DYER | The gravestone for young Seth Petreikis has a special symbol on it — a heart with a Band-Aid. His mother, Becky Petreikis, hopes the symbol for congenital heart defects may help comfort another grieving mother as she walks through the cemetery, letting the woman know she's not alone.
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INDIANAPOLIS | Elementary and high school students who volunteer or otherwise contribute to their communities are eligible for the 2012 Hoosier Rising Star Award.
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HAMMOND | Gamma Nu chapter of Kappa Kappa Kappa sorority will hold its 11th annual High School Prom Dress Resale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 17 in Alumni Hall on the Purdue University Calumet campus, 2200 169th St.
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HOBART | The second phase of the 61st Avenue improvement project has come in significantly under budget.
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WINFIELD | An organizer of Winfield's resale shop is pleased with the support received in the store's first month.
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SCHERERVILLE | A 32-year-old Hammond man was charged in connection with a Thursday robbery at Walmart, 1555 U.S. 41.
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MUNSTER | Nurse educators at Community Hospital are raising greater community awareness of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths because of caring parents Kim and Phillip Splant and a contribution from the Nathan C. Splant Foundation.
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WHITING | The Develop Committee of Emerge South Shore will host an event from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Bulldog Brewing Co., 1409 119th St.
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"We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing."
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Hobart Arts League is hosting an all-you-can-eat chili supper, complete with corn bread, beverage and dessert, from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the arts league building, 3850 Howard St., Hobart.
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HIGHLAND | The Board of School Trustees grilled members of a feasibility committee and Superintendent Michael Boskovich on Tuesday about the recommendation to move sixth-graders from four elementary schools to Highland Middle School in August.
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GARY | Thelma Fannin wants the $10,000 that Gary officials promised her over a dispute involving bingo cards.
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HAMMOND | A local physician is suing the town of Merrillville and two of its police officers over what he claims was a wrongful arrest involving excessive force, federal court records show.
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HAMMOND | A Chicago Heights man accused of intending to distribute more than 6,000 Vicodin pills last year pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court.
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MERRILLVILLE | Building a community garden at Avicenna Academy could provide multiple benefits to students.
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GARY | Canine officers found about seven pounds of suspected heroin Monday in an East Glen Park home, police said.
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HAMMOND | An Illinois man accused of firing a machine gun on New Year's Day in a Griffith apartment complex pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court.
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CROWN POINT | Dozens of windows have been painstakingly restored in the historical jail that was the scene of bank robber John Dillinger's infamous 1934 escape.
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A Michigan City man convicted of heroin trafficking is appealing his life sentence, federal court records show.
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DYER | The gravestone for young Seth Petreikis has a special symbol on it — a heart with a Band-Aid. His mother, Becky Petreikis, hopes the symbol for congenital heart defects may help comfort another grieving mother as she walks through the cemetery, letting the woman know she's not alone.
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INDIANAPOLIS | The sponsor of a House-approved plan to charge most Lake County homeowners an annual fee to maintain the Little Calumet River levee system believes the measure could die in the Indiana Senate.
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CROWN POINT | A Lowell man was charged Tuesday with eight criminal counts in connection with the alleged harassment of two Lowell High School students.
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CROWN POINT | Jurors in a murder trial will have to determine whether a 57-year-old Hammond man stabbed his roommate out of anger or fear.
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DOVER, Ohio | The Justice Department says a chemical company has agreed to pay $1.4 million in civil penalties for the unauthorized manufacturing of certain substances at plants in Hammond and Ohio.
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GARY | A 20-year-old Gary man was arrested after allegedly burglarizing a neighbor's home, police said.
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HAMMOND | The ASM Calumet Chapter will have a dinner meeting Thursday at Purdue University Calumet's Student Union & Library Building, second floor, Alumni Hall.
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HAMMOND | An East Chicago man was indicted this week on a charge of making child pornography, federal court records show.
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A meeting planned for Feb. 21 by the Crown Point City Council Ordinance Committee to discuss a proposed ordinance governing rental units is a public meeting, not a public hearing.
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CROWN POINT | The Crown Point City Council on Monday approved a funds transfer and creation of a petty cash fund.
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DETROIT | Nearly two years after arrests, jury selection began Tuesday in a trial against seven people, including a Hammond man, accused of conspiring to rebel against the government as members of a southern Michigan militia.
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The Gary Public Transportation Corp. board continues to study a regional transit cooperation pledge as another General Assembly session enters the home stretch with little prospect of increased support for mass transit.
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EAST CHICAGO | Area police are searching for two men who robbed an East Chicago bank at gunpoint across the street from the city's police station Tuesday morning.
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INDIANAPOLIS | Unclaimed property turned over to the Indiana attorney general from forgotten safe deposit boxes and other sources now can be bought through an online auction site run by Goodwill Industries.
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CROWN POINT | One lane of Interstate 65 will be closed in each direction between U.S. 231 and U.S. 30 today for pavement work, officials with the Indiana Department of Transportation said.
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GARY | A 20-year-old Gary man told police he was accidentally shot in the right thigh Tuesday morning during a transaction outside a gas station.
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CROWN POINT | Lake County Assessor Hank Adams said Tuesday his supporters have talked him out of a run for the General Assembly.
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The Illiana Corridor Planning Group will present a narrowed list of possible routes for the proposed two-state expressway at meetings this month.
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Overnight lane closures on the Borman Expressway are planned Thursday through Sunday from the Illinois state line to Burr Street.
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LONDON | BP PLC has raised its quarterly dividend by 14 percent after posting double-digit gains in profit and revenue in the last three months of 2011.
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HOBART | Northern Indiana organizations that are promoting clean vehicle technologies and alternative fuels will be featured during the 2012 annual meeting of South Shore Clean Cities Inc. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 14 at Avalon Manor Banquet Center, 3550 E. U.S. 30.
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HOBART | Last Christmas, 8,400 toys were distributed to needy youngsters through the Toys for Tots program, coordinator Bruce Wilkinson said.
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INDIANAPOLIS | Six Northwest Indiana attorneys have been selected for the inaugural class of the Indiana State Bar Association's Leadership Development Academy.
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MERRILLVILLE | The Lake County Highway Department hopes a bridge replacement project on Grand Boulevard in Merrillville will be completed next month.
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DYER | The utility boards and the Town Council are reviewing a list of proposed road projects and the funding required to complete them.
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GARY | Indiana University Northwest presents a celebration of African-American history featuring the South Shore Dance Alliance at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Bergland Auditorium in Savannah Center.
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EAST CHICAGO | An Indiana Harbor man stopped after driving into oncoming traffic admitted to officers that he was texting while driving, but he also was on felony probation and carrying a loaded, stolen handgun and drugs, police said.
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HAMMOND | The Robertsdale/Whiting Crime Watch group meets at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday in Room 200 of Calumet College of St. Joseph.
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HAMMOND | A Purdue University Calumet alumnus will share his story of working on nation-building projects during a 5 p.m. session on Thursday.
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MERRILLVILLE | Merrillville Continuing Education is offering a medical terminology course.
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HOBART | Senior citizens are invited to attend a free band concert and refreshment night on Feb. 16 at the high school, 2211 E. 10th St.
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HOBART | The School City of Hobart holds an Internet Safety Seminar for parents and students at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at the high school theater, 2211 E. 10th St.
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WINFIELD | The Winfield/Lakes of the Four Seasons Chamber of Commerce meets at noon Feb. 14 at Christ Presbyterian Church, 7416 E. 109th Ave.
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CEDAR LAKE | Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation has awarded 13 Lowe's Toolbox for Education grants in Indiana, one of which has gone to Jane Ball Elementary School.
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