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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.

Five officers on paid leave after fatal officer-involved shooting in Valparaiso

April 30, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

Three police officers from the Valparaiso Police Department and two with the Porter County Sheriff's Office are on paid administrative leave after an officer-involved shooting last week in which the...

Alice Smithman, of Chesterton, right, smiles as she and Niki Miller, of Valparaiso, serve breakfast at the American Legion Post 100 in Lake Station, Indiana, on Sunday. April 21, 2024. The International Order of Mrs. Ropers, Northwest Indiana Chapter volunteered to serve breakfast for the day. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

With a caftan and a smile, Mrs. Roper moves to the foreground in fandom

April 27, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Even across American Legion Post 100, the volunteer servers for the weekly Sunday breakfast are instantly recognizable. The wigs with the tight red curls, the brightly colored and flowing caftans,...

Man killed in officer-involved shooting in Valpo was on probation for resisting law enforcement

April 26, 2024 at 2:28 p.m.

The man killed in an officer-involved shooting in Valparaiso Thursday afternoon pleaded guilty in October to a misdemeanor count of resisting law enforcement and was on probation as part of...

The Porter County Courthouse in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Crown Point woman faces felony fraud charges for business theft allegations

April 22, 2024 at 3:22 p.m.

A Crown Point woman who was taken into custody Friday on multiple felony fraud counts for taking almost $81,000 from her now-former employer, a Valparaiso business, has checked herself into...

Former Portage Mayor James Snyder arrives for his sentencing with his family at the federal courthouse in Hammond, Indiana, on Oct. 13, 2021. A proposed Indiana House bill would ban public officials from accepting gratuities; the bill was drafted in response to the U.S. Supreme Court throwing out one of the counts he was convicted on due to Indiana not banning gratuities. (Kyle Telechan / for the Post-Tribune)

Supreme Court to hear arguments on bribery law that could shape political corruption probes in Illinois, including case against ex-Speaker Madigan

April 14, 2024 at 3:20 p.m.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme is set to hear oral arguments in the case of an Indiana mayor which challenges the statute former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was charged...

Indiana Dunes Tourism executive director Lorelei Weimer speaks during a land acknowledgment program at the Indiana Dunes National Park visitor center in Chesterton on Thursday, July 21, 2022. She resigned in January. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

Meeting minutes provide little insight into Lorelei Weimer’s abrupt resignation from Indiana Dunes Tourism

March 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

The Post-Tribune requested Indiana Dunes Tourism meeting minutes from September through the board's Thursday meeting, as well as former president and CEO Lorelei Weimer's contract, in an attempt to learn...

Indiana Dunes Tourism director Lorelei Weimer speaks during the "State of Tourism" address in Chesterton on March 16, 2023. Weimer announced she was stepping back as longtime leader of the organization in January.

Porter County schedules closed-door sessions to discuss tourism director settlement

March 19, 2024 at 4:10 p.m.

Porter County officials have scheduled two closed-door meetings in the coming days in an attempt to get to the bottom of a settlement agreement between the Indiana Dunes Tourism board...

Feds looking into misappropriation of $636K in rental assistance from Geminus

March 16, 2024 at 8:07 p.m.

A former Geminus employee misappropriated $636,000 in Emergency Rental Assistance funds destined to help renters hang on to their residences during the pandemic by creating false landlords to fraudulently request...

Former Indiana Dunes Tourism executive director Lorelei Weimer speaks during a land acknowledgment program at the Indiana Dunes National Park visitor center on July 21, 2022. Her contract settlement has hit a snag. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

Settlement agreement for former Indiana Dunes Tourism leader hits snag

March 13, 2024 at 3:28 p.m.

Mitch Peters, president of the Indiana Dunes Tourism Board, had hoped to get a settlement for former CEO and executive director Lorelei Weimer on the agenda for the Porter County...

Valparaiso University's Chapel of the Resurrection. (Amy Lavalley / Post-Tribune)

Valpo U faculty react as administration considers program cuts; ‘In my view, we’re selling our soul’

March 10, 2024 at 8:12 a.m.

The proposed cuts at Valparaiso University announced on March 1 have department heads and professors preparing to defend their programs as they fear the loss of a liberal arts education...

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