Speedway bailout crosses finish line

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence has agreed to loan the Indianapolis Motor Speedway $100 million in state funds to pay for renovations, video boards and other improvements to the home of the Indianapolis 500 auto race.

East Chicago School Board

East Chicago School Board will meet April 17, 2013.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Field Elementary School should house young kids

Last year, for the first time in decades, East Chicagoans were able to vote for their representatives on the School Board. In the November election, voters rejected two of the three members of that School Board -- members appointed by the current mayor.

E.C. School Board wants properties sold to the city back

EAST CHICAGO | The School City of East Chicago wants to regain ownership of four properties previously sold to the city for $1 each.

EDITORIAL: A new era begins in East Chicago

The School City of East Chicago's new elected board has been sworn in. This is a reform that is long overdue.

E.C. School Board transfers former Field Elementary to city for $1

EAST CHICAGO | The East Chicago School Board approved the transfer of school property for $1 each to the city of East Chicago.

E.C. School Board member keeps post after court challenge

EAST CHICAGO | The sole appointed school trustee elected to serve a full term beginning next year has survived a court challenge to his position.

Lake officials will tally final ballots

CROWN POINT | The Lake County elections board will meet this morning to decide whether to count more than 260 paper ballots cast during the Nov. 6 general election.

Almost all new faces on first elected East Chicago School Board

EAST CHICAGO | Voters may have chosen new faces for the city's first elected school board, but most have backgrounds in education and all have histories of service to the community.

Correction: East Chicago School Board profile contained errors

A profile of the East Chicago School Board race which ran in some Sunday editions contained several errors.

Students big winners in East Chicago School Board election

EAST CHICAGO | Few elections in many years have energized the community quite like this season's first popular vote for candidates to lead the city's expansive school system.

Name of East Chicago School Board candidate incorrect

The name of Mariecruz Segura-Perez, an East Chicago School Board at-large candidate, was misspelled in some Friday editions.

East Chicago School Board candidates square off

EAST CHICAGO | Candidates for the city’s first elected School Board made their cases Thursday for why they're best qualified to lead the public schools into a new era of accountability.

Parents, residents question E.C. School Board about graduation-related troubles

EAST CHICAGO | Several residents questioned the School City of East Chicago board at Tuesday's meeting about the number of students who were eligible for graduation at Central High School.

School City of East Chicago

School City of East Chicago board meeting March 27, 2012.

E.C. school treasurer federally charged with accepting bribe

School City of East Chicago Treasurer Francisco "Frank" Ramirez speaks during a School Board meeting in 2011 at Lincoln Elementary in East Chicago. Ramirez resigned Thursday and turned himself in to federal authorities Friday following an indictment on bribery charges.

Some against privatizing school custodial services in East Chicago

EAST CHICAGO | The Northwest Indiana division director of the Service Employees International Union Local 73 recently made an impassioned plea to the East Chicago School Board against privatizing the school district's custodial services.

Mosley tapped for E.C. School Board spot

EAST CHICAGO | The City Council approved Mayor Anthony Copeland's nomination of a well-known community organizer and author to the city's School Board on Monday night.

E.C. school board answers community questions

EAST CHICAGO | School Board members hosted a community meeting Monday night to address concerns not answered by Superintendent Mike Harding last month.