County Line Orchard may delay haying work amid nesting bird controversy
The fate of multiple pairs of grassland birds nesting in a field at County Line Orchard in Hobart that serves as an overflow parking in the fall and was slated...
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Kids College offers new experiences for middle schoolers
Daniel Rivers, 13, a Griffith Middle/High School student, said he was not too eager to participate in a two-week-long Kids College at Indiana University Northwest in Gary. “I didn’t want...
Dog walkers in a lather over Wicker Park ban
An organized group of dog walkers accused the North Township Trustee of kicking them out of Wicker Park a couple weeks ago where they were walking their dogs together on...
Hammond officers pay tribute to those lost in the line of duty
One by one members of the Hammond Police Department marched past a wreath honoring the department’s fallen, stopping to place a white carnation and momentarily salute, during the department’s annual...
Family trying to make sense of loved one’s killing
Family members of an East Chicago man shot dead on a sidewalk by someone they described as the victim’s friend gathered outside Lake Superior Court Judge Gina Jones' courtroom Tuesday...
Gary man receives 23 years after plea in fatal shooting
A Gary man received 23 years in prison Tuesday after Judge Gina Jones accepted a plea deal where he admitted he shot a dog, then gunned down a man trying...
Illinois woman sentenced after stabbing sister’s boyfriend in the heart
An Illinois woman who pleaded guilty in December to stabbing her sister’s boyfriend in the heart as he entered a Gary apartment just over four years ago was sentenced Tuesday...
Lake Prosecutor casts a line with youth for Let’s Talk program
The bluegill were biting Thursday for the approximately 10 boys fishing in the pond in front of Living Hope Church in Merrillville. For most of the Pierce Middle School students...
Change in scouting name ‘doesn’t really change anything’
Mother-daughter scouting enthusiasts Kelluana Mack and Kendall Jackson, of Merrillville, say they don’t know what all the fuss is over Boy Scouts of America rebranding to Scouting America in the...
Lake County welcomes convention center proposals
Lake County Commissioners are ready to give potential developers of a county convention and event center up to five months to put their best proposals together to submit for consideration.