While a new state law already mandated it, a merit board will now handle hiring, firing and other personnel matters for South Bend's fire department.

Portions of the Amazon Web Services complex outside South Bend are nearing completion, and more are still to come.

And there’s a lot of talk this week about fire safety with it being the one-year anniversary of the tragic LaPorte Avenue fire in South Bend that took the lives of six children. It comes as state ...