Jennifer Shabazz post on Facebook showing her with a picture of the United States of America with an “X” drawn through the country SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A radical anti-America Democrat appears to be the newest member of the St. Joseph County Council. Jennifer Shabazz ran away with the election against her primary opponent, Jason Piontek, with a 58%-42% victory for the District D seat. Incumbent Rafael Morton decided to run for an open County Commissioner seat and is not seeking re-election. She is running unopposed in the general election. Shabazz is a radical elementary school principal who has ..read more

From Left to Right: Randy Figg, Anthony “Tony” Hazen, Andy Rutten HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. — Incumbents ruled the day in St. Joseph County Republican primary races, with County Council District F Councilman Randy Figg and District 3 County Commissioner Tony Hazen both staving off primary opponents. Figg ran away with his race against current middle school teacher Kris Verash in a landslide 64%-36% victory. Hazen held off two primary opponents in a very tight race which inc ..read more

Tim Swager (D), St. Joseph County Treasurer and Democrat Candidate for Indiana State Senate District 10 — Photo: Swagerforstatesenate.com HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — REAL News Michiana has uncovered a scheme by Democrat Indiana State Senate candidate and current St. Joseph County Treasurer Tim Swager in which he created a Political Action Committee funded by a shell company out of Delaware to launch attacks against his political opponent. If this sounds illegal, that’s because it ..read more

St. Joseph County Councilwoman Amy Drake (R) stands with her hands on her hips inside the entryway of the County-City Building in Downtown South Bend as she accosts a journalist while with her two young children. HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — St. Joseph County Councilwoman Amy Drake accosted REAL News Michiana journalist Clifton French in a profanity laden tirade while with her children at the County-City Building in Downtown South Bend on Friday. RNM was walking into the government ..read more

Voices for Life holds a news conference at their South Bend headquarters with Gubernatorial candidate/former Attorney General Curtis Hill announcing their lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Health HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — South Bend based Pro-life organization, Voices for Life, filed a lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Health (IDoH) demanding the release of previously available abortion records. The lawsuit, filed in Marion County yesterday, comes after the Depar ..read more

Lebanon Middle School — Photo: Googlemaps.com HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. LEBANON, Ind. — The Lebanon Community School Corporation has re-opened its X (formerly known as Twitter) account following a REAL News investigation showing the school corporation was in violation of Indiana public records laws, as well as committing 1st Amendment violations. The LCSC illegally set its social media account to private last week after receiving immense backlash online for allowing a middle school boy to use the ..read more

Man dressed as Spiderman holds a sign outside of the Indiana Convention Center protesting a drag show for kids scheduled at the venue HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A central Indiana children’s minister took on the role of activist/superhero to protest a drag show for kids scheduled for the Indiana Convention Center this past weekend. The drag show was part of several events involved in the annual “PopCon” convention — a comic book and popular culture convention in Downtown Indiana ..read more

St. Joseph County GOP Chairman Tyler Gillean alongside Arizona Senate Candidate Kari Lake at the St. Joseph County GOP’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the Four Winds Casino South Bend on Saturday, April 27th, 2024. HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The St. Joseph County Republican Party smashed records at its annual Lincoln Day Dinner on Saturday. With 550 people in attendance, the party blew away last year’s record attendance numbers by approximately 100 people. To accommodate the large ..read more

Penn Harris Madison Student Handbook cover HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. MISHAWAKA, Ind. — Drafts for the 2024-2025 student handbooks at the Penn Harris Madison School Corporation show the school district has removed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from the academics portion of the guidelines. The corporation presented the handbook drafts at its school board meeting earlier this week. Everything highlighted in the pages is considered an addition to the handbook, while everything crossed out in red is ..read more

Screenshot from a video showing a biological boy who “identifies” as a girl viciously beating a biological girl at Lebanon Middle School on April 18th, 2024. HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. LEBANON, Ind. — REAL News Michiana has obtained video showing a biological boy, who claims to be a girl, viciously attacking a female student in the hallway at Lebanon Middle School in Lebanon, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. It turns out, this is the same transgender student who has raised major concerns within t ..read more