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.
Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter should drop the charges against him without delay. Not only would it save taxpayers money, it would send a message that, no matter what’s going on at the national level, Lake County still values press freedom and transparency, and will safeguard the public’s right to know during these troubled times.
A Venezuelan man who was found in a ditch along Interstate 65 near Crown Point last week suffered a fatal gunshot wound, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
Detectives with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a report of a subject who was found deceased by railroad tracks in Liberty Township on Friday, according to a release.
A Griffith man got 35 years Friday for shooting his ex’s new boyfriend — his one-time best friend — in the head and arm.