First off, let me assure you that that headline above represents the final horrible pun of the year from me. I promise.  *  *  * In a city that is overwhelmingly Republican, officials found themselves awash in political strife early in 2019 that exposed some internal tensions. Here’s my recap on some of those moments: …read more.

  Shelly Gilliland displays a replica of her “Scrabble Pete Quilt” at a recent campaign event. Photo provided. Leave it to a Warsaw resident to come up with a homespun, Midwestern way of showing a presidential candidate some campaign love. Shelly Gilliland first met South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg at a gathering for Congressional candidate …read more.

 Fulton County Court officials have announced how they will deal with the anticipated strong public interest in the upcoming trial of Alyssa Shepherd, which is set to begin Tuesday in Rochester. On Thursday afternoon, Superior Court Judge Gregory Heller issued a four-page outline on a variety of policies for the trial and I’m guessing a …read more.

  ROCHESTER — Plans for a  big trial in a little courtroom are complicating things in Rochester ahead of the trial of Alyssa Shepherd. Shepherd faces five charges in the deaths of three children who died at a bus stop along SR 25 near Talma a year ago after she struck four children who were …read more.

The headline was pretty simple: Warsaw City Council Explores The Idea Of Hiring Its Own Attorney. Getting to the possible end result in which council would retain its own attorney for questions they’d rather not ask the city attorney or two provided by the state will be a long slog and it certainly won’t show …read more.

Two-term mayor Joe Thallemer is not taking his re-election for granted. Eight years ago, Thallemer was one of four Republicans running for mayor. Four years ago, he was unopposed in his re-election bid. But this year, he’s facing a challenge from the upstart first-term Councilman Ron Shoemaker. Last week, I gave Shoemaker a chance to …read more.

SOUTH BEND — On Thursday, Jan. 5, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg officially entered the race to become the next national chairman of the Democratic Party.

SOUTH BEND — A very visible tribute from the city of South Bend to the community of Orlando. People gathered along the river around sunset to watch the River Lights lights turn colors of the rainbow.