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A squirrel leaps its way thorough dry leaves at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle on Oct. 23, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Feeling nutty? Valparaiso University fundraiser offers chance to name a squirrel

November 1, 2025 at 11:29 a.m.

Folks who donate $18.59 or more toward student scholarships at Valparaiso University get squirrel naming rights and a certificate.

Porter County Commissioner Barb Regnitz speaks during opening ceremonies for first-floor renovations of the Porter County Administration Building in Valparaiso, Indiana Wednesday July. 9, 2025. Regnitz filed Wednesday to run for Congress. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Porter County Commissioner Barb Regnitz making a bid for Congress

October 22, 2025 at 3:48 p.m.

Republican Barb Regnitz, a Porter County commissioner, filed a statement of organization Wednesday to run for Congress.

Protesters line Lincolnway during the No Kings protest in Valparaiso, Indiana, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. More than 1,000 people joined in the protest. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

‘This is what democracy looks like’: Valparaiso ‘No Kings’ protest draws more than 1,000 people

October 18, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

More than 1,000 people marched and chanted through downtown Valparaiso Saturday for a "No Kings" protest.

United States Courthouse, Hammond, on Thursday, May 10, 2018. (Kyle Telechan/Post Tribune)

Immigration arrests interrupting some county criminal cases, Indiana lawyers say

October 18, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

Immigration enforcement agents have sporadically arrested some Lake and Porter County defendants without U.S. citizenship in the middle of their criminal cases, Indiana lawyers say.

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

Class action lawsuit filed over Valparaiso University data breach

October 2, 2025 at 3:22 p.m.

A federal lawsuit accuses Valparaiso University of negligence over a data breach that included names and Social Security numbers.

Former priest living in Portage in custody for alleged child rape in New Orleans

October 1, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

Authorities took a former priest living in Portage into custody on a New Orleans warrant charging him with child sexual abuse and kidnapping.

Debra Cooper, ex-wife and business partner of the late Roy Boy Cooper, looks into a vault filled with Roy Boy memorbilia in a museum set up in the back room of Roy Boy's Badlands Tattoos in Gary on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Roy Boy Cooper's headstone was stolen from the family plot in Watseka, Illinois, but was returned by Saturday. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Tattoo legend Roy Boy Cooper’s headstone returned to his resting spot

September 14, 2025 at 11:41 a.m.

Debra Cooper found Roy Boy Cooper's headstone, which looked as though someone had covered it in grass, late Saturday afternoon.

An image of Roy Boy Cooper hangs on the door of a vault containing memorbilia as his ex-wife and business partner, Debra Cooper, reorganizes a display in the makeshift museum at the Gary location on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Roy Boy Cooper's headstone was stolen recently from the family plot in Watseka, Illinois, and his family is offering a reward for its return. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘I would hate to have that ghost following me around:’ Search is on for Roy Boy Cooper’s missing headstone

September 12, 2025 at 10:36 a.m.

The headstone for Roy "Roy Boy" Cooper, late owner of a Gary tattoo studio known for his tigers, is missing from an Illinois cemetery.

A Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad train blocks Washington Street in front of the Valparaiso Police Department on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, after a derailment the previous night. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Train derailment in downtown Valparaiso closes several streets

September 7, 2025 at 2:37 p.m.

A train headed through downtown Valparaiso derailed late Saturday after the train's crew saw someone on the tracks and pulled the brakes.

Lake Station resident Anna Wilson speaks about her cousin Tina Wilkerson's 1995 cold case murder on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘All we want is closure’: Lake Station Police Department’s cold case unit gives murder victims’ families hope

August 30, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

In Lake Station, 22 homicides dating back to 1972 remain unsolved, prompting the police department to put together a cold case unit.

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