Michigan City News

A $1.88 million sea lamprey barrier and trap on Trail Creek near Michigan City, Ind., put into service in late March is intended to suppress the spread of this non-native nuisance species and restore the creek's original ecosystem.

Michigan City police say 46-year-old Brian Newman is in the LaPorte County Jail accused of manufacturing and possessing child pornography and child exploitation with more charges expected.

Chief Marine Science Technician Thomas Hemminger will be commissioned as a chief warrant officer.

Valentine T. "Val" Mickus passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 22, 2012, after a long struggle with health problems.

JaBraun Knox's family is remembering the 23-year-old Army sergeant today at calling at an Auburn funeral home.

But Saturday, she had the chance to learn a little more about the Michigan City man who died in Vietnam the day before she was born in 1969.

MICHIGAN CITY Michigan City police say an altercation may have led to the shooting of a 24-year-old woman late Wednesday night.

The man only five years into his 260-year prison sentence for bludgeoning to death four homeless men and dumping them into manholes testified today for the first time since his arrest in early 2007.

Sharine Hunter, 21, of Philadelphia, and Chalonda Abrams, 19, of Chicago, were charged with violating the town ordinance that prohibits soliciting without a permit on Maywood Road May 2 at 6:22 p.m. According to the report, both women were warned that they needed a permit in order to solicit in town.

The age of steam is alive and well in northwest Indiana, at a place known as The Hesston Steam Museum.

For its first exhibit of 2012, the Stonewall Gallery at the Campbell Pottery Store looks to the past and the season ahead with a show of Paul Jeselskis' functional pottery.

Six Indiana craft brewers gained eight medals, including 3 Gold, at the 2012 World Beer Cup Bi-annual Competition in San Diego, May 2-5, competing against 799 breweries from 54 countries and 45 U.S. states entering 3,921 beers in 95 beer style categories.