An investigation by the Knox Police Department into alleged drug activity results in five arrests. Officers executed a search warrant around 4:30 p.m. yesterday at a home in the 200 block of Clark Street in Knox, according to Knox Police Chief Harold Smith. He says they found illegal drugs, a large sum of money and a firearm inside the residence. Continue reading
The Town of Culver is working to gather information for an application they will complete a little later this year.
The State of Indiana’s Stellar Communities program is run through the Lieutenant Governor’s office and attempts to help rural communities with economic development, housing, and planning efforts.
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A former LaPorte County chief deputy auditor was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court on embezzlement, tax and wire fraud charges.
Mary Ray, 68, of LaPorte, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She was also ordered to forfeit more than $137,000 and pay more than $801,000 in restitution. She was convicted last September of two counts of theft of government monies, two counts of making false statements on a tax return and seven counts of wire fraud. Continue reading
U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly is criticizing Governor Mike Pence’s plans to persuade executives with Carrier and United Technologies to keep their operations in Indiana.
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State Representative Tom Dermody is honoring a former Indiana governor by requesting to name a local roadway after the man.
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The LaPorte Police Department is teaming up with more than 250 state and local law enforcement agencies in a full-court press to combat dangerous and impaired driving. Continue reading
The Culver-Union Township Public Library is celebrating the birthday of Dr. Seuss tomorrow, and Youth Services Manager Jill Gavlick says local kids are invited to join in the fun. “We have a story time,” she says. “We do crafts and some games and just a little bit of everything, all revolving around Dr. Seuss.” Continue reading
Culver Elementary School’s Kindergarten Round Up will take place Thursday, March 10th at 6 p.m. EST in the cafeteria. Continue reading
More arrests have been made in connection with an animal abuse case reported on Christmas Day of 2015.
A Knox man was sentenced on Wednesday in Marshall County Superior Court on charges of dealing methamphetamine.
33-year-old Ryan Smith was arrested in August of 2015 after a vehicle he was in was stopped by Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputies. An air sniff was conducted by a K9 Unit and indicated the presence of drugs inside the vehicle.
A graveside service and military rites for 65-year-old Ralph E. Oldt, Jr. of New Lenox, Ill. will take place this spring at Bruce Lake Cemetery. Harrison-Metzger-Rans Funeral Home Kewanna Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
An investigation by the LaPorte County Metro Operations Task Force resulted in the arrest of a LaPorte man on drug charges. Continue reading
The affiliation between Community Health Systems, IU Health and IU Health LaPorte and Starke Hospitals has been finalized.
Indiana University Health is now a minority owner of IU Health LaPorte and Starke Hospitals. They own 20 percent, and CHS subsidiaries own 80 percent. IU Health will share equal governance of the new organization. Officials say this will ensure a local voice is heard in all future decisions.
Part of the agreement is the creation of the Healthcare Foundation of LaPorte (HFL). It’s a new, independent, nonprofit foundation that’s dedicated to empowering residents in and around LaPorte to live healthy and well. Continue reading
The state of the Pulaski County economy is a mixed bag according to CDC Executive Director Nathan Origer.
During Tuesday evening’s Pulaski County Economic Development Summit, Origer gave his State of the Pulaski County Economy Address. In it, he highlighted several of the positive steps the county has taken to build capacity for businesses, and to improve the quality of life within the county.
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Alcohol, speed and slick roads were factors in a single-vehicle crash near LaCrosse that claimed life and sent another person to a South Bend hospital.
It happened just after 11 p.m. Tuesday on State Road 8 just east of 600 West, according to officials with the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies found a black 1999 Dodge Ram truck on its side and say a man and woman had been thrown from the vehicle. Neither were wearing seatbelts, according to investigators. Continue reading
Investigators from the state fire marshal’s office and LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department are still looking into the cause of yesterday’s fatal mobile home fire. The Kingsford-Union and Kingsbury Fire Departments were initially dispatched to a medical alarm call at 9:19 a.m. at a home just outside of Kingsford Heights. Continue reading
Students planning to attend college this fall have just one more week to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It needs to be filed by next Thursday in order to qualify for both state and federal grants, scholarships, and loans. Continue reading
U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly is voicing his support for a bill that aims to curb the opioid and heroin abuse epidemics. He says the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) includes many of the same provisions as a bill he and New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte reintroduced last year. Continue reading
State Senator Ed Charbonneau is sponsoring a bill designed to give protections to rape victims in the state of Indiana.
The bill, House Enrolled Act 1064, is designed to develop a process whereby rape victims may file a petition in the courts to end the parental relationship between an alleged rapist and a child conceived as the result of a violent sexual act.
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Indiana could make an exception to its ban on Sunday alcohol sales this year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the greatest spectacle in racing. State Rep. Tom Dermody, R-LaPorte, sponsored a bill to allow commemorative alcohol bottles to be sold the Sunday of the Indianapolis 500 at the brickyard to celebrate the 100th running of the race. Continue reading
