Slow in April

Although I went out on a few spot news calls, the past two weeks have been pretty slow. I did manage to get a few good assignments, some of which gave me some good experience in dealing with grieving people and still getting the shots and information I need.


Claw and teeth marks are apparent in the room where a dog was found dead after the owners are believed to have abandoned it inside the house located at 310 E. Indiana Avenue in South Bend on Thursday, April 7, 2011.



April 7, 2011. Finally had a softball game with a little action.





Robert Rast salutes as his son's flagged-draped coffin is removed from the airplane at South Bend Regional Airport in South Bend on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.


The coffin holding the body of sailor Benjamin Rast is carried inside Hahn Funeral home in Mishawaka on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.


St. Bavo first grader and boy scout Nathan Watt salutes as the coffin carrying the body of sailor Benjamin Rast is transported inside Hahn Funeral home in Mishawaka on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.





April 13, 2011. No Ball! Almost a decent shot.




Jennifer Coffman, Kim White-Stout's cousin, hugs her daughter Taylor Coffman, 9, during the on-site prayer vigil for Kim White-Stout at the corner of Ardennes and Normandy streets in Mishawaka on Thursday, April 14, 2011.


Sue White, the mother of Kim White-Stout, hugs her sister-in-law Jeanie Coleman, left, after the on-site prayer vigil for Kim White-Stout at the corner of Ardennes and Normandy streets in Mishawaka on Thursday, April 14, 2011.




2011 Notre Dame Football. 82nd Annual Blue-Gold Game:

Finding my place in the Bend.

It's been a bit longer than I had hoped for an update on here and editing down two weeks of work to around ten photos was difficult. I'm always impartial to my most recent stuff, so most of this is from the past three or four days.


March 22, 2011. Dowagiac HS (Michigan) wins state quarterfinals. The gallery from this game was popular and turned out well.


Elisha Jerdon, 3, gasp as her grandmother Betty Jerdon reads a book about junk food during "Jammies in the Gym" night at Merritt Elementary in Niles on Friday, March 25, 2011.


South Bend Police surround the house where they believe a suspect is hiding following a double shooting Tuesday, March 29, on Bowman Ave. in South Bend.

I'll admit, I was entirely too close to this event.


BASEBALL season. Thursday, March 31, 2011. I'm not used to baseball in 30 degree weather. Here is the gallery.


Saturday, April 2. Just a feature.



Police and paramedics tend to a man who reportedly led South Bend Police on a high-speed chase through downtown streets before crashing and attempting to flee on foot at the intersection of Western and Kaley streets in South Bend on Sunday, April 3, 2011. The unidentified man claimed to have taken ecstasy earlier in the day.

This was the result of good scanner monitoring and fast driving.



South Bend emergency officials and airport crews respond to a small plane crash next to a runway at the South Bend Regional Airport in South Bend on Monday, April 4, 2011.

Turned out the plane was blown off the runway by high winds. It took a lot of glass to reach this from the behind the airport fence.



Death on the field! Nahh, not literally at least. Here's the caption: New Prairie's Seth Shail collapses to the ground in frustration after dropping a pop-up foul ball in an inning that left the Cougars down 33-0 to Marian High School at New Prairie High School in New Carlisle on Monday, April 4, 2011. Here's the game gallery.





March 4. Just a protest/march yesterday downtown.