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A snowman found on Greenview Drive in Crown Point. Jim Karczewski/Post-Tribune

Weekend snow brings variety of issues

May 13, 2019 at 3:16 a.m.

Leave it to a mother to never stop worrying about her children, especially when inclement weather's afoot. Saturday afternoon, MaryRose Sicinski of Crown Point had all but resigned herself to...

Highland officer in critical condition after head-on crash

May 13, 2019 at 3:16 a.m.

A Highland police officer remains in critical condition at a Chicago-area hospital after a car hit him head-on early Saturday morning. Officer John Swisher, an 11-year veteran of the department...

A Highland family was displaced after a fire early Monday in their Farmer Drive home.

Community helping Highland family after blaze

May 13, 2019 at 3:16 a.m.

The losses the Rains family suffered in a fire that ripped through their Highland rental home early Monday morning hit harder as the week wore on. Parents Kim and David...

Natalie Fuss, of Griffith, left, and Joann Straub, of Hammond, cuddle with rescue pups Ace and Hank during the Griffith Animal Shelter's soft opening Monday evening.

Griffith puts finishing touches on new animal shelter

May 13, 2019 at 3:15 a.m.

Sandy Litke couldn't wipe the grin off her face Monday evening, even as she brought in piles of blankets from the cold. After being crammed in an old public works...

Mayor Thomas McDermott presents his State of The City Address to a standing room crowd in the lobby of Hammond's City Hall on March 18, 2015. Jim Karczewski/Post-Tribune

Hammond mayor plans to close city court, says Pence judge appointment is ‘big middle finger’

May 13, 2019 at 3:14 a.m.

Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. says he plans to phase out the Hammond City Court, closing it completely by 2019. McDermott confirmed his plans to the Post-Tribune on Friday after he...

Santa, played by George DeAngelo, and photographer Brianna Degene take a time out to admire Delaney a teacup Yorkie who had her photo taken with Santa.

Tails are wagging for the holiday season

May 13, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

If Geoffrey Chaucer was annoyed at the indignities of wearing a Santa costume, he didn't show it Wednesday night The year-old English bulldog instead pranced, preened and, after a while,...

East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland (right) prepares to break ground on Phase one of the city's Marina project with Steve Segura (center) and Councilwoman Gilda Orange, D-6th, on Tuesday morning. The first part of the project will add 152 new boat slips as well as a kayak route.

New boat slips, fuel station on tap for EC marina

May 13, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

The East Chicago Marina likely won't be the "best-kept secret" in Northwest Indiana boating after its renovation is complete, but Kerry Martin won't mind at all. The Crown Point woman...

Officer arrested for OWI on desk duty

May 13, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

A Hammond Police officer arrested Saturday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated has been relegated to desk duty, according to the police deparment. As of Monday, Officer Mathew L. Anderson...

Park Department Administrator Mark Heintz shows where two new windows have been cut for access to the concession stand from inside the Civic Center in Hammond.

Civic Center’s $500k renovation project started

May 13, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

Renovating a building that's nearly a century old comes with interesting insight into the way things were done long ago, and the Hammond Civic Center has had some doozies. The...

Ryan Matasevac, left, and Michael Bednarowski, both of Munster, discuss their shopping plan and Matasevac's annual attire for shopping.

Consumers rally for spirited start to shopping season

May 13, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

Sharon Williams was trying to find room among a trunk full of shopping bags to place yet another item — a sound bar — Friday morning. "We started late, about...

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