Category: Post-Tribune

The Portage Township School Board’s discussion of starting the school year later has prompted school boards elsewhere to consider the idea in the future.

The Lake County Board of Commissioners has about six months to decide between two projects for the Lake County Convention Center, officials said.

Police took a Gary man into custody on Monday after a routine traffic stop for an improper headlight turned into a scuffle with an Indiana State Police trooper in which the suspect laid on top of a police K9 after the dog bit him because he fled from police, according to a release.

A Hebron Town Council member has been charged with a felony count of domestic battery, according to court records.

When Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary, was younger, he said community members helped him with education. Now, he wants to give back. “No one gets where they are by themselves,” Smith said. “We came from an impoverished environment, so my mother struggled to provide food and clothing to us. Because I’ve made it, I feel like I need to give back and try to help others.” Smith, members of the Alpha Kappa Kappa chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and members of the I.U. Dons, Inc. are hosting the 55th annual Penny-A-Thon drive. Smith said he’s been involved with […]

Theater audiences are never too old to learn a few things from the stage in addition to being enlightened and entertained, and the Goodman Theatre’s annual run of “A Christmas Carol” is no exception, including sign language and performances accessible to a wide audience.

Pranksters who unscrew stop signs and move them to different places in Merrillville, take heed: Charges are waiting for you, Police Chief Kosta Nuses vowed.