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Neighbors and friends gather to help Hebron farmer Ryan Kats salvage equipment from a pole barn collapsed by Thursday's tornado on Friday, June 12, 2026. The tornadoes have been part of a pattern of heavy rain for this month. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Weather service: Northwest Indiana exceeds 30-year average rainfall

June 23, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

Northwest Indiana has seen a large increase in flooding this June compared to the same time last year, according to the National Weather Service.

Steam pours from U.S. Steel's Gary Works facility across the street from Gary City Hall during a press conference concerning the potential acquisition of the company by Japanese company Nippon Steel, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Activists continue green steel push ahead of Nippon annual meeting

June 23, 2026 at 2:08 p.m.

Indiana and Pennsylvania activists participated in a Monday virtual joint press conference that calls on Nippon Steel to invest in green steelmaking in the U.S.

Sandhill cranes congregate in a coal ash pond next to R.M. Schahfer Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, while it operates, Feb. 9, 2026, in Wheatfield, Indiana. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

U.S. DOE extends 90-day order to operate Schahfer coal generating station

June 22, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright renewed the order on Thursday, and it's in effect from Monday through Sept. 19, according to a DOE announcement.

Data Center Cluster Operations leader Steve Smith talks with attendees during the Amazon Web Service Community Open House held at Hobart High School in Hobart, Indiana, Thursday, April 30, 2026. Smith, one of many Amazon data center experts on hand to answer questions, works at the AWS facility in New Carlisle, Indiana. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Data center opposition, supporters react to Indiana’s data center incentives

June 21, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

One Indiana environmental and consumer advocate called data center incentives madness, and he believes a recent tracker proves that point. “Data centers are the single largest threat to affordability, reliability...

Participants in a march to commemorate Juneteenth walk past Gary's Roosevelt High School at the corner of 25th and Washington Street on Friday, June 19, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

‘We are one’: Gary hosts Juneteenth celebration at Roosevelt Park

June 19, 2026 at 2:43 p.m.

Juneteenth, which is every June 19, is a federal holiday that celebrates the emancipation of all enslaved people in the U.S.

The U.S. Courthouse in Hammond on Jan. 13, 2021. (Post-Tribune file)

Former Valparaiso man sentenced in dentistry Medicaid fraud

June 18, 2026 at 2:46 p.m.

Justyn Arch, 40, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after a Medicaid fraud scheme at several Northwest Indiana dentistry offices.

A homeowner displays a sign opposing the planned data center near the Schahfer Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, Feb. 9, 2026, in Wheatfield, Indiana. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

NWI Forum announces $7 billion Amazon data center coming to Jasper County

June 17, 2026 at 3:33 p.m.

County officials unanimously approved the $7 billion Amazon data center campus, called Project Rise, according to the Northwest Indiana Forum.

BP operator Joey Igras and fellow locked-out BP Whiting refinery workers picket outside the facility in Whiting, Indiana, on March 24, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Gary council passes resolution supporting end to BP lockout

June 17, 2026 at 2:16 p.m.

The Gary Common Council unanimously passed a city resolution calling for an end to the lockout of union employees at the BP Whiting Refinery.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun gestures while speaking with Jim Juarez, current president of NWI United Chambers as incoming president John Yelkich looks on during a luncheon in Merrillville, Indiana, Tuesday June 16, 2026. Juarez is also president of the Crown Point chamber and Yelkich is president of Hobart’s chamber. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun visits Hobart chamber to talk Bears, economic development

June 16, 2026 at 4:19 p.m.

Gov. Mike Braun was the guest speaker at the Hobart Chamber of Commerce’s luncheon, which took place at Avalon Manor banquet hall in Merrillville.

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.

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