20,000 apples reported stolen from LaPorte County orchard

HESSTON — An estimated 20,000 apples were reported stolen from a LaPorte County orchard Sunday, with some of the trees picked clean. Read more

Education

How can Indiana best educate children 0-5 years old? These PNW fellows are looking for solutions.

GARY — Relationships are the active ingredient of early childhood experience. Read more

Porter County News

Girl Scouts help secure rain barrels for vegetable garden

VALPARAISO — Scout Troop 35497 of Washington Township Elementary School recently helped obtain rain barrels for the vegetable garden at St.… Read more

Lake County News

Northwest Indiana home gardeners recognized

Several northwestern Indiana home gardeners have recently been recognized by Shirley Heinze Land Trust and St. Joseph County Parks with “Br… Read more

Crime and Courts

Teen found dead in alley died from gunshot wound; ID still pending

GARY — The teen girl found dead in an alley Sept. 16 died from a gunshot wound in a homicide, officials said. Read more