Craig Lyons

High-profile investigations into alleged pay-to-play towing in Northwest Indiana continued to keep federal judges busy in 2018. Former Lake County Sheriff John Buncich in January 2018 received a more than...

The last year was a busy one for Lake County government. Boards enacted new policies, welcomed new faces, and spent a record number of dollars on road and bridge improvements...

Stops signs popping up in Lake County may take longer to appear in the future as officials started better screening requests for traffic control devices. Commissioner Jerry Tippy, R-Schererville, says...

After 36 years, Lake County’s longest serving county attorney finally got his day. The Lake County Board of Commissioners declared Dec. 19 “John S. Dull Day” to recognize the former...

A Portage legislator wants to make sure the expanding access to marijuana in the state is properly regulated. Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Portage, said she plans to introduce legislation to create...

Local environmentalists are calling out a plan to dispose of PCB-contaminated material from the Indiana Harbor and Shipping Canal in an East Chicago waste facility that won federal and state...

Lake County is ready to comply with a state-written plan to consolidate voting precincts. Staff for the Lake County Board of Elections and Voter Registration said Tuesday they plan to...

Soil testing is planned for the area around Hammond’s Lost Marsh Golf Course Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. said Monday that the city’s Department of Environmental Management would begin testing...

A new $600 million waste-to-energy project is slated to start construction in Gary in 2020. Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb on Thursday announced that Fulcrum BioEnergy,...