Centralizes community center highlights plans in East Chicago
East Chicago will have a brand new, centrally located "mega" community center by December 2017, if all goes as planned. This, as well as other added amenities, will be on...
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Mayor names Frank Smith new East Chicago police chief
The East Chicago Police Department will now be led by Lt. Frank Smith, a 28-year veteran of the department. Smith was chosen from 11 candidates within the department, East Chicago...
Longtime WBBM Newsradio anchor killed in I-65 crash in Merrillville
A longtime WBBM Newsradio anchor died following a single-car crash on Interstate 65 Sunday morning, according to authorities and the radio station. David L. Mitchell, 60, was driving a 2008...
Police: Two bodies found in Gary, one person in custody
A person was taken into custody Saturday evening in connection with the deaths of a man and woman whose bodies were found in different locations in Gary earlier in the...
Pence looks for pro-business candidate, touts own record
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Thursday that he intends to support whoever's chosen as the Republican presidential nominee this summer, provided the candidate is pro-business. In Northwest Indiana to celebrate...
General returned to his place in East Chicago park
The protector and namesake of East Chicago's most visible park has returned to his rightful spot, and some nearby St. Stanislaus parishioners are happy. Many of them sat front and...
Police administrative change a matter of history in Hammond
The Hammond Police Department has promoted Lt. William "Andy" Short to assistant chief, making him the first African-American to hold that high of a rank in the department's 130-year history....
Seniors take advantage of annual Good Friday cleaning program
There are the faithful who spend their Good Friday walking the Stations of the Cross or otherwise involved in church, and then there's the African-American Achievers Youth Corps Inc. The...
Griffith boy watches semistate game from hospital room
If anyone knows what it's like to have to do your thing when you don't feel your best, it's Blake Loudenber, and he saw it 123 miles away Wednesday night....
Purdue Northwest unifies behind new mascot
The newly christened Purdue Northwest will show off its Pride starting this summer. Chancellor-Designate Thomas Keon, along with other university dignitaries, unveiled the unified college's new mascot — a sleek,...