Winners gather to toast The Times' Best of the Region
Wwinners from The Times Media Company’s Best of the Region project, published May 19, gathered at County Line Orchard in Hobart to recognize their accomplishments in 31-year-old contest.
New stores opening at Southlake Mall in Hobart
New retailers have recently opened at Southlake Mall in Hobart.
Indiana expanding worksite speed camera enforcement even before it begins
INDOT has enacted an administrative rule authorizing the use of speed camera enforcement in a potentially unlimited number of highway worksites across the state.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Restaurant with tree inside, Brody's Candy Corner & Sundae Shop, Helen's Cafe and Cielito Lindo open; Mescolare closed and Geppetto's closing
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Restaurant with tree inside, Brody's Candy Corner & Sundae Shop, Helen's Cafe and Cielito Lindo open; Mescolare closed and Geppetto's closing
Davich: Dear graduating class of 2024: Stop worrying so much about your future
Throughout all the ups and downs, keep one thing in mind: Don’t let other people’s perception of you become your reality.
Morgan Township falls short in semistate final, but goes out as competitors
Morgan Township’s fairytale baseball season ended in a heartbreaking loss on Saturday night.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into the Porter County Jail
Here are recent bookings by the Porter County Sheriff's Department. All information is taken directly from thewebsite.
Weight lifted as Lake Central punches ticket to state
For Lake Central, coach Mike Swartzentruber and the Indians' class of 2024, Saturday night’s semistate championship win over Homestead is a weight lifted.
Grant Cowger delivers on the mound, at the plate for Morgan Township in semistate semifinal win
Morgan Township came out swinging against Fremont in Saturday’s Class 1A semistate semifinal game.
Bishop ordains 16 deacons to 'service with joy’
One is a freelance photojournalist. Among is an engineer. Still another works in information technology. They are all members of the latest diaconal ordination class of 14 men in the Catholic Diocese of Gary.
Griffin Tobias takes the ball, helps Lake Central to semistate final
Griffin Tobias wanted the ball in the first semistate game.
Chesterton sprinter Kenedi Bradley makes her presence felt in crowded field at state
Chesterton's Kenedi Bradley was one of two fifth-place finishers from the Region at the girls track and field state finals.
Cicadas not blanketing Region but all the buzz in some hotspots
The Brood XIII cicadas that only emerge from their subterranean lairs every 17 years have been not been blanketing all of Northwest Indiana but have been the buzz at many hotspots. They've so active in some places people say the trees shake and their signature buzzing reverberates for miles.
Yvonne Stokes approved as Gary schools' next superintendent
The five-member appointed Gary School Board selected Yvonne Stokes on Friday to lead the Gary Community School Corp. once it returns to local control.
Jury convicts man of murdering Chicago Heights woman in 2019, kidnapping her friend
Drew Carter III, 46, faces life in prison after a five-day trial that resulted in a guilty verdict.His sentencing hearing is set for July 17.
Chicago man charged with teen’s March murder makes first court appearance
Leonardo Nunez was charged in May with killing 14-year-old Damien Abenante outside a home in Whiting.
Man who killed girlfriend in 2022 sentenced to 68 years in prison
Anthony Carr, 41, was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday for killing his girlfriend, Brittany K. Smith, plus eight more years for being a habitual offender.
Food and beverage tax on Hammond's agenda
The mayor’s office described the tax as “minimal”—20 cents on a $20 restaurant bill, for example—that will “add up and allow the city the needed funds for the construction of these projects.”
New, more severe charges filed in fatal domestic case that once pitched no jail time
New, more severe charges, filed in Porter County fatal domestic abuse case that had plea for no jail time until judge rejected the proposal.
Passenger airlifted Friday after vehicle pulled in front of her on U.S. 20, Porter County police say
Police said they were called to the crash site around 7 a.m. Friday and learned the CRV was southbound on Brummitt Road when the driver apparently ignored the stop sign and pulled into the path of the westbound vehicle.
High School Sports Extra: 6/6/24 - Griffin Tobias Takes LC to Semi-State Again
High School Sports Extra - Griffin Tobias Takes LC to Semi-State Again. This edition of High School Sports Extra is provided in partnership with The Times, JEDtv and WJOB. Sponsored by Strack & Van Til, Midwest Express and Center for Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery, LLC.
100+ Women Who Care donate $7,650 to help Guardian Angel serve domestic violence victims
Guardian Angel Community Services of Joliet is the latest beneficiary of 100+ Women Who Care of Will County, receiving a $7,650 donation.
New Lenox woman named Will County Forest Preserve Volunteer of Year
Sally Wieclaw of New Lenox has been named 2023 Volunteer of the Year by the Forest Preserve District of Will County.
Ryder Fernandez brings physicality to Lake Central baseball
Lake Central third baseman Ryder Fernandez is the only player on the Indians roster who is a two-sport athlete. Fernandez also plays safety for the football team.
Flashing lights in Lake Michigan prove not to be someone in distress, officials say
Department officials said they and other emergency agencies responded to the beach shortly before 9 p.m. prepared to carry out a rescue.
Davich: Another fatality at the blindside intersection of wrong place, wrong time
Life is a gamble from our first breath to our last gasp.We just don’t realize it until something happens at the invisible juncture of wrong place and wrong time.
Colin Kaleth, Valparaiso win second consecutive regional titles
Valparaiso has made a habit of winning trophies.
U.S. Steel gives college scholarships to workers' children
U.S. Steel awarded college scholarships to the children of its employees all around the country.
Calumet Fisheries reopens Saturday after being closed more than six months
Calumet Fisheries, the nearly century-old Calumet Region institution that was featured in "Blues Brothers" and beloved by Anthony Bourdain, reopens Saturday after a long hiatus.
Witness testifies man said friend was 'not the first person he had killed that day'
The witness said Drew Carter III also told her he was trying to find a woman called 'Little Debbie,' whom the witness said supposedly ended up dead days later.
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