ICYMI: Battle of Broadway brings out legions of fans as football season kicks off

MERRILLVILLE — Students showed up in camouflage and tropical shirts for the Battle for Broadway as host Merrillville and Andrean faced off … Read more

East Chicago Community News

Kielbasa fest turns city park into polka party

EAST CHICAGO — Mix good Polish food with polka music, and you’ve got a party. Mix those two ingredients in Kosciuszko Park, and you have Ki… Read more

Porter County News

Nature comes first for family-loving, polar-plunging Ogden Dunes retiree

Elsie Anderson of Ogden Dunes has a standing date with Lake Michigan every  Jan. 1. Read more

Crime and Courts

Defense for man charged in Xbox homicide seeks unedited video from sheriff's TV show

CROWN POINT — A defense attorney for a teenager accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy while attempting to rob him of an Xbox wants … Read more

News

Weather service warns of 'life-threatening' waves, rip currents at Indiana beaches

The National Weather Service issued an advisory early Friday warning of dangerous swimming conditions at Lake Michigan beaches in Lake and … Read more