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David Rorex, left, and Dorian Rorex Jr. show off the food they collected for Catholic Charities Saturday afternoon. The boys are also collecting signatures to have the corner of Ninth and Gerry in Gary renamed for their father, Dorian Rorex Sr., who was killed in the line of duty while working for the Gary Police Department.

Sons work to honor father who died on duty as a police detective in Gary

May 25, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

Deborah Richardson couldn't look at her nephews when she walked up to 504 Broadway Saturday afternoon. The boys, David and Dorian Rorex Jr., wore their shirts with "ROREX" prominently on...

County prosecutor weighs charges in Griffith-Hammond basketball melee

May 13, 2019 at 12:23 a.m.

The Griffith Police Department has asked the Lake County Prosecutor's Office to consider charges against the Griffith High School and Hammond High School basketball teams for their roles in the...

Break on flood insurance coming for Griffith residents

May 13, 2019 at 12:22 a.m.

Griffith residents on the east and west sides of Cady Marsh Ditch will soon be able to get out of the flood plain once and for all. Surveyors started canvassing...

Whiting resident Katie Lawson reorganizes clothes on display during Saturday's Garage Mahal event in Whiting.

Bargain hunters flock to annual garage sale event

August 18, 2019 at 7:34 p.m.

Tony Madrinan's house plans might have fallen through, but his taste in furnishings were a big hit. Madrinan, of Crown Point, brought the furniture Saturday to the Whiting/Robertsdale Garage Mahal....

Towing company employees work to remove a bus that went over the side of the Buffington Harbor bridge early Sunday morning. Only the driver was in the bus at the time.

Driver rescued from casino bus dangling from bridge

May 13, 2019 at 12:22 a.m.

A Mishawaka-based charter bus driver's condition is unknown after he drove over the side of a bridge early Sunday morning at Majestic Star Casino. Gary Police Department Public Information Officer...

Lake Station may lose a dozen teaching positions

May 25, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.

Come fall, Lake Station Community Schools could have 12 fewer teachers. Superintendent Tom Cripliver confirmed Friday that although the process is in the preliminary stages, nine teachers from Lake Station...

Professor Mark Hoyert presents degrees to College of Arts and Sciences graduates during the Indiana University Northwest commencement ceremony on Thursday.

Graduates glad school ends, work begins

May 13, 2019 at 12:21 a.m.

Public universities have a responsibility to advance the common good, Indiana University President Michael McRobbie told the matriculating Indiana University Northwest class of 2015 Thursday afternoon. Talking to the 790...

Sue Golub, of Highland, tends to Joe Betustak Jr.'s gravesite Thursday afternoon. Golub's son, J.J., who died in 2009, was the third beneficiary of the Betustak family's fundraisers.

10th Joe B. event creates new friends

May 13, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

Sue Golub had no idea what to make of Joe Betustak Sr. when he started contacting her. It was 2007, and her teen son, J.J. Golub, had recently been diagnosed...

Property owners stand in line before paying their May property tax bill Monday, May 11, 2015, at the Lake County Treasurer's office in Crown Point.

Last-minute tax filers fill treasurer’s office

May 13, 2019 at 12:19 a.m.

For all the times Tricia Biedron has been in the spot she was Monday afternoon, she wishes she could get paid. A veteran of waiting until the last day to...

Hundreds of students were awarded degrees Saturday afternoon at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond. The university scheduled three commencements Friday and Saturday.

Purdue Calumet speakers applaud accomplishment

May 13, 2019 at 12:19 a.m.

The first two times Robert Binford gave the student response to Purdue University Calumet's graduating classes, he did it with ease. It really hit home, however, for the Student Government...

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