Updated: 6:44 PM The city of South Bend’s finances seem to be in fine form, in Monday night’s State of the City address Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced a surplus for the 2012 fiscal year.

Posted: 3:32 PM Democrats in St. Joseph County are meeting Saturday, March 2, in order to pick party leaders for the next four years.

Posted: 3:23 PM It has been over a year since the death of 13-month-old Taylor Hartung-Mann and investigators still do not have sufficient evidence to press formal charges.

Posted: 3:06 PM The Indiana House has approved a plan to create a new statewide jobs council aimed at closing Indiana's "skills gap" to help lower its stubborn unemployment rate.

Posted: 3:02 PM An increase in tuition at the University of Notre Dame will have students or their parents shelling out more money next year.

Posted: 2:52 PM Governor Mike Pence announced on Tuesday that Indiana state employees would receive performance based raises starting with this week’s paycheck.

Posted: 8:51 AM South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tah-juhj) is taking an extra step to promote the arts in the northern Indiana city: He'll perform a piano solo Saturday with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.

Posted: 8:48 AM Lawmakers are advancing a proposed one-year delay in new calculations for property taxes on farmland.

Updated: 8:38 AM Newscenter 16 is live at Dainty Maid bakery in South bend, for a behind-the-scenes look at how to make a paczki for Fat Tuesday.

Updated: 8:15 AM Father Bob Pelton shares impressions of Cardinal Peter Turkson, a man in line to become Pope when Pope Benedict XVI resigns.

Posted: 7:45 AM One Book Michiana returns to the St. Joseph Public Library on April 1st.

Posted: 7:19 AM Elkhart General Hospital is embarking on a $74 million building project.

Posted: 7:16 AM The Goshen Police Department is establishing a permanent child safety seat inspection during normal business hours.

Posted: 10:23 PM A southern Indiana coroner says smoke inhalation is to blame for the deaths of two children and three adults in a mobile home fire last week.

Posted: 10:19 PM An Indianapolis man wanted for questioning after a fatal, head-on crash has surrendered to police.

Posted: 4:44 PM Prosecutors want former Indiana secretary of state Charlie White to start serving his sentence for vote fraud and other felonies.

Posted: 11:27 AM Cardinal Francis George says Pope Benedict XVI's decision to resign at the end of the month shows "great courage."

Posted: 10:04 AM The Chicago Transit Authority is hoping to catch more crime on camera.

Posted: 8:27 AM High winds buffeting much of Indiana have prompted officials to temporarily ban certain trucks from using the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road.

Posted: 8:22 AM Southern Indiana police say a weekend fire damaged the roof and attic of a fraternity house on the Indiana University campus.

Posted: 7:38 AM Purdue University is adding more to its historical archives about the long line of astronauts who have graduated from the school.

Updated: 11:51 PM A local meteorologist is facing multiple preliminary charges after crashing his car Saturday night.

Posted: 9:55 PM A South Bend pastor was nominated for a Grammy award this year, going up against four others for the title of Best Gospel Song. But when the award winner was announced, Jonathan Miller’s name was not called.

Posted: 5:45 PM Gov. Mike Pence has asked Eric Holcomb to remain as chairman of the Indiana Republican Party.

Posted: 4:22 PM The Federal Highway Administration is reviewing the prices Indiana paid to acquire land for highway projects across the state.