Clay funeral Wednesday at Genesis Convention Center

GARY | City officials are preparing for hundreds to attend visitation and funeral services next week for former Mayor Rudolph "Rudy" Clay.

State honors Van Til's office for improving water quality

CROWN POINT | The Lake County surveyor's office recently was honored by the state for its work in clean water.

EDITORIAL: Clay clearly loved God, constituents

Rudy Clay's death Tuesday afternoon signals not just the death of the man, but also another bit of the old guard Democrats in Lake County.

RICH JAMES: Why did feds make a spectacle of Van Til?

It’s been bugging me for a year.

Van Til pleads not guilty

HAMMOND | Shackled hand and foot with a chain around his waist, Lake County Surveyor George Van Til pleaded not guilty Monday to federal public corruption charges.

Van Til's day in court

Lake County Surveyor George Van Til arrives at the U.S. Federal Courthouse with his attorney Scott King Monday

EDITORIAL: Lessons to learn from Van Til's indictment

Lake County Surveyor George Van Til's name was added Friday to the long list of Northwest Indiana public officials indicted on federal public corruption charges.

Van Til's indictment

FBI seized computers and other items from the office of Lake County Surveyor George Van Til last June.

Observors: Van Til's indictment adds to region's political corruption stain

CROWN POINT | Prominent Lake County Democrat George Van Til's indictment Friday on felony fraud charges has local politicos wondering just how many more black eyes the party will take in the federal government's ongoing corruption probe.

Feds: Van Til indicted for using public employees, resources for campaign work

HAMMOND | Lake County Surveyor George Van Til defrauded taxpayers by ordering county employees to perform political campaign work on the county dime and using county equipment, prosecutors said Friday.

Political Roundtable - Special Edition

The Times' Robert Blaszkiewicz and Doug Ross discuss the indictment handed down against George Van Til.

Van Til indicted on federal charges

Federal prosecutors indicted Lake Co. Surveyor George Van Til on charges of wire fraud and obstruction of justice. Two other people were indicted in separate cases.

Federal agents examining Lake County surveyor's payroll records

CROWN POINT | Nearly 10 years worth of payroll records of the Lake County surveyor's office were subpoenaed recently by federal agents, officials said.

EDITORIAL: Lake needs this bitter medicine

Lake County commissioners are expected to vote today to veto the income tax approved by the Lake County Council. The veto should fail.

Impending Lake Co. income tax veto frightens off spending spree

CROWN POINT | Austerity fell like a ton of bricks Thursday morning on Lake County officials as they contemplated running county government without a county income tax.

EDITORIAL: Replenish rainy day funds for flood control

People in the Chicago area, including Northwest Indiana, have seen the wrath of nature this week. Flooded roads. Flooded basements. Commuting nightmares.

Cady Marsh Ditch polluted by lubricant, EPA officials report

CROWN POINT | Lake County Surveyor George Van Til said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reported progress in identifying and remedying the leak of a lubricant that pooled last week in a north county storm water drainage ditch.

Cady Marsh oil sheen cleanup continues

The cleanup of an oil sheen that appeared Thursday on the Cady Marsh Ditch is expected to be complete by midweek, according to a representative for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Oil sheen appears on Lake waterway

GARY | Federal, state and local officials are investigating an apparent oil leak into a major drainage ditch flowing through Calumet Township, Griffith, Highland and Munster.