Tourism and Leisure

South Bend Regional Airport officials don't want you to stay home, but they do want you to find a means of travel that’s close to home.   For five straight months the airport has reported an increase in travelers. Part of that may be an improving...

MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Three people were killed when a small, single-engine plane crashed nose-first into a Monroe city park. Witnesses report that the Piper Malibu Mirage was heading south and skirted some trees before smashing into a soccer...

Watch closely in Indiana waters this spring and you may see American white pelicans. There were reports across Indiana last weekend of large groups of the migrating waterfowl. One resident counted 45 of them in the plentiful waters around Rochester....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Looking for a prime fishing spot at an Indiana state park? Look no further than your iPhone. A new iPhone application from the Department of Natural Sources provides information Hoosiers may need while planning outdoor...

NILES - Yes, replacing the historic Main Street Bridge over the St. Joseph River in Niles, a project the Michigan Department of Transportation is anticipating in 2014, will result in a detour that could take a toll on downtown businesses. But, at the...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new federal proposal to tighten leash rules on parkland in and around San Francisco has many dog owners barking mad. The 2,400-page plan released earlier this month by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the country'...

Looking for a good place to play? You could do worse than St. Joseph’s Silver Beach and its $1 million merry-go-round. Much worse, according to Midwest Living Magazine, which in its latest issue ranked the carousel at Silver Beach the sixth best...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Drug-sniffing dogs found nearly $100,000 worth of cocaine and heroin aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in a federal investigation of an employee smuggling ring. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the search on Saturday...

VERSAILLES, Ind. (AP) — Southeastern Indiana's Versailles State Park had the greatest number of deer killed during hunting periods inside state parks last year. Figures released Friday by the state Department of Natural Resources show that 236...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House promised Thursday to slash domestic agency spending by almost 20 percent in their drive to bring it back to levels in place before President Barack Obama took office. House Budget Committee...

EAST TAWAS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is seeking volunteers to spend a week or two at the Tawas Point Lighthouse as lighthouse keepers. The lighthouse is at Tawas Point State Park in the northeast Lower Peninsula along the shores of Lake Huron....

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio amusement park alleges in a federal lawsuit that a Michigan company hired to put fake rocks around a water ride did little of the work but pocketed more than $220,000. Cedar Point hired a second company to finish up at...