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We will monitor discussions, and comments that contain profanity, crudeness, personal attacks or threats will be hidden. The Herald-Palladium has held its current name only since 1975, but it can trace its genealogy back to 1868. And the Twin Cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph can boast of a journalistic tradition that goes back even further. Joseph, the older of the two cities, had a weekly n

ewspaper in operation as early as 1836. Merchant started the Benton Harbor Palladium as a weekly in 1868, and sold it the following year to J.P. The Palladium went through several other ownerships until being acquired by Frank Gibson, who in 1886 converted it into the Daily Palladium. Merchant left Benton Harbor for St. Joseph in 1877. He bought a weekly, The Traveler and Herald in that year and renamed it the St. Joseph Herald. Shortly after the turn of the century, Merchant and his son, Leonard E., sold their property to Ephriam W. Moore who published the paper as The Evening Herald. Competing dailies moved into both cities around the turn of the century. John Nellis Klock, J. Stanley Morton and Humphrey S. Gray established The Evening News in Benton Harbor in 1895. In 1905, Willard Brewer, a nephew of Moore, bought The St. Joseph Press, a weekly created in 1888, and changed it to a daily publication under the same name. By 1904, The Evening News had displaced The Daily Palladium as the dominant paper in Benton Harbor. Gibson that year sold his publication to Klock and his associates, who consolidated the two publications into The News-Palladium. Klock and Gray in 1910 sold the newspaper to Moore. In 1916, Brewer and Moore merged their St. Joseph publications into The Herald-Press. In 1919, Moore retired and sold The News-Palladium to the Palladium Publishing Co. incorporated that year by Klock, Stanley R. Banyon and Willard J. Banyon Sr. In 1928, the company bought out The Herald-Press Co. The companies eventually merged in 1970. However, the two companies after 1928 continued to publish The Herald-Press and The News-Palladium in their own plants, under distinctive formats and with separate staffs and circulation promotion. A new plant for The News-Palladium was built in Benton Harbor in 1955. In 1965, the company shifted production of The Herald-Press into The News-Palladium's plant and adopted a common advertising rate schedule. The papers kept their own mastheads but the content was the same. That changed in 1975, when The Herald-Press and The News-Palladium became The Herald-Palladium. In 1970, a wing was added to the Benton Harbor plant to house engraving and circulation. In 1972, the paper changed over from the old hot metal system to the cold, or photo printing, type. But printing problems remained. The printing speed of the press in Benton Harbor could not be increased and spare parts for its electrical control panel were no longer being made. The solution was to build a new plant in St. Joseph Township, just off Interstate 94, to house the entire newspaper operation. The new plant opened in 1978. In February 1985, Palladium Publishing sold the newspaper to Thomson Inc., a newspaper chain. Thomson operated the paper until December 1996, when it sold The Herald-Palladium to the Community Newspapers Division of Hollinger International. Hollinger sold the newspaper in 2000 to its current owner, Paxton Media Group Inc., of Paducah, Ky. Paxton Media Group traces it roots to 1896, when a group of investors headed by W.P. Paxton launched The Paducah Sun. Today, Paxton Media Group is a diversified media company with interests in newspapers, printing and broadcasting and is still owned and managed by third and fourth generation members of the Paxton family.

Lakeshore defeats St. Joseph 56-44 during Friday night's game in Stevensville.(Don Campbell/HP staff)
25/01/2025

Lakeshore defeats St. Joseph 56-44 during Friday night's game in Stevensville.(Don Campbell/HP staff)

Benton Harbor Area Schools is appealing the possible removal of the district from the Lakeland Conference at the end of ...
24/01/2025

Benton Harbor Area Schools is appealing the possible removal of the district from the Lakeland Conference at the end of this school year.

BENTON HARBOR — Benton Harbor Area Schools is appealing the possible removal of the district from the Lakeland Conference at the end of this school year.

The Bobo Brazil Community Center in Benton Harbor is set to be transformed into a community resilience hub to help resid...
24/01/2025

The Bobo Brazil Community Center in Benton Harbor is set to be transformed into a community resilience hub to help residents during emergencies with the help of $4.7 million in state and federal grants.

BENTON HARBOR — The Bobo Brazil Community Center in Benton Harbor is set to be transformed into a community resilience hub to help residents during emergencies with the help of

Caitlin Sampsell, 911 administrator for Berrien County, presented the videos to the Berrien County Board of Commissioner...
24/01/2025

Caitlin Sampsell, 911 administrator for Berrien County, presented the videos to the Berrien County Board of Commissioners on Thursday as her latest recruitment tool.

ST. JOSEPH — Come join our team.

Playgrounds at E.P. Clarke and Lincoln elementary schools are getting some special attention this summer after action ta...
24/01/2025

Playgrounds at E.P. Clarke and Lincoln elementary schools are getting some special attention this summer after action taken by the St. Joseph school board.

ST. JOSEPH — Playgrounds at E.P. Clarke and Lincoln elementary schools are getting some special attention this summer after action taken by the St. Joseph school board.

