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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

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By Post-Tribune

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

News and events around the area

The campus of Yale University is seen, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in New Haven, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Bradshaw: What high school students know that Yale does not

By Gerald Bradshaw

July 15, 2026 at 6:03 p.m.

Yale should get credit for acknowledging that its grading system has lost credibility, and its...

Lake County Government Center. (Joe Puchek/Post-Tribune)

Lake County Commissioners issue support for BP workers

By Alexandra Kukulka

July 15, 2026 at 4:03 p.m.

Echoing a move by the Lake County Council a day earlier, the Lake County Board...

Lansing man avoids prison for striking and killing cyclist

By Meredith Colias-Pete

July 15, 2026 at 3:54 p.m.

A man avoided prison Wednesday for hitting and killing a cyclist in Schererville.

Police said a truck driver reportedly crashed into a median wall on an Interstate 80 ramp in Lake Station and displaced almost 30 crates of live chickens before leaving the scene Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (Indiana State Police/provided)

Trucker spills load of live chickens on interstate ramp

By Amy Lavalley

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July 15, 2026 at 3:51 p.m.

A truck crash Tuesday did more than ruffle feathers after almost 30 crates of live...

A sign warns of an air quality alert as smoke from wildfires burning in Canada reaches Minneapolis, Minn., on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

IDEM forecasts another Air Quality Action Day for Northwest Indiana

By Maya Wilkins

July 15, 2026 at 3:41 p.m.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management announced that Thursday will be the fourth Air Quality...

Morgan Coody 14, left, and her sister Nora Coody 12, react to the cold water as they visit Indiana Dunes National Park from Edwardsville, Illinois, Thursday, June 18, 2026. A new National Park Service report shows Indiana Dunes National Park is the 36th most-visited NPS property. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana Dunes National Park ranks among most visited parks

By Doug Ross

July 16, 2026 at 8:40 a.m.

A new National Park Service report shows Indiana Dunes National Park is the 36th most-visited...

Valparaiso City Hall is pictured. (Philip Potempa/for the Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso council advances data center moratorium

By Shelley Jones

July 16, 2026 at 8:16 a.m.

The Valparaiso City Council voted 6 to 1 Monday evening on first reading to amend...

Tod Demakos holds a sign protesting a potential data center outside Town Hall along Ridge Road prior to the start of Munster Plan Commission meeting in Munster on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. An overflow crowd showed up to protest a variance for a project at the former Lansing Country Club that would permit data centers. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Munster Plan Commission tables data center-related ordinance

By Maya Wilkins

July 15, 2026 at 2:07 p.m.

More than 50 people talked about how an ordinance allowing a data center at Kenmara...

Summer construction will have an impact on travel on Interstate 94 in Porter and Lake counties. A detour sign is visible near Hammond in this May 25, 2021 file photo. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)

INDOT state highway projects in high gear

By Carole Carlson

July 15, 2026 at 1:43 p.m.

The long days of summer spell highway improvement projects across Northwest Indiana.

Porter County Commissioner Barb Regnitz speaks during a ceremony for renovations at the Porter County Administration Building in Valparaiso, Indiana, Wednesday, July. 9, 2025. President Donald Trump has endorsed Regnitz for Indiana’s First Congressional District in her race against Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Trump endorses Republican Barb Regnitz for Indiana’s First Congressional District

By Alexandra Kukulka

July 15, 2026 at 12:07 p.m.

President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican candidate Barb Regnitz for Indiana’s First Congressional District.