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Porter County Administration Building, 155 Indiana Ave., Valparaiso.
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Porter County taskforce coming together on local income tax approach

By Shelley Jones

October 15, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

The Porter County Municipal Unit Strategic Taskforce is coalescing around an approach to local income...

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele speaks during a press conference on Dec. 4, 2025. A contract between Portage Township Assessor Crystal Millsap and the Leanor Group, owned by Steele, is drawing scrutiny for its high price tag. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Porter County officials question high-dollar contract for Portage Township Assessor’s Office

By Shelley Jones

October 15, 2026 at 3:44 p.m.

Porter County officials asked the county attorney to investigate a contract between the Portage Township...

Beatniks on Conkey hosts the Hammond Community Theatre run of the play "The Ghost in the Meadow" with concluding weekend curtain times Oct. 16-Oct. 18 at the 420 Conkey St. stage space in Hammond. (Beatniks on Conkey/provided)

Of Notoriety: Beatniks has ‘Ghost,’ Munster gets ‘Blacklisted,’ Poe in Michigan City

By Philip Potempa

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October 15, 2026 at 3:44 p.m.

Entertainment news from around the region.

‘You made me kill your whole family’: Gary man on trial for killing couple, wounding third man

By Meredith Colias-Pete

April 28, 2026 at 6:45 p.m.

Derrick Pouncey had just allegedly killed Kyle and Klorya Matthews in April 2024. He then...

An exterior shot of the renovated Chesterton Town Hall. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Higher wheel taxes rolling for Chesterton come Jan. 1

By Jim Woods

April 29, 2026 at 9:04 a.m.

Chesterton residents will pay higher motor vehicle fees effective Jan. 1 as the Town Council...

Portage City Hall

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Portage’s revised salary ordinance rejected with 5-1 vote

By Doug Ross

April 28, 2026 at 1:40 p.m.

Portage Mayor Austin Bonta’s plan to consolidate open positions at the Portage Park Department was...

Porter County Sheriff's Department, Valparaiso. (Porter County Sheriff's Department/provided)

Man arrested for firing shot at man at gas station outside Aberdeen

By Jim Woods

April 28, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.

Surveillance video recorded the fight between two men that ended in gunfire outside the Aberdeen...

Chris Mercaldo and Alex Hebda shoot pool minutes after the new student center opened Monday, April 27, 2026, at Ivy Tech Community College in Valparaiso. Hebda, of Wheatfield, is a secondary education major. Mercaldo, of Valparaiso, is a history major planning to go into teaching. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

Ivy Tech opens student center on Valparaiso campus

By Doug Ross

April 28, 2026 at 12:32 p.m.

Students now have a place to hold club meetings, shoot pool or shoot the breeze...

Two Republicans hope for spot on fall ballot for Porter County prosecutor

By Shelley Jones

April 28, 2026 at 12:01 p.m.

Two former deputy prosecutors are vying to run on the Republican ticket against Democratic incumbent...

The U.S. Courthouse in Hammond on Jan. 13, 2021. (Post-Tribune file)

Ex-Dyer seminary school VP gets 15 years for child porn

By Meredith Colias-Pete

April 28, 2026 at 11:12 a.m.

A federal judge sentenced a former Dyer seminary school marketing executive to 15 years Monday...

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, speaks with rally attendees as United Steelworkers and supporters gather outside of the BP Refinery in Whiting on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Mrvan asks Commerce Secretary Lutnick to support end to BP lockout

By Maya Wilkins

April 27, 2026 at 3:42 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan asked U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick for help in ending...

Portage resident and chamber board member John Peterson stands with dog, Peanut, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on some new additions to Portage's Woodland Bark dog park on Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Portage’s Woodland Park gets Earth Day refresh, dog park upgrades
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By Doug Ross

April 27, 2026 at 3:27 p.m.

Portage hosted a ribbon-cutting for its new dog park, Woodland Bark, followed by a communty...

Porter County jury finds Merrillville man guilty in Portage murder

By Shelley Jones

April 27, 2026 at 3:06 p.m.

A Porter County jury took less than two hours Friday to deliver a guilty verdict...