Lakeshore defeats St. Joseph 39-34 as Mattox Williams, who lost his battle to cancer last year, is remembered before the...
24/01/2025

Lakeshore defeats St. Joseph 39-34 as Mattox Williams, who lost his battle to cancer last year, is remembered before the start of Thursday night's "Hoops for Hope" game in St. Joseph.(Don Campbell/HP staff)

The city of St. Joseph has announced the focus area for this year’s property maintenance program, which starts soon.
23/01/2025

The city of St. Joseph has announced the focus area for this year’s property maintenance program, which starts soon.

ST. JOSEPH — The city of St. Joseph has announced the focus area for this year’s property maintenance program, which starts soon.

Two South Haven residents are spending the next two weeks thousands of miles from home in an effort to help people affec...
23/01/2025

Two South Haven residents are spending the next two weeks thousands of miles from home in an effort to help people affected by the California wildfires.

SOUTH HAVEN — Two South Haven residents are spending the next two weeks thousands of miles from home in an effort to help people affected by the California wildfires.

Benton Harbor is on its way out of the Lakeland Conference.
23/01/2025

Benton Harbor is on its way out of the Lakeland Conference.

Benton Harbor is on its way out of the Lakeland Conference.

Michael Zdrodowski brings more than 30 years of health care experience to PACE of Southwest Michigan.
22/01/2025

Michael Zdrodowski brings more than 30 years of health care experience to PACE of Southwest Michigan.

ST. JOSEPH — Michael Zdrodowski brings more than 30 years of health care experience to PACE of Southwest Michigan.

A years-long dispute between St. Joseph Township and Lincoln Township over a shared sewer line may be coming to an end.
22/01/2025

A years-long dispute between St. Joseph Township and Lincoln Township over a shared sewer line may be coming to an end.

ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP — A years-long dispute between St. Joseph Township and Lincoln Township over a shared sewer line may be coming to an end.

Kerry M. Wright II was elected president by the St. Joseph school board this week.
22/01/2025

Kerry M. Wright II was elected president by the St. Joseph school board this week.

ST. JOSEPH — Now that he’s stepping into the top role, St. Joseph’s new school board president plans to stay focused on service, which is what it’s all about for

Love, respect and justice were key words used Monday as Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated at Lake Michigan Colle...
21/01/2025

Love, respect and justice were key words used Monday as Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated at Lake Michigan College in Benton Township.

BENTON HARBOR — Love, respect and justice were key words used Monday as Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated at Lake Michigan College in Benton Township.

Lake Michigan College’s child care center will be up and running again at its Benton Township and South Haven locations,...
18/01/2025

Lake Michigan College’s child care center will be up and running again at its Benton Township and South Haven locations, with help from a new partner.

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Lake Michigan College’s child care center will be up and running again at its Benton Township and South Haven locations, with help from a new partner.

As the city of St. Joseph prepares to implement paid parking in the downtown west of Main Street starting in May, city o...
18/01/2025

As the city of St. Joseph prepares to implement paid parking in the downtown west of Main Street starting in May, city officials are looking to expand free parking opportunities east of Main.

ST. JOSEPH — As the city of St. Joseph prepares to implement paid parking in the downtown west of Main Street starting in May, city officials are looking to expand

Get ready for a year of fun at the History Center at Courthouse Square in Berrien Springs as it celebrates 50 years of o...
18/01/2025

Get ready for a year of fun at the History Center at Courthouse Square in Berrien Springs as it celebrates 50 years of opening as a museum.

BERRIEN SPRINGS — Get ready for a year of fun at the History Center at Courthouse Square in Berrien Springs as it celebrates 50 years of opening as a museum.

Michigan Lutheran defeats Our Lady of the Lake 54-43 during Friday night's game in St. Joseph.(Don Campbell/HP staff)
18/01/2025

Michigan Lutheran defeats Our Lady of the Lake 54-43 during Friday night's game in St. Joseph.(Don Campbell/HP staff)

An increase in insurance costs has led to Benton Harbor’s tight budget to become even tighter, according to City Manager...
17/01/2025

An increase in insurance costs has led to Benton Harbor’s tight budget to become even tighter, according to City Manager Alex Little.

BENTON HARBOR — An increase in insurance costs has led to Benton Harbor’s tight budget to become even tighter, according to City Manager Alex Little.

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Benton Harbor police release video from Sgt. Reginald Gee’s body camera, which shows Dustin Levell Saffell exiting a car with a gun in his hand and firing.

Good Fellow Fund
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The Newsies are sad they won't be out on street corners this year collecting donations for the Good Fellow Fund, but they're still working hard to make sure those in need will have a happy holidays. Today, we hear from the Exchange Club of Southwest Michigan's Dave Slavicek. If you'd like to make a donation, visit www.TheHP.com/goodfellows.

