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Actress Liz Cloud in habit garb portrays “Sister” addressing her audience during a July 20, 2025, performance of Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan’s “Late Nite Catechism” at Theatre at the Center in Munster for the show’s 32nd anniversary, including an interactive blackboard exercise titled “Should They Be a Saint or No Longer a Saint?” (Philip Potempa/provided)

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By Philip Potempa

October 30, 2026 at 5:25 p.m.

I’ve dedicated this weekend’s Sunday column to the saints, with the idea floated to me...

Second man charged in fatal Gary robbery gone bad

By Meredith Colias-Pete

October 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

Jermaine Robinson, 20, of Gary, was charged Friday with murder, attempted armed robbery and attempted...

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

Petalas challenged by Deane in Lake County Treasurer’s race

By Michelle L. Quinn

October 30, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

Lake County Treasurer John Petalas, who started his career as the Town of Merrillville’s Clerk-Treasurer,...

Dr. David Fajgenbaum signs a copy of his book, “Chasing My Cure,” for Joy Blakely, of Portage, and Suzette Bodnar, of Highland, following Fajgenbaum’s lecture Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, as part of the Purdue Northwest Sinai Forum lecture series at PNW’s Westville campus.

(Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

Near-death experience prompts search for treatments for rare diseases

By Doug Ross

October 26, 2026 at 12:09 p.m.

Even as a medical student, Dr. David Fajgenbaum took the “physician, heal thyself” adage literally....

Porter County Museum Executive Director Kevin Matthew Pazour, with the assistance of Civil War historian Steve Mockler, will host a tour of Valparaiso’s Old City Cemetery (also called Union Street Cemetery) at 3 p.m. Saturday. The museum is located at 403 Union St. (Porter County Museum/provided)

News briefs: Cemetery tour, library programs, gala and more

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By Post-Tribune

October 26, 2026 at 11:35 a.m.

Community news from around the region.

Kevin Hagen, Chuck Harris run for open Center Township Trustee seat

By Shelley Jones

October 25, 2026 at 3:41 p.m.

Center Township has two Valparaiso residents with backgrounds in service to choose from when they...

Business briefs: Economic outlook set for Oct. 30 at Ivy Tech Valparaiso

By Post-Tribune

October 25, 2026 at 3:39 p.m.

News and events around the area

Geisen team members push their coffin with the YMCA Ghostbusters close behind in the final round of the inaugural Crown Point Coffin Cup on Saturday, October 24, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Geisen Funeral Home team captures Crown Point’s inaugural Coffin Cup

By Jim Masters

October 25, 2026 at 3:29 p.m.

Geisen Funeral Home evidently knows something about coffins, which came in handy at Saturday’s inaugural...

Portage City Hall. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

Portage team tags Texans for advice on new attractions, downtown development

By Doug Ross

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October 25, 2026 at 12:29 p.m.

Portage’s economic development team took a field trip to Texas to say howdy to advice...

Dean of Students DeJuan Eskew hands out tags as students exit their bus at Glen Park Academy on Gary, Indiana Tuesday August 9, 2022. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

Bus service, extracurriculars on the chopping block if school referendums fail

By Jim Masters

October 26, 2026 at 12:18 p.m.

As Senate Enrolled Act 1 significantly reduces the ability of public schools’ to rely on...

Students in Joe Blockland’s first-year seminar at Indiana University Northwest in Gary assess trees on campus following the August storms. (Indiana University Northwest/provided)

GIS students mapping trees’ health at Indiana University Northwest

By Doug Ross

October 24, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

When Joe Blockland’s students at Indiana University Northwest want to call up a tree on...

Flags sit on top of the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Indianapolis. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Two familiar faces seek Indiana House District 10 seat

By Doug Ross

October 24, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.

Assistant Police Chief Ted Uzelac, a Republican former Portage City Council member, is challenging longtime...

The new approach to the N. Mineral Springs Road bridge in Porter. (Jim Woods/for the Post-Tribune)

Road with new bridge in Porter to reopen after nearly 3 years

By Jim Woods

October 24, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Nearly three years after the N. Mineral Springs Road bridge closed, a new $2.44 million...