SOUTH BEND – The Cubs picked up the final game of the Bowling Green series, 8-4, Wednesday night at Four Winds Field.

SOUTH BEND — Bernie Sanders has a bold vision for America’s economic future, but what does that really mean? South Bend area voters have the chance to learn more at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, during “Breaking it Up, Breaking It Down: A Forum on the Need for a Bernie Sanders Economic Platform.”

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs collected 12 hits, but only had one run to show for its work in a 12-1 loss to Bowling Green Tuesday night.

SOUTH BEND – The Cubs outslugged Bowling Green in a 9-3 win Monday night.

FORT WAYNE – South Bend salvaged the final game of a four-game series at Fort Wayne, winning 5-4 Sunday.

FORT WAYNE – The TinCaps continued to pound the ball against the South Bend Cubs, winning 14-1 Saturday night.

SOUTH BEND – Highlights for the upcoming homstand for the South Bend Cubs.

SOUTH BEND – Five runs in the fourth helped the South Bend Cubs sweep Bowling Green.

SOUTH BEND – The Cubs walked off with another win Tuesday, 3-2, over Bowling Green.

SOUTH BEND – Eloy Jimenez homered in the ninth to give the South Bend Cubs a 7-6 win Monday against Bowling Green.

SOUTH BEND — Two vehicles that have been a part of the Studebaker National Museum’s collection for 40 years, but never displayed, will soon be up for public bid.

COMSTOCK PARK, MICH. – Today’s South Bend Cubs game at Fifth Third Park against the West Michigan Whitecaps has been postponed due to inclement weather.

COMSTOCK, MICH. – South Bend earned its first minor league baseball win of the season, 5-2, Saturday at West Michigan.

SOUTH BEND – West Michigan won another snow-filled game, 6-3, in seven innings at South Bend Friday night.

SOUTH BEND – Upcoming highlights for the South Bend Cubs homestand.

SOUTH BEND — The summer months of 2016 will bring a variety of Shakespearian events to Notre Dame, including: ‘The Tempest,’ Shakespeare’s magical tale of shipwreck and salvation. Set during the golden age of sea exploration, the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival’s Professional Company production of “The Tempest” will be enhanced by modern circus arts including aerial acrobatics …read more.

SOUTH BEND – South Bend lost its baseball season opener Thursday night, 9-4, to West Michigan.

SOUTH BEND – Rain has washed out the ‘A Night At The Ballpark’ event today at Four Winds Field.

SOUTH BEND – With only two days until Opening Day, the South Bend Cubs have announced several new food options for 2016.

SOUTH BEND — CBS News Anchor and New York Times Bestselling Author, Jane Pauley will be the keynote speaker for the 2016 Age of Excellence Luncheon Tuesday, April 26, at the Century Center, South Bend. Doors will open at 11 a.m. with lunch and program following at 11:30 a.m. The luncheonw ill also be the …read more.

SOUTH BEND – A sneak peak at the 2016 South Bend Cubs.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs are gearing up for Opening Day on Thursday, April 7, as they announce the first homestand schedule of 2016.

WARSAW – Girls track and softball results for Warsaw for Tuesday, March 29.

SOUTH BEND — Camp Kesem Notre Dame, an organization dedicated to supporting children through and beyond their parent’s cancer, announces its annual Make the Magic event at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at Club Naimoli in the Joyce Center at the University of Notre Dame. Camp Kesem is the only national organization dedicated to the over …read more.

Aleta Ort Haslanger, residing in South Bend, passed away peacefully at 1:40 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2016, at Southfield Village, surrounded by her loving and caring family. She was 102 years old. She was born to Ernest Logan and Genora (Bachtel) Logan on the family farm in St. Joseph County, on June 5, 1913, and …read more.

SOUTH BEND — A place you might not expect music, is now being filled with song. If you were a parent of a premature baby who spent time in the NICU, you might remember the constant beeps and blinks from monitors. Now, with new research and a program that’s making music the new normal, Memorial …read more.

WARSAW — Two sets of bids were opened and then tabled by the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety Friday morning, March 4 one bid was received for the Main Street Sewer Replacement project and three bids received on a new rescue truck for the Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory. Atlas Excavating, Inc., West Lafayette, was …read more.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs will once again offer an exclusive ticket package for its home opener on Thursday, April 7.

SOUTH BEND — Police say, after a South Bend woman saw her stolen car driving by, she jumped into action and started firing a gun.

