The bright red kettles scattered across Northwest Indiana signal the start of the holiday season.
Voters face two candidates with experience in Porter County Council District 1. Either candidate would serve the voters well.
It's been billed by our governor as "the largest nonstop sustainable building program that our state has ever seen."
It's been one of the most-read articles in The Times and nwi.com this year — a testament to the number of lives touched by a Region business fixture for generations.
Anyone doubting the ability of a sound economic development plan to unite counties that rarely collaborate or communicate should question no more.
It was a powerful Independence Day image that's become an appropriate perennial fixture atop the Region's foundation of diversity.
Multiple decades of public service is a noble notch on anyone’s belt.
Illinois leaders keep greasing the treads to potential growth of the Northwest Indiana economy and population, and we should do all we can to seize these opportunities.
You get what you pay for, and there's a significant difference between frugality and allowing our best assets to deteriorate to a state of functional ruin.
They're some of the most viewed online offerings provided by The Times on nwi.com, holding potential for empowering all of us to keep our communities safer.
Parents shouldn't have to worry about their children's safety when using a supposedly regulated water park facility.
A new floating water park is slated to open on Whiting's lakeshore Saturday, and it's understandable why the city would be excited for the potential tourism draw of the $300,000 attraction.
Many in the Region rightly call for better road and bridge conditions, realizing the vital importance of this infrastructure to all aspects of our economy and lifestyles.
Teamwork is the key to nearly every aspect of organizational success in society.
Read through the obituaries published today in The Times.
It runs Saturday and Sunday on the picnic grounds behind the hall, 8700 Taft St., Merrillville.
Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Times.
Metro Ports took over handling bulk cargo at the Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan five years ago.
The State Budget Agency announced Friday Indiana took in $1.48 billion from all general fund revenue sources for July.
The Idaho Supreme Court says Idaho’s strict abortion bans will be allowed to take effect while legal challenges play out in court. The state's highest court made the ruling late Friday afternoon. A doctor and a regional Planned Parenthood affiliate sued the state earlier this year over three anti-abortion laws, all of which were designed to take effect this year now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Under the new ruling, a near-total criminalizing all abortions takes effect Aug. 25. The law says anyone performing or assisting with an abortion may be charged with a felony, but physicians can attempt to defend themselves by saying the procedure was necessary to save a life.
Chicago police say an officer has shot a person on the city’s near West Side in the second shooting by a Chicago Police Department officer in less than 24 hours. Police issued a statement saying officers stopped a vehicle and observed someone inside with a gun, at which time one officer fired their gun, striking the person. That person was taken to a hospital and an officer has gone to a hospital for observation. Around 11 p.m. Thursday, a 40-year-old man was shot during a struggle with officers in a South Side neighborhood. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating both incidents.
Indiana University and Purdue University officials say they will split up control of the Indianapolis campus that the schools have shared for more than 50 years. The academic division announced Friday is set to take effect in 2024. The new IU Indianapolis will continuing to operate much of the 27,000-student campus and programs in areas including business, science, law, nursing and liberal arts. Purdue said it will control engineering, computer science and technology programs, with an aim to increase their enrollments and coordinate them more with the main Purdue campus in West Lafayette. Leaders from both schools said the changes will allow IU and Purdue to highlight and grow their academic programs and research presence in the city.
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Witnesses told police the defendant, whose relative lived in the area, previously had a problem with a couple walking their dogs in a field.
"Officers located items leading them to believe there were several subjects involved," police said.
Chesterton Police Chief Tim Richardson said, "Finally we have in place all the tools we need to enforce traffic laws more efficiently and responsively."
James E. McGhee Jr., 41, was sentenced in December to 80 years in prison for the slaying of 27-year-old Sidne-Nichole Buchanan, and for being a habitual offender, according to court records.
The State Budget Agency announced Friday Indiana took in $1.48 billion from all general fund revenue sources for July.
Michael Gableman has been fired, marking an end to the more than $1.1 million taxpayer-funded, GOP-ordered review that has failed to uncover any evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
Earnings at Northwest Indiana casinos dipped everywhere in July compared to the same month one year ago — except at the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana.
James E. McGhee Jr., 41, was sentenced in December to 80 years in prison for the slaying of 27-year-old Sidne-Nichole Buchanan, and for being a habitual offender, according to court records.