Meredith Colias

Lawsuit: $120K from Lake Ridge school construction bonds transferred to foreign ‘criminals’

May 13, 2019 at 9:31 a.m.

A Lake Ridge Schools lawsuit pending in federal court claims more than $120,000 in construction bond funds meant for a high school athletic complex was fraudulently diverted to overseas "criminals."...

In this Sept. 25, 2017 file photo, a lone chicken walks amongst dead birds on a poultry farm in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Aibonito, Puerto Rico. A government official said the farm, which supplies the only fresh chicken in Puerto Rico, lost more than one million chickens.

East Chicago fundraiser for Puerto Rico relief set for Saturday

May 13, 2019 at 9:31 a.m.

Isaias Rivera has nine siblings back in Puerto Rico. More than two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, he has heard from one. After days trying to call, he...

Williams Elementary to host first Community Engagement Day on Saturday

May 13, 2019 at 9:31 a.m.

Williams Elementary in Gary will host its first Community Engagement Day on Saturday. The event will start with a one-mile run around the school at 9 a.m., said school social...

School accountability grades released

May 13, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.

The Indiana Department of Education released school accountability grades for 2016-17 on Wednesday. In Lake County, high schools including Lake Central, Lowell, Crown Point, Munster and Whiting received an A-rating...

Gary Schools' Emergency Manager Peggy Hinckley in Indianapolis on September 12, 2017.

Hinckley presents improvement plans for Marquette and Beveridge

May 13, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.

Plans to improve academics at two struggling Gary elementary schools will include extended school hours and comprehensive professional development. Emergency Manager Peggy Hinckley presented an improvement plan with the principals...

Police: 2 teens charged in fight after Friday night football game in Lake Station

May 10, 2019 at 1:30 a.m.

Lake Station police have charged two teens in connection with a fight at a high school football game last Friday, authorities said. Authorities were called to a River Forest-Lake Station...

Student injured at River Forest-Lake Station football game

May 13, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.

One student was injured in an altercation after a River Forest-Lake Station football game Friday in Lake Station, officials said. Christine Pepa, the principal at Thomas A. Edison Jr. Sr....

Police: Highland High School students fight over damaged cell phone

May 13, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.

Highland Police are continuing to investigate a fight that broke out between two high school students on Friday. The fight escalated from a dispute over a damaged cell phone, said...

United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos sits at a table with Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson during her visit to Gary on Sept. 15, 2017.

Northwest Indiana educators to Betsy DeVos: Visit our schools

May 13, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.

As U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited Gary charter schools as part of a national tour earlier this month, she aimed to highlight creative ways they were preparing students for...

Students at Purdue University Northwest walk outside of the student union/library.

Purdue Northwest fights declining enrollment

May 13, 2019 at 9:29 a.m.

Rimeca Morris planned to head to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis after her graduation from Wirt-Emerson High School in Gary, but a camp experience this summer at Purdue University Northwest changed...

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