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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

Artist Mitch Markowitz sits near his work during a display and discussion of his art at the Pines Village Retirement Community in Valparaiso. Markowitz, 75, died Tuesday. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post Tribune)

Artist Mitch Markovitz, who shaped region’s artistic identity, dies at 75

By Philip Potempa

July 18, 2026 at 7:13 p.m.

Mitch Markovitz, a former South Shore train conductor who became a prolific artist, died at...

Art Ginsburg, center, in chef’s attire, is shown in a 2011 publicity photo with his kitchen team, including his kitchen TV segment hosting successor Howard Rosenthal to his left, with wife Barbara Rosenthal as director of the Mr. Food Test Kitchen and Kelly Rusin, far right, as food stylist. (Photo courtesy of www.MrFood.com)

From the Farm: Late Mr. Food’s ‘Ooh! It’s so good’ legacy lives on
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By Philip Potempa

July 17, 2026 at 5:27 p.m.

Reader Mrs. Charles Lowery of Homewood wrote me asking about a popular television food segment...

Father charged with neglect in shooting death of 10-year-old girl

By Michelle L. Quinn

July 17, 2026 at 4:51 p.m.

Mykael L. Robertson, 29 and of the 4200 block of Maryland Street, has been charged...

Dr. Ernest Talarico Jr., assistant professor of practice in Anatomy and Physiology at Purdue Northwest, talks with a cohort of visiting international medical students from Vietnam along with local students on Thursday, July 16, 2026, as part of a two-week problem-based learning seminar at PNW’s Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Purdue Northwest medical seminar attracts students from across the globe

By Michelle L. Quinn

July 17, 2026 at 4:35 p.m.

Students from Tan Tao University just outside of Ho Chi Minh City and the others...

A CTA Blue Line train passes as traffic moves along on the Eisenhower Expressway on the second day of wildfire smoke affecting air quality in Chicago, July 17, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Air quality alerts for Northwest Indiana will continue through the weekend

By Post-Tribune

July 17, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

Heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires will continue to linger in Northwest Indiana through Monday as...

A June 18, 2025, shooting in Chesterton, in which two officers were injured, prompted calls for Porter and Chesterton to consolidate their police dispatch, resulting in town officials asking for Porter County E-911 Director Debby Gunn to resign. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Porter County E-911 director Debby Gunn confirms resignation

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By Shelley Jones

July 17, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

Officials in Chesterton and Porter called for 911 Director Debby Gunn's resignation last year after...

A flag waves outside of the Hammond federal courthouse Friday, July 10, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Lawsuit alleges Portage High School teacher gave student emergency contraception

By Amy Lavalley

July 17, 2026 at 3:54 p.m.

A parent alleges in a federal lawsuit that a teacher at Portage High School gave...

Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez speaks during an event at Griffith Airport on Thursday, July 18, 2024. The Lake County Sheriff’s Department transferred an additional $870,000 in July toward renovating the county’s shooting range. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Lake County Sheriff’s Department receives final fund transfer approval for shooting range

By Alexandra Kukulka

July 17, 2026 at 3:31 p.m.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Department transferred an additional $870,000 in July toward renovating the county’s...

Hebron resident Justin White's car, damaged under the limb of a fallen tree from Thursday night's tornadoes, sits parked near the back door of his home on Friday, June 12, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

FEMA officials to tour Porter County storm damage Monday

By Post-Tribune

July 17, 2026 at 3:28 p.m.

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials will review damage in Porter County from the June 11...

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

Officials search for cause of boom heard in Chesterton and Porter

By Jim Woods

July 17, 2026 at 2:06 p.m.

Officials are baffled about what caused a sonic boom-like noise that startled Porter and Chesterton...