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Business briefs: PNW hosting open houses

By Post-Tribune

October 11, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

News and events around the area

Five candidates vying for open Indiana Secretary of State seat

By Anna Ortiz

October 11, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.

Candidates are describing this year’s secretary of state race as pivotal, with five individuals campaigning...

Saxiphonist Damico Brown performs at the Gary Metro Center Station as part of the Arts on the Move program, a partnership between the Gary Public Transportation Corporation and the Morning Bishop Theatre Playhouse, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Replacing the downtown station has advanced to the next stage. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Gary Metro Station replacement advances with architect search

By Doug Ross

October 11, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.

The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority is starting the search for an architect to replace...

Oak Park police vehicles sit near the village's fire department. A 71-year-old woman was fatally hit by a concrete truck nearby at the intersection of North Boulevard and Euclid Avenue earlier on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Woman fatally hit by concrete truck in Oak Park: officials

By Cam'ron Hardy

September 23, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

A 71-year-old Oak Park resident was fatally struck by a cement truck Wednesday morning near...

Rosemarie Gomez, 99, center, with her nieces Kathleen Linsey Gabrielson, left, and Renee Spain, right, during an honorary street naming in East Chicago at 138th and Grand on July 25, 2025. Gomez, the city’s first Hispanic councilwoman, died Saturday at age 100. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

East Chicago’s first Hispanic councilwoman Rosemarie Gomez dies at 100

By Doug Ross

September 23, 2026 at 3:52 p.m.

Rosemarie Gomez, who died Saturday at age 100, is remembered as the first Hispanic woman...

Merrillville residents Dorothea Collins, 54, and her husband, Kenneth Collins, 50, discuss the damage their home sustained in the Aug. 11 derecho. The couple attended a one-stop shop hosted by state and federal officials to help residents access disaster assistance at the United Steel Workers 1014 in Gary on Sept. 23, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Northwest Indiana residents receive storm assistance at Gary ‘one-stop shop’

By Maya Wilkins

September 26, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

Federal and state resources were made available to Northwest Indiana residents affected by the Aug....

A new Toys R Us store is preparing to open at Yorktown Shopping Center in Lombard. The store, slated to open in early October, will occupy a 7,500-square-foot space, management said. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

Toys R Us makes a comeback with new store in Lombard

By Jane Miller

September 23, 2026 at 3:32 p.m.

Nearly a decade after closing most of its stores in the state, Toys R Us...

Ricardo Camarena lifts his neighbor Rayshawn Hackey, 6, while playing on the roots of a tree outside their homes on 26th Ave in Gary, Indiana on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The tree was toppled during the Aug. 11 storm that swept through Northwest Indiana. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

NWI leaders react to IURC’s confirmed NIPSCO investigation

By Doug Ross

September 23, 2026 at 3:32 p.m.

In a Tuesday filing, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission announced its investigation into NIPSCO will...

The East Aurora School District board meets at the district's Administrative Center at 310 Seminary Ave. in Aurora. (R. Christian Smith/The Beacon-News)

East Aurora School District 131 board approves $272.4 million 2026-27 budget

By Molly Morrow

September 23, 2026 at 2:28 p.m.

The district’s projected revenues are about $6.8 million short of what they plan to spend.

The former Roycemore School at 1200 Davis Street, Evanston, was a North Shore private school for more than 100 years before closing in mid 2026. It was photographed Thursday, July 16, 2026. Alpha School, an AI-based learning institution without teachers, is seeking to operate a new school under the existing special use permit approved for Roycemore. (Nate Swanson/for the Pioneer Press)

An AI school without teachers looks to move into Evanston’s former Roycemore building

By Claire Murphy

September 23, 2026 at 1:14 p.m.

Alpha School students are taught core subjects by AI for two hours every day, and...

Oswego man charged with murder in connection with fatal Yorkville hit-and-run, police say

By Aurora Beacon-News

September 23, 2026 at 12:23 p.m.

A 21-year-old Oswego man has been charged with first-degree murder following a hit-and-run crash on...

Volunteer Kathy Micka hands a box of crackers to a visitor during the Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana storm relief meal distribution event at Porter County Aging & Community Services in Valparaiso, Indiana, Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Micka, of Valparaiso, said she enjoys volunteering since recently retiring in July. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

‘A lot of heartbreak’: Porter County residents get post-storm food assistance

By Shelley Jones

September 23, 2026 at 11:53 a.m.

Valparaiso resident Teresa Smith changed the way she shops for food in the aftermath of...

Porter Town Hall. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Porter Police to have officer at Discovery Charter School

By Jim Woods

September 23, 2026 at 10:27 a.m.

Discovery Charter School will have a Porter Police officer assigned full-time as a school resource...