Jim Woods – Page 28 –

A Portage Fire Department truck sits at Founders Square on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.

Former Portage firefighter accused of $93,000 in pay fraud

June 27, 2025 at 11:28 a.m.

A former Portage firefighter faces felony charges for allegedly using a cellphone payroll app to claim $93,001.11 in pay he didn't earn.

The construction site at the west end of the Duneland YMCA Healthy Living Campus property. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Chesterton BZA approves variance for Duneland Y concerning prospective businesses

June 27, 2025 at 10:55 a.m.

The Duneland YMCA will have flexibility to rent space for businesses without getting zoning approval each time from Chesterton.

The Duneland School Corporation's administrative offices. (Jim Woods/for the Post-Tribune)

Duneland voters to see operating referendum renewal in November

June 26, 2025 at 11:14 a.m.

The Duneland School Board voted Thursday to place an operating referendum renewal levy before the voters on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Police at the scene of a shooting on Gateway Boulevard near Ind. 49 and the Indiana Toll Road exit following a shooting in Chesterton, Indiana, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

State police release names of two Chesterton officers involved in shootout

June 24, 2025 at 2:32 p.m.

The Indiana State Police released the names of the Chesterton officers who exchanged gunfire with a man who turned the gun on himself.

Boat trip to help son ends in wrench attack

June 24, 2025 at 2:13 p.m.

Nicholas Edward Frazier agreed to take his son, who had been experiencing mental health issues, on a boat trip on Lake Michigan in an attempt to "uplift his life." But...

A roadside memorial for Saelor Guistolisi of Crown Point was set up the evening of Sunday, June 22, 2025, near U.S. 12 and Waverly Road. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Cash bond set for man in Porter crash who prosecutors says showed ‘disdain’ for the law

June 24, 2025 at 1:33 p.m.

A Porter County prosecutor said a young man charged in the death of woman, 18, in a crash has shown a "disdain" for the law with pending cases.

A investigator with the Indiana State Police photographs a gun next to an evidence marker on Gateway Boulevard near Ind. 49 and the Indiana Toll Road exit following a shooting in Chesterton, Indiana, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Chesterton Council criticizes Commissioner Biggs for using police-involved shooting for ‘political maneuvering’

June 24, 2025 at 2:53 p.m.

Chesterton's Town Council found it "deeply disappointing" that a county commissioner and E911 leadership would exploit the police-involved shooting.

Crown Point man faces multiple felonies for crash that killed woman

June 23, 2025 at 2:48 p.m.

A memorial bouquet marks where a Crown Point woman was fatally injured after being ejected from a pickup truck that crashed off U.S. 12 at Waverly Road.

Chesterton First United Methodist Church Pastor Esta Rosario speaks during a burial ceremony for the late Pvt. Charles Smalley Jr., who was identified and returned to Chesterton after 80 years as an Unknown Soldier in France, on Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

World War II hero finally brought home to rest next to his parents in Chesterton

June 23, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

Army Pvt. Charles William Smalley Jr., a Chesterton native, was 19 when he died in combat in 1944 but no one knew where his body went.

Authorities place yellow tape around the scene of a shooting on Gateway Boulevard near Ind. 49 and the Indiana Toll Road exit following a shooting in Chesterton, Indiana, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Chesterton shooting response time puts focus on consolidated dispatch, local income tax increase

June 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Porter County Commissioner Jim Biggs said the resonse time after a police-involved shooting shows the need for consolidated dispatch.

All Stories