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South Bend Mayor Delivers 4th of July Message from Afghanistan

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…

President Obama Marks 4th of July at Military Naturalization Ceremony

The president of the United States spent part of his 4th of July holiday presiding over a naturalization ceremony. Twenty-five members of America’s military representing fifteen different countries swore allegiance to the United States on Friday as they became American citizens at a White House ceremony. Fifteen are active-duty service members from the Air Force,…

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List of 4th of July Fireworks Displays in South Bend, Michiana

Want to celebrate Independence Day with a fireworks display? Look no further! We have the full list of events taking place across Michiana! Indiana St. Joseph County South Bend July 3rd Island Park behind Century Center Starts after the Meet on the Island event at 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. July 4th after the South…

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Nearly 25,000 Still Without Power in Northern Indiana, Southwest Michigan

The power remains out for nearly 25,000 households and businesses throughout Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan. At the height of the outage, over 150,000 customers throughout the region had lost power. Indiana & Michigan Power says that power may not be fully restored until Sunday in South Bend. NIPSCO expects to restore all power today….

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PHOTOS: Chicago Gay Pride Parade 2014

Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade 2014 was held on Sunday, June 30, 2014. South Bend Voice took these photos from the second floor of an apartment overlooking the parade near Halsted and Roscoe Street in the Lakeview neighborhood. Read our full write-up on the significance of the parade. [AFG_gallery id=’2′] Images were taken by Angel Cortes…

Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade Carries Great Significance for Equality
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Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade Carries Great Significance for Equality

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…

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Severe Storms Slam South Bend Region Leaving Two Dead, Thousands without Power

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…

Fixing the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Ruling is Actually Quite Simple

As the South Bend Voice reported on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby in a 5-4 decision along ideological lines. The Court’s conservatives prevailed, ruling that the government could not force for-profit “closely-held” corporations (i.e. private, family-owned) such as Hobby Lobby to include contraception in their health care coverage. What the…