Commissioners OK evacuation plan for Heavilin students
Students at Heavilin Elementary School will have a safe, temporary place to go if their building needs to be evacuated in an emergency through a memorandum of understanding between the...
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State election officials to host Porter County meeting Tuesday
With the roll of a 10-sided die, the public will have the chance Tuesday to help determine how state agencies audit Porter County’s 2018 general election. Representatives from the Indiana...
As shutdown continues, food pantry reps see no change in demand — yet
Representatives from a local food pantry and the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana said they haven’t seen an uptick in demand from the partial shutdown of the federal government, but...
Police: During traffic stop, man admitted ‘I am driving a stolen vehicle’
A Washington man stopped by police for a routine traffic violation over the weekend allegedly admitted he stole the car he was driving, prompting a felony auto theft charge and...
Woman leaves trail of stolen panties in her wake during 100 mph police chase across Porter County: cops
A Liberty Township woman allegedly left a trail of stolen women’s underwear thrown out her car window as she led police on a Wednesday night high-speed chase from a Portage...
Sister of Portage High School student fatally shot in Griffith: ‘She was my first best friend’
Angel Ortiz had plans to go to a movie Sunday with her older sister, Alayna. It was the first time in a long time, Angel Ortiz said, that the two...
Merrillville woman charged with 2012 Portage murder ordered released
With the clock ticking, a Porter Superior Court judge ordered a Merrillville woman charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme be released on her...
Change of venue wanted for man charged in Chesterton bartender’s death
The attorney for a Hobart man charged in the stabbing death of Chesterton bartender is asking for a change of venue or the selection of a jury from outside Porter...
New Porter County prosecutor to toil in the courtroom trenches
Gary Germann, Porter County’s new prosecutor, said he likes being in the courtroom. A lot. At some point in the next few weeks, he plans on taking the court calls...
Portage High School student fatally shot in head near Griffith apartment complex: police
Police collected video footage and witness statements Thursday after a Portage High School student was fatally shot in the head Wednesday near a Griffith apartment complex. Alayna Ortiz, 18, of...