A member of the South Bend Common Council was arrested Saturday morning on OWI charges. Councilman Henry Davis Jr. (D-District 2) was allegedly driving in the wrong direction on the US 31 bypass when police pulled his Cadillac over at around 3 am. St. Joseph County Police pulled Davis Jr. over near the Crumstown Highway…
South Bend Voice has learned new information regarding the downtown South Bend power outage that kept the central business district dark for three days in late May. It was caused by a 50 year old power cable. An Indiana Michigan Power investigation found that the low-voltage cable overheated. The overheated cable caused an underground fire…
The South Bend Common Council voted down a smoking ban in bars on Monday night. The vote was held after the proposal was tabled in May. Valerie Schey, one of the original co-sponsors, dropped support last week. “At [the] request of South Bend bar owners, I will not be supporting this bill,” the South Bend…
South Bend International Airport announced this morning the addition of direct flights to metro New York City. The first flight will depart Newark’s Liberty International Airport to South Bend on October 26. The first departure from South Bend to New York will take place the next day. Ticket sales began immediately. Regional carrier Express Jet…
There are places in every city that qualify as hidden treasures. South Bend, a modestly-sized Midwestern city just 90 miles from Chicago, has quite a few such distinct locales. They are often barely out of plain sight. One of the most stunning views of South Bend is a quaint park just behind the city’s convention…
Indiana Michigan Power is in the planning stages of a solar plant in South Bend and at four other sites throughout Indiana and Michigan. The utility hopes to start construction in early 2016 and complete it later that year. Its five solar generation facilities should generate a capacity of 16 megawatts (MW) once completed, which…
The popular South Shore rail line between South Bend and Chicago will experience cancellations and possible delays next week as NICTD undergoes overheard wire replacement on the South Bend to Michigan City segment of tracks. The construction will last from July 14 until July 18. Passengers will be bused from South Bend and Carroll Avenue…
Nearly a thousand customers are without power in Elkhart County as of 6 p.m. on Monday, July 7 after a squirrel got into an Indiana & Michigan Power substation. A spokesman for the utility said that power was knocked out around noon to over 4,000 customers. The company says that 102 customers remain without power…
A number of South Bend parks have re-opened after nearly a week of storm-related closings. A derecho packing 80+ mile per hour winds brought down trees and power lines at Potawatomi Park, as well as other parks throughout the city, including Howard near downtown and Muessel Grove on the city’s Northwest Side. Potawatomi, a popular…
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg delivered a video message from Afghanistan to a full crowd at Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium on Independence Day. Buttigieg is deployed in Afghanistan where he is currently serving a six month tour as a lieutenant in the US Navy Reserves. He addressed himself as a member of the…