WARSAW — A South Bend man involved in a 2012 robbery at a residence in Warsaw has been booked in the Kosciusko County Jail. Jeremy Raymon Lacy, 28, 1134 Milton St., South Bend, is being held in the county jail on no bond. He is being charged with robbery with a deadly weapon, a class …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Individual-game tickets for the 2016 South Bend Cubs season go on sale March 9 beginning at 10 a.m.

SOUTH BEND — A live web camera has been installed near the nest of two bald eagles at St. Patrick’s County Park. The camera is at the University of Notre Dame’s Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND-LEEF) at the park. To view images of the nest, visit: environmentalchange.nd.edu/programs/nd-leef/eagles. Last spring, two bald eagles took over an existing red-tailed …read more.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs have released its promotional schedule.

SOUTH BEND – Josh McDaniel hit the game-winning shot to lift LCA to a 56-55 boys basketball win Tuesday night over South Bend Community Baptist.

Donald L. Dickey, 100, passed away at 10:40 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at the Milton Home. Donald was born on Dec. 15, 1915, in South Bend, to the late Jesse C. and Carrie E. (Walters) Dickey. On January 18, 1941, Donald married Gearldine Edwards who died in November, 1985. On Aug. 5, 1986, he …read more.

SAN FRANCISCO — Before the game, The Armed Forces Chorus sang “America The Beautiful.”

SOUTH BEND — In May, after 28 years, Maestro Tsung Yeh will be performing his last concert as the conductor and music director of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.

SOUTH BEND — If you’re looking to lace up your skates and hit the ice at Howard Park, you’ll have to wait until next season.

SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame inked 24 recruits Wednesday in a solid football recruiting class.

MISHAWAKA — MutualBank recently promoted James Martindale to vice president, senior commercial banker, manager. MutualBank added Martindale to the St. Joseph County commercial banking division in 2012. To benefit the team’s strength, Martindale brought more than 20 years of real-world, business experience and spent the last 10 years in the banking industry as a commercial lender. …read more.

By MATT MALLESS JAG Specialist, Economic Growth Region 2, Tippecanoe Valley High School Nine Tippecanoe Valley High School students recently competed against students from 11 other schools at the JAG Region 2 Career Development Conference at the Kroc Center, South Bend. The purpose of the competition was to improve job readiness skills in a professional …read more.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs are offering up to five scholarships for potential college baseball and softball players.

Vivian Katherine Rowe, 6 days old, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016 in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. Vivian is survived by her parents: Jeff (Lynn) Rowe; her brother: William Baylor Rowe; maternal grandparents: Michael (Rhonda) McIntyre; and paternal grandparents: Norman (Judy) Rowe, all of Bremen. A private family service will be held. Mishler Funeral …read more.

SOUTH BEND — It was a controversial change sparked heated debate — South Bend Schools lowered the GPA requirements for student-athletes.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs will host a series of job fairs to fill employment opportunities for the upcoming 2016 baseball season.

SOUTH BEND — Join us for the “Prelude,” a pre-concert conversation, with Maestro Tsung Yeh and dynamic soloist and South Bend Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Trevor O’Riordan prior to the June H. Edwards Chamber Series concert 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame. The Maestro …read more.

SOUTH BEND — This morning the Indiana Department of Education released the 2015 ISTEP scores.

SOUTH BEND — “Did you see that dress?” It’s a common question among “Downton Abbey” fans after catching the latest episode of the hit TV show.

ELKHART COUNTY — A grass roots effort is underway in Elkhart to help the homeless during the winter months.

SOUTH BEND — An inmate who escaped from a Wisconsin prison at the end of November could be in South Bend, according to Michiana Crime Stoppers.

PLYMOUTH — Two South Bend men were arrested Saturday afternoon after taking several items from Lowe’s in Plymouth. Dedrick Murdick Cookbey, 25, and Lineson Fitzgerald Powell, 26, both from South Bend, were arrested and initially charged with theft. A case report will be completed and forwarded to the Marshall County Prosecutor’s office for review. Marshall …read more.

By ANDREA NEAL Though his name is not nearly as familiar as John Deere’s, James Oliver of South Bend revolutionized agriculture with his invention of a new type of plow. An 1878 advertisement for the Oliver Chilled Plow boasted: “Buy no other. Will last for years, and no blacksmith’s bill to pay. It is the …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Fan safety netting at Four Winds Field in downtown South Bend exceeds the 2016 recommendations for safety netting issued for all 30 Major League Baseball teams by the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.

SOUTH BEND — South Bend Community School Corp.’s administration doesn’t have a solid enough plan for implementing later start times at intermediate schools and high schools to bring it to the board for approval yet.

SOUTH BEND — Gun violence costs the U.S. roughly $229 billion dollars each year — or $700 a person, according to a Mother Jones report. But, then there’s the emotional cost.

