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Griffith Police cracking down on social media page aimed at students

May 13, 2019 at 1:31 a.m.

Griffith Police are taking action toward a social media page set up to get students at Griffith Middle School and Griffith High School to submit inappropriate pictures of themselves or...

Mayor Tom McDermott Jr., right, chats with Monsignor Joseph Semancik, left; and the Rev. John Wilkerson, of First Baptist of Hammond, after his inauguration Friday morning. McDermott is the first person to serve four terms as mayor in the city.

McDermott begins historic 4th term as mayor

May 13, 2019 at 1:31 a.m.

Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. remembers well his first term, when his critics referred to him as "O-T.T." — "One-Term Tommy" — and he thought they might be right. One...

Cops: Be smart if you’re drinking on New Year’s Eve

May 13, 2019 at 1:31 a.m.

Classic Taxi owner Ken Stevenson hasn't received the usual number of reservations he gets before the celebration starts. Not that he's nervous — he expects the calls will come in...

The new Highland Police Station is expected to open at the end of January.

New station readied for Highland Police

May 13, 2019 at 1:30 a.m.

Highland Police Detective Brad Snow intends to take a little piece of the town's old police station with him when the departments moves in January. "I'm taking a piece of...

Diamond Bynum has been missing sinceJuly 25 from her Gary home.

Missing daughter, grandson over holidays for Gary man

May 9, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

The drive down Fifth Avenue in Gary near Matthews Street doesn't do much to bolster holiday spirit. Businesses and residential areas line the landscape, but at least during the day,...

Approximately 600 people were seated for dinner at the Annual Spirit of Christmas Dinner.

Spirit of community fellowship keeps annual dinner on the table

May 13, 2019 at 1:30 a.m.

Vernon Smith learned 29 years ago the hard way how lonely the holidays can be for many. The longtime state senator sat proudly at the front of the serving line...

Police are looking for the person, shown in surveillance image, who robbed the Highland Sav-A-Stop at 3205 45th St., Tuesday morning.

Man wanted in Highland gas station holdup

May 13, 2019 at 1:29 a.m.

Highland Police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint early Tuesday morning. Highland Police. Detective Brad Snow said Tuesday the man entered the Sav-A-Stop at...

Fans watch the latest "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" movie in one of the 3D IMAX theaters at the AMC Showplace 16 in Schererville.

New ‘Star Wars’ film lifts off; locals approve

May 13, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

The guy who plays Kylo Ren didn't sit quite right with Zach Cosgrove. With "his big nose and big ears," Adam Driver wasn't whom Cosgrove, 25, of Schererville, envisioned for...

Students watch others drive trucks Wednesday at the YRC Freight in Hammond.

School teaches big rig driving in Hammond

May 13, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

A trucking company with local ties hopes to make at least a small dent in the trucker shortage by opening its own CDL school in Hammond. YRC Freight, of Overland...

Beth McBride, left, and Tiffany Holloway take care of customers at Nick's Discount Liquors in Hammond on Wednesday. Liquor stores and other retail outlets are now allowed to sell alcohol on Dec. 25 as long as the holiday doesn't fall on a Sunday.

Indiana lifts Grinch-like ban on Christmas alcohol sales

May 13, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

In what some might consider a Yuletide miracle, holiday imbibers will be allowed to purchase their alcohol on Christmas Day in Indiana starting this year. Many Northwest Indiana businesses, however,...

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