Two people were injured in a collision Monday afternoon in Cass County’s Penn Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were called at 1:40 p.m. to M-60, near Gards Prairie Road. Behnke said Charles Sampson, 46, of Cassopolis, was driving eastbound on M-60 when he lost control. The vehicle crossed the centerline and into oncoming traffic. His car struck a vehicle …

March’s unemployment rate in St. Joseph County was four-tenths of a percent higher than the previous month. The monthly labor-market analysis by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget showed the county’s 4.1 percent March unemployment rate marked an increase from February’s 3.7 percent. St. Joseph County was below the state unemployment average, which was 4.4 percent in March. …

An Arizona woman was injured this week after she fell asleep while driving and her car left the roadway in Cass County’s Mason Township. Sheriff Richard Behnke said the incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. Monday on U.S. 12 near the intersection of Starbrick Road. Kristi Shuler, of Kingman, Ariz., told deputies she was driving east on U.S. 12 when …

One of three defendants charged with murder in a 2018 shooting has entered a guilty plea. Kayla Chaney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Friday in 45th Circuit Court in Centreville. Chaney admitted to pulling the trigger that killed Kevin Johnson Nov. 18 in Flowerfield Township. Chaney and co-defendants Tyler McNeil and Theron Hunt were charged with open murder and armed …

White Pigeon Community Schools Board of Education recently approved the purchase of two, 10-passenger vans at a cost of $30,000 each. Superintendent Jon Keyer said the vans would prove convenient when the district has to transport teams with low numbers – quiz bowl and math meet, for example – thus not requiring use of a 66-passenger bus.

A 33-year-old White Pigeon man was arrested recently after a pursuit originating in White Pigeon. Christopher Lee Wooster faces charges of resisting a police officer, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. White Pigeon police attempted to stop Wooster on his motorcycle for a traffic violation around 12:20 a.m. April 19. According to police, Wooster fled at a high …

The Brandenburg Concert, a local group from Three Rivers, will offer a FREE concert next Sunday, May 5, at the First Presbyterian Church, located on North Main Street, just south of Lafayette Park, in Three Rivers. Beginning at 3 PM, the concert, entitled “Requiem and Songs of the Spirit”, will feature Faure’s complete Requiem, plus an assortment of other songs …

Ann Marie (Bacon) Johnson died peacefully at her home on Corey Lake near Three Rivers on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Ann was born in 1926 in Talihina, Oklahoma, to Charles and Anna Bacon. Her mother and younger brother, Charles Junior, died when Ann was very young, and she was raised by her father and her grandmother, Susan Push. She grew …

The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of a motor vehicle from a location in Mottville Township. According to a department media release, a gold 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass was taken around 9 p.m. Sunday from a parking lot near a park in the 10000 block of North River Road. The vehicle had an Indiana registration of VWD577 …

A Cass County liquor store was robbed Tuesday. Sheriff Richard Behnke said deputies were alerted around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday that a robbery had just occurred at the Sunrise Liquor store in the 1000 Block of Huntly Road located in Howard Township. Deputies spoke to the employee working at the time of the incident. The employee indicated three subjects, with their …