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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)

Indiana schools rocked by tax relief law

April 21, 2025 at 7:15 p.m.

From 2026 to 2028, Indiana schools could lose an estimated $744.2 million, according to the Indiana Legislative Service Agency. Schools could lose the most — $336 million — in 2028.

Theodore Roosevelt High School alumni and city officials stand in front of the school after a press conference announcing Roosevelt's place on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

“Reimagine Roosevelt” session Saturday in Gary

April 17, 2025 at 4:13 p.m.

People with a vision for the future of historic Gary Roosevelt High School can share their ideas at a community input meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the...

Crown Point High journalism students brought home multiple awards recently from the Indiana High School Press Association at its state convention. (Photo courtesy of the Crown Point Community School Corp.)

Crown Point High journalists win state honors

April 15, 2025 at 2:53 p.m.

Crown Point High School students earned multiple awards at the recent Indiana High School Press Association’s state convention.

Former Gary councilman and current State Senator Mark Spencer speaks during Mayor Eddie Melton's first State of the City Address at West Side Leadership Academy in Gary on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Gary School Board names auditorium for longtime leader, lawmaker Mark Spencer

April 14, 2025 at 3:07 p.m.

The Gary School Board has renamed the West Side High School auditorium in honor of its long-time theatre guild director, state Sen. Mark Spencer.

Exterior photo of the Gary Public Library & Cultural Center in Gary, Indiana Friday September 16, 2022. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

Gary School Board bumps Robert Buggs off of library board

April 11, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.

Over his objections, the Gary School Board voted unanimously to boot appointee Robert Buggs off the Gary Library Board Thursday.

Visitors view renderings of an approximately $24 million infrastructure enhancement plan at the Gary/Chicago International Airport before a groundbreaking ceremony for the project on Oct. 8, 2024. The plan is the first phase of a cargo services infrastructure investment to boost its growing cargo business. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Gary airport buys 5.7-acre parcel for cargo complex expansion

April 10, 2025 at 10:49 a.m.

The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority acquired a s critical parcel for its $67 million 100-acre cargo expansion project.

Indiana University officials and Gary Mayor Eddie Melton, right, celebrated the opening of the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence's new campus site Monday at IU-Northwest. From left, Ken Iwama, vice president of IU regional campuses and former IU-Northwest chancellor; Vicki Román-Lagunas, interim IU-Northwest chancellor; IU President Pamela Whitten and Ellen Szaeleta, CURE director. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

IU Northwest provides new space for CURE

April 8, 2025 at 1:47 p.m.

A program that connects the community to a wide-reaching partnership with Indiana University Northwest now has its own place where senior citizens can learn how to use their iPhones and...

Workers took utility poles down Monday in the first phase of construction of a $2.7 million state roundabout project at Indiana 130 and Indiana 51 in Hobart in this May 2024 file photo. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

Road work closing Indiana 51, north of new Hobart roundabout

April 7, 2025 at 2:13 p.m.

The Indiana Department of Transportation said Monday there will be a lengthy road closure on Indiana 51 and Indiana 130, just north of the $2.75 million roundabout that opened last...

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

McCullough students return home Tuesday after tornado ripped roof off gym

April 7, 2025 at 12:09 p.m.

McCullough Academy students are returning to their Gary school on Tuesday, less than a month after a March 19 EF-1 tornado ripped a portion of the roof off above the...

Gary Community School Corporation chief human resources officer Jovanka Cvitkovich, on left, speaks to prospective teacher, Gary resident Danielle Nichols, during the eighth annual Indiana University Northwest-hosted teacher recruitment fair on Friday, April 4, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

New teachers in demand at IUN recruitment fair

April 6, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

Aspiring teachers found themselves in the driver’s seat at Friday’s teacher recruitment fair sponsored by the Indiana University Northwest School of Education.

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