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Lawsuit alleges Portage High School teacher gave student emergency contraception

A parent alleges in a federal lawsuit that a teacher at Portage High School gave her minor daughter emergency contraception without the parent's knowledge or consent.

A flag waves outside of the Hammond federal courthouse Friday, July 10, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Dr. Ernest Talarico Jr., assistant professor of practice in Anatomy and Physiology at Purdue Northwest, talks with a cohort of visiting international medical students from Vietnam along with local students on Thursday, July 16, 2026, as part of a two-week problem-based learning seminar at PNW’s Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Purdue Northwest medical seminar attracts students from across the globe

A June 18, 2025, shooting in Chesterton, in which two officers were injured, prompted calls for Porter and Chesterton to consolidate their police dispatch, resulting in town officials asking for Porter County E-911 Director Debby Gunn to resign. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Porter County E-911 director Debby Gunn confirms resignation

Governor Mike Braun speaks during the Fireside Chat portion of the Innovate Northwest Indiana program held at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Gov. Braun orders end to diverse contracting guidelines

By Alexandra Kukulka

July 18, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

Gov. Mike Braun announced this week that Indiana will end its diversity business enterprises contracting...

Isaiah Harvey, a Merrillville High School senior and founder of the nonprofit Quantum Visionary Foundation, sits at the Steel Yard, where the Gary Railcats play, on Friday, July 17, 2026, in Gary. (Vincent D. Johnson / for the Post-Tribune)

Merrillville teen’s nonprofit gets spotlight at RailCats game

By Meredith Colias-Pete

July 18, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

Born with bilateral hearing loss, Isaiah Harvey said he once was “scolded” by a teacher...

A sign hangs on the fence blocking the gravel entrance drive at the Yard 520 solid fill site on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Coal ash stored at the site leached into nearby groundwater, contaminating wells in the Town of Pines. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

IDEM proposes state coal ash program as federal regulations on track to lessen

By Maya Wilkins

July 18, 2026 at 11:09 a.m.

On June 30, IDEM announced that its submitted a state coal combustion residuals permit to...

The Porter County Courthouse in downtown Valparaiso. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Records: Hebron man, woman face felony neglect charges

By Post-Tribune

July 18, 2026 at 10:50 a.m.

Richard Humphris, 70, and Lisa Humphris, 67, are each charged with two Level 6 felony...

Students win state higher education grants

By Post-Tribune

July 18, 2026 at 6:17 a.m.

Sixteen Northwest Indiana students have earned Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarships.

The town's seal adorns the athletic courts at the Dean & Barbara White Community Center on Broadway in Merrillville. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune)

Merrillville council extends data center moratorium by 6 months

By Michelle L. Quinn

July 18, 2026 at 6:08 a.m.

Developers eyeing Merrillville as a potential spot for a data center will now have to wait a...

Hammond man gets split term for shooting at cop: records

By Meredith Colias-Pete

July 17, 2026 at 6:13 p.m.

A Hammond man got a 4-year split term Friday after admitting he opened fire at...

Artist Mitch Markowitz sits near his work during a display and discussion of his art at the Pines Village Retirement Community in Valparaiso. Markowitz, 75, died Tuesday. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post Tribune)

Artist Mitch Markovitz, who shaped region’s artistic identity, dies at 75

By Philip Potempa

July 18, 2026 at 7:13 p.m.

Mitch Markovitz, a former South Shore train conductor who became a prolific artist, died at...

Art Ginsburg, center, in chef’s attire, is shown in a 2011 publicity photo with his kitchen team, including his kitchen TV segment hosting successor Howard Rosenthal to his left, with wife Barbara Rosenthal as director of the Mr. Food Test Kitchen and Kelly Rusin, far right, as food stylist. (Photo courtesy of www.MrFood.com)

From the Farm: Late Mr. Food’s ‘Ooh! It’s so good’ legacy lives on

By Philip Potempa

July 17, 2026 at 5:27 p.m.

Reader Mrs. Charles Lowery of Homewood wrote me asking about a popular television food segment...

Father charged with neglect in shooting death of 10-year-old girl

By Michelle L. Quinn

July 17, 2026 at 4:51 p.m.

Mykael L. Robertson, 29 and of the 4200 block of Maryland Street, has been charged...

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