| Fire at Lock Joint Tube forces Walnut Street plant evacuation |
| Mon. Mar 15th 2010 |
SOUTH BEND – A fire inside an air control system forced factory workers to evacuate Monday as firefighters worked to control a potentially dangerous dust fire.
The fire at the Lock Joint Tube No. 2 plant, 1215 S. Walnut St., was first reported shortly after 2 p.m., after workers in the pla...
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| Three pedestrians struck in South Bend: Engine 4, Medic 4 |
| Sat. Mar 13th 2010 |
SOUTH BEND — A vehicle struck three people in the 2000 block of West Western Avenue early Saturday morning.
Police and medics were sent to the scene at 2:29 a.m., according to an emergency services dispatch supervisor.
Three ambulances were at the scene. There's no information yet availab...
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| One critical after SUV hits building in South Bend |
| Sat. Mar 13th 2010 |
SOUTH BEND — Three people remained in Memorial Hospital this afternoon after the car in which they were riding ran into a vacant building on South Chapin Street this morning, partially collapsing the building.
Anthony Hutchinson, 22, of South Bend, was listed in critical condition.
Polic...
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| South Bend teen injured in drive-by shooting: Engine 5, Medic 2 |
| Fri. Mar 12th 2010 |
SOUTH BEND — Police say a 15-year-old boy was shot in the leg Thursday night in an apparent drive-by shooting.
The teen told police he was walking near the corner of Dubail and Taylor streets, in the Rum Village neighborhood, when someone drove by and began firing a gun, with one of the bul...
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| St. Joseph County Coroner: Bags of meth inside female inmate's body |
| Fri. Mar 12th 2010 |
SOUTH BEND — An Argos woman found dead Tuesday in her St. Joseph County Jail cell was hiding plastic bags of methamphetamine inside her body, an autopsy showed.
Jail officials found Stephanie Braasch, 23, unresponsive in her holding cell around 11 a.m. Tuesday. She had been booked into the ...
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| Woman rescued after car flips over in South Bend |
| Wed. Mar 10th 2010 |
A woman was freed from her car after it flipped over in the 500 block of 26th Street in South Bend on Wednesday morning.
A dispatcher said a call for help came in at 8:37 a.m.
A Tribune photographer at the scene said a car hit two parked cars and flipped over. A woman was rescued from the car ...
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| 23-year-old inmate dies in St. Joseph County jail |
| Tue. Mar 9th 2010 |
SOUTH BEND — A 23-year-old woman died in her holding cell Tuesday morning at the St. Joseph County Jail, officials said.
Police identified the woman as Stephanie Braasch of Argos.
Her death is the second fatality in the jail in less than a week.
Cleveland N. Baldwin, 43, was found dea...
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| Update: Man dies after South Bend apartment fire |
| Mon. Mar 8th 2010 |
SOUTH BEND — A 51-year-old man has died from injuries sustained when his apartment building caught fire early this morning.
Richard Gaska, of South Bend, died after firefighters pulled him out of his burning apartment at the 410 N. William Street, just northwest of downtown.
The blaze w...
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| Mistaken identity leads to South Bend attack with bat: Engine 4, Medic 4 |
| Mon. Mar 8th 2010 |
SOUTH BEND — Police say a woman was attacked with a metal baseball bat Sunday in what appeared to be a case of mistaken identity.
According to police reports, a 21-year-old woman was leaving the Quick Stop convenience store, 3601 Western Avenue, about 1:50 p.m. Sunday when she was attacked...
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| Man attacked with tire iron during South Bend home invasion: Engine 1, Medic 1 |
| Mon. Mar 8th 2010 |
SOUTH BEND — A 61-year-old man suffered a broken leg and a cut to the head Sunday, and told police the injuries occurred during a robbery at his house.
The man, who lives in the 200 block of East Fox Street, told police that two men entered his home with a tire iron and struck him over the...
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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...
