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Video leads to murder charge for man in shooting outside Valparaiso bar

By Jim Woods

October 12, 2026 at 4:17 p.m.

Antione Pierson Jr., 22, was formally charged Monday with murder for the shooting death of...

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, speaks with visitors during a monthly meeting of the Gary Chamber of Commerce on Monday, October 12, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

US Rep. Frank Mrvan highlights work supporting NWI economy at Gary Chamber

By Maya Wilkins

October 12, 2026 at 3:51 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, was the Gary Chamber of Commerce's featured speaker at its...

News briefs: Calumet Township hosting open house with food, services

By Post-Tribune

October 12, 2026 at 2:38 p.m.

News and events around the area

Bulk Carrier Federal Seto sits moored at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. The only sea cargo container terminal serving the Chicago market will open this year at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Portage’s port to be first in Chicago area with container terminal

By Doug Ross

July 12, 2026 at 3:52 p.m.

The only sea cargo container terminal serving the Chicago market will open this year at...

Business briefs: Governor names Lake, Porter residents to state boards

By Post-Tribune

July 12, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

News and events from around the area

Evidence markers are scattered along the ground as Indiana State Police Sgt. Alissa Partyka walks next to a police SUV while photographing evidence following a shooting near the intersection of Interstate 94 and U.S. 421 in Michigan City, Indiana, Friday, July 10, 2026. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Coroner: Suspect in shooting of Indiana State Police trooper died from self-inflicted wound
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By Jim Woods

July 12, 2026 at 2:36 p.m.

Kevin W. Meyers, the suspect in the shooting of an Indiana State Police trooper, died...

Sgt. Nathan Peach, of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, talks about his 12 years riding with Cops Cycling for Survivors, which stopped in Merrillville at the Fairfield Inn Friday, July 10, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

‘You laugh, cry, smile, hug’: Statewide bike ride honoring fallen officers reaches region

By Anna Ortiz

July 12, 2026 at 12:34 p.m.

On Friday afternoon, cyclists rode down U.S. 30 in Merrillville in their 13-day ride around...

The site of a planned low-income senior housing complex includes the blighted Louis J. Bailey Library, a public library built in 1918 with a $25,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. Officials hope to restore it to serve again as a library for residents. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

Senior housing complex coming to Gary at historic Carnegie library site

By Carole Carlson

July 12, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

The Froebel Senior Center, a $24 million low-income senior housing development, is being planned for...

This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP)

Indiana health officials keeping tabs on uptick in foodborne illness cyclosporiasis

By Amy Lavalley

July 12, 2026 at 8:05 a.m.

Indiana health officials are keeping a wary eye on a foodborne illness that causes a...

Merrillville man charged in February crash that killed Waukegan man

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By Meredith Colias-Pete

July 11, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

Mathew K. Berry, 34, of Merrillville, was charged Wednesday with reckless homicide, two counts of...

South Bend resident Sendy Siregar Chanthanongsy, on left, laughs with her husband, Sil, after being sworn in as an American citizen during a ceremony at the Hammond federal courthouse on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Five new US citizens welcomed in Hammond ceremony

By Michelle L. Quinn

July 11, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Five women took their oaths to become U.S. citizens at the Federal Courthouse in Hammond...

Thousands of people brave the heat on opening day of Pierogi Fest on Friday, July 23, 2021, in Whiting. (Gary Middendorf/Post-Tribune)

Whiting’s Pierogi Fest returns BP sponsorship money

By Carole Carlson

July 10, 2026 at 7:31 p.m.

The Whiting-Robertsdale Chamber of Commerce said Friday it returned BP’s monetary sponsorship of Whiting’s Pierogi...

Chester and Peggy Potempa, parents of columnist Philip Potempa, share champagne and dinner in the ballroom at The Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster with Red Skelton tribute artist Brian Hoffman in July 2023, celebrating Chester’s 94th birthday. (Philip Potempa/provided)

From the Farm: Happy first heavenly birthday, Dad, with family party memories

By Philip Potempa

July 10, 2026 at 5:24 p.m.

Dad would have celebrated his 97th birthday Sunday, and per usual, he’d be surrounded by...