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Gary Mayor Eddie Melton addresses the audience at a special community meeting to learn about the city's proposal to be the site of the proposed Lake County Convention Center at Hard Rock Casino on Thursday, March 6, 2025 (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)

Gary, Hobart officials make their pitches to lure Lake County Convention Center

March 7, 2025 at 4:33 p.m.

Two Lake County communities made moves Thursday night to put themselves in the driver's seat in luring the proposed Lake County Convention Center. Hundreds of residents gathered at St. Timothy...

Highland resident Luke Podgorny picks out paczki from a display at Carpathia Deli in Schererville as shoppers stock up on the pastries for Paczki Day on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Schererville deli celebrates Paczki Day with treats for all tastebuds

March 4, 2025 at 3:31 p.m.

Three thousand paczki, a 15th century formerly savory but now sweet treat — though still less sweet than the doughnut — arrived from the Polish superstore’s Chicago supplier unfilled on...

Land just north of U.S. 30 on the west side of Mississippi Ave. in Hobart is now being considered as a site for the new Lake County Convention Center. (Suzanne Tennant / Post-Tribune

Hobart, Merrillville approve joint task force

March 3, 2025 at 4:16 p.m.

A task force examining infrastructure, transit and other concerns between the City of Hobart and Town of Merrillville is now a done deal.

Fox & Friends cohost Lawrence B. Jones, left, is sworn in as Merrillville's first auxiliary police by Merrillville Clerk-Treasurer Eric Jan. during the Feb. 24, 2025, Town Council meeting. (Town of Merrillville /provide)

‘Fox & Friends’ co-host sworn in as auxiliary Merrillville Police officer

March 3, 2025 at 6:18 a.m.

The Merrillville Police Department swore in Lawrence B. Jones, a co-host for “Fox & Friends,” as its first auxiliary officer.

A child holds a battery-powered candle while viewing pictures of Briana Payne and her daughters, Alayna, Ava and Aurorah, during a gathering in their memory at Bailey Elementary School Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Lake Station, Indiana. The mother and children were believed to be killed by Robert Payne, the husband and father of the family, on Feb. 21, in a murder-suicide, according to police. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘They are in my heart’: Classmates, friends gather to mourn the Payne family

March 1, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.

Carrying a stuffie vigil organizers Circle of Love handed out to the more than 40 kids who came out to honor the Paynes — mom Briana, 27; and daughters Aurorah,...

Man crashes truck into moving train in Griffith Friday

February 28, 2025 at 5:28 p.m.

A man survived his attempt to crash his truck into a moving train at the town of Griffith's busiest train tracks Friday afternoon.

Former Hobart councilman charged with shoplifting calls time in office ‘an honor and a privilege’

February 25, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

Former Hobart Fifth District Councilman William Perryman says he "profoundly appreciates" the time he spent on the City Council.

Briana Payne and her daughters, from left, Alayna, Aurorah and and Ava, pose in an undated photo. The four were killed by Payne's husband in a murder-suicide. (Photo courtesy by Lili Parker Owens)

‘No one else needs to go through this’: Family, friends mourn loss of Lake Station family

February 25, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

The light is gone for Lili Parker Owens. Parker Owens just bought a house in Gary around Christmas time and with it a whole bunch of baby chicks that her...

Richard Malone and Jeanette Wright, of Gary, ask IUN sophomore Demiya Hunter, center right, and grad student Jade Johnson about the gumbo they were serving at the luncheon after the school's viewing of "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America" Feb. 20. (Michelle L. Quinn/Post-Tribune)

IUN event explores importance of food in the fight for civil rights

February 25, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

The idea of food as nourishment took on a whole new meaning during “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America,” a Netflix documentary that Indiana University Northwest...

The Highland Police Station is pictured in this 2019 file photo. (Joe Puchek / Post-Tribune)

Highland to consider retroactive residency stipend for police

February 22, 2025 at 10:40 p.m.

Highland Police officers who’ve left the department will have to wait until the Town Council’s next meeting before they’ll be allowed to get their residency stipend retroactive to January 1,...

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