Michigan police increase patrols to combat speeding

Police across Michigan are investigating reports of school threats, including one at Benton Harbor High School. There were about a dozen threats. All ended up being false. Michigan State Police are calling this a swatting incident, a harassment technique used to dispatch police to an innocent target. "It's disruptive. It...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — A South Bend Police officer is cleared of claims of using excessive force. An internal affairs investigation is now complete after the unnamed officer arrested a Black man in the city back in November. Marciio Perry is charged with felony resisting and possession of...

OSCEOLA, Ind. (WSBT) — Emergency crews from Penn Fire are on the scene of a collision involving a car and train in Osceola. Just after 4 p.m., calls came into the St Joseph County dispatch of a crash involving a train at the Apple Road crossing at Lincolnway East.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Fire crews were on the scene of an apartment fire in northern St. Joseph County on Generations Drive early Wednesday morning. This is near State Road 23 and the Toll Road. Dispatch says the call came in around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday when smoke alarms...

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan lawmakers and election officials are racing to implement the changes from last year's successful Proposal 2 constitutional amendment in time for May's special elections. Prop 2, or Promote the Vote 2022, passed with 59.99% of the vote in the November midterm, writing into Michigan's constitution...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Paw Paw man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for intentionally setting a fire to the Kalamazoo Planned Parenthood facility in July 2022. Joshua Brereton, 25, was sentenced to a mandatory minimum 60 months in prison for arson, followed by two years’ supervised release during his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Kalamazoo Monday.

Osceola, IN — More details have been released about a train and car collision that happened on Tuesday afternoon in Osceola. Emergency crews from Penn Fire responded to the scene just after 4 p.m. Police say the rear end of a northbound vehicle became stuck on the railroad tracks...

St. Joseph, MI — Lake Michigan draws people every season for different activities and sights. That includes seeing shelf ice along the shoreline. But there's something different about this year's ice or the lack of it. There is ice on the lake but in normal years, the ice extends...

Our next big storm system is developing to our southwest today. Although we will see some waves of clouds throughout the day, we won’t see any of the rain until after 8pm tonight. The heavy rain, chances of storms and even some snow showers will be affecting Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and then moving north into Missouri, Illinois, and southern Indiana during the day today.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — St. Joseph County leaders have made a big decision regarding the future of Portage Manor. Leaders are no longer planning to build a new facility, instead they will be shutting it down. Portage Manor is South Bend’s only publicly owned assisted living facility.

St. Joseph County activated the County-Metro SWAT team last night for an incident at Sunset Village Mobile home park off of Locust Road. Police were called just before 7:30 p.m. after a 36-year-old man had reportedly punched his mother and twice pulled the trigger of a handgun while pointing it at her chest.

Elkhart, IN (WSBT) — A new, public charter school option will open in Elkhart in the fall. More than 100 students have completed enrollment forms for the Premier Arts Academy. The school will integrate the arts into the everyday academic learning. You can read more about the tuition-free school...

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — One woman is dead and two are injured after a crash in Elkhart County. The crash occurred Monday morning, just before 10 a.m., at County Road 20 and County Road 35, south of Middlebury. Tiffany Runyon, 31, of Elkhart, was traveling southbound on Country...

A new Indiana bill was inspired by local mothers who lost children to sudden cardiac arrest. It’s touted as a life-saving bill that’s aimed at your child and the sports they play. Just a few weeks ago the world gasped when Buffalo Bills' player Damar Hamlin collapsed on...

ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — Pinewood Elementary in Elkhart won WSBT 22's "I love to Read Challenge!" Since they received the most votes, WSBT 22 anchor Kristin Bien read to students at the school today. Photojournalist DeMarco Brown shows us her visit.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Major changes coming for South Bend schools, but the district wants to hear from the community first. Due to shrinking enrollment, the district says it is asking for feedback on three scenarios to better utilize buildings. In all three proposals, there are some schools...

South Bend. Ind. — A fleet of food delivery robots is ready to serve the Notre Dame campus community. Notre Dame has partnered with Grubhub and Starship Technologies to deliver food on campus. They will begin with 30 robots that can carry the equivalent of three shopping bags of goods.

HARTFORD, Conn. (CITC) — Connecticut Democrats have proposed a bill limiting information about discussions teachers may have with their students about "sensitive subjects." The proposed bill would prohibit Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests pertaining to teacher communications with students that involve subjects like sexual orientation, gender identity or race. According to its text, the proposed law is intended to protect public school teachers.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — South Bend Venues Parks and Arts is hosting Howard Park's first ever low sensory night. Organizers say the event is specifically designed for neurodivergent community members. Ice-skating sessions will have lower attendance and lower sensory sounds and lights. A low sensory room will also...

LANSING, Mich. (SBG) — While the 2024 presidential election may feel a long way out, in Michigan, the clock is ticking for clerks and lawmakers who are working out plans to move the state toward an earlier presidential primary. Michigan Democrats continue to advocate to move next year's presidential...