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The Gary public library, located at 220 W. 5th Ave., is pictured in this 2015 file photo. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

Gary Library workers want pay increase; officials fret over tax laws’ impact

June 26, 2026 at 1:26 p.m.

Frustrated Gary Public Library employees still haven’t received the 5% cost-of-living pay increase promised last year. Library officials contend uncertainty over new state and federal laws has complicated the issue...

Some party labels now attached to Lake, Porter school board races

June 21, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

In Lake County, 18 of 45 school board candidates took advantage of a new law allowing them to place a political party label next to their name in the Nov....

Aco Sikoski, chancellor at Ivy Tech Community College in Valparaiso, speaks at a ribbon-cutting Monday, April 27, 2026. Microsoft and Ivy Tech’s Valparaiso campus forged an agreement to establish a data center academy program. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

At PNW, Ivy Tech, data center academies aim to fill job pipeline; Microsoft signs pact

June 20, 2026 at 12:39 p.m.

Microsoft and Ivy Tech’s Valparaiso campus will establish a data center academy where students can earn certificates for jobs at data centers.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, March 20, 2025. She was recently in Indianapolis to announce a waiver for the state from federal law to relax restrictions on the spending of millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Education. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Indiana says new federal education waiver will ease reporting burden, provide flexibility

June 19, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

Indiana received a waiver from federal law to relax restrictions on the spending of millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Education.

Newly appointed East Porter County School Corp. Superintendent Reid Amones, left, is congratulated by school board president Richard McSparin Monday, June 15, 2026. (Carole Carlson/for the Post-Tribune)

East Porter names Reid Amones as next school superintendent

June 16, 2026 at 11:59 a.m.

Merrillville schools administrator Reid Amones is the new superintendent of the East Porter County School Corp.

Connie Romero looks at her husband Luis as they share a free lunch provided by the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana at Hidden Lake Park in Merrillville, Indiana, Monday, June 15, 2026. The couple's Merrillville home flooded in last week’s storms and will need to be demolished before rebuilding. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Two dead in Portage from using generators after storms; weather service still tallying tornadoes

June 15, 2026 at 4:41 p.m.

At least 29 tornadoes ripped across Illinois and Northwest Indiana last week, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service.

The air traffic control tower at the Gary/Chicago International Airport, pictured here on June 11, 2015.

Gary airport board awards $16 million bid for new tower

June 11, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

The Gary/Chicago Airport Authority awarded a $16 million contract to Larson-Danielson Construction for constructing a new air traffic control tower.

Former New Chicago Police Chief Earl Mayo. (New Chicago Police Department/provided)

Fallout continues in New Chicago over former chief’s alleged crimes

June 11, 2026 at 3:29 p.m.

New Chicago town attorney Lloyd Mullen said town ordinance violation tickets written by former police chief Earl Mayo have been dismissed.

Indiana State Police Detective Ben Rector goes inside Rosser Hall in New Chicago Wednesday, June 10, 2026, while conducting a search warrant involving the New Chicago Police Department offices upstairs. (Carole Carlson/for the Post-Tribune)

New raid targets New Chicago Police office in ongoing investigation of former chief

June 10, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

Authorities raided the Hobart Township Trustee’s office as the investigation intensified into former New Chicago Police Chief Earl Mayo.

Visitors stand near a mural by East Chicago artist Felix “Flex” Maldonado that decorates the east end of the terrace of the seventh floor at Calumet College as part of the major renovation in Hammond, Indiana, June 4, 2026. The work is part of a massive renovation of the floor funded thanks to a $15 million Lilly Endowment College and Community Colllaboration Initiative and generous corporate and private donations. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Old oil exec lounge now Calumet College showcase with focus on industrial legacy

June 6, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

The public got its first glimpse of the former Standard Oil art deco executive lounge at Calumet College after its transformation.

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