A 36 year old Oregon man was arrested on charges of dealing and possessing marijuana, after authorities seized approximately 90-pounds from a U-Haul truck traveling on the Indiana Toll Road Thursday in Elkhart County, near the Elkhart East exit. Indiana State Police report after stopping the truck for a traffic infraction, around 9:30 that morning, an officer found a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, and then the officer's K-9 made a positive alert that the vehicle may contain...

The Michigan City Police Department announced today that they have partnered with the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police and are pursuing the accreditation process through the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police Accreditation Commission. According to the press release, Chief Mark Swistek says accreditation increases the department's ability to prevent and control crime through more effective and efficient delivery of law enforcement services to the community, and also enhances...

A portion of Horseprairie Avenue closed for the Sager Run Creek culvert replacement is now finished. Don McGinley, Director of Project and Facility Management for the City of Valparaiso, says work on the project, which closed the northbound lane of Horseprairie Avenue, just north of the Zao Island entrance and southbound Horseprairie Avenue, just south of BurgerKing, between State Road 2 and Route 30 is now open to motorists. McGinley credits the lack of rain to the project being finished about...

The US Attorneys Office in Hammond says the owners of the Paragon Restaurant in Schererville and T-and-M Daycare in Calumet City have been indicted by the Grand Jury sitting for the Northern District of Indiana. United States Attorney David Capp announced 38-year-old Michael McClellan was charged with one count of harboring illegal aliens and three counts of mail fraud. McClellan, and his wife 36-year-old Tina McClellan, were also charged with one count of making money transactions in...

In Hobart, members of the Marine Corps League Howlin' Mad Detachment 93 gather at the Hobart Doughboy statue the last Friday of each month 5pm to remember, out loud, soldiers who've given their lives for our country in Iraq and Afghanistan... and this evening, they'll be reading the names of eighteen fallen military personnel. This past July marked the third year anniversary date of their monthly ceremony announcing the names at the Doughboy monument, at 7th & Main. “Doughboy” was a term used to...

Indiana State Police at the Lowell Post say an early morning traffic stop ended with a driver attempting to flee through farm fields and yards in Jasper and Starke Counties. At about 7:30 this morning police say Master Trooper Aaron Correll was on State Road 10 when he saw a pick-up drive off the road, then take off after the officer activated his emergency lights. Police say at one point, the suspect vehicle also went through a stop sign before hitting a fence in someone's yard, then fleeing...

Lake County Police have released additional information about an accident involving a church van filled mostly with teenagers Thursday night. Police say officers were dispatched shortly after 8:30 to northbound Cline Avenue and the Gary Avenue exit ramp, where they say a van registered to the First Baptist Church of Hammond failed to negotiate the exit ramp, collided with the steel guardrail, and rolled over sideways several times before coming to rest at the bottom of a steep ravine adjacent...

As he raises funds for The Salvation Army, Pastor Billy Nickrand of Door VIllage United Methodist Church in LaPorte is trying to break a national bell ringing record of 60-hours straight. He started Thursday at noon, and hopes to keep standing and ringing near the familiar Red Kettle until midnight Saturday, at the Kroger store in LaPorte.

Article from www.salaporte.org : (The Salvation Army, LaPorte, website)

Grand Rapids, MI November 19, 2012 – Beginning Thursday, November 29 at 12:00 noon (...

PRESS RELEASE (City of Valparaiso):

Mayor Costas and the Valparaiso City Council have consolidated the December meetings of the City Council to be held on December 17, 2012 at 7:00pm in city hall council chambers at 166 Lincolnway, Valparaiso.   There will be no city council meeting held on December 10, 2012.  

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The Times today unveiled their 2012 All-Area Prep Football Team and their Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year. For the second year in a row, Merrillville senior quarterback Jake Raspopovich and Lake Central junior standout Gelen [ghell'-en] Robinson earned the offensive and defensive top spots respectively. The Times also today named East Chicago Central's Stacy Adams their prep football Coach of the Year. The former Valparaiso University head coach took the Central High Cardinals to a...