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Valpo council president apologizes for social media comment after police-involved shooting

May 10, 2024 at 9:29 a.m.

Robert Cotton, president of the Valparaiso City Council, has issued a public apology for a remark he made on his personal Facebook page about police actions in a fatal shooting...

Visitors stand, illuminated by candles, as well-wishes and prayers are said during a candlelight vigil for Dakota Levi Stevens, 10, in Liberty Township on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Liberty Township subdivision remembers Dakota Levi Stevens with candlelight vigil

May 7, 2024 at 3:15 p.m.

The Eagle Ridge subdivision in Liberty Township, where Dakota Levi Stevens lived briefly in a foster home before his death, came together Monday night for a candlelight vigil to remember...

A sign on a truck in the parking lot of Geisen Funeral Home at the funeral of 10-year old Dakota Levi Stevens, calls for answers to his death, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Crown Point. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Post-Tribune)

Mourners remember 10-year-old Dakota Levi Stevens who died days after ‘medical emergency’ at foster home

May 6, 2024 at 4:37 p.m.

Through their tears, Dakota Levi Stevens' family and loved ones talked about a creative, bright boy who loved bugs and frogs and Legos, whose smile was incomparable and who was...

Indiana State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place Thursday, April 25, 2024, after a suspect reportedly displayed a handgun at Fairgrounds Park in Valparaiso.

FOP asks Valpo Council President Robert Cotton to step aside over online comment about fatal shooting

May 3, 2024 at 4:38 p.m.

The Valparaiso chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police is asking Valparaiso City Council President Robert Cotton to step aside from that leadership role because of a comment he made...

Dakota Levi Stevens, pictured in the fall of 2023. (Provided/Hayden Hetzel)

Monday candlelight vigil planned to remember Dakota Levi Stevens

May 2, 2024 at 5:27 p.m.

A resident of the Liberty Township subdivision where Dakota Levi Stevens lived before his death is organizing a candlelight vigil in his memory. The vigil will begin at 8 p.m....

Former foster dad, family mourn death of boy, 10, in foster care

May 1, 2024 at 4:33 p.m.

Dakota Levi Stevens loved doing stuff in nature, said his former foster dad, Hayden Hetzel.

Five officers on paid leave after fatal officer-involved shooting in Valparaiso

April 30, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

Three police officers from the Valparaiso Police Department and two with the Porter County Sheriff's Office are on paid administrative leave after an officer-involved shooting last week in which the...

Alice Smithman, of Chesterton, right, smiles as she and Niki Miller, of Valparaiso, serve breakfast at the American Legion Post 100 in Lake Station, Indiana, on Sunday. April 21, 2024. The International Order of Mrs. Ropers, Northwest Indiana Chapter volunteered to serve breakfast for the day. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

With a caftan and a smile, Mrs. Roper moves to the foreground in fandom

April 27, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Even across American Legion Post 100, the volunteer servers for the weekly Sunday breakfast are instantly recognizable. The wigs with the tight red curls, the brightly colored and flowing caftans,...

Man killed in officer-involved shooting in Valpo was on probation for resisting law enforcement

April 26, 2024 at 2:28 p.m.

The man killed in an officer-involved shooting in Valparaiso Thursday afternoon pleaded guilty in October to a misdemeanor count of resisting law enforcement and was on probation as part of...

The Porter County Courthouse in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Crown Point woman faces felony fraud charges for business theft allegations

April 22, 2024 at 3:22 p.m.

A Crown Point woman who was taken into custody Friday on multiple felony fraud counts for taking almost $81,000 from her now-former employer, a Valparaiso business, has checked herself into...

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