The South Bend Common Council approved several income tax hikes last night. St. Joseph County Council takes the issue up tonight.

New sidewalks are on the agenda in Chesterton.

The historic Star Theater in South Bend is on the auction block.

The LaPorte County Herald-Argus thinks that now is a bad time for NIPSCO to seek a rate increase.

A six-foot, 150 lb. alligator was shot in the Iroquois River in Jasper County.