Carole Carlson

Democratic State Rep. Vernon Smith, a 34-year Statehouse veteran, faces a Nov. 5 challenge from Gary Republican Ivan Ursery II for the District 14 House seat.

Hoosiers have until Nov. 8 to comment on the second draft of Indiana’s high school diploma redesign, the state Department of Education said Wednesday.

Dovetailing with Indiana’s new emphasis on high school-to-work training, Merrillville High School showed off its freshly-completed $21 million Career, Technical, Education building Tuesday.

The pounding of nails ratcheted up the volume level Wednesday in the south parking lot of Hammond’s Home Depot. About 40 orange T-shirted Home Depot employees from about 10 Indiana...

Lane closures on Indiana 51 in Lake Station begin Monday as the Indiana Department of Transportation’s $16 million bridge replacement project over Interstate 94 begins. The project also includes interstate...

If Lake Station voters back an extension of a $1.3 million, eight-year property tax referendum Nov. 5, full bus service will begin again the same week, Lake Station Superintendent Thomas...

Several local schools received state recognition Wednesday for reaching at least 95% on this year’s third grade reading assessment.

Several speakers who commented Wednesday on the Gary Community School Corp.’s proposed $76 million 2025 budget wanted school officials to include a swimming pool for the West Side Leadership Academy.

Girls’ sports backers have plans to establish the first-of-its-kind $98 million sports leadership complex near Fair Oaks Farms in Newton County designed for girls in 12th grade-and-under. Named Marvella, the project...

St. Thomas More Catholic School and Porter Lakes Elementary are among 16 Indiana schools named Monday as 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. There were...