At age 72, Dorrie April Adlard didn’t envision this day. She was one of 647 IU-Northwest students who earned degrees Friday in the outdoor ceremony. She’s also the oldest.

The elimination of a federal grant by President Trump’s U.S. Department of Education, along with the loss of another federal grant, has left the after-school program in jeopardy.

A Porter County jury deliberated three hours before finding a Gary man guilty on several felony counts, including murder in perpetration of an arson, from a September 2024 fatal fire in Portage.

Just Transition Northwest Indiana and the Hammond Community Garden partnered for donations for union members locked out of BP in Whiting.

A 25-year-old Chicago woman was killed after the van she was traveling in was struck by another vehicle on Interstate 65.

The subdivision, which will be located on 122 acres at the southeast corner of Gibson Street and 117th Avenue, will go before the Winfield Town Council for a zoning change request from agriculture (AG) to planned development residential (PDR).

Andy Mullen hadn’t been back to Chesterton High School since graduation, but was drawn to the student-run radio station’s 50th anniverary.

Landscaping proposals will be accepted through May 27, according to the city’s website.