MARC CHASE: Government's veil of secrecy threatens all of us

Have you felt the weightlessness in the past couple of weeks? It's the rapid descent of some of our most basic constitutional rights at both the federal and state levels of government.

Chicago jail guard, a Portage man, indicted on bribery charges

HAMMOND | A 51-year-old Portage man is accused of taking bribes in his position as a guard at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.

Volunteer child advocate program wins federal grant

INDIANAPOLIS | A Northwest Indiana program that deploys volunteers to advocate in courts on behalf of abused or neglected children will share in a $40,000 federal grant.

Lake County Council gives initial OK to wishful 2013 budget

CROWN POINT | The Lake County Council's vote Monday on a 2013 county government budget was more an act of optimism than a hard-headed spending plan.

Lake officials unlikely to change jail doctors

CROWN POINT | A Merrillville physician appears ready to get another year to bring the Lake County Jail back to health.

Lake Council members say they can't tax their way out of budget crisis

CROWN POINT | Lake County Council members insisted Thursday a local option income tax can't lift county government out of the anticipated $15 million hole next year.

Lake jail makes taxpayers empty their pockets

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials are borrowing, raiding their savings accounts and talking about finding new permanent revenue sources to fix the budget-busting county jail.

Arc of NWI hosts ADA video conference

GARY | An open dialogue with the U.S. Department of Justice on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be available via video conferencing from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Arc Northwest Indiana, 2650 W. 35th Ave.

County to fix jail windows

CROWN POINT | Lake County Commissioners will spend as much as $42,000 to repair windows in the Lake County Jail that apparently were vandalized by inmates prior to Sheriff John Buncich's taking office.