Owner changes bar’s sign after social media complaints
The decision to take down a controversial sign outside a Griffith bar Tuesday was not one of censorship, but of safety, according to its owner. Griffith Town Tap owner Michelle...
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City, citizens group discuss police oversight
The City of Gary could become the next on the list of cities to implement a citizen's police community review board of some sort. Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, along with Gary...
Griffith High School bus overturns on I-65; passengers injured
A bus carrying 27 Griffith boys basketball players, coaches and staff traveling to the Class 3A Lafayette Jefferson Semistate game overturned on Interstate 65 near the 230-mile marker, north of...
Ex-Marine works for new Habitat home
Ron Kimbrough has plans for his new home. He's given a little thought to the colors as he and volunteers from Habitat for Humanity, Northwest Indiana Veterans Action Council, Hessville...
Region remains on the hook for Lenten fish fries
Mary Scheidel has a plan when she starts her annual tour of Northwest Indiana's Lenten fish fries. After many years of trial and error, she knows that her parish's contribution...
Dance band Terminal White plans Hammond show
A Romanian academic, a local radio show host and a Surf music bassist reconnected over social media recently and hatched a plan to melt off dance music fans' faces while...
Want to eat here? Pop to it
Any entity can become a "pop-up" these days; many Hollywood starlets have temporarily sold their wares in pop-up stores, for example, and Northwest Indiana has seen its share of pop-up...
Hammond school officials, cops investigate alleged hazing incident
By the end of Tuesday's school day, School City of Hammond Superintendent Walter Watkins was exhausted. He'd spent most of the day fielding the same questions from Chicago news outlets,...
Illinois man dead in Hammond shooting
A Hammond man is being held as a person of interest in a Monday night shooting that left an Illinois man dead. Hammond Police responded to a shooting incident at...
Theater life lands Brechner state notice
When Larry A. Brechner was inducted into the Indiana Thespian Hall of Fame at the end of January, he witnessed his life's passion come full circle. Ken Fraza, a former...