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Crown Point schools salute top employees

May 9, 2025 at 10:28 a.m.

The Crown Point Community School Corp. has honored two teachers and a staff member as its teachers and employee of the year.

Hobart Superintendent Peggy Buffington, center, shares updated referendum vote counts Tuesday with Hobart School Board members Sandra Hillan, left, and Rikki Guthrie. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

Crown Point, Hobart schools win referendum bids

May 6, 2025 at 9:33 p.m.

Voters in Crown Point and Hobart overwhelmingly approved the renewal of eight-year school property tax referendums Tuesday.

School City of Hammond board listen during the comment period of a Hammond School Board meeting on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

Hammond interim school chief placed on leave from previous job in Washington

May 9, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

Telisa Reed, the Hammond interim superintendent who’s been placed on leave by the school board, left a position in Washington in 2023 after alleging harassment.

Chuck Roberts, president and CEO of Lakeshore Public Media, at the MAAC center in Valparaiso on Friday, March 15, 2024. (Deena Butterfield/for Post-Tribune)

Indiana public media regroups after state erases funding

May 5, 2025 at 3:48 p.m.

The Indiana legislature’s unexpected defunding of public broadcasting means about a 30% cut to Lakeshore Public Media in Merrillville.

Hammond interim school chief out after two months

May 2, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

Telisa Reed’s short-lived stint as School City of Hammond’s interim superintendent is over. School district attorney Jewell Harris Jr. confirmed Friday the school board has placed Reed on leave and...

School City of Hobart Superintendent Peggy Buffington, center, talks with Toni Thomas, left, and Doris Ban, after a presentation on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at the Maria Reiner Senior Center. (Carole Carlson/for Post-Tribune)

Crown Point, Hobart schools hope for voter support Tuesday

May 2, 2025 at 12:59 p.m.

School leaders in Crown Point and Hobart are optimistic voters will back their operating referendum extensions at the polls Tuesday.

Ivy Tech names Kentucky educator to top post; Martin Pollio starts July 1

May 2, 2025 at 10:38 a.m.

A school superintendent in Louisville, Kentucky, is the new president of Ivy Tech Community College.

From left, Tracy Campbell, assistant director, Nina Burton, director of the Woodland Child Development Center, and LeBarron Burton, president of the center's board, snip a ribbon marking the grand opening of a new Gary site on Wednesday. (Carole Carlson/for Post-Tribune)

New pilot program in Gary takes aim at childcare desert

April 30, 2025 at 3:58 p.m.

The grand opening of the Woodland Child Development Center in Gary marked the end of a frenzied few weeks for staff as they scrambled to beat a 60-day deadline to...

Blue Angels jets are parked at Gary/Chicago International Airport during a preview day for the Chicago Air and Water Show, Aug. 18, 2022. (John J. Kim / baiduhai)

Bill could end Gary airport bi-state pact, stuns mayor who cites loss of revenue

April 28, 2025 at 7:16 a.m.

Without explanation, the Republican-controlled General Assembly approved the termination of a bi-state alliance that’s pumped millions of dollars into the Gary/Chicago International Airport.

Lake Station Mayor Bill Carroll cuts the ribbon to mark the completion of the City of Lake Station's Crossroads Lift Station Replacement on Wednesday alongside U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, (right) and USACE Chicago Programs and Project Management Chief Felicia Kirksey-Harris (left). (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Lake Station, Mrvan praise new lift station with Army Corps of Engineers

April 25, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

Lake Station and federal officials marked the completion of a $1.8 million sewage lift station replacement on Wednesday.

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