Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade is always a fun and lively event. Even as it has suffered in recent years from rampant commercialism pervasive in American culture, its symbolic significance in America’s heartland has never lost its value. Indeed, the Pride Parade is a confluence of business, culture, and politics, an at times toxic soup that…
The South Bend area was pounded on Monday night with two lines of severe storms that caused power outages, property damage, and two fatalities. You can read all about it here. South Bend Voice took some photographs of the damage that you can see for yourself and share below: [AFG_gallery id=’1′] Follow South Bend Voice…
The South Bend metro area was battered Monday night during two rounds of storms that packed winds in excess of 80 MPH. Two people were unfortunately lost during the storm. A 14 year-old boy from Winona Lake and a 64 year-old man from La Grange were killed when trees fell on their houses in separate…
A severe line of thunderstorms is pounding the Chicago region as it makes its way to the east. South Bend could begin seeing the storms as early as 9:45 pm tonight. Most of Northern Indiana and Southwestern Michigan is currently under a severe thunderstorm watch. The counties include but are not limited to Benton, Cass,…
Seven Indiana counties are dragging their feet in issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. US District Judge Richard Young struck down Indiana’s ban on gay marriage on Wednesday. His ruling, effective immediately, found that the ban violated same-sex couples’ equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment. The clerk in Daviess County, a rural Southern Indiana…
The University of Notre Dame, in partnership with General Electric, announced today that they are set to open a jet engine research facility at the Ignition Park technology park just south of downtown South Bend. The $36 million Turbomachinery Research Facility will occupy half of a new 43,000-square-foot building under construction from Great Lakes Capital…
Today’s marriage equality ruling was historic. Judge Young’s ruling means that Indiana joins twenty other states where same-sex marriage is legal. State courts or US District Courts in another seven states have ruled that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional but appeals remain pending. All of this happened on the same day that the 10th…
Indiana same-sex couples are getting hitched after a landmark ruling in the state. US District Court Judge Richard Young found the state’s ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional, violating the 14th amendment’s guarantee of equal protection. “Same-sex couples, who would otherwise qualify to marry in Indiana, have the right to marry in Indiana,” he…
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