56+ min ago   (533+ words) Following the severe storms Aug. 11 that caused widespread damage and extended power outages across Northwest Indiana, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Gary continues to provide direct financial assistance to residents of Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties, according to the…...

2+ day, 32+ min ago   (535+ words) The new comprehensive plan being drafted for Portage is likely to include seeking roundabouts and public transit after a public input session Thursday. A $15 million bond issue for the city’s Redevelopment Commission includes a roundabout at the intersection of Samuelson…...

2+ day, 1+ min ago   (818+ words) A Jasper County resident is worried about environmental and public health if a NIPSCO permit is approved by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Office of Water Quality. “I’m concerned about what it might do to the value of my…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (602+ words) Against a backdrop of growing public distrust of Flock Safety cameras, Elgin’s police chief said this week that the city doesn’t do business with the controversial company. Meanwhile, an internal audit of the city’s license plate readers found no instances…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (658+ words) Aurora police, fire and city officials on Friday called for unity in Aurora as they marked the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. The anniversary, said Aurora Police Officer Andrew Soderlund, is a reminder that…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (222+ words) District U-46 held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to mark the start of construction on a new elementary school on Elgin’s northeast side. The yet-to-be-named building will be the first elementary school U-46 has built in Elgin in more than 20 years, according…...

3+ day, 35+ min ago   (264+ words) The Township High School District 113 Board of Education approved the resignation of a teacher charged with domestic battery during a special meeting Wednesday evening. Bridget Fahrner, formerly a world languages teacher with 23 years in the district, according to meeting documents,…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (406+ words) The state is offering “rapid relief” to hard-hit communities struggling in the aftermath of an Aug. 11 storm that saw 100 mph winds in Northwest Indiana and flooding in central Indiana. More than 300,000 NIPSCO customers lost power in the storm, some for…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (303+ words) Authorities have accused a 15-year-old boy of killing Hyde Park Academy sophomore Eric Billops and wounding another student, a 16-year-old girl, in a shooting that rocked the South Side high school this spring. The Tribune is not naming the teen…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (647+ words) Naperville School District 203 has initiated new, more efficient bus routes designed to save money and avoid parents scrambling for transportation when a driver calls in sick. The district is using a route optimization plan implemented this August for increased reliability…...