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On tape, school board member Carlos Leyva says Mayor Muellerwanted the SBCSC investigation stopped. Leyva refused.

In January 2025, the South Bend school board hired two outside investigators to look into five years of conduct by district administrators and board members. Board member Carlos Leyva...

Stephanie Ball campaigned to raise your property taxes.

In the spring of 2020, Stephanie Ball looked into a camera and asked South...

Ranjan Rohatgi Is Running to Be Amy Drake

There are two ways to run against an incumbent. You tell voters what the...

Lawsuit: Redman’s deputies didn’t warn LaPorte County before New Prairie bus crash

On the afternoon of May 8, 2025, a St. Joseph County Police corporal driving...

Redman’s jail left man in withdrawal in his cell until he had no pulse, suit says; county pays $695,000

Indiana law defines the county sheriff’s duties. One of those duties is to “take...

On tape, school board member Carlos Leyva says Mayor Muellerwanted the SBCSC investigation stopped. Leyva refused.

In January 2025, the South Bend school board hired two outside investigators to look into five years of conduct by district administrators and board...

TAX WARRANTS: Stephanie Ball had state income tax warrants filed against her in 2022 and 2023

Stephanie Ball, the Democratic candidate for St. Joseph County Clerk, had state income tax warrants filed against her in back-to-back years, according to state...

Paint bought for Brown School found in former district official’s garage, board member says; SBPD investigating, feds probing district

Paint the South Bend Community School Corporation bought with state money to renovate Brown School turned up in the garage of a former district...

Maciejczyk Calls Democrats’ Eddy Street No-Plea Policy ‘Ludicrous’

A life lost near Notre Dame should be valued the same as a life lost on the west side of South Bend, says John...

Vic Cummings wrote “I do drink&drive!”He is running for county assessor.

"I do drink&drive!" Victor Cummings wrote that on his public Facebook account on April 11, 2010. Cummings, who goes by Vic, was the only Democrat to...

Former Sheriff Frank Canarecci Endorses Rod Laureys

Former St. Joseph County Sheriff Frank Canarecci has endorsed Republican Rod Laureys, saying the job Democratic nominee Scott Ruszkowski is seeking is not the...

Five Democrats Kept Off The Ballot After Their Own Attorney Agreed They Should Be

The attorney for five Democratic candidates told the St. Joseph County Election Board on Friday morning that the board should sustain the challenges against...

Former Sheriff Joe Speybroeck Endorses Rod Laureys

Former St. Joseph County Sheriff Joe Speybroeck is crossing party lines to endorse Republican Rod Laureys, saying he faults Democratic nominee Scott Ruszkowski for...

Former officers say Scott Ruszkowski shouted the N-word from his patrol car

The city of South Bend put Scott Ruszkowski in a squad car in July 1989 and provided him with a police dog in September...

South Bend Leaves Three Public Records Requests Unfulfilled, Two for More Than 200 Days

In January I asked the City of South Bend for three sets of public records. The city confirmed it had received all three. Then...

Scott Ruszkowski lacked probable cause for an arrest, Public Safety Board said in 2007

The agenda gave it five words. "Appeal of Discipline - Scott Ruszkowski." It sat between a fire captain's retirement and a donation of weather radios,...

St. Joseph County Republicans Introduce Their 2026 Public Safety Team

The St. Joseph County Republican Party introduced its candidates for sheriff and county prosecutor on Friday evening at party headquarters on North Hickory Road....

BAD CREDIT: Stephanie Ball wants to run the office that keeps St. Joseph County’s court records. One of those records is a judgment against...

Stephanie D. Ball, a candidate for St. Joseph Circuit Court clerk, has an unpaid default judgment of $5,628.05 resulting from a Citibank credit card debt. Despite claiming to be a certified credit counselor with experience in guiding others through legal processes, she filed no response to her own lawsuit. Ball's campaign documentation raises concerns about professionalism and accuracy, reflecting her tenure on the school board, where mismanagement led to inflated costs on a renovation project. This record complicates her candidacy for a position responsible for maintaining court records.

Police tapes: Chief Boykins found no evidence of crimes or racism by officers

Chief Darryl Boykins signed a document in 2013 saying he was aware of no evidence of illegal activity by the police officers whose calls...

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