SOUTH BEND – Lakeland Christian Academy sent both of its basketball programs to South Bend Trinity and came away with a split. The girls team came away with a 43-33 win while the boys were defeated 77-42.

SOUTH BEND — Come visit Potawatomi Zoo during their Winter Days while the Zoo is closed for the season and see what your animal friends are up to during the snowy chilly months.

SOUTH BEND – South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, along with other regional leaders, recognized the history-making 2015 season of the South Bend Cubs at a special celebration held at Four Winds Field Wednesday at noon.

SOUTH BEND – South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg will be among several dignitaries to celebrate the accomplishments of the South Bend Cubs in an event scheduled for Dec. 2 at Four Winds Field.

SOUTH BEND — Beards, goatees and mustaches.

SOUTH BEND – Notre Dame defeated Wake Forest, 28-7, Saturday to stay in the hunt for a College Football Playoff berth.

SOUTH BEND – Ballpark Digest announced today that the South Bend Cubs minor league baseball team has been named 2015 Team of the Year.

MISHAWAKA — Gray Television, the Atlanta-based company that reached a deal in September to buy Mishawaka-based Schurz Communications’ broadcasting properties, announced today that it will flip the Schurz radio stations to another company.

SOUTH BEND – Minor League Baseball (MiLB) announced at 12 p.m. Eastern time today that the South Bend Cubs professional baseball team has been picked from among all 160 teams in the country to receive the highest honor in MiLB. The team is the 42nd recipient of the annual John H. Johnson President’s Award which …read more.

SOUTH BEND — There are no pins or lanes anymore, but the former Beacon Bowl bowling alley is hoping to revive its place in the community.

SOUTH BEND — A 3,000 pound piece of U.S. history traveled through South Bend on Thursday evening.

SOUTH BEND — On Monday, Oct. 12 ABC57 received the Edward R. Murrow Award by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)

SOUTH BEND  — There are some major improvements in the works to the skating rink at Howard Park. Officials want to completely replace the old rink with a new one with more modern amenities. They say that will make the rink more accessible to the community. The project could cost more than a million dollars, but …read more.

SOUTH BEND —The Indiana Heart Gallery, a traveling exhibit featuring compelling portraits of children in need of adoptive families, is stopping in South Bend. The Gallery will be featured at the Northern Indiana Autism Expo on Oct. 17. The Department of Child Services uses the Heart Gallery’s professional portraits and stories about foster children in Indiana to help put a face on a sometimes invisible need and remind families that adoption can change lives. There is no charge to see the gallery.

William Michael “Mike” Gentry, 52, of North Liberty, passed away at 7:47 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, at his home. He was born on May 11, 1963, in Florence, Ala., to William and Peggy (Smith) Gentry. On Aug. 26, 2006, in Mishawaka, Mike was united in marriage to the former Marci A. Poor. Mike lived …read more.

WARSAW — Warsaw-Wayne Township Fire Department had six of its firefighters, and two lead instructors participate in a structural collapse class in South Bend. The class lasted two weeks giving officers 80 hours of training. The two lead instructors included Aaron Bolinger and Andrew Calloway.

SOUTH BEND — Groceries cost more than they did six months ago, according to Indiana Farm Bureau’s semiannual “market basket” survey. This year, the average price of the sixteen food items included in the survey totaled $53.32, an increase of $2.14 from the fall of 2014. Indiana’s average is 82 cents cheaper than the national American …read more.

SOUTH BEND — The completion of the South Shore Train boarding platform will be celebrated on Monday, Oct. 5, with a ceremony including remarks from representatives of the St. Joseph County Airport Authority and Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District.

SOUTH BEND — The biggest TV station group in the nation has acquired a new broadcaster.

WARSAW — Over Warsaw Community Schools’ Fall Break, the Y will be offering School Break Camp from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Parkview Warsaw YMCA. Children Kindergarten through 6th grade will be kept busy and having fun October 21-23. Wednesday, they will play group games and go on a field trip to HealthWorks Museum in South Bend. Thursday, children will take a field trip to Shipshewana’s corn maze. On Friday, Fall Break Camp will make a craft and Scarecrow Snack Mix, go on a skeleton scavenger hunt, go skating at Eastlake Skate Center and end the day with a movie.

GRANGER —The ITR Concession Co. announced the beginning of Phase 1 of its Travel Plaza Master Plan on Sept. 28, which will extensively renovate Indiana Toll Road amenities available to travelers. With a budget of more than $30 million, the massive restoration plan includes the demolition and rehabilitation of eight travel plazas. After this project is …read more.

SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs will be hosting an open house at Four Winds Field on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Gates will open at 7 p.m. with free admission and parking.

SOUTH BEND – The South Shore Line could be suspending service come Jan. 1.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. –– A banner has gone up on the old Hoffman Hotel building, announcing loft units are soon to be available for interested artists. The developer says they’re not taking applications for artists looking to live in the renovated hotel.  The units-all loft spaces-should be available in December, as long as renovations continue …read more.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Faheemah Fowler, 34, has been arrested for theft after police say she allegedly embezzled money from the South Bend Ivy Tech Community College book store. The South Bend Police Department says Fowler had been embezzling money for months from July until September.  According to the report, Fowler would ring up an …read more.

SOUTH BEND — Construction has begun on the new $50 million Memorial Children’s Hospital in South Bend. The project, led by Beacon Health Systems, is supported through $10 million in donations and is expected to open in 2017. The 100,000 square-foot expansion plans for hematology, oncology, pediatric intensive care services and a roof garden and family lounge. …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Seymour Midwest, Warsaw, allegedly violated federal law when it rejected a 58-year-old executive upon learning he was older than the company’s ideal range of 45-52. A lawsuit was filed in August by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

By Shalah Sasse Writer/Reporter, Inside Indiana Business MISHAWAKA — Georgia-based Gray Television Inc. will acquire Mishawaka-based Schurz Communications Inc. for approximately $442.5 million. The deal includes all of the television and radio stations of Schurz. Schurz owns WSBT-TV in the South Bend market. Gray currently owns WNDU-TV in South Bend. Due to FCC regulations, the …read more.

SOUTH BEND – 2015 was one for the record books for the South Bend Cubs, which is looking to only expand on a season to remember.

SOUTH BEND – Solid play from Triton’s top half of the lineup carried the team to a 3-2 win Wednesday at South Bend Riley.

SOUTH BEND – Today, the South Bend Cubs officially announced a new, historic attendance record of 347,678 fans for a single season in downtown South Bend. The new record was set on Friday night, September 4 during the final home game of the 2015 season at Four Winds Field.

EASTLAKE, OH. – South Bend finished its 2015 baseball campaign with a win, beating Lake County 3-0 Monday in Ohio.

SOUTH BEND – A 10-1 loss to Dayton Wednesday night, along with West Michigan’s win, eliminated the South Bend Cubs from playoff contention.

SOUTH BEND – Cubs star prospects Gleybor Torres and Jeffrey Baez have been promoted from South Bend to High-A Myrtle Beach.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – South Bend starter Tommy Thorpe posted six strong innings, and the Cubs offense stayed hot and powered a 9-2 win over Bowling Green to complete the series sweep Tuesday afternoon at Bowling Green Ballpark.

SOUTH BEND – With an historic and record-setting first season nearing its completion, the South Bend Cubs announced their 2016 schedule Tuesday.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – South Bend surged to a five-run second inning and blew past Bowling Green, 10-4, in Monday night’s middle game at Bowling Green Ballpark.

SOUTH BEND – Homestand highlights and promotions for the final homestand of the season at Four Winds Field with the South Bend Cubs.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After suffering a one-sided loss that wrapped up in the early hours Sunday morning, South Bend bounced back later that night with a 4-3 win over Bowling Green in the series opener at Bowling Green Ballpark.

By ALYSSA ALSTOTT Administrative Assistant Human Rights Commission SOUTH BEND — The Civil Rights Heritage Center and the Center for a Sustainable Future invite the community to, “A Celebration of Better Homes of South Bend: An American Story of Courage,” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Wiekamp Auditorium, DW1001, IUSB. This event will …read more.

SOUTH BEND – South Bend right-hander Jake Stinnett continued his strong stretch of starts with seven one-run innings, and Gioskar Amaya drove in four runs, as the Cubs downed Great Lakes, 10-3, in Friday’s middle game at Four Winds Field.

SOUTH BEND – Great Lakes scored three runs in the third and slipped past South Bend, 4-3, in Thursday’s series opener at Four Winds Field before 4,047 fans.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – South Bend starter Tommy Thorpe worked a career-high seven innings, but West Michigan struck for three runs in the eighth to catapult past the Cubs, 4-3, in the rubber game Wednesday night at Fifth Third Ballpark.

Fort Wayne TinCaps outfielder Nick Torres and South Bend Cubs shortstop Gleybor Torres were named to the Midwest League’s 2015 Post Season All-Star Roster.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – West Michigan scored three second-inning runs, added late insurance and strolled past South Bend, 7-2, in Tuesday night’s middle game at Fifth Third Ballpark.