Griffith News

When he bought a new home in Griffith earlier this year, a house near Cline Avenue was a top priority for Steve Felton.

The Great September 2008 Flood continued abrading the morale of several communities in 2009, but most took action to make sure their residents never again suffer as badly.

Debra Cuppett-Halton considers herself a consignment shop junkie, so before she recently opened her business, La Bella Mia, she mixed business with pleasure as she shopped for the consignment boutique's inventory.

Devar Hurd, the would-be rapper accused of sending crude and creepy text messages about Ashanti to the R&B star's parents, says he thought his messages were welcome banter between future business partners.

A fish fry with salad bar and drink specials is being held at the American Legion Post 502, 429 W. County Road 7509N in South Haven.

Devar Hurd, who is awaiting trial at Rikers Island prison in New York on stalking and other charges, seemed unbalanced when he used to visit a Griffith hair salon to leer at a stylist.

A dinner, dance and silent auction fundraiser will be held at Alex's Place, 7305 Grand Blvd., Hobart.

A northwest Indiana man is accused of stalking singer Ashanti. Investigators say 31-year old Devar Hurd of Griffith, Ind., sent the performer and her mother several crude text messages.

Black Fran Drescher really has a special effect on small animals and people. Please make note of the possible piss stain on the carpet in the above picture.

Prosecutors say an Indiana man stalked R&B star Ashanti. Singing star Ashanti has a creepy stalker - an Indiana salesman who has bombarded her mother with lewd text messages and pictures of his genitals, prosecutors said.

Police are investigating an assault at 3:14 a.m. Sunday the Griffith Town Tap. 602 E. Main St.

Town leaders want to force Calumet Township Assessor Booker Blumenberg out of office.

A 14-year-old Griffith boy faces misdemeanor charges of resisting law enforcement and criminal recklessness after he shot a man in the head with a BB gun.

When the Indiana General Assembly authorized the creation of the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission in 1980 to spearhead flood control projects that would protect residents living near the Little Calumet River, it never authorized a mechanism to fund the commission.

Budget cuts have forced the elimination of seven positions in the Lake County public defender's office.

Senior Services special day: Senior Services will host health screenings for seniors and a continental breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at Merrillville Town Hall, 7820 Broadway.

Temperatures are set to soar across New South Wales today and farmers are being encouraged to hold off on harvesting their crops because of the fire danger.

Cline Avenue runs right through the town's eastern-most side, but its indefinite closure shouldn't affect traffic in town at all.

A Hammond woman has been charged in Lake Superior Court in Crown Point with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud.

The South Shore Centre for the Arts celebrated its first birthday Sunday with a dance performance, the opening of the "From ... Now ... On ..." photography exhibit, and a wine and cheese reception.