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U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel speaks to students at Bishop Noll Institute — his alma mater — on Friday.

Judge who was a target during presidential campaign speaks to Bishop Noll graduates

May 13, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

An East Chicago-born U.S. District Judge who became a campaign target of Donald Trump last year advised students to embrace challenges, value their diversity and work to serve others. The...

Crowd expresses reservations at possible hospital merger

May 13, 2019 at 4:03 a.m.

The Service Employee International Union and the NAACP's Gary chapter held a town hall meeting at Ivy Tech Wednesday night to discuss how Methodist employees would be affected by a...

Hammond to seek school referendums in November

May 13, 2019 at 4:02 a.m.

The School City of Hammond will seek capital projects and operating referendums on the Nov. 7 ballot to finance construction projects including the replacement of Hammond High School and to...

State files lawsuit to recover funds from former Munster school administrators

May 13, 2019 at 4:00 a.m.

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill's office filed a civil lawsuit on Tuesday seeking more than $3 million in damages from two former School Town of Munster administrators. Last June, a...

Local urban exploration group Decay Devils plan on hosting a cleanup at Gary's Union Station in an effort to preserve the historical landmark.

Decay Devils call for volunteers to finish landscaping at Gary’s Union Station

May 13, 2019 at 3:59 a.m.

The Decay Devils are looking for volunteers to help finish landscaping at Gary's Union Station on Sunday. The artist collective is putting the finishing touches on a monthslong project to...

Glindolyn Johnson, left, adjusts the bow tie of her father on Friday. Racyne Johnson, 18, a senior at Calumet New Tech invited her great-grandfather James Siggs to attend her prom.

Calumet New Tech High senior has a special date to prom: her great-grandfather

May 13, 2019 at 3:59 a.m.

The last time James Suggs went to prom was 1969. He remembers dressing up to take his daughter Jane to her prom at Froebel High School in Gary. Afterward, he...

Kellie Repasi, 18, smiles at a pupil while reading a book to his class at Kolling Elementary School in St. John. Lake Central High School offers high school students the chance to spend a year in a teaching assistant role in its teacher cadet program.

Program gives students a view into the realities of teaching

June 4, 2018 at 7:11 p.m.

When she walked into Kolling Elementary in August, Tory Morris was intimidated by the prospect of helping to teach a room of 6-year-olds. For years, she had thought seriously about...

Police presence to increase at Lake Central High following alleged Instagram threat

May 13, 2019 at 3:59 a.m.

Lake Central High School will see an increased police presence after school officials discovered an alleged threat on Wednesday from a former student on Instagram. In a letter to parents...

Gary Community School Corp. Superintendent Cheryl Pruitt speaks before the Distressed Unit Appeal Board on Monday, May 15, 2017, during a public meeting at West Side Leadership Academy in Gary.

Residents, staff pose questions on new chapter for Gary schools under state control

May 13, 2019 at 3:58 a.m.

With a state takeover looming for the Gary Community School Corp., many residents pressed its new overseers for details on how students, staff and the city would be directly affected...

State recommends $1.5 million loan to Gary schools for May payroll

May 13, 2019 at 3:58 a.m.

Weeks before its state takeover, the Distressed Unit Appeals Board recommended a $1.595 million loan to help the Gary Community School Corp. make its May 26 payroll. The move, which...

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