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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)

Hobart seniors hear referendum pitch from school chief; taxes will not increase

March 13, 2025 at 10:43 a.m.

Hobart Superintendent Peggy Buffington told a group of senior citizens Wednesday that state tax caps have decimated the district’s ability to operate its bus fleet and pay its utilities without...

Gary to resume city trash pickup after 17 years and dump private waste hauler

March 11, 2025 at 2:41 p.m.

The Gary Sanitary District isn’t renewing its trash pickup contract with Republic Services and is purchasing garbage trucks to launch its own pickup service next year.

Gary Mayor Eddie Melton speaks during a gathering to celebrate the beginning of an additional wave of demolitions in Gary's Aetna neighborhood on Monday, March 10, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘What we’re doing is making a better future’: Gary blight effort hits second phase in Aetna

March 10, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

In a city targeting the demolition of hundreds of blighted structures, this one in Gary’s Aetna neighborhood felt personal to contractor Jim Wiseman on Monday.

Distressed Unit Appeal Board Chairman Justin McAdam, left, shares a private conversation with Pete Miller, DUAB Executive Director during a meeting at the Gary Westside Leadership Academy in Gary, Indiana Wednesday May 18, 2022. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

MGT wins final state incentive award in Gary

March 6, 2025 at 2:35 p.m.

The state has closed the books on its contract with MGT of America, which managed the financially distressed Gary Community School Corp. from 2017 to 2024.

Interim Indiana University Northwest Chancellor Vicki Roman-Lagunas speaks during the annual NWI school superintendents forum on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana University Northwest narrows chancellor search; new hire could begin by July 1

March 4, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

The search for a new chancellor at Indiana University Northwest in Gary has four finalists, interim chancellor Vicki Roman-Lagunas said Friday. She spoke to a group of Northwest Indiana school...

About 300 people attended a Saturday town hall event with local state lawmakers at IU Northwest. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

Hundreds vent to Gary lawmakers at town hall

March 3, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

About 300 people packed into a Saturday town hall meeting in Gary with state Democratic lawmakers to voice concerns over bills impacting Medicaid spending, property tax reforms, education and other...

State representative and Indiana University Northwest professor Vernon G. Smith (D-Gary) speaks during the annual NWI school superintendents forum at Indiana University Northwest on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

School leaders fret over state funding, tax bills

March 3, 2025 at 10:10 a.m.

Northwest Indiana school superintendents heard a roundup Friday of education bills on the move at the halfway mark of the General Assembly and they say they’re most focused and worried...

Lake Station starts blight court for tackling eyesores

February 28, 2025 at 5:33 p.m.

Lake Station is taking steps to crack down on residents with unsightly, blighted yards and houses.

An assortment of education bills made it to the halfway point in the Indiana legislature. Portage High School students are pictured Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

State education bills on the move at halfway mark; session picks back up Monday

February 28, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

Education bills in the Indiana Statehouse drew scrutiny and controversy as the surviving bills head to the opposite chamber as the budget session reaches its halfway mark.

Angelo Young 9, (left) and Elijah Shepard 9, (center) listen to IUN sophomore Haider Choudhry explain different types of fingerprints as part of an after school forensic science workshop led by members of the IU Northwest Chemistry Club on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. IUN students have been leading a monthly class for the students at Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School in Gary, specifically focusing on forensics at the level a kindergartener to 4th grader would comprehend. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)

Gary students using chemistry to solve “crime”

February 27, 2025 at 10:52 a.m.

A fictional crime has been committed and students at Gary’s Williams Elementary are sniffing out clues with guidance from the Chemistry Club at Indiana University Northwest.

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