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A photograph taped up inside Papa's Deli shows owner Evangelos Dimolis behind the counter.
- Original Credit: Photo courtesy of Kara Graper

Crown Point honors legacy of Papa’s Deli, 98-year-old owner

February 8, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

On the corner of Joliet Street is a small restaurant owned by a man with a big reputation. The red-and-white plaid covered tables and wood paneled walls peppered with black...

A unique stone grotto, with an empty altar inside, sits on the grounds of the former Lourdes Franciscan Friary in Cedar Lake. The property is going up for auction on Tuesday.

Monastery For Sale

February 8, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

A holy site is for sale — replete with grottoes, crosses and all rolled into one 61-acre package spanning history from Cedar Lake's earliest settlers to its Roaring '20s resort...

FILE - A postal worker empties a box near the Fiserv Forum on Aug. 18, 2020, in Milwaukee. The U.S. Postal Service is replacing tens of thousands of antiquated keys used by postal carriers and installing thousands of high-security collection boxes to stop a surge in robberies and mail thefts, officials said Friday, Friday, May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

USPS makes list, checks twice

February 8, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

As the holidays approach, residents around Northwest Indiana are packing, wrapping and stuffing a legion of gifts across the globe, with no need of a sleigh pulled by a team...

Pete Ghrist, a paranormal investigator and Griffith police officer, investigates a jail block at the Old Sheriff's House and Jail in Crown Point.

Preserving the past through the paranormal

March 12, 2024 at 11:53 a.m.

Disembodied voices. Vanishing figures. Unexplainable experiences. Investigations into the unknown have kept some notable historical locations alive, attracting visitors from across the country through the growing phenomenon of paranormal tourism....

A total of 85 engraved bricks commemorate loved ones including people and pets alike at Humane Indiana's memorial garden in Munster.
- Original Credit: Photo courtesy of Humane Indiana

Humane Indiana expands Memorial Garden to pay tribute to lost furry friends

February 8, 2024 at 2:59 p.m.

It all started with people leaving small dog statues in the garden of Humane Indiana's Shelter and Adoption Center in Munster. Once the organization crafted a wooden rainbow bridge, mourning...

A photo of Deborah Leslie, with a butterfly on her nose, rests on a table during a balloon release to mark a year since police found Leslie's body, who was dead from a drug overdose, in an abandoned house in Gary. The gathering took place at Oak Ridge Prairie County Park in Griffith on Saturday, August 23, 2023. (John Smierciak / Post Tribune)

Family, community comes together to remember loved one, support fight against addiction

February 8, 2024 at 2:59 p.m.

As the sun set on Oak Ridge Prairie Park Saturday evening, the field came alive with the flickering light of dozens of balloons glowing in the darkening twilight sky. They...

Architect David Katz died Aug. 30 at the age of 97. He and a group of concerned citizens were key to preventing the old Lake County Courthouse from being razed in the 1970s.
- Original Credit: Photo courtesy of Mardi Katz

Local architect remembered for role in rescue of Crown Point’s ‘Grand Old Lady’

February 8, 2024 at 2:59 p.m.

For those who knew him, imagining the Crown Point Square without the Old Lake County Courthouse is like imagining a world without David J. Katz. The "Grand Old Lady" would...

Centier Bank was granted PUD zoning to build on the property at 9720 W. 133rd Ave.

New wave of businesses arise in Cedar Lake

February 8, 2024 at 2:59 p.m.

From new restaurants to a plan to shape one of the town's most traveled corridors, Cedar Lake is abuzz with business news brewing south of U.S. 30. After the longstanding...

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