Coroner’s office rules foster child Dakota Levi Stevens’ death is as a homicide
The death of Dakota Levi Stevens, the boy who was in foster care in Liberty Township in late April and was remembered by mourners at his funeral for his smile...
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Prosecutor: ‘It’s all a scheme to defraud creditors’
The difference between Donald M. Johnson, Charles Ponzi, for whom the pyramid scheme is named, and disgraced late financier Bernie Madoff, who ran the largest Ponzi scheme of all, Porter...
Valpo University petitions court to auction artwork for dorm renovations
Valparaiso University filed a petition Tuesday to move forward with the auction of the three cornerstone works of art from the Brauer Museum to fund freshman dorm renovations, noting a...
Documents: Teen charged after gun found in car at Chesterton High School
A Chesterton High School student was charged Wednesday with felony counts of intimidation and possession of a firearm on school property after police reportedly found a gun in his car...
Porter County deputy prosecutor resigns after drunken driving arrest
A deputy prosecutor with the Porter County Prosecutor's Office resigned last month after an arrest for alleged drunken driving.
Gardeners see warmer hardiness zones for plants, but not by much
Longtime master gardener John Nash, with more than 65 years of digging in the dirt, is a bit concerned that gardeners will take the news that they might be in...
Teen sentenced to home detention, probation after plea in Union Township shooting
Dakota Martinez-Kestle,19, who pled guilty to reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony, in the October 2022 shooting death of Andrew Lenahan, 18, in Union Township, was sentenced Friday by Porter...
Porter County prosecutor taking ‘no further action’ in officer-involved shooting
The suspect in a fatal officer-involved shooting in Valparaiso last month fired three shots directly at a police officer as the confrontation began to unfold, according to Porter County Prosecutor...
Court documents: Valpo man, 19, charged with soliciting a minor after sting by NWI Predator Catchers
A Valparaiso man is in custody after arranging to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old girl for a possible sexual hookup, only to be met by police when he...
Burns Harbor clerk-treasurer, town council member resign, citing concerns about fire department
Jane Jordan was Burns Harbor's town clerk for 20 years and her husband, Kurt, started his first term on the town council in January.