Local officials are pushing for more answers about mass power outages and recovery from NIPSCO and its parent company NiSource.

Indiana Rep. Earl Harris, D-East Chicago, said he wants the state to “take immediate steps” to ensure disaster-affected residents don’t lose Medicaid coverage and in-home care.

Gary has been at the forefront of storm response efforts, especially as tens of thousands of residents were without power for about two weeks.

An officer with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department who misused the county’s license plate reader system did so three times, an official said.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, introduced legislation that would prohibit corporations with lockouts from working with the federal government.

Space enthusiasts at the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana said the organization couldn’t continue operations because it couldn’t raise enough money to cover its relocation from Purdue University Northwest.

The Town of Munster has more than doubled its budget for cleaning up the debris left from the derecho/tornado combo that hit the town August 11.

The two dispatchers just before 6 a.m. Tuesday went on the air to deliver an emotional final radio transmission for the Chesterton/Porter joint police dispatch center.