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Schools want state to delay new diploma launch, say more time needed to ready courses
Many Indiana school districts want the state to push back the effective date of the Department of Education’s redesigned high school diploma requirements, set to begin with the Class of...
Gary School Board member’s role in clinic clarified
Gary Superintendent Yvonne Stokes said Wednesday the district and school board were in the early phases of evaluating two presentations from local nonprofit providers bidding to establish a community health...
Gary School Board signals “no” to cell towers
Without a discussion, the Gary School Board unanimously nixed a request from a Houston-based company to erect two cell phone towers at schools in Miller. Superintendent Yvonne Stokes asked the...
Habitat for Humanity offers new tax credit aimed at housing investors
Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana is part of a statewide program that provides a tax credit to donors equal to 50% of the donation’s value. Called the Attainable Homeownership Tax...
Lake Station school referendum looms large for voters with busing on the line
Hamilton Elementary second-grader Orlando Perez stares intently at his Chromebook screen as teacher Krystal Sorensen provides instructions for his next class, physical education. Orlando is in his aunt Mellody Grant’s Lake Station kitchen...
Explosion, fire rocks downtown Gary Family Dollar
Firefighters from four area Lake County fire departments aided the Gary Fire Department in tackling a huge blaze that followed an explosion Thursday night at the Family Dollar, 1401 Massachusetts...
State hopes to reverse Indiana’s stagnant college enrollment
Hoosiers attending Indiana colleges as undergraduates this year increased slightly from 2023, while enrollment from out-of-state students increased by nearly 6%, according to data released last week by the Indiana...
City leaders back Lake Station school referendum bid
The Lake Station City Council has approved a resolution supporting the Lake Station Community Schools’ referendum renewal that’s on the Nov. 5 ballot. School and city officials are pushing hard for the eight-year $1.3 million annual...
Gary schools has its first home-grown budget in 7 years, with good news for taxpayers
The Gary School Board passed another milestone Wednesday, approving a $76 million 2025 budget after seven years of budgets drawn up by state-hired emergency managers.