Anna Ortiz

Anna Ortiz is a freelance writer for the Post-Tribune.

A photo of Deborah Leslie, with a butterfly on her nose, rests on a table during a balloon release to mark a year since police found Leslie's body, who was dead from a drug overdose, in an abandoned house in Gary. The gathering took place at Oak Ridge Prairie County Park in Griffith on Saturday, August 23, 2023. (John Smierciak / Post Tribune)

Family, community comes together to remember loved one, support fight against addiction

February 8, 2024 at 2:59 p.m.

As the sun set on Oak Ridge Prairie Park Saturday evening, the field came alive with the flickering light of dozens of balloons glowing in the darkening twilight sky. They...

Architect David Katz died Aug. 30 at the age of 97. He and a group of concerned citizens were key to preventing the old Lake County Courthouse from being razed in the 1970s.
- Original Credit: Photo courtesy of Mardi Katz

Local architect remembered for role in rescue of Crown Point’s ‘Grand Old Lady’

February 8, 2024 at 2:59 p.m.

For those who knew him, imagining the Crown Point Square without the Old Lake County Courthouse is like imagining a world without David J. Katz. The "Grand Old Lady" would...

Centier Bank was granted PUD zoning to build on the property at 9720 W. 133rd Ave.

New wave of businesses arise in Cedar Lake

February 8, 2024 at 2:59 p.m.

From new restaurants to a plan to shape one of the town's most traveled corridors, Cedar Lake is abuzz with business news brewing south of U.S. 30. After the longstanding...

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