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Northwest Indiana Republican legislator announces hate crime bill plan

May 13, 2019 at 4:22 a.m.

Indiana lawmakers are already making waves preparing legislation in January that would bring stiffer penalties to people who commit bias-motivated crimes. On Thursday, Sen. Mike Bohacek, R-Michiana Shores, said he...

Purple team coach Brian Pryor talks to his players on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. during a time out in the Gary 4 Life basketball game at the 21st Century Charter School gym.

Gary 4 Life basketball league courts anti-violence efforts

May 13, 2019 at 4:21 a.m.

Darius Simmons stood at the top of the key as he surveyed the rest of the basketball court. With an in-and-out crossover dribble he evaded a defender before dropping the...

Protesters stand outside of the Gary/Chicago International Airport entrance in an April demonstration expressing their dissatisfaction with the use of the airport by ICE for deportations.

ICE has removed more than 12,000 immigrants from Gary airport since 2013

May 13, 2019 at 4:20 a.m.

Ruth Needleman remembers the horror that crept over her the first time she saw two white buses loaded with detained immigrants pull through the gates at the Gary/Chicago International Airport....

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, left, smiles as he chats with visitors before a groundbreaking ceremony in Gary on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017.

Gov. Holcomb pitches job training plan at Gary groundbreaking

May 13, 2019 at 4:20 a.m.

Gov. Eric Holcomb made a stop in Gary on Thursday to announce a new economic development plan he unveiled earlier this week designed to continue providing jobs to Hoosiers. Through...

Demonstrators gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. For the second night in a row, people gathered in front of the White House to protest the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va.

In wake of Charlottesville tragedy, Indiana lawmakers hope for new effort to pass hate crime bill

May 13, 2019 at 4:20 a.m.

After a white supremacist rally in Virginia turned deadly Saturday, some Indiana lawmakers are hopeful that the state will make laws providing stronger protections against hate crimes. "What happened in...

Heath Carter, head of the Valparaiso Human Relations Council, speaks during a 2016 meeting.

Charlottesville rally violence no surprise for some

May 13, 2019 at 4:19 a.m.

The violence that engulfed Charlottesville, Va., as white nationalists clashed with counter-protesters came as no surprise to some Northwest Indiana residents. "This is unbelievably awful but it's not surprising," said...

Children keep cool in the Portage splash pad recently. A new report on climate change says the Midwest will see temperatures rise throughout the century.

Climate report validates global warming warnings; Indiana experts weigh in

May 13, 2019 at 4:18 a.m.

The draft report on climate change by scientists from 13 federal agencies released earlier this year issued a warning about human-caused global warming, but didn't surprise some experts. David Konisky,...

Cedar Lake resident Ron Kuiper and his grandson Caleb Kuiper, 12, look into a window at the front of a B-24J Liberator on Friday during the Wings of Freedom tour visit to the Porter County airport.

Wings of Freedom: World War II-era planes grace the skies of Northwest Indiana

May 13, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

As the four engines revved up and started to roar, pilot Paul Reidy tightened his grip as he guided the World War II B-25 down the runway and prepared for...

Indiana Harbor Coke Co. in Whiting, Ind., Thursday, July 12, 2017.

Indiana environmentalists sound alarm on proposed EPA budget cuts

May 13, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

Local environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the impact that proposed budget cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could have on the area as an EPA official downplayed the...

US Army Corps of Engineers project engineer Natalie Mills points out components of the dredging operation in East Chicago on Friday, July 28, 2017.

Debate continues over dredging project

May 13, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

East Chicago remains a concern for local environmentalists as public outcry has temporarily stalled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from receiving a permit that would allow storage of toxic...

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