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Former Portage Mayor James Snyder arrives for his sentencing with his family at the federal courthouse in Hammond, Indiana, on Oct. 13, 2021. A proposed Indiana House bill would ban public officials from accepting gratuities; the bill was drafted in response to the U.S. Supreme Court throwing out one of the counts he was convicted on due to Indiana not banning gratuities. (Kyle Telechan / for the Post-Tribune)

Supreme Court to hear arguments on bribery law that could shape political corruption probes in Illinois, including case against ex-Speaker Madigan

April 14, 2024 at 3:20 p.m.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme is set to hear oral arguments in the case of an Indiana mayor which challenges the statute former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was charged...

Indiana Dunes Tourism executive director Lorelei Weimer speaks during a land acknowledgment program at the Indiana Dunes National Park visitor center in Chesterton on Thursday, July 21, 2022. She resigned in January. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

Meeting minutes provide little insight into Lorelei Weimer’s abrupt resignation from Indiana Dunes Tourism

March 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.

The Post-Tribune requested Indiana Dunes Tourism meeting minutes from September through the board's Thursday meeting, as well as former president and CEO Lorelei Weimer's contract, in an attempt to learn...

Indiana Dunes Tourism director Lorelei Weimer speaks during the "State of Tourism" address in Chesterton on March 16, 2023. Weimer announced she was stepping back as longtime leader of the organization in January.

Porter County schedules closed-door sessions to discuss tourism director settlement

March 19, 2024 at 4:10 p.m.

Porter County officials have scheduled two closed-door meetings in the coming days in an attempt to get to the bottom of a settlement agreement between the Indiana Dunes Tourism board...

Feds looking into misappropriation of $636K in rental assistance from Geminus

March 16, 2024 at 8:07 p.m.

A former Geminus employee misappropriated $636,000 in Emergency Rental Assistance funds destined to help renters hang on to their residences during the pandemic by creating false landlords to fraudulently request...

Former Indiana Dunes Tourism executive director Lorelei Weimer speaks during a land acknowledgment program at the Indiana Dunes National Park visitor center on July 21, 2022. Her contract settlement has hit a snag. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

Settlement agreement for former Indiana Dunes Tourism leader hits snag

March 13, 2024 at 3:28 p.m.

Mitch Peters, president of the Indiana Dunes Tourism Board, had hoped to get a settlement for former CEO and executive director Lorelei Weimer on the agenda for the Porter County...

Valparaiso University's Chapel of the Resurrection. (Amy Lavalley / Post-Tribune)

Valpo U faculty react as administration considers program cuts; ‘In my view, we’re selling our soul’

March 10, 2024 at 8:12 a.m.

The proposed cuts at Valparaiso University announced on March 1 have department heads and professors preparing to defend their programs as they fear the loss of a liberal arts education...

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Plea deal proffered in Union Township shooting death

March 7, 2024 at 2:08 p.m.

A teen girl waived to adult court in the October 2022 shooting death of an acquaintance in Union Township has submitted a plea agreement for one count of reckless homicide,...

Valparaiso University is considering cutting programs with low enrollment.

Valpo U considers cuts to graduate, undergraduate programs with low enrollment

March 4, 2024 at 10:08 a.m.

Valparaiso University announced Friday it is considering cuts in undergraduate and graduate programs with low enrollment that include some foreign language majors, theology, music and cybersecurity, among other areas of...

Matt Reum of South Bend, who spent six days trapped in his truck under a bridge on Interstate 94 in December, speaks about his ordeal in Valparaiso on Feb. 13, 2024. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Matt Reum recounts being trapped in his truck under I-94: ‘I have to stay alive’

February 27, 2024 at 10:10 a.m.

Zack Swets, a Portage firefighter/paramedic, was one of the initial first responders to arrive on the scene after a call came into 911 dispatch that there was a car in...

Porter man ordered to begin restitution to victims in securities fraud case

February 20, 2024 at 1:42 p.m.

For now, Donald M. Johnson will pay $500 on the 20th of each month toward the more than $600,000 he owes the victims in his securities fraud case, with a...

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