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The Indiana Welcome Center, home to the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority, is located at 7770 Corinne Drive in Hammond. (Christin Nance Lazerus/Post-Tribune

New law could remake SSCVA board

March 13, 2024 at 3:51 p.m.

Members of the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority board named in lawsuits against the agency will retain legal protection provided by the bureau until the suit is concluded —...

Lake County Government Center, Crown Point. (Joe Puchek/Post-Tribune)

Hundreds of Lake County workers get incorrect W-2 forms

March 12, 2024 at 2:48 p.m.

More than 900 Lake County employees received the wrong W-2s due to an undetected problem within the transfer of data to Lake County’s new accounting software and council members want...

Carrie Thornberry, left, administers a set of vaccine injections for Teresa Huisenga of Highland at the Lake County Health Department's Immunization Clinic, in Crown Point on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. On Feb. 23, Indiana's first measles case in 5 years was reported in Lake County. (Vincent D. Johnson/Post-Tribune).

No new cases reported after Indiana measles outbreak

March 10, 2024 at 6:35 p.m.

No new cases of measles have been reported in Lake County in the wake of the first confirmed case of the disease in Indiana in five years announced Feb. 23...

Dems caucus Saturday to fill county council seat

March 7, 2024 at 2:59 p.m.

Five people are looking to fill the second district Lake County Council seat left vacant after the unexpected Feb. 12 death of the late Councilman Clorius Lay.

Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales speaks during the second day session of Conservative Political Action Conference Hungary in Budapest, Hungary, on May 5, 2023. Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)

Morales addresses Clerk’s Association in Hammond

March 6, 2024 at 4:22 p.m.

Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales was in Lake County for the second time to address the 2024 Northern District Clerk’s Association Spring Conference on Wednesday. Morales shared the work...

Heritage Tours owner Angie Bozeman, from Yoder, Kansas, folds an empanada as part of a demonstration at Provecho Latin Provisions as part of the Heartland Familiarization tour in Crown Point on March 5, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/Post-Tribune)

Pitching the region

March 6, 2024 at 2:23 p.m.

From making empanadas in Crown Point to visiting the Indiana Dunes in Porter County, a group of tour operators from around the Midwest and as far away as California have...

Lake County Sheriff Animal Control director of operations Shanda Hanft pets French bulldog Sandy, one of 39 dogs rescued from a suspected Crown Point puppy mill in May 2023. The former owner of the dogs is facing charges of animal cruelty in Jasper County (Kyle Telechan/Post-Tribune)

Trial postponed for alleged puppy mill operator

March 5, 2024 at 4:19 p.m.

A judge agreed Monday to postpone the pretrial conference for a Center Township man who is accused of animal cruelty related to an illegal dog breeding operation in Jasper County....

Gary resident and veteran Sherman Caldwell, on left, meets with U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary of Veterans' Employment and training Service, James D. Rodriguez, during a visit to the Gary Volunteers of America office on Monday, March 4, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Veteran: ‘It’s been like a miracle in my life’

March 4, 2024 at 3:56 p.m.

When LaRanza Carson first met Sherman Caldwell of Gary at the Gary Metro bus station, she learned he was homeless.

Gary City Court Judge Deidre Monroe swears in new Calumet Township Assessor Jackie Collins after a Feb. 22 caucus. Collins is flanked to the right by her husband Solomon Hammond and her pastor, the Rev. John Jackson.

New Calumet Township assessor moves forward

March 4, 2024 at 12:48 p.m.

Returning Calumet Township Assessor Jackie Collins said she plans to retain the staff at the office even though a group of employees threw their support publicly behind her challenger for...

Amended SSCVA oversight bill heads back to Senate

February 28, 2024 at 4:09 p.m.

Lake County Commissioners may have a little more breathing room to consider proposals to construct a convention and event center under a bill that passed out of the Indiana House...

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