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Despite a scarce peach harvest for fall 2026, Columnist Philip Potempa and his family made 48 jars of homemade peach preserves in September, now stored in the farm cellar for winter menu enjoyment and holiday gifts. (Philip Potempa/for the Post-Tribune)

From the Farm: Peaches scarce this season, pits once prized as controversial cancer treatment

By Philip Potempa

October 9, 2026 at 5:47 p.m.

Whether in Michigan or Northwest Indiana orchards, peaches ranked among the many compromised fall harvests...

A stretch of field across from the Dean and Barbara White Southlake YMCA could potentially be the site of Crown Point’s first pet adoption and resource center, New Leash on Life. (Anna Ortiz/Post-Tribune)

Crown Point council denies rezoning for proposed animal rescue, clinic

By Anna Ortiz

October 9, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

Plans for an animal adoption center and clinic on the south side of Crown Point...

Two Hammond men face murder charges in Oct. 3 double slaying

By Post-Tribune

October 9, 2026 at 3:35 p.m.

A pair of Hammond men are accused fatally shooting two men in a Hammond alley...

Gary Mayor Eddie Melton speaks at the new Gary YMCA at Tolleston Opportunity Campus on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Melton declared a one-year moratorium Wednesday on the construction of data centers in the city. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Recent AI worries behind Gary mayor’s one-year halt on data centers

By Carole Carlson

September 16, 2026 at 5:06 p.m.

Gary Mayor Eddie Melton declared a one-year moratorium Wednesday on the construction of data centers...

Portside Pub killer gets life in prison
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By Meredith Colias-Pete

September 16, 2026 at 4:58 p.m.

Caprice Cashaw, 32, pleaded guilty in a plea deal last month to killing bartender Paul...

Munster students will make up missed days by shift from teacher-only days

By Michelle L. Quinn

September 16, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

The district is converting five previously scheduled Teacher Professional Development Days and Teacher Workdays, when...

Guy Sullivan, left, as author Paul Sheldon, and Tammy White, right, as nurse Annie Wilkes star in the Towle Theater’s production of “Misery,” running Sept. 25 to Oct. 11 in Hammond. (Towle Theater/provided)

Of Notoriety: Towle Theater closes 2026 season with ‘Misery’

By Philip Potempa

September 16, 2026 at 2:07 p.m.

Towle Theater Executive Director Emily Nelson describes the final bow for the Hammond stage’s 24th...

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

Valparaiso council carries ordinances for Pratt Industries expansion

By Shelley Jones

September 16, 2026 at 1:41 p.m.

Plans by Pratt Industries to expand on land annexed by Valparaiso for a converting plant,...

Lowell's Harvest Tyme is one of 20 farms in North America that joined the corn maze campaign in a fundraising effort to benefit Dolly Parton's nonprofit organization, Imagination Library. (Photo provided by Jason Wisniewski)

Dolly Parton-themed corn maze in Lowell to raise funds for Imagination Library

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By Anna Ortiz

September 16, 2026 at 10:58 a.m.

This Saturday, fans will get a chance to get lost in the late country icon’s...

Portage Township Schools Superintendent Amanda Alaniz, at Ayelseworth Elementary School Tuesday, May 5, 2026, told the school board Monday that students will not need to make up days missed from the Aug. 11 derecho. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

No make-up days for Portage students after Aug. 11 storm

By Doug Ross

September 16, 2026 at 9:35 a.m.

Portage Township students won’t be forced to make up days missed because of the Aug....

Pieces of coal ash found on the overgrown dirt road behind Cathi Murray’s house in Town of Pines, Indiana, on May 21, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

EPA moving forward with approval of Indiana coal ash program

By Maya Wilkins

September 15, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

The EPA approved IDEM's proposal for a state-led program to establish a permitting program for...

Gary’s Chief of staff Ellis Dumas opens a fire hydrant as Indiana American Water celebrated the opening of its $2.2 million American Water Training Center in Gary on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana American Water opens $2.2 million Gary training center

By Maya Wilkins

September 15, 2026 at 4:53 p.m.

Indiana American Water opened its $2.2 million training facility in Gary, which will help with...

Paul Myers flips through a historic book about Marktown in this 2017 file photo. (Post-Tribune archives)

‘Marktown Mayor,’ preservationist Paul Myers dies at age 73

By Philip Potempa

September 15, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

Historian of East Chicago's Marktown neighborhood Paul Myers, 73, died Sept. 9 in his sleep...