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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

Court briefs: Griffith man could get 10 years in shooting plea deal

By Meredith Colias-Pete

July 29, 2026 at 3:22 p.m.

News from Lake County courts

Portage High School could get solar panels with roof work

By Doug Ross

July 29, 2026 at 11:51 a.m.

Portage Township Schools is looking at putting solar panels atop Portage High School when a...

Porter Town Hall. (Jim Woods/for Post-Tribune)

Porter Town Council criticizes county’s animal control and demand for more money

By Jim Woods

July 29, 2026 at 10:56 a.m.

Porter Town Council members criticized the performance of Porter County's Animal Control & Shelter Services...

The Porter County Courthouse in downtown Valparaiso. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Documents: Valparaiso woman charged with stabbing father to death

By Amy Lavalley

July 28, 2026 at 5:10 p.m.

Detectives conducting a well-being check at a Morgan Township home Sunday walked into a grisly,...

Scott Moore uses a ladder to check damage to a home he was planning on renting as his next door neighbors roof shows considerably more damage following Monday’s storms on Francis Street in Porter, Indiana on Tuesday, July, 28, 2026. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Downed trees, power outages stretch across NWI after Monday’s storms

By Alexandra Kukulka

July 30, 2026 at 9:25 a.m.

Lake and Porter counties were hit hard by two back-to-back storms Monday afternoon that resulted...

Angelita Soriano, on right, hugs a fellow "No Data Centers Hobart" member during a Hobart Plan Commission meeting on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. She and other opponents of the data center are concerned over a recently filed air permit application for the project. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Amazon files for ‘frustrating’ Hobart data center air permit, activists say
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By Maya Wilkins

July 28, 2026 at 4:01 p.m.

Angelita Soriano already knew that Amazon’s Hobart data center would be massive, but she said...

Volunteers carry chairs down stairs to classrooms as they gather at Andrean to help move furniture into the building on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Andrean on the rebound as volunteers join restoration effort after tornado

By Carole Carlson

July 28, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

More than 100 Andrean students, staff members and adult volunteers hoisted classroom furniture into the...

A flag can be seen in reflection at the U.S. District Courthouse in Hammond on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Court briefs: Sentence in federal drug case, charges for child molesting

By Meredith Colias-Pete

July 28, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.

Court news from around the region.

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

Valparaiso councilman lashes out over HRC chair’s comments

By Doug Ross

July 28, 2026 at 12:06 p.m.

Valparaiso’s Human Relations Council came under attack by Councilman Jack Pupillo, who said he is...

The Calumet Road crossing in downtown Chesterton. (Jim Woods/for the Post-Tribune)

Chesterton going forward with downtown pedestrian railroad crossing

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By Jim Woods

July 28, 2026 at 10:52 a.m.

A pedestrian safety project for the Calumet Road railroad crossing in Chesterton will proceed after...