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  • 1 week ago | southbendtribune.com | Camille Sarabia

    A suspect in connection to a shooting at Don Juan Cantina and Grill over the weekend that injured a man was charged Thursday with three Level 5 felonies. On May 4, the South Bend Police Department responded to a ShotSpotter notification in the 3400 block of West Sample Street around 1:15 a.m., officers and were told a man was injured in the shooting, the department said in a press release. The victim's injuries were non-life-threatening and he was transported to the hospital, police said.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Camille Sarabia

    This photo provided by WNDU-TV shows the scene of a four-vehicle crash May 8, 2025, at the intersection of U.S. 20 and Fail Road in Kankakee Township in LaPorte County. Two New Prairie United School Corporation buses carrying coaches and students with New Prairie High School's junior varsity baseball team were hit in the crash, and two coaches and seven athletes were injured.

  • 1 week ago | southbendtribune.com | Camille Sarabia

    A Romeoville man was arrested after a four-vehicle crash involving two New Prairie High School mini-buses. The driver of the box truck, Shawn Wesly Russell Akison, is awaiting toxicology test results. The LaPorte County Sheriff's office is seeking dashcam footage and witness accounts of the incident. A Romeoville, Illinois, man was arrested in connection to a four-vehicle crash Thursday in which several people with the New Prairie High School baseball team were injured.

  • 1 week ago | southbendtribune.com | Camille Sarabia

    Two men were arrested and charged with attempted burglary at Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend. Police found a hole cut in the zoo's perimeter fence and burglary tools near the suspects' vehicle. Because of prior convictions, the prosecution is arguing against pre-trial release for both men. Two men were charged with attempted burglary after being accused of cutting through a fence at Potawatomi Zoo. South Bend Police officers were dispatched to 500 S.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Camille Sarabia

    Several people suffered injures in a four-vehicle crash involving two New Prairie United School Corporation buses. The LaPorte County Sheriff's office responded to a crash around 3:15 p.m., May 8 involving a commercial motor vehicle, a single-axe box truck and two New Prairie schools mini buses, the sheriffs office said in a press release. The crash occurred in Kankakee Township, north of LaPorte, at the intersection of U.S. 20 and Fail Road.

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