolic power couldn't be dismissed. More>>
A tenured associate professor of law and society at Indiana University South Bend has been fired for what the university describes as serious personal and professional misconduct. More>>
An Associated Press survey of the nation's top methamphetamine-producing states shows national lab seizures rose again last year. More>>
The Republican-led Michigan Senate has approved a bill that would block unionization efforts by graduate student research assistants at public universities. More>>
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is calling for 20 percent across-the-board cuts in personal income tax rates as part of a program to help the economy grow. More>>
A group of 14 religious organizations have issued a joint statement asking for political candidates to avoid using their religious beliefs as a test for public office. Below is the complete statement of principles from the groups. More>>
A legislative proposal aimed at telling Indiana residents when they can try to stop police officers from entering their homes could undergo key changes sought by law enforcement groups. More>>
Undaunted by a day of ridicule from the leader of his own party, an Indiana lawmaker said Tuesday he's standing by his allegations that the Girl Scouts is a radical organization that promotes abortions and homosexuality. More>>
Mitt Romney's campaign says the Republican presidential candidate is attending a tea party event in southeastern Michigan on Thursday, five days ahead of the state's primary election. More>>
FOX28 Chief Meteorologist John Fischer visited a local elementary school Tuesday to teach the kids about weather forecasting. More>>
Courtesy: Elkhart County Sheriff's DepartmentThe Elkhart County Sheriff's Department arrested Roland Sommers Sunday evening. They say a search of his home in the 58-thousand block of County Road 111 found precursors and remnants of a meth lab. More>>
It's Fat Tuesday time in Michiana. Some just call it Mardis Gras, but others refer to it as Paczki Day.Well those that love paczki's that is. It's a Fat Tuesday tradition of the decadent kind. If you've More>>
Hello! Good to see everybody. Please, have a seat. Have a seat. (Applause.) Good morning. I want to thank all of you for coming. I want to thank my outstanding Vice President, Joe Biden -- (applause) More>>
According to Michigan State Police, the Scott Parm was crossing U.S. 12 from South Third Street around 6:30am when an eastbound vehicle hit him. More>>
A bill advancing in the Legislature that would require people who sue a livestock farm to pay the farm's legal fees if a judge declares their lawsuit frivolous is being condemned by activists who say it would send a... More>>
South Bend Common Councilman, and police officer, Derek Dieter was taken to the hospital Tuesday after his patrol car was rear ended.Police say Dieter was stopped at the intersection of Portage Road and More>>
A school in north-central Indiana is hoping to increase literacy by issuing iPads to kindergarten students. More>>
The Supreme Court says the police don't have to read Miranda rights to prison inmates every time they interrogate them about crimes unrelated to their current incarceration. More>>
A standoff in Cass County ended after more than 12 hours near Edwardsburg. Officials say one suspect was taken into custody just before midnight. More>>
An Indiana House committee is set to consider a proposal to require that all large, temporary outdoor stages pass inspections before they are used for performances. More>>
A survey of Indiana adults with disabilities is looking for respondents. More>>
An Indiana lawmaker won't support a resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts because he believes it is a "radicalized organization" that supports abortion and promotes homosexuality. More>>
Indiana retailers could lose their business licenses for a year if they're caught selling synthetic stimulants nicknamed "bath salts" or others that mimic marijuana. More>>
For most people, President's Day is really a celebration of a day off. For some kids in our area, it was the perfect day for the Kroc Kids Camp. The brand new Kroc Center in South Bend hosted 35 kids More>>
After an overnight fire destroyed Francesco's Ristorante Italiano in Mishawaka on Monday, friends of the restaurant's owner family reacted to the business's loss. Francesco's has hosted celebrities and More>>
Several residents of a South Bend Apartment complex were forced to evacuate their homes Monday morning after an apartment caught fire.A fire broke out at Maple Lane Apartments shortly after 8:00am Monday More>>
Three adults and one teen are in custody an charges related to 25 thefts in Kosciusko County.Police were called out to reports of a suspicious vehicle near County Road 450 N. and County Road 250 E. Authorities More>>
Police have identified the 62-year-old man killed in a crash on Sunday. Authorities say Steven Carey of South Bend was biking along the 16900 block of State Road 23 around 11:00am when he was hit by a More>>
A meteorologist says Indiana's mild winter that's lured some spring flowers into early bloom has been the state's warmest in a decade. More>>
Indiana lawmakers are closing in on the end of the 2012 session with some big issues left on their plate. More>>
A professor at the Australian National University who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in October will be in northern Indiana to give a lecture on "The Accelerating Universe." More>>
Sunday at the Elkhart Environmental Center people learned how to make maple syrup from trees in their own yard. Attendees were shown how to identify a maple tree and how to get the sap out of the tree. They More>>
The streets of downtown South Bend were bustling Sunday afternoon with supporters walking for the St. Margaret's House 13th Annual Winter Walk. The mile long walk kicked off at the county city building. More>>
Fat Tuesday is just around the corner and that means paczki's will be filling bakery shelves. A Mishawaka donut shop was starting to make thousands of the pastries on Sunday in preparation. Owner of Stone's More>>
Something wonderful took place at the Bethel game. The surprise of a lifetime for senior cheerleader Erica Marschke. During a timeout in the 2nd half of the game, when the cheerleaders came out to do More>>
Dozens got outdoors for a cause Saturday morning at Concord High School. And the sunshine made for a good day to do it. Unfortunately the conditions aren't always this pleasant for the people volunteers More>>
Over 100 boats and power toys were on display at the Century Center Saturday for the Michiana Boat Show. People were out ready to buy and Fays Marina Owner, Ed Fay says that's a trend that the boating More>>
It may feel a little on the warm side for winter, but it's certainly not summer yet. That didn't stop a group of people in Edwardsburg from jumping into Pleasant Lake Saturday morning. It was all part More>>
A lot of people today are eating organic foods to avoid ingesting harsh chemicals and pesticides
but a new study of some organic foods found high levels of arsenic.
