Hobart school, city officials discuss Lillian Street future

HOBART | City and school officials say they plan to work together to resolve traffic issues on Lillian Street.

Hobart man charged with OWI after school bus crash

HOBART | A 66-year-old Hobart man was charged with drunken driving after he was involved in a crash with a school bus last week, police said.

"Priscilla Queen of the Desert" Bus with Actor Joe Hart

Bryan West as Adam, Scott Willis as Bernadette, Joe Hart as Bob and Wade McCollum as Tick share a bus moment in the Broadway tour of "Priscilla Queen of the Desert," as Brit West, Emily Afton and Bre Jackson float above as the Flying Divas.

Celebrate vibrant, visionary Valparaiso

V-Line bus driver Dorian Quinn departs from a transfer at the Heart Center parking lot at Glendale Boulevard and Roosevelt Road in Valparaiso last May.

National Lakeshore grant will fund shuttle buses

PORTER | Two propane-powered buses could be shuttling visitors to and through the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore by this summer.

Portage schools look to outfit all buses with GPS

PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools will look to outfit all school buses with GPS units.

Election winners will face tough choices on major issues

The Dan Rabin Transit Plaza in Hammond closed June 30, when Hammond's easygo bus service ended, leaving regular public transit commuters stranded.

Hammond Bus with WJOB Advertising in the Late 1950s

A bus in Hammond features advertising for the WJOB radio sports coverage in the Region in the late 1950s.

Region's bus experiment breaks down

Commuters board a Pace bus that pulled up behind one of Hammond's easygo buses Saturday at the Dan Rabin Transit Plaza. Hammond's easygo bus service ended Saturday leaving regular commuters who used the buses without bus service.

Region's bus experiment breaks down

Ferna Tyler, of Hammond, rides an easygo bus Saturday for the final day. The easygo service ended after Saturday leaving regular public transit commuters like Tyler without a ride.

Region's bus experiment breaks down

Bus driver Donna Anderson waits while easygo Blue Line riders board Saturday at the Dan Rabin Transit Plaza.

Region's bus experiment breaks down

Bus driver Donna Anderson, of East Chicago, checks on riders Saturday morning in the rearview mirror of her easygo bus. The easygo service ended after Saturday "This effects everybody," Anderson said. She had driven the bus for two years.

Region's bus experiment breaks down

Easygo bus driver Dedra Watkins waits for riders to board Saturday at the Dan Rabin Transit Plaza. Hammond's easygo bus service that ran routes to five different cities in Lake County and one into Chicago ended Saturday.

Transportation: Public transit ailing in Northwest Indiana

Riders take their last trip on the easygo Lake Transit bus system on June 30. The shutdown of the service has damaged hopes for a regional mass transit system in Northwest Indiana.

Transportation: Public transit ailing in Northwest Indiana

Buses line up for the last runs of easygo Lake Transit on June 30 at the Dan Rabin Transit Plaza in Hammond. The closing of the bus service has damaged hopes for a regional mass transit system in Northwest Indiana.

3 medical transport van workers hurt in crash with Hiobart school bus

GARY | The Prompt Ambulance employees suffered minor injuries when their medical transportation van was hit by a Hobart school bus Wednesday, police said.

MARK KIESLING: Here's a bus solution that's a win-win effort

There are valid reasons to enact a Lake County income tax, but I am wary of how it's going to be spent.

IREAD tests students' skills

Third-grader R.J. Smith reads with classmates Tuesday at Boone Grove Elementary School. All of the school's students passed the IREAD test. Statewide, 84 percent of students passed.

IREAD tests students' skills

Third-graders at Boone Grove Elementary School read together Tuesday during class. Nearly 94 percent of third-graders in Porter Township School Corp., which includes Boone Grove Elementary, passed the state's new IREAD test.

IREAD tests students' skills

Boone Grove Elementary School third-grade teacher Madeline Taylor asks student Alyssa Bailey a question about her book during reading time Tuesday at the school.