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

BY KELLI STOPCYNSKI, SUZANNE SPENCER, WSBT Reporting Staff CENTERVILLE, MICH. — More than 1,000 tips, countless interviews, and DNA sampling led police to 65-year-old Daniel Furlong, who was arrested and charged in the cold case murder of 11-year-old Jodi Parrack. The girl’s body was found by her mother in a Constantine cemetery in 2007. She …read more.

SOUTH BEND – Team officials announced today that an agreement has been reached with CBS television affiliate WSBT-TV, to broadcast a total of eight South Bend Cubs games during the 2015 baseball season. “Fan and corporate enthusiasm for the team across the region continues to grow,” said Joe Hart, President of the South Bend Cubs. …read more.

This summer has been a far cry from the heat wave of Summer 2012 as most of the midwest has not yet even seen a 90-degree day. And now, forecasters are calling for a blast from Canada that will see temperatures plummet as low as the 40s next week. Morning temperatures early next week will likely …read more.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is used with permission from WSBT-TV. For a video to go with the story, click HERE.) Victoria is a sixth-grader in Warsaw who has big plans for her future. “I want to be a robotics engineer,” said Victoria Heimbach. She’s one of seven kids taking part in a summer camp hosted by Ivy Tech and …read more.

A Michigan man who was airlifted to South Bend Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon with severe head injuries after a motorcycle crash in Nappanee, has died. According to Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department investigators, George J. Bommarito, 49, of Petoskey, Mich., passed away at 11:39 a.m. Sunday, one day after he collided with a passenger car on U.S. 6, …read more.

Those residing in North America and much of South America will receive front row seats to a rare view of a total lunar eclipse early tomorrow morning. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration tonight will mark the first of four total eclipses that will occur by September 2015. A lunar eclipse occurs when the …read more.

Nearly 10 years after retiring as finance manager for Warsaw Community Schools, Rande Thorpe, 57, and his wife, Virginia, 59, currently face charges associated with the burglary and fraud of an Illinois casino. WSBT reports Thorpe was arrested for the same type of crime at a casino in Mississippi just before he suddenly resigned from LaPorte …read more.

A sweet, sugary snack may pack a rather unsavory surprise for some. Indiana health officials have said packages of original Skittles sold at a store in eastern Indiana caused two individuals to be hospitalized for treatment of burning throats, cramping and diarrhea. According to WSBT, State Health Department spokeswoman Amy Reel said the contaminated candy, …read more.

The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for the northern Indiana area. Counties included in the outlook are Kosciusko, Elkhart, Marshall, Allen and Whitley. According to the NWS, accumulating snowfall is expected Saturday night through Sunday night with the heaviest snowfall to be over southern portions of the area. According to WSBT …read more.

Warsaw Community High School graduate Matt Rudkin recently accepted a position from WSBT-TV as a meteorologist. Rudkin was raised in Warsaw and attended Harrison Elementary and Lakeview Middle schools and graduated from WCHS in 2006. He then graduated from Purdue University in 2011 with a degree in Atmospheric Science. After graduation, he accepted a position at …read more.