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Crown Point man accused of running stolen vehicle scheme

June 12, 2025 at 5:17 p.m.

Gary Police have charged a Crown Point man with 13 felony counts — including racketeering — for an involved scheme of selling stolen vehicles at a Gary used car lot.

A mock intersection sits between buildings at the Tri-Town Safety Village campus in Schererville on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Schererville splits with Dyer, St. John on Safety Village future

June 11, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

An agreement among Schererville, Dyer and St. John for the Tri-Town Safety Village went up in smoke last week, with Schererville dousing any hope that the riff will be healed...

ECIER Board Member Olivia Ligon, right, adorns ECIER Scholar Braylen Chafen with a medal during the ECIER Foundation Scholarbration Awards Dinner May 29 at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster. (Michelle L. Quinn/Post-Tribune)

Event challenges students to come up with ideas that innovate

June 4, 2025 at 3:15 p.m.

Maintaining space vehicles is an expensive endeavor in the best of times, especially the Mars Rovers, which eventually run out of power during their missions, Muniz explained during the ECIER...

United States Courthouse, Hammond, on Thursday, May 10, 2018. (Kyle Telechan/Post Tribune)

Former Geminus employee sentenced to two years for stealing federal funds

June 4, 2025 at 11:40 a.m.

United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon sentenced Valencia Franklin of Lynwood, Illinois, to 24 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release in the U.S. District...

Lake County Circuit Court Judge Marissa McDermott, left, swears in colleague and friend Daniel Burke, center, as the new Superior Court Judge with his family — wife Katherine, center right; and children Benjamin, front; Jonathan and Lilian — helping. Burke, 38, replaces Judge Stephen Scheele, who was elevated to the state appeals court. (Michelle L. Quinn/Post-Tribune)

Burke joins Lake County bench

June 3, 2025 at 1:51 p.m.

As Daniel W. Burke Jr. recited his oath to become the latest Lake County Superior Court Judge late Wednesday afternoon, he wasn’t alone.

Jessica Ramirez, center, hugs her mom, Rosie Ramirez, while Jessica Ramirez's husband, Joshua Berthiaume, looks at the tree that fell in his driveway after a storm tore down Forrest Drive in Highland Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Rosie Ramirez moved her car out of the driveway seconds before the tree came down. (Michelle L. Quinn/for Post-Tribune)

Highland requests more time for tornado siren reports

June 1, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

The Highland Fire Department is still compiling maintenance reports on allegedly faulty tornado sirens during a March storm after some residents said they didn’t hear sirens at all.

Highland council may have skirted open meeting law

May 30, 2025 at 2:57 p.m.

The Highland Town Council on Tuesday night revealed that it may have violated the state’s Open-Door law by conducting town business outside a formal setting.

City of Gary Redevelopment Director Christopher Harris, center, explains zoning changes to Gary resident Natalie Ammons, right, as Notre Dame Housing & Community Regeneration Initiative Director Marianne Cusato listens. The city announced the college has completed its master plan for the downtown Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Michelle L. Quinn/for Post-Tribune)

Notre Dame finishes blueprint for downtown Gary with preservation plans, zoning changes

May 28, 2025 at 1:18 p.m.

The city of Gary now has a master plan for its downtown, so the time is now for developers to commit to its new vision.

Workers with Dyer Construction install pieces of a new lift station behind The Ridge apartment complex in Merrillville ON May 22, 2025. The new station is part of a $2.1 million flood mitigation system the Town of Merrillville is completing. (Michelle L. Quinn/Post-Tribune)

Hickory Ridge flood control project underway in Merrillville

May 26, 2025 at 9:17 a.m.

Some 400 residents in and around the former Hickory Ridge apartment complex are getting 2.73 million gallons of water storage — and lower flood insurance bills — via a partnership...

Police officers with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department Highway Interdiction / Drug Task Force seized 8,000 – 10,000 suspected fentanyl pills during a traffic stop on Interstate 65 Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Lake County Sheriff's Department/provided)

Police seize thousands of suspected fentanyl pills during I-65 traffic stop

May 23, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

A Kentucky man is in custody after Lake County police seized thousands of suspected fentanyl pills during a traffic stop Wednesday.

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