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Aurorah Payne's best friend left her a message under a stuffed animal on her desk Monday as students grappled with her shooting death. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

Lake Station teachers, students struggle with loss of slain classmates, mother: ‘You don’t get that class in college’

February 25, 2025 at 9:55 a.m.

Bailey Elementary teachers fought back tears and emotions Monday as they remembered sisters Aurorah, 7, and Ava Payne, 6, who were found shot to death Friday in their Lake Station...

A guest browses firearms in the Heckler & Koch display at the National Rifle Association's Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Indianapolis on April 16, 2023. (Michael Conroy/AP)

State appeals Gary gun lawsuit ruling

February 24, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

The state of Indiana wants the Indiana Court of Appeals to dismiss the city of Gary’s 26-year-old lawsuit against the gun industry, citing a new law passed last year.

Dolly Parton performs during an event in Kansas City, Missouri, celebrating the expansion of her Imagination Library on Aug. 27, 2024. (Charlie Riedel/Associated Press)

Indiana hopes to revive next chapter of Imagination Library program

February 23, 2025 at 2:01 p.m.

A day after the House GOP green-lighted its two-year budget, minus support for country music icon Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, Gov. Mike Braun drafted his wife to raise money for the state's...

Lake Station Police performed a welfare check on a residence in the 6700 block of 9th Avenue on Friday afternoon and found members of the Payne family fatally shot — including, from left, Aurorah, Ava, Robert, Alayna and Briana Payne. (Photo courtesy of Bill Carroll)

Five people — including three children — fatally shot in Lake Station home

February 22, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.

Lake Station Police discovered five people dead during a welfare check Friday afternoon.

From left, preschoolers E’voni Walker 4, Ayanna Hart 3, and Moses Amen-Inman 5, smile after U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, played with them during a tour of Geminus Head Start at the St. Mark Early Learning Academy in Gary. The Congressman then held a press conference to set the record straight about the federal funding freeze on Head Start programs on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)

Against Trump tidal wave of cuts, Mrvan lends support to Head Start: “being able to see hope in young children’s eyes”

February 21, 2025 at 5:51 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, said he visited the Geminus Head Start program in Gary Thursday because of the uncertainty it faces as President Trump slashes programs to rein in...

Traffic flows in the southbound lane of Interstate 65 near the exit to 61st Street in Merrillville on Monday, May 15, 2023. A section in a wide-ranging bill that’s headed to the House floor allows the state to charge tolls on all Indiana interstate highways. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

House bill could take a toll on motorists on Indiana highways

February 17, 2025 at 6:22 a.m.

A section in a wide-ranging measure that’s headed to the House floor allows the state to charge tolls on all Indiana interstate highways, including I-80/94 and I-65.

Newly-appointed Gary Community School Corporation superintendent Yvonne Stokes, on left, speaks with Gary resident Natalie Ammons during a meet and greet event at the Gary Area Career Center on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Bill to dissolve Gary schools dead, but Senate bill could destabilize urban districts

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

A House bill that would dissolve the Gary and Indianapolis public school districts is likely dead, but a Senate bill calling for school districts to share property tax revenue with...

Hammond hires second interim school chief with hope that she will be full-time

February 12, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

The Hammond School Board tapped a Washington state educator as its interim superintendent with plans to take the “interim” label off in June.

Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., speaks during a Republican Indiana gubernatorial candidate forum in Carmel, Indiana, Jan. 25, 2024. (Michael Conroy/AP)

Braun’s tax plan takes millions from schools

February 7, 2025 at 7:13 p.m.

The growing public school districts of Crown Point and Lake Central stand to lose the most money in Lake and Porter counties from Republican Gov. Mike Braun’s property tax reform...

Second grader Darrell Cross, 8, (center right) holds up a book he picked for his mom 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)

Lawmakers eye restoring A-F grades with expanded criteria

February 4, 2025 at 11:02 p.m.

Indiana’s dormant A-F school grading assessment program is on track for an overhaul with a new methodology to rate school performance.

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