Birthday Party

Two sisters from Goshen were killed in Elkhart County Friday when their car was struck by a semi-truck just before 1 p.m., police said. Delilah “Dee” Sherman, 84, and 71-year-old Anna M. Detweiler were killed instantly, said John White, Elkhart County coroner. The truck driver was not injured. It was the first fatal car accident in Elkhart County this year, White said. Detweiler and Sherman were driving south on County Road 37 and stopped at the intersection of County Road 38, a witness told police.

SOUTH BEND - An early morning shooting in South Bend is leaving some neighbors very uneasy. Police said around 3:30 on Saturday morning they responded to a fight at Courtyard Place Apartments. That's off Jefferson and 26th streets. When they got there, they found a 26-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. He had surgery Saturday morning and police said his injuries are serious. They're not releasing his name at this time. Police took three people in for questioning after the shooting and they released two of them.

LONDON (AP) - A restaurant chain has apologized for accidentally serving alcohol to a toddler in Wales, calling it a case of human error. The BBC reported that 2-year-old Sonny Rees was taken to a hospital emergency room after drinking whiskey at his second birthday party at a Frankie and Benny's restaurant in Swansea. His mother said he was clearly intoxicated. She said she tasted his drink after noticing that he was making a funny face. At the hospital, the staff monitored his vital signs and later gave him the all-clear.

If you've tried to buy a bouquet of balloons lately for a birthday party or to cheer up a sick friend, you may have been told you're out of luck. That's because a nationwide helium shortage is bursting Michiana's balloon sales. Glenn Collier spends most of his time at Miami Florist & Gift shop in South Bend making fresh flower arrangements. Wednesday morning he got a balloon order, but had to turn away the sale. "They wanted 150 balloons for a party. I had to turn down the work because I don't have the helium to do that," says a frustrated Collier.

A 17-year old girl was shot and killed on Michigan City's east side late Sunday night, and now police say they have charged a suspect in the crime. LaPorte County Deputy Coroner Mark Huffman said the victim's body was laying on the edge of the roadway on Liberty Trail close to Krueger Memorial Park, south of U.S. 12. He said the discovery was made around 11:15 p.m. after emergency responders received a call of shots fired. Friends of the victim identified her as Ne'Keisha Hodges Hawkins.

Courtyard Place Apartments on Jefferson and 26th Street: According to police, it's a trouble spot in South Bend. In the last three years, police say they've received more than 1,000 calls from that complex. Last March, a man was killed outside a children's birthday party inside the complex - he died. On Feb. 11, a man was shot in the leg justoutside the complex. Police say the calls are legitimate, people feel threatened over there ... but why?

TOPEKA, Ind. -- Westview Junior-Senior High School: if you haven't heard of it, you're probably not alone. The rural road to the school is much different than the traffic-packed, buzzing roads of Mishawaka. But take a walk down the halls of this school and there is one student everyone seems to know: Luke Pamer. Luke, 16, is a sophomore at Westview. A sea of high fives and jokes greet him as he makes his way down the hall on one of the last days before holiday vacation.

CHICAGO — A Sunday morning fire tore through a Chicago-area apartment house, killing at least seven people, including a newborn and three other children. The fire, one of the deadliest residential blazes in the Chicago area in recent years, spread to nearby buildings in the 3000 block of 48th Court in Cicero and left more than 20 people homeless. The cause of the blaze was unknown. Officials said they also will be looking at how many families were living in the house. The inferno took the lives of a 3-day-old baby boy, a 3-year-old boy and 16-year-old male and female twins, Cicero town spokesman Ray Hanania said.