The study published by Environmental Health Perspectives blames brown rice syrup, which is used as an alternative to high fructose corn syrup.
It can be found in things like organic baby formula, cereal bars, and energy shots. More>>
Officials in a central Indiana county hope parents will recognize the dangers of co-sleeping after four healthy infants died this year. More>>
The Elkhart Truth announced Wednesday changes to its printing operation. The family-owned newspaper will be outsourcing the printing of its daily edition to the South Bend Tribune starting March 6.In a More>>
A routine traffic stop by Police turned into a foot chase in Elkhart County Friday morning.Sergeant Trent Smith says an officer pulled over a vehicle on the U.S. 20 Bypass near County Road 1 around 9:00am More>>
A Nigerian man given a mandatory life sentence for trying to blow up a packed jetliner using a bomb sewn into his underwear on Christmas Day 2009 has appealed the punishment. More>>
The anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List plans to endorse Rick Santorum for president. More>>
A South Bend restaurant is closed after a van crashes into their walk-in cooler.South Bend police say the driver of a minivan hit the building shortly before noon on Friday.No one was injured in the crash More>>
Plymouth High School students are using their engineering knowledge to build the best bridge in the state.They're taking part in the Purdue Bridge Bust. They are given materials to accomplish the feat. More>>
Warm winter weather could be putting the state's fruit crop at risk. More>>
Photo Courtesy Indiana State PoliceOne person died in a roll over accident early Thursday morning, police say, in Marshall County.According to Sergeant Trent Smith, a pick-up truck was found by another vehicle in a drainage ditch filled More>>
The Indiana Department of Education has distributed its first round of 10 innovation grants totaling $2.4 million to schools and groups across the state. More>>
In Mitt Romney's world, Europeans are socialists, the Chinese are currency manipulators, Russia can't be trusted to abide by nuclear agreements, and the U.S. is too generous with humanitarian aid. More>>
A new poll shows former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra with a healthy lead over his rivals in the Republican race to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow. More>>
An Elkhart County Family has lost nearly everything in an afternoon fire. Their home on Missouri Avenue in Goshen was destroyed on Thursday. They also lost three family pets a dog and two cats. A member More>>
Some Setbacks in the nearly half million dollar renovation of the Elkhart Public Library.The newly renovated library was supposed to open Tuesday but that was pushed back to Wednesday. And parts of the More>>
FOX28 News talks to Father Matthew Coonan at St. Vincent DePaul about the meaning of Ash Wednesday, and why it is important for Christians.
More>>
Police are investigating a crash on US-12 near Klinger Rd. that killed a 60-year-old.Police tell FOX28 that the man was driving his pickup truck on US-12 when he crossed the centerline and hit an oncoming More>>
Indiana senators are taking up work on a statewide smoking ban in the waning days of the 2012 session. More>>
The Robotics Team at Penn High School worked long hours for six weeks, all the way up to a midnight deadline Wednesday, to create a basketball shooting robot. The robot is able to pick up NERF balls More>>
This winter has been a real challenge for the folks up at Swiss Valley in Jones, Michigan. The unseasonably warm temps have made it pretty tricky to make snow, but they have been able to stay open. More>>
It came and went in a flash each time, a number on a board for mere seconds, but its symbolic power couldn't be dismissed. More>>
It's Fat Tuesday time in Michiana. Some just call it Mardis Gras, but others refer to it as Paczki Day.Well those that love paczki's that is. It's a Fat Tuesday tradition of the decadent kind. If you've More>>
According to Michigan State Police, the Scott Parm was crossing U.S. 12 from South Third Street around 6:30am when an eastbound vehicle hit him. More>>
A standoff in Cass County ended after more than 12 hours near Edwardsburg. Officials say one suspect was taken into custody just before midnight. More>>
Devontae Neal was schedule to announce his college choice this morning at the elementary school where he once attended. After 600 students waited over an hour for the 4-star athlete to show up, they went More>>
Britt at Stephenson's finishes by looking at warmer clothes with colors that pop. More>>
Britt Continues at Stephenson's, this time looking at adding color to the top half of the body. More>>
Britt Conway is with Danny Reynolds at Stephenson's for pre spring fashion tips. More>>
Britt continues at Indulgence Pastry Shop & Cafe making paczki's this time frying them up. More>>
Britt Conway is at Indulgence Pastry Shop & Cafe making paczki's for Fat Tuesday. More>>
At Adam's Bistro Britt sees how to finish the meal with Cajun bread. More>>
Britt at Adam's Bistro finishes the jambalaya and get started on smokey mountain corn. More>>
Britt Conway is at Adam's Bistro getting started on some Cajun cooking. More>>
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