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The South Bend woman hurt in Sunday's plane crash is out of the hospital. Memorial Hospital tells WSBT it released Diana McKeown Wednesday night. The 62-year-old was insider her home when it was struck by the small jet. McKeown's and two other homes on Iowa Street damaged by the plane crash are now in control of the city. The National Transportation Safety Board turned the site over Wednesday afternoon -- after investigators took one last look in the rubble for pieces of the plane.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. - The City of St. Joseph's long time manager may be leaving sooner than expected.   Frank Walsh says he's been offered a position to manage Meridian Township, near East Lansing.   It's a town of 40,000 people and is where Walsh grew up and is close to his aging parents.   Walsh has been city manager in St. Joseph for 17 years and announced his retirement in December, citing he wanted to be closer to his family.   Walsh was planning to stay on in St. Joe until August and help with the transition but says his new job could start in May or June.

SOUTH BEND - A South Bend woman and her 6-year-old son were inside their home when a jet came crashing through their house late Sunday afternoon.  They both survived. Patricia Kobalski and her son lived through the crash. Not many people can say that. She's accepted the gravity of the situation that her home can't be saved but says she keeps replaying that moment in her mind. WSBT spoke with Patricia Sunday afternoon right after the crash and talked with her again on Tuesday.

Notre Dame will open up the 2013 NCAA Tournament on Friday night, when the Irish face Iowa State at 9:45 PM ET in Dayton, Ohio.  The game will be televised on WSBT-TV.  Other NCAA tournament 2nd round games featuring area teams that will carried on WSBT-TV include Valparaiso vs Michigan State (Thur, 12:15 PM) and South Dakota State vs Michigan (Thur, 7:15 PM).  Indiana will face the winner of LIU-Brooklyn and James Madison at 4:10 PM Friday on TBS.  Butler will face Bucknell at 12:40 PM Thursday on TruTV.

If you haven't seen the video yet--take a look. It happened at the Family Dollar on Goshen Avenue in Elkhart. It was apparently taped over the weekend, but now, the hole is covered and surrounded by orange cones. WSBT learned on Wednesday that what the teen jumped into was an old dry well. Family Dollar released a statement saying, "Please know that the safety of our customers and team members is our first priority. The landlord of this building is aware of this hole and it is slated to be repaired as soon as possible.

A  home on the property of The Red Barn Experience in LaPorte - a venue for events such as weddings - was destroyed by fire Friday night. The fire broke out around 6 p.m. Firefighters told a WSBT photographer at the scene it started in the basement, and was hard to fight because the house was built in the 1850s and has a lot of additions. Smoke could be seen for miles as 70 to 80 firefighters from four departments worked to extinguish it. Crews were at the scene until about 1:30 a.m. Saturday.

A South Bend man is facing felony charges, accused of running a prostitution ring. And the father of a Mishawaka teenager who was allegedly part of the ring is frustrated, sad and angry. Police arrested Xavier McCaster, 28, last month and a deputy prosecutor charged him with three felony charges for allegedly promoting prostitution.  According to court documents, he gave at least three women - including that 18-year-old - food and a place to stay.  In return, they collected money for him as prostitutes.

Mother Nature is digging into her bag and pulling out some mixed treats today. Sleet and freezing rain fell on the southern part of the WSBT listening area Tuesday morning before turning to snow for most of us. Several areas were covered in light ice. An Indiana State Police dispatcher reported a lot of slideoffs on the Toll Road but nothing big enough to impede traffic and no major injuries. The Toll Road was more icy to the west. A dispatcher in Marshall County described the roads as "slick," with some slideoffs but nothing too bad. WSBT meteorologist Matt Rudkin says U.S. 31 was fine but says there was icing on signs, power lines and trees between Plymouth and Rochester.

SOUTH BEND - Throughout the week, WSBT is going to be featuring cold cases from around our area. These are cases that have eluded police - some, for decades. In St. Joseph County, Metro Homicide detectives are struggling to solve a 2009 cold case. Police say they don't know why a father of eight was killed inside his own home, but they are hoping new details about the night he was murdered will trigger someone's memory.  The Team: When the team from Metro Homicide met with WSBT to talk about the Lawrence Martin case, they came with high hopes.

Police in the city of LaPorte say a man caught a thief in his home and was slashed with a box cutter during the struggle that followed. Detective Matt Drangmeister told WSBT this happened around 8:30 Thursday night in the 800 block of Kingsporte Avenue. The homeowner arrived at his house and found the suspect inside. As he was struggling with the suspect the homeowner was slashed on his chest, arms and face. The victim's wounds were superficial, according to Drangmeister.