Indiana's tallest Christmas tree lit up at Inn at Saint Mary's

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...

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.

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...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Indiana University South Bend is hosting a free film event Tuesday night in honor of Black History Month. The film "Nation Time" will be shown inside the Civil Rights Heritage Center. The movie will focus on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary...

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...

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...

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.

MISHAWAKA, Ind. (WSBT) — Bittersweet Elementary in Mishawaka won WSBT 22's "I love to Read Challenge!" Since they received the most votes over the weekend, Sports Director Pete Byrne read to students at the school today. Photojournalist Eric Gonzalez shows us his visit.

Congratulations to Northpoint Elementary in Granger - they are the winner of the February 8 "I Love to Read Challenge!" The students will be getting a visit Wednesday from WSBT 22 Storm Alert Meteorologist Jessica Burns. Watch for the story tonight on WSBT 22 News at 5:30. Voting for the...

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.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — Changes are coming to South Bend schools, and this is your chance to have a say. An architecture firm plans to help the district downsize and has proposals for the public to comment on. Different scenarios of which South Bend schools could close or be repurposed.

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Locust Road was temporarily shut down between Kern Road and Roosevelt Road, south of South Bend. St. Joseph County dispatch says SWAT was on scene at Sunset Village mobile home park. Police were originally called just before 7:30 p.m. for an assault call.

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...

ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — Parents can now enroll their children in a new public-school option in Elkhart County. The Premier Arts Academy will open in the fall and will be the first kindergarten through 6th grade charter school in Elkhart. The school will be tuition free for students. It...

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.

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...

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...

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...

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday morning that all taxpayers in Michigan will be receiving a $180 "inflation relief check" sometime this year, as long as she's able to gain the support of Republicans in the legislature. The relief check will come out "as soon as possible"...

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...