Updated: 6:31 PM The South Bend Police Department rolled into their near northwest neighborhood bike program today with a bike rodeo.

Updated: 6:26 PM Two parents upset over school uniforms are taking an Indiana School District to court.

Updated: 6:23 PM The dealership broke ground today on a new location on the Southside of South Bend!

Posted: 3:40 PM Tonight, a city council committee is expected to make a decision on a proposed smoking ordinance that would ban smoking in all public places and businesses.

Updated: 7:40 PM Mitch Daniels had two big announcements about property tax relief and the creation of a commission to look at the structure of local government in Indiana. Leaders from all over Indiana have gone on record with their responses to the governor’s comments.

Updated: 4:43 PM Ginger is one of three Torti siblings currently being fostered by a Paws 'N Purrs volunteer for South Bend Animal Care and Control. Although we believe that these sweet sisters are part Manx, Ginger is the only one to be blessed with a full tail.

Updated: 7:54 PM Investigators think a weekend house fire was a burglary followed by arson. The victims are out of town, on their honeymoon.

Posted: 2:22 PM Boat sales and registrations in Michigan have been sinking in recent years. The state's sputtering economy and high fuel prices are key factors in the decline according to a Michigan State University report.

Updated: 3:45 PM Mitch Daniels starts a commission to look at ways to reorganize local governments and weighs in on the property tax debate.

Posted: 10:40 AM Presidential candidate John McCain, a Republican Senator from Arizona, will be speaking at the Economic Club of Southwest Michigan’s July 23 dinner.

Posted: 9:37 AM Michigan plans to stop sending out some of the state prison inmate work crews who cut grass, shovel snow and perform some other work at relatively low cost for local governments.

Updated: 9:34 AM Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels says he's opposed to using all of the state's billion-dollar budget surplus for property tax relief but he's open to using some of it temporarily.

Posted: 9:24 AM Indiana had fewer car-train accidents in 2006 than in the past, reaching all-time lows in crashes and fatalities. However, the state still ranks in the top five nationally for such wrecks.

Posted: 9:13 AM The new conference table in the governor's office tells a story, it was built by eight inmates and a staff member at the Westwille Correctional Facility in LaPorte County.

Posted: 8:15 AM The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrests of two men they claim are behind a string of vandalism cases.

Posted: 8:08 AM Goshen police are still on the lookout for a man who robbed the Key Bank branch in Goshen. They are asking the public to be on the lookout for a man who’s approximately six-feel tall, 200 pounds, and has salt and pepper hair.

Posted: 7:55 AM The trial for the man accused of child abuse and killing a three-year-old boy will continue today in Berrien County.

Updated: 10:22 AM Children are getting bitten, dogs are being put down, and families are fighting over the emotional situations.

Updated: 5:33 PM Public hearing for proposed Elkhart smoking ban ignites debate.

Posted: 11:36 PM Parents listen up! We have two important recalls you need to know about.

Posted: 6:39 PM A Marshall County barn caught fire and was destroyed Tuesday afternoon. The barn, along First Road just north of Lapaz, caught fire shortly after two p.m.

Updated: 6:47 PM The bodies of 46-year-old Michael Simpson and 41-year-old Denise Simpson were found Monday night in a house in the 500-block of N. Front Street.

Posted: 6:05 PM Dozens of youngsters gathered at the Francis Branch Library today for story hour with the Clay Fire Department.

Updated: 6:50 PM The restaurant known for age-old recipes had started to follow a new trend.

Updated: 6:44 PM Authorities say 47-year-old Tom Baney is expected to recover after being shot by his 80-year-old father, Wayne Baney, on Monday. The county prosecutor's office says they expect to file charges sometime Wednesday.