Two Non-Compliant Sex Offenders Located, According to LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office

The two sex offenders who were found to be out of compliance during a recent check by LaPorte County authorities have since been located and arrested. Earlier this month, various agencies teamed up for Operation Scare and Beware, a pre-Halloween compliance sweep of all 104 sexually violent predators and offenders against children in LaPorte County.

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Governor Holcomb Won’t Take Part in Trick-Or-Treating This Year

Governor Eric Holcomb and First Lady Janet Holcomb dressed as basketball players to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters in 2018, while First Dog Henry Holcomb was a basketball. (Governor’s Office photo)

As the decision of whether to move ahead with trick-or-treating is mostly being left up to individual residents, Governor Eric Holcomb will be among those not taking part. “In the interest of safety, unfortunately – I have mixed feelings about this – but we’re not going to host Halloween this year at the residence, so no trick-or-treating at the Governor’s Residence this year,” Holcomb said during his COVID-19 press conference Wednesday. “We’re going to try to make that up somehow, some way, creatively, in the future.”

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Refreshments, Contest at Knox Community Center Following Trick-or-Treating

Halloween is just around the corner, and the city of Knox has more plans than just regular trick-or-treating. While the hours for trick-or-treating have been scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. CT on Oct. 31, Mayor Rick Chambers has announced that a costume judging contest and refreshments will be offered at the Nancy J. Dembowski Community Center, located at 55 E. Lake St., immediately following trick-or-treating.

Mayor Rick Chambers said the event is sponsored by ABATE and a number of prizes will be offered.

“The event is being sponsored and put on by the group ABATE, and they will have some cash prizes that is sponsored by the city and they have some other prizes that had been donated by local businessmen, and they will do the categories like they normally do for the different age groups of children,” Chambers said.

Halloween Costumes Judged after a Busy Night of Trick-or-Treating

The Judges: Miss Kankakee Valley Outstanding Teen Katlynn Surfus, WKVI's Tom Berg and Starke County Commissioner Kathy Norem

Costumes were judged last night after a rigorous hour-and-a-half of trick-or-treating in Knox. The event was sponsored by the Knox Friends of the Park organization and it was held at the Knox Community Center.   The judges had their hands full with three categories to judge in age groups 0-5, 1st through 5th graders and 6th through 8th graders.  There were definitely some unique costumes!

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