Mishawaka City Hall (Logan Foster/Redress South Bend) By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Jan. 26, 2026 The Mishawaka Common Council has canceled its regularly scheduled meeting for Monday evening due to weather, city officials said. The meeting, which was set for Jan. 26, was canceled under a notice issued by the Office of the City Clerk. The city said the next council meeting will be held Monday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m. No further details were provided about the cancellation. C

By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Jan. 25, 2026 South Bend City Hall (Photo: Logan Foster/Redress South Bend) The South Bend Common Council will take up a sweeping overhaul of its Rules Committee powers that would eliminate the public process for filing complaints against council members at its regular meeting Monday evening. The council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall and will also offer public access via Microsoft Teams. Among the resolutions on the agenda ar

By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Jan. 25, 2026 Mishawaka City Hall (Logan Foster/Redress South Bend) The Mishawaka Common Council will consider two annexation petitions, a sewage works bond ordinance and a property tax abatement at its regular meeting Monday. The council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. at City Hall, following committee sessions at 5:45 p.m. The meeting will be livestreamed on the city’s website and social media channels. Among the items on the agenda are P

By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Jan. 23, 2026 South Bend City Hall is shown in downtown South Bend, Ind. Indiana’s Public Access Counselor found the city violated state public records law in handling requests for city attorney invoices. (Photo: Logan Foster) SOUTH BEND, Ind.  — Indiana’s Public Access Counselor has found that the City of South Bend violated state public records law by taking an unreasonable amount of time to release city attorney invoices requested under

By Logan Foster | Redress South Ben d January 16, 2026 Public records reviewed by Redress South Bend  show that the City of South Bend  and the South Bend Community School Corporation  have paid at least $293,000 since 2022  to Gladys Muhammad and entities she leads, based on contracts and invoices obtained to date. Redress South Bend previously reported on consulting contracts between the City of South Bend and Muhammad that authorized payments of up to $60,000 per year. New

By Logan Foster | Redress South Ben d January 15, 2026 Karen L. White. (Photo: City of South Bend) South Bend Common Council member Karen L. White received nearly $100,000 in payments from the South Bend Community School Corporation over several years, but the school district says it has no contracts or written agreements documenting the services tied to those payments. According to school district payment records, the payments were made to White and to an entity identified a

By Logan Foster | Redress South Ben d Feb 14, 2025 SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A special prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against South Bend Common Councilwoman Sharon McBride after investigators documented thousands of hours of unexplained absences during her tenure as director of the DuComb Center, according to a newly released court filing. The DuComb Center is a county-run work-release and community corrections facility that supervises individuals serving court-ord

By Logan Foster | Redress South Bend Oct 7, 2025 Karen White, Official Photo South Bend Common Council Member Karen White (At-Large) allegedly called for violence towards President Trump during the St. Joseph County Democratic Party meeting on Oct. 4, 2025. According to multiple attendees who reported the incident to Redress South Bend, White was quoted saying, “ Okay, and we're gonna put the orange man. I don't know where y'all are gonna put him, but I know where I would li