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Teen sentenced to home detention, probation after plea in Union Township shooting

May 17, 2024 at 4:03 p.m.

Dakota Martinez-Kestle,19, who pled guilty to reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony, in the October 2022 shooting death of Andrew Lenahan, 18, in Union Township, was sentenced Friday by Porter...

Indiana State Police investigated a fatal officer-involved shooting that took place Thursday, April 25, 2024, after a suspect reportedly displayed a handgun at Fairgrounds Park in Valparaiso. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Porter County prosecutor taking ‘no further action’ in officer-involved shooting

May 17, 2024 at 2:46 p.m.

The suspect in a fatal officer-involved shooting in Valparaiso last month fired three shots directly at a police officer as the confrontation began to unfold, according to Porter County Prosecutor...

Court documents: Valpo man, 19, charged with soliciting a minor after sting by NWI Predator Catchers

May 12, 2024 at 8:44 a.m.

A Valparaiso man is in custody after arranging to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old girl for a possible sexual hookup, only to be met by police when he...

Burns Harbor was founded in 1967, and its Town Hall was dedicated in 1981. The Plan Commission is set to consider Provident Realty Advisors’ proposal to rezone 100 acres at the Worthington Steel site to allow for a data center there. (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)

Burns Harbor clerk-treasurer, town council member resign, citing concerns about fire department

May 11, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

Jane Jordan was Burns Harbor's town clerk for 20 years and her husband, Kurt, started his first term on the town council in January.

Valpo council president apologizes for social media comment after police-involved shooting

May 10, 2024 at 9:29 a.m.

Robert Cotton, president of the Valparaiso City Council, has issued a public apology for a remark he made on his personal Facebook page about police actions in a fatal shooting...

Visitors stand, illuminated by candles, as well-wishes and prayers are said during a candlelight vigil for Dakota Levi Stevens, 10, in Liberty Township on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Liberty Township subdivision remembers Dakota Levi Stevens with candlelight vigil

May 7, 2024 at 3:15 p.m.

The Eagle Ridge subdivision in Liberty Township, where Dakota Levi Stevens lived briefly in a foster home before his death, came together Monday night for a candlelight vigil to remember...

A sign on a truck in the parking lot of Geisen Funeral Home at the funeral of 10-year old Dakota Levi Stevens, calls for answers to his death, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Crown Point. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Post-Tribune)

Mourners remember 10-year-old Dakota Levi Stevens who died days after ‘medical emergency’ at foster home

May 6, 2024 at 4:37 p.m.

Through their tears, Dakota Levi Stevens' family and loved ones talked about a creative, bright boy who loved bugs and frogs and Legos, whose smile was incomparable and who was...

Indiana State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place Thursday, April 25, 2024, after a suspect reportedly displayed a handgun at Fairgrounds Park in Valparaiso.

FOP asks Valpo Council President Robert Cotton to step aside over online comment about fatal shooting

May 3, 2024 at 4:38 p.m.

The Valparaiso chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police is asking Valparaiso City Council President Robert Cotton to step aside from that leadership role because of a comment he made...

Dakota Levi Stevens, pictured in the fall of 2023. (Provided/Hayden Hetzel)

Monday candlelight vigil planned to remember Dakota Levi Stevens

May 2, 2024 at 5:27 p.m.

A resident of the Liberty Township subdivision where Dakota Levi Stevens lived before his death is organizing a candlelight vigil in his memory. The vigil will begin at 8 p.m....

Former foster dad, family mourn death of boy, 10, in foster care

May 1, 2024 at 4:33 p.m.

Dakota Levi Stevens loved doing stuff in nature, said his former foster dad, Hayden Hetzel.

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