Property taxes, public schools, and healthcare were among the topics constituents questioned three area legislators about during a packed town hall meeting Saturday in Highland.
After repeated trips back to the drawing board, the Swanson Trails subdivision finally has the rezoning it needs to go forward. The Portage City Council gave its blessing Tuesday for the 80-acre subdivision on the northwest corner of Swanson Road and County Road 700 North.
Heather Augustyn will never tell you that Hip Hop isn’t an American-born movement, but if you can’t pick up the Jamaican and Ska influences in it, you’re not listening close enough.
Many Porter County residents drive past the courthouse multiple times a day but may not realize the rich history that sits on the county seat of Lincolnway in downtown Valparaiso.
Porter County Council Vice President Red Stone, R-1st, is taking his displeasure with the idea of Indiana’s interstates becoming toll roads to the people by paying for opposition billboards in the region.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Griffith lease will be terminated, according to DOGE’s website. The Griffith location’s lease costs $85,467 annually.
News and events around the area
A 66-year-old woman was shot near a Walmart in Lansing Saturday afternoon, according to the Lansing Police Department. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
President Donald Trump’s executive actions to attack diversity, equity and inclusion don’t have the force of law, University of South Carolina law professor Kevin Brown emphasized, so it’s been shocking to see the speed at which universities, nonprofits and even the business community have moved to end DEI initiatives.
A Merrillville woman got a split 3-year sentence Friday after fatally stabbing her then-unborn son’s father.