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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)

Lake County, Indiana Gov. Braun make moves on storm recovery

By Maya Wilkins

October 14, 2026 at 2:02 p.m.

The Lake County Council approved $750,000 for storm cleanup, and Gov. Mike Braun announced the...

Solar panels expected to save $1.5 million for Portage Township Schools

By Doug Ross

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October 14, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

Portage Township Schools is poised to spend $1 million on solar panels to get nearly...

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

Lake County Council supports union’s desire to investigate NIPSCO staffing

By Maya Wilkins

October 13, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

United Steelworkers Local 12775 and supporting governing bodies want NIPSCO to "prioritize investment in a...

The Mitsui family works on building their entry “World Turtle” for the 29th Annual Indiana Dunes State Park Sand Sculpture Contest on Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Chesterton. (Mandy Coppinger/for the Post-Tribune)

Contestants turn sand into nature’s superheroes at Indiana Dunes State Park

By Doug Ross

July 13, 2026 at 11:55 a.m.

The Duneland Women's Soccer Club found another way to get its kicks – building sand...

Munster woman hospitalized after Saturday night shooting

By Post-Tribune

July 12, 2026 at 7:19 p.m.

A Munster woman was transferred to a Chicago hospital overnight after she was shot in...

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...

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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

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

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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

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...