Niles robbery
Niles robbery

The Niles Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men in this video. They are accused of robbing the Admiral gas station on Chicago Road just after midnight. One of the suspects assaulted the clerk, according to police, and the suspects stole cash and merchandise from the business. Anyone with information can call the Niles PD at 683-1313.

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Altercation at St. Joseph High School
Altercation at St. Joseph High School

The Herald-Palladium has obtained, through a Freedom of Information Act request, a copy of a surveillance video in St. Joseph High School that records an altercation between a man and student on Feb. 20 that led to charges against then Boys & Girls Club employee Chris Glisson. Here's our story: https://bit.ly/33HE6rZ

Wave damage at Silver Beach
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Video shows wave damage at Silver Beach. Video: Peter Brown

Update: Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township police have said they do not believe there were any injuries or fatalities from the fire Saturday evening at the Park Manor apartments on Rose Hill Road in Berrien Springs. The fire broke out before 9 p.m. in one of the multi-dwelling units at the complex, but everybody is believed to have escaped safely. No official cause has been released yet. The unit apparently contained 10 apartments, leaving those residents without a place to stay. The Red Cross was on the scene assisting those residents, who in many cases were only able to flee with just the clothes on their backs. Fire crews from at least 7 fire departments were called out to fight the fire that destroyed the building. This cell phone video, though grainy, was shared by someone at the scene to HP Staff Writer Louise Wrege, showing the intensity of the fire.

Car larcenies / stolen vehicles
Car larcenies / stolen vehicles

There has been an increase in suspicious nightly activity, Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott said in a news release. Several stolen vehicles and car larcenies have been reported countywide the past few weeks. He reminds citizens to lock their homes and cars to deter criminals, keep an exterior light on, and report any suspicious people/vehicles in their neighborhoods. This video in the PawPaw/Mattawan area around 1:51 a.m. one morning shows two people, believed to be younger males, attempting to enter a vehicle.

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The Herald-Palladium has held its current name only since 1975, but it can trace its genealogy back to 1868. And the Twin Cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph can boast of a journalistic tradition that goes back even further. St. Joseph, the older of the two cities, had a weekly newspaper in operation as early as 1836. Leonard G. Merchant started the Benton Harbor Palladium as a weekly in 1868, and sold it the following year to J.P. Thresher. The Palladium went through several other ownerships until being acquired by Frank Gibson, who in 1886 converted it into the Daily Palladium. Merchant left Benton Harbor for St. Joseph in 1877. He bought a weekly, The Traveler and Herald in that year and renamed it the St. Joseph Herald. Shortly after the turn of the century, Merchant and his son, Leonard E., sold their property to Ephriam W. Moore who published the paper as The Evening Herald. Competing dailies moved into both cities around the turn of the century. John Nellis Klock, J. Stanley Morton and Humphrey S. Gray established The Evening News in Benton Harbor in 1895. In 1905, Willard Brewer, a nephew of Moore, bought The St. Joseph Press, a weekly created in 1888, and changed it to a daily publication under the same name. By 1904, The Evening News had displaced The Daily Palladium as the dominant paper in Benton Harbor. Gibson that year sold his publication to Klock and his associates, who consolidated the two publications into The News-Palladium. Klock and Gray in 1910 sold the newspaper to Moore. In 1916, Brewer and Moore merged their St. Joseph publications into The Herald-Press. In 1919, Moore retired and sold The News-Palladium to the Palladium Publishing Co. incorporated that year by Klock, Stanley R. Banyon and Willard J. Banyon Sr. In 1928, the company bought out The Herald-Press Co. The companies eventually merged in 1970. However, the two companies after 1928 continued to publish The Herald-Press and The News-Palladium in their own plants, under distinctive formats and with separate staffs and circulation promotion. A new plant for The News-Palladium was built in Benton Harbor in 1955. In 1965, the company shifted production of The Herald-Press into The News-Palladium's plant and adopted a common advertising rate schedule. The papers kept their own mastheads but the content was the same. That changed in 1975, when The Herald-Press and The News-Palladium became The Herald-Palladium. In 1970, a wing was added to the Benton Harbor plant to house engraving and circulation. In 1972, the paper changed over from the old hot metal system to the cold, or photo printing, type. But printing problems remained. The printing speed of the press in Benton Harbor could not be increased and spare parts for its electrical control panel were no longer being made. The solution was to build a new plant in St. Joseph Township, just off Interstate 94, to house the entire newspaper operation. The new plant opened in 1978. In February 1985, Palladium Publishing sold the newspaper to Thomson Inc., a newspaper chain. Thomson operated the paper until December 1996, when it sold The Herald-Palladium to the Community Newspapers Division of Hollinger International. Hollinger sold the newspaper in 2000 to its current owner, Paxton Media Group Inc. of Paducah, Ky. Paxton Media Group traces it roots to 1896, when a group of investors headed by W.P. Paxton launched The Paducah Sun. Today, Paxton Media Group is a diversified media company with interests in newspapers, printing and broadcasting and is still owned and managed by third and fourth generation members of the Paxton family.