| School corporation, city in mourning after tragic accident |
| Thu. Apr 30th 2009 |
SOUTH BEND — The South Bend School Corporation and the city are dealing with a tragic, fatal accident. A school bus hit and killed the city attorney's wife. Several students were on the bus at the time.
It happened just after 8 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Angela Boulevard and River...
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| City attorney’s wife dies after being struck by school bus: Engine 7, Quint 7, Rescue 1, Medic 3, Medic 4, Fire 103, Fire116 |
| Thu. Apr 30th 2009 |
SOUTH BEND –The wife of South Bend’s city attorney was killed Thursday morning when she was struck by a school bus.
Police say a woman later identified as Kathleen Curtis, wife of city attorney Chuck Leone, most likely was walking northbound on Riverside Drive, headed toward the start...
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| UPDATE: Woman pedestrian killed at Angela Boulevard, Riverside Drive in South Bend |
| Thu. Apr 30th 2009 |
Police are re-routing traffic around a fatal accident Thursday morning at Angela Boulevard and Riverside Drive in South Bend.
Police have confirmed a South Bend Community School Corp. bus struck and killed a woman pedestrian. The accident happened just before 8 a.m.
South Bend Tribune reporte...
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| Fire department schedules nearly guarantee overtime |
| Thu. Apr 30th 2009 |
A portion of overtime paid by both South Bend and Mishawaka fire departments in 2008 was overtime required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
A section of the act establishes regular working hours for 24-hour firefighters to determine overtime.
The hours are based on a 53-hour work week, but dep...
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| Police: Nephew hurt by box cutter: Engine 7, Medic 4 |
| Thu. Apr 30th 2009 |
SOUTH BEND — Police arrested a 52-year-old man Tuesday morning after they allege he attacked his nephew with a box cutter.
Police were called to the 1000 block of North Diamond Avenue just before 1 a.m., where police found a 24-year-old man bleeding from a deep cut.
The man told police t...
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| Crash fractures officer's foot: Medic 3 |
| Tue. Apr 28th 2009 |
A South Bend police officer received injuries in a crash early Sunday morning near the intersection of South Bend Avenue and Ironwood Drive.
Sgt. Sam Diggins was driving north on South Bend Avenue when a man pulled out of a Speedway gas station lot and crashed into him, police said. Police said D...
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| South Bend firefighters' OT on rise |
| Tue. Apr 28th 2009 |
Hiring freeze exacerbates issue, authorities say.
SOUTH BEND — The South Bend Fire Department paid out about $1.2 million in overtime in 2008, continuing an upward trend that began in 2007.
With a hiring freeze in place for 2009, that shows no signs of abating.
Robert Krizmanich, a fir...
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| Firefighters extinguish blaze at South Bend home: 600 N. Allen |
| Tue. Apr 28th 2009 |
No one was injured during a house fire on South Bend’s near west side Monday evening.
South Bend Fire crews were sent to the home in the 600 block of North Allen Street about 5:10 p.m.
They found smoke coming from the building and fire in the first-floor front room.
The blaze was un...
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| One injured after South Bend knife assault: Engine 7, Medic 3 |
| Mon. Apr 27th 2009 |
One person was taken to the hospital early Tuesday after an assault with a knife in South Bend.
South Bend Police dispatch said the incident, in the 1000 block of North Diamond Avenue, happened about 12:40 a.m.
A male victim was taken to the hospital, but there was no word on his injuries.
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| One injured in collision involving South Bend police officer: Medic 3 |
| Sun. Apr 26th 2009 |
One person suffered minor injuries after an on-duty South Bend police officer collided with another driver early Sunday.
The accident happened about 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of South Bend Avenue and Ironwood Drive, according to city 911 dispatch.
An ambulance was sent to the scene...
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South Bend police
responded to a stabbing
in the 3500 block of S.
High Street early
Saturday morning, a 911
dispatcher
confir...
SOUTH BEND — A
fight between two sisters
started with words,
transitioned to fists,
then escalated to hitting
each othe...
