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Interstate safety largely up to drivers 27 Aug 2013 | 12:06 pm
New safety features will be implemented for the construction zone on Interstate 65 in Jasper County, including adding rumble strips in the work zone. The crash that resulted in the death of seven fami...
Gary Airport gets $288M appraisal 27 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
GARY — The Gary/Chicago International Airport’s tangible assets are worth $288 million, but its intangibles make it worth almost double, according to members of the Public-Private Partnership Ad Hoc C...
Two men charged in 10-year-old killing of E.C. man 27 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Federal attorneys are accusing two men, one of whom was affiliated with the Two Six gang, of killing an East Chicago resident 10 years ago as retaliation for stealing 50 kilograms of cocaine from a st...
One dead in botched drug deal in Hammond 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
HAMMOND — A Highland man was killed during a botched drug deal Monday afternoon in south Hammond. Lakice Brooks, 17, sustained a gunshot wound to the head around 4:30 p.m. and he was pronounced dead n...
P.C. sheriff to request staffing to open third jail pod 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
VALPARAISO — Porter County Sheriff David Lain is not surprised that the Indiana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says the county jail is overcrowded, because that’s what he’s been saying ...
Supplemental property tax revenue bolsters Union Township budget 26 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
The Union Township School Corp. will have its first public hearing on a budget since passing a referendum in May to supplement the funding it receives from the state. The school corporation hasn’t yet...
County board considers penalties for communities that don’t follow recycling grant rules 26 Aug 2013 | 08:36 am
CROWN POINT — Cities and towns receiving recycling grants may face tighter reporting and use requirements or risk losing their grant money if proposed tweaks to the process are approved. No action was...
Solid waste district educators share lessons 26 Aug 2013 | 08:36 am
HAMMOND — Solid waste district educators from the north part of the state spent part of the week in Hammond for “Training the Trainers.” The training session was sponsored by the Lake County Solid Was...
Hobart city budget about the same as last year 26 Aug 2013 | 08:24 am
HOBART — The city’s proposed 2014 budget of $18.1 million is slightly less than last year’s, even though it includes 2 percent raises for employees and elected officials and the last leg of the 61st A...
Jerry Davich: Former med-flight patient meets his ‘angel in the air’ 26 Aug 2013 | 08:20 am
For six years, Elliott Rauch has wanted to meet — and thank — Kelley Holdren, even though they first met on July 2, 2007. Rauch, who was 17 at the time, has no memory of their encounter at 800 feet in...