Eric Bellinger, News Operations Manager
Eric “Tacklebox” Bellinger is the News Operations Manager at ABC 57 News. A native of South Bend, Eric cares for this community a lot.
Eric enjoys spending his free time with his family, cheering on the Chicago Cubs, Bears, Blackhawks, and Bulls, watching The Ohio State football, and volunteering.
He loves to work on inspiring stories and news stories that impact the community. Eric is an Emmy award-winning journalist and he looks forward to continue telling the stories of the people of Michiana.
Articles by Eric Bellinger
- Six-year-old boy dies in apparent drowning
- Boil water notice issued for some residents of LaGrange
- Crews searching Bass Lake for missing swimmer
- Beacon Health System offering less invasive swabbing at mobile testing clinics
- Suspect and victim identified in Starke County homicide
- House fire reported in Osceola
- Person of interest in fatal shooting outside Kelly's Pub arrested
- One man dead, six others injured in Elkhart County crash
- Barbara Brewster found guilty of murder for her role in the 1988 killing of Miriam Rice
- South Bend Police say missing girls have been found
- One person shot in Mishawaka home invasion
- FACT investigating crash involving school bus and pedestrian
- Homes evacuated due to gas leak in Goshen
- South Bend Police officer involved in shooting on Marion Street identified
- Part of US 31 closed after semi rollover crash
- Police: Woman found passed out in PetSmart parking lot, arrested for possession of drugs
- Mishawaka Police searching for missing woman
- Shots fired, one arrested outside South Bend restaurant on Saturday
- Truck towed after becoming lodged under bridge near downtown South Bend
- Poker room announced at Four Winds South Bend
- LaGrange man dies in head-on crash
- Five arrested in shooting on Carroll Street
- Accident, fuel spill close intersection in South Bend
- Superintendent to resign from Elkhart Community Schools
- Police searching for Ferrari, Harley Davidson motorcycles stolen in South Bend
- Parking instructions released for President Trump's visit to Elkhart
- Notre Dame Football set to take on Alabama in home-and-home series
- Toddler found along with suspect, stolen car
- Death investigation underway in Elkhart
- Police release more information on Miami Street shooting
- State of Emergency declared for City of Goshen
- Warrant issued for woman charged in connection to 17-year-old's murder
- Officials investigating fatal stabbing at Mishawaka business, victim identified
- SBPD investigating armed robbery
- Man caught allegedly throwing items over the fence of the Indiana State Prison
- Elkhart Police investigating Thanksgiving Day shooting
- ISP Trooper saves choking man's life while on vacation
- Traffic slowed after tanker truck rolls over on Indiana toll road
- Driver suffers serious injuries in four vehicle crash on SR 15
- Kids' Kingdom closed after fire
- Police asking for the public's help in locating a robbery suspect
- Sewage leak forces local high school to dismiss early
- Caller mistakes cable line for power lines, thought children were in danger
- Coloma schools placed on lockdown after reports of a weapon on campus
- Owner of former Drewry's site fined for not finishing the demolition
- Two arrested after 100 MPH pursuit in Elkhart
- South Bend Police officer injured in incident at bomb squad training bunker
- Man arrested for allegedly exposing himself to police
- Man officially charged for stabbing at Wooden Indian Motel
- Police, coroner conducting death investigation in Mishawaka
- Man arrested after allegedly attacking woman, fighting police
- Major roadway in Niles closed after crash
- One man's trash is another man's ticket to jail
- Suspect pleads guilty to 1977 Cass County murder
- Police, DNR searching for driver of vehicle abandoned on bridge
- Crews respond to barn fire in Howard Township
- One dead after truck crashes into tree
- 74-year-old moped driver killed in crash in South Bend
- Two in custody, allegedly tried to bring weapon into Berrien County Courthouse
- Toddler found wandering has been reunited with her father
- Benton Harbor football coach under investigation for insensitive texts
- Benton Harbor teen charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting a postal worker
- South Bend woman honored by Congress
- Crews battle barn fire in Cass County
- No charges to be filed in River Park shooting death
- Police searching for missing teen
- Police searching for missing woman
- Crews respond to fatal crash in South Bend
- Police respond to shooting with multiple victims
- St. Joseph County Metro Homicide investigating fatal shooting in South Bend
- Names released in Kosciusko County fatal crash
- Man arrested for arson at a South Bend gas station
- South Bend Police investigating bank robbery
- Elkhart County Sheriff's Department releases new details in a fatal hit and run crash
- Second round of IHSAA Football State Tournament
- First round of Michigan High School Football playoffs schedule announced
- South Bend Police investigating a shooting Wednesday afternoon
- Concord High School evacuated after bomb threat
- Police respond to crash involving a bicycle and a vehicle
- Police respond to crash involving a bicycle and a vehicle