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Trial opens for teen charged in shooting death of woman mowing lawn

March 10, 2026 at 2:34 p.m.

The case against a Gary teen who killed a woman while mowing her neighbor’s lawn has more questions than meet the eye, his attorney said.

Niclas Svenningsen, the Manager for Climate Action Outreach at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks to Purdue Northwest students at the inaugural Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development Academic Symposium on Wednesday March 4, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

UN climate expert: Sustainable development requires cooperation

March 6, 2026 at 5:03 p.m.

The UN meets every year to try and reach a consensus on how to beat back some of the biggest threats, Svenningsen said, but member countries are stuck in doing...

A group of Hammond residents are working to save Briar East Woods, a 4,000-year-old forest in Hammond’s Hessville neighborhood that is one of the last surviving remnants of the High Tolleston Dunes. (Photo courtesy of Save Briar East Woods)

Lack of railroad grant match dooms Hammond pedestrian bridge

March 1, 2026 at 2:15 p.m.

The City of Hammond has canceled a proposed pedestrian bridge in its Hessville neighborhood after the railroad that said it would cover a grant match changed its mind.

The sun sets on the Federal Courthouse in Hammond.

Lowell man gets probation for threats to prosecutor, officer

February 27, 2026 at 4:12 p.m.

A Lowell will on home monitoring and probation for sending threatening texts to the Lake County prosecutor and a police officer.

Cedar Lake man charged with child molesting

February 27, 2026 at 3:51 p.m.

A Cedar Lake man is facing new child molesting charges less than two weeks after his sentencing in another case.

Sha Coleman, center, speaks on behalf of slain Hobart woman Destiny Jackson's family. She's flanked by Hobart Police Detective Michael Gallagher, and from left, her cousin Antonio Tucker; Case Files Chicago host Lisette Guillen; and Andrew Holmes of A. Holmes Foundation. Two men were arrested Wednesday in Jackson's death and the death of her partner, Nazirah Muhammad, in 2022. (Michelle L. Quinn/Post-Tribune)

Family of Hobart murder victims praise police work that led to charges

February 23, 2026 at 2:43 p.m.

Felicia Coleman hung back in the throng of family members gathered in front of the microphones, wiping away tears. The Hobart Police Department’s arrest of two Gary men for her...

Supporters huddle to light candles during a candlelight vigil for missing 14-year-old Ja'Niyah McMichael-Rogers in Gary on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘We need closure’: Family of missing girl, 14, still searching for answers

February 23, 2026 at 5:22 p.m.

Ja'Niyah McMichael-Rogers is still not home, and even money doesn't seem to be helping.

Rolling hills on the Lost Marsh golf course can be seen in part of the area that may be designated to build a potential Bears stadium in Hammond, Indiana, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Chicago Bears stadium bill for Indiana now includes union-friendly language

February 20, 2026 at 4:18 p.m.

Any new stadium the Chicago Bears may decide to build in northwest Indiana will have union labor after all.

Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher marches with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others in 1971 photo in Gary. (Calumet Archives / Post-Tribune)

Jackson left mark in NWI from 1972 convention to Hatcher ties

February 18, 2026 at 10:55 a.m.

As a 14-year-old girl, Ragen Hatcher recalled hanging out with a friend at the Hatcher house in Gary when the phone rang. Her friend answered the phone and after a...

Gwen Segally, 11, shakes hands with a fellow participant as United Steelworkers and supporters rally outside of the BP Refinery in Whiting on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

BP Whiting workers rally for fair contract as potential strike looms

February 16, 2026 at 11:25 a.m.

At least 250 union members from United Steelworkers Local 7-1, of which BP is a part, and other union members and supporters gathered at Amoco Park on 129th Street and,...

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