Munster establishes guidelines for public meeting comments
Munster residents wishing to speak their minds during town meetings will continue to have 20 minutes a meeting in which to do so, but the town will be more thorough...
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Chicago Heights teacher charged in Indiana after starting sexual relationship with student in 2002
A Chicago Heights teacher was charged in Lake Superior Court Thursday over two decades after allegedly starting a years-long sexual relationship with a student when she was a teen.
Trio charged with breaking into residence to retaliate for earlier bar fight
A Merrillville trio is accused breaking into a Hobart residence on May 30 and battering two women after they had fought at a bar earlier in the night.
Ivey wins Gary council caucus
Saturday morning’s caucus to replace what hopes to be the City of Gary’s last open administrative seat has given the women on the council the majority for the first time since 1999....
Cops: Body found in Gary was slaying victim’s missing uncle
A partially decomposed body that workers found Wednesday in overgrown grass and litter along the Gary side of Cline Avenue has been identified as the missing uncle of a slaying...
Local environmentalists concerned with mercury ruling
Local environmental experts expressed frustration with a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that they say could keep the government from lowering mercury levels, although its impact could be...