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

PHM School Board Member Matt Chaffee — Photo: Instagram HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. MISHAWAKA, Ind. — REAL News Michiana has confirmed disturbing details regarding the personal life of Penn Harris Madison School Board Member Matt Chaffee, including years of paying for sex with prostitutes, problems with alcohol abuse and, according to family members, severe mental health issues. RNM was contacted by Chaffee’s own parents in September of 2023, seeking we publish a story regarding their son’s problems ..read more

Anti-semitic/pro-Hamas sign in the front window of Cloud Walking Coffee in South Bend HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A coffee shop just west of the IU South Bend campus has put up a sign in its front window in a blatant display of antisemitism. The sign at Cloud Walking Coffee reading “All eyes on Rafah… 1.4 million Palestinians are in mortal danger from Israeli Bombing,” is also clear support of the terror group known as Hamas. Israel, the only Jewish state in the world, has been en ..read more

Elaine Western (R), Etna Troy Township Trustee — Photo: Onlyfans HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. WHITLEY COUNTY, Ind. — REAL News Michiana has discovered the Republican Township Trustee for Etna Troy Township in Whitley County moonlights as an amateur pornstar on the website known as Onlyfans. It turns out, Elaine Western (R) has been involved in the porn trade for at least a year and a half, posting graphic X-rated content onto Onlyfans while promoting her videos and pictures through “teasers” on socia ..read more

New Prairie United School Corporation Superintendent Paul White and his wife, New Prairie United School Corporation Director of College and Career Readiness Tara White — Photo: Facebook HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. NEW CARLISLE, Ind. — The former Director of Literacy for Elkhart Community Schools has landed a new gig at the New Prairie United School Corporation. Tara White is now the Director of College and Career Readiness at New Prairie, where her husband, Paul White, currently serves as Superinten ..read more

Derrick White, PHM DEI Officer — Photo: PHM HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM BY BECOMING A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A ONE TIME DONATION HERE. MISHAWAKA, Ind. — A fake news story regarding the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer position at Penn Harris Madison Schools has been making its rounds following false statements by the head of a grassroots PHM parents’ group known as Strengthen Our Schools (SOS). During a St. Joseph County GOP meeting on Saturday morning, SOS leader, Ashley Leader, made a false announcement that the DEI position had been eliminated. *NOTE ..read more