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McCullough Academy Principal Sharmayne McKinley (left) leads fifth graders to lunch at the Gary Area Career Center on Monday, March 31, 2025. (John Smierciak / for the Post-Tribune)

Gary schools win $800,000 improvement grant

August 15, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

The Gary Community School Corp. is one of four districts in the state to receive a federally funded Next Generation School Improvement Grant from the Indiana Department of Education.

A newly-installed epoxy floor can be seen in a new classroom at Thea Bowman Academy days before the school will open for the current year, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Students return to revamped, expanded Thea Bowman charter school

August 15, 2025 at 12:29 p.m.

Students heading back to school Monday at Gary’s Thea Bowman Leadership Academy will be greeted by staff members dressed as superheroes, but they’ll see something just as exciting inside the school. Student...

A pair of U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi from the Gary Chicago International Airport runway during a preview event for the Gary Air Show on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

New members expected on Gary airport authority

August 14, 2025 at 5:44 p.m.

The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority will gain at least one new member next month and possibly more.

A rendering shows what the Gary/Chicago International Airport's expanded cargo services area will look like when finished. The airport recently received a $9.8 million state grant that will enable it to expand the number of cargo ramp positions. (Rendering courtesy of the Gary/Chicago International Airport)

State grant aids Gary airport cargo services project

August 14, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

A $9.8 million state grant will enable the expansion of cargo ramp positions as the Gary/Chicago International Airport moves forward on Phase 1 of its cargo expansion services. The work...

Gary man charged in West Side gun incident

August 14, 2025 at 12:11 p.m.

A 21-year-old Gary man is facing a felony charge after he allegedly brought a 40-mm Glock handgun to the West Side Leadership Academy on Tuesday afternoon because he wanted to...

Second grader A’mei Bledsoe, 7, reads The Cat in the Hat during the 2nd Annual Mother’s Day Book Give Away hosted by the School House Children Charity at Glen Park Academy in Gary on Friday, May 10, 2024. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

IREAD scores improve to record level statewide

August 13, 2025 at 4:13 p.m.

State education leaders are celebrating the biggest increase in third grade IREAD literacy scores in the exam’s history, which dates back to 2013.

Gary attorney Angela Lockett was recently selected to a seat on the Gary School Board. (Photo courtesy of Angela Lockett)

Angela Lockett joins Gary School Board

August 10, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

Gary attorney Angela Lockett is the newest member of the Gary School Board, selected last month by the Gary City Council to the seat held by Vanessa Allen-McCloud, president and CEO of...

Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation executive director Bill Hanna speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Tolleston Opportunity Campus in Gary on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Gov. Mike Braun recently reappointed Hanna to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Bill Hanna reappointed to state higher education commission

August 7, 2025 at 3:35 p.m.

Gov. Mike Braun recently reappointed Bill Hanna, executive director of the Dean and Barbara White Foundation, to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.

Hobart’s National Night Out draws crowd of curious kids

August 6, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

Kids swarmed all over fire trucks, a school bus, and a helicopter during Hobart’s National Night Out Tuesday at County Line Orchard.

Kindergartner Massiah Jelks, 5, flashes a peace sign as his mother Jessica Byrd takes his photo during first day of classes at the 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana Monday Aug. 4, 2025. More than 260 students showed up for the first day of classes at the K-2 school.(Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

As summer still beckons, Gary charter opens school year

August 4, 2025 at 12:13 p.m.

Parents gripped their kids’ hands Monday as the wide-eyed, backpack-toting youngsters arrived at Gary’s 21st Century Charter School to kick off the first day of school in Northwest Indiana.

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