
Morning News Podcast: Friday, December 16th
A combination of illnesses and bus driver shortages have three area school systems without in-person classes once again today. Edwardsburg school will do e-learning, with no in-person classes ...Read more
A combination of illnesses and bus driver shortages have three area school systems without in-person classes once again today. Edwardsburg school will do e-learning, with no in-person classes ...Read more
Illnesses and bus driver shortages are causing a number of local schools to close or operate on e-learning today. Edwardsburg is on remote learning for the second straight day, after cancelling ...Read more
As we enter peak flu season, some of the prescription and over the counter medicines used to treat it are in short supply. We are seeing more flu cases than usual this year, in part because ...Read more
Nearly two years ahead of the election, there are already three declared Republican candidates for Governor of Indiana in 20-24. Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch formally entered the race Monday, as did ...Read more
Debate over the prisoners swap that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian penal colony illustrates the tough choices involved. Some critics of the deal, including Democratic Congressman ...Read more
WNBA star Brittney Griner is due back home in Houston this morning, after she was released from Russian custody in a swap for an arms dealer with six years left on his prison sentence in the US. ...Read more
A so-called “triple-demic” of COVID, Flu and RSV cases are crowding hospitals across America. Some are described as at or near capacity, with up to 12 hours to be seen in Emergency Rooms. The ...Read more
The John Glenn school board has voted to add Greene Township in St. Joseph County to its school district. This just a day after the South Bend School board voted to let the township out of the ...Read more
The South Bend school board has approved the removal of Greene Township in southwestern St. Joseph County from the school district, but 72 currently enrolled students will continue their schooling ...Read more
A web designer who refuses to make a wedding website for same-sex couples is taking her case to the Supreme Court, where arguments will be heard today. Lorie Smith says websites are a form of free ...Read more
Flu case counts are higher this year than the last couple of years, including locally. St. Joseph County reports about four times more flu cases than last year. One of the reasons is that people ...Read more
Two major statewide offices in Indiana will not have incumbents in 20-24, and the scramble for Governor and US Senator is already underway. Republican Senator Mike Braun has filed paperwork to run ...Read more
The US Senate passed a landmark marriage bill Tuesday eveing. 12 Republican senators voted with Democrats for the Respect for Marriage Act, which requires the federal government and states to ...Read more
We’ve been through Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, but there’s one more annual day today: Giving Tuesday. Today is the day to give to ...Read more
It’ll be a while before we have firm numbers, but it looked like Small Business Saturday was an overall success this year, with more people planning to shop local on Saturday than overall on ...Read more
It’s time to shop today for many of us, as Black Friday and Small Business Saturday officially kick off the holiday shopping season. Retail sales, in stores and online, are expected to be ...Read more
A judge in the Delphi double murder investigation says she will soon publish a decision on a request to release prosecutors’ probable cause affidavit in the 20-17 deaths of two teenage girls, ...Read more
After a week off because trucks were needed for snow removal, the city of South Bend resumes fall leaf pickups again today. Two areas in eastern and southeastern South Bend will see leaf pickups ...Read more
South Bend set a new snowfall record for the date on Friday, with six inches of new snow just that day. We got more on Saturday and Sunday, including a squall that almost obscured the field during ...Read more
Look for slick, snowy conditions this morning as you head for work or school. Temperatures in the 20s overnight are allowing new snowfall to stick around, unlike the previous few days. You will ...Read more
Most roads across Michiana remain slushy, but passable this morning, despite steady lake effect snow. The exception is under some of the heavier bands of snow in central Berrien and Cass Counties, ...Read more
A winter weather warning is out for lake effect snow now through about ten a-m Thursday. You could get a little or a lot depending on how the snow bands set up. Expect a messy commute this ...Read more