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Gary Diocese, school officials investigate racially charged Trump chants

May 13, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

Officials from the Diocese of Gary, Andrean High School and Bishop Noll Institute are investigating racially charged chants and signs that emerged from the Andrean cheering section during Friday night's...

Criminal background check application form.

Indiana’s teacher background checks system lacks safeguards

May 13, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

Six dead pit bulls in plastic bags. Bloody collars. Photographs of dogs strapped down and being forced to breed. Sixteen neglected dogs that were still alive. This was just some...

Natural gas blamed for Hebron house explosion

May 13, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

Natural gas triggered an explosion that leveled a farm rental house Saturday night in Hebron, according to investigators. Boone Grove Fire Department Chief Mike Meinert said investigators from the State...

Adoption records bill heads to Pence

May 13, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

A bill that would give adult adoptees born between 1941 and 1993 access to their original birth certificates passed 72-24 in the Indiana House on Monday afternoon. Senate Bill 91...

Wendy Smith, with the Great Lakes Research and Education Center, observes frozen maple sap in a bag with volunter Linda Schwab and her son Mike, 10, on Tuesday, Feb. 9.

Climate change may impact maple syrup production

May 13, 2019 at 1:45 a.m.

A tall, stack of pancakes wouldn't be complete without a side of maple syrup, but rising temperatures due to climate change could affect where the sweet, amber liquid is produced...

Cyntha Sampson, a tobacco prevention coordinator with the NWI Health Department Cooperative, poses for a photo on Thursday, Feb. 18, in her office in the Gary Health Department.

Indiana smoking prevention, smoke-free policies failing

May 13, 2019 at 1:46 a.m.

Indiana's tobacco control policies are failing to reduce smoking rates among adults and youth, and tobacco use is costing the state more than $2.9 billion in healthcare costs and lost...

Calumet Region could get national designation

May 13, 2019 at 1:45 a.m.

The Calumet Region in Indiana and Illinois has been home to heavy industry, sand dune landscapes and a cultural melting pot for more than a century, and there is an...

Visitors pack into the lobby of Methodist Hospital Northlake on Wednesday in celebration of an upcoming emergency department renovation project.

Methodist Northlake to expand emergency room, ICU

May 13, 2019 at 1:45 a.m.

Methodist Hospitals Northlake kicked off a $10 million project on Wednesday that will expand and revamp its emergency and intensive care units. Since obtaining "In Process" Level III trauma center...

Travel Hut owner Mary Rakoczy poses for a photo in her Highland office on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.

Danger of Zika virus ripples into Indiana

August 19, 2019 at 3:24 a.m.

As new cases of the Zika virus crop up daily, public health officials are concerned about the spread of the mosquito-borne virus, particularly for pregnant women, and some are advising...

Heather Long, who is from the Indianapolis area, rocks her adopted son Ethan, now 2, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Longs had legally adopted Ethan in 2013 when the country put a moratorium on all exit visas. More than 400 children — including 27 who were adopted by Indiana families — have been stuck in limbo ever since.

Indiana families frustrated by Congolese adoption delays

May 13, 2019 at 1:42 a.m.

The Indiana Congressional delegation is asking President Barack Obama to personally intervene in a situation that has left more than 400 orphaned children in the Democratic Republic of Congo —...

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