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A 5-year-old boy was in critical condition after being shot last weekend by a relative in what South Bend police are calling a “very tragic accident.” The shooting happened Saturday night in a home on the city’s west side. South Bend police said Monday that the boy was shot by a 9-year-old relative and was hospitalized in critical condition. The …

A Three Rivers man died in a single car crash Saturday afternoon at 4pm just west of Jones. According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Department, 77-year Roger Wyman was driving his car on M-60 near Timberlane Drive, when it left the roadway, struck a tree, and overturned. Wyman, who was ejected in the crash, died at the scene. Wyman’s wife, …

Human remains which were found in Three Rivers on April 11, 2022 have been identified. Local police say the remains are those of David Abrams, age 66. He had been reported as missing, and was last seen on December 25th. Abrams’ body was found in a wooded area in the 300-block of Second Avenue by a man who was walking …

The fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya in Michigan raises questions about why a traffic stop turned into a foot chase and vigorous tussle before the motorist was killed by a police officer while facing the ground. Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, was shot in the head in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 4. The city’s new police chief took the unusual step …

Two South Bend police officers were injured when a man armed with two screwdrivers attacked them, authorities said. One officer was diagnosed with a broken cheekbone at a hospital after his face was cut, and the other suffered a minor hand injury, police said. The suspect was arrested and charged with four counts of resisting arrest and battery against a …

A dead body was found Monday afternoon in a wooded area in Three Rivers. Three Rivers Police Chief Scott Boling said the department was alerted shortly after 1 p.m. to the discovery of the body in the 300 block of Second Avenue. Boling said authorities were notified by a person walking their dog. Boling said the body was found between …

A couple accused of torching eight barns last year in a northern Indiana county now face charges alleging that they also set fire to an Amish school in an adjacent county. Joseph Hershberger, 41, and Sherry Thomas, 32, were charged in December in Elkhart County with eight counts of arson for the barn burnings, the first of which occurred in …

A Kalamazoo police officer fatally shot a man Sunday when that man fired a handgun toward officers, authorities said. The shooting happened about 10:30 a.m. after officers were called to a neighborhood south of the city’s downtown area about what the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety called “suspected criminal activity.” After officers arrived, the 33-year-old man from Battle Creek, fired …

A Three Rivers man, convicted of stealing catalytic converters in Hillsdale County in 2021, was sentenced to prison Monday in Hillsdale County Judicial Circuit Court. Yutthaphoom Khamphaeng, 34, pleaded guilty to receiving and concealing stolen property valued at more than $1,000, following his arrest in December 2021 on a warrant charging him with the crime and possession with intent to …

A semitrailer was left dangling from an Indiana Toll Road overpass for hours Wednesday after it slid off the tollway amid icy, frigid conditions that caused other accidents, state police said. A car traveling in front of the FedEx semitrailer lost its traction and skidded about 9 a.m. Wednesday, prompting the truck’s driver to swerve near Mishawaka, just east of …