Schizophrenia

SOUTH BEND – Some of the president's new gun control proposals unveiled Wednesday may have prevented the shooting death of a South Bend Police officer about 6 years ago. Corporal Nick Polizzotto was gunned down by a man that was mentally unstable....

LAGRANGE – A missing 65-year-old LaGrange area man has been found safe and sound. John Auer had last been seen on a 10-speed bicycle Tuesday (Sept. 4). Police say Auer suffers from bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression and is known to...

SOUTH BEND -- When Roseann Shull was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, the standard drugs weren't working to relieve nausea caused by the chemotherapy agents. "I pretty much was nauseous all the time. I had lots of headaches," said Shull, 53,...

Questions were raised Friday on whether Facebook postings violate a protective order in the case against a man accused of stalking LaPorte's mayor. Jeff Galey, 38, pleaded guilty to Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy then reversed his decision...

During her campaign, LaPorte Mayor Blair Milo shook hands with a man who would later wind up facing criminal charges for allegedly violating court orders to leave her alone. Jeff Galey, 38, was arraigned Wednesday in LaPorte Circuit Court on two counts...

Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation released Thursday showing foster kids are being prescribed the drugs at rates 2....

ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman who contends that researchers removed her late husband's brain without her consent has lost her lawsuit. A jury in York County Superior Court ruled 7-2 Monday in favor of the Stanley Medical Research Institute...

Three Tribune staff members were honored in Chicago recently for placing in a national contest. Photographer Marcus Marter placed first in the Inland Press Association’s Feature Photography category for "Loosey Goosey." Senior Writer Virginia...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — New information from police says a northern Nevada gunman feared demons were after him in the months before his deadly rampage at a Carson City IHOP restaurant. The Nevada Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/tH2qcp ) that 32-...

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday the Granger man charged with threatening U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly and his South Bend office staff unfit to stand trial. Brett Keiling, 46, was arrested Jan. 24 after he called Donnelly’s downtown office and...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A plan to cut Indiana Medicaid costs by limiting access to certain antidepressants and other mental health drugs has advocates worried that some patients could be denied needed the treatments they need. The state budget bill...

CARO, Mich. (AP) — An autopsy is planned on the body of a man recently released from a Michigan psychiatric hospital. The Bay City Times reports Saturday that Tuscola County sheriff's deputies found Casey Foley's body Friday in a field near his...