Portage News

On September 25, 2005, Vincent Glover, 38, saw a woman walking on Vermont Street near a Metra train station and came up behind her and put a knife to her throat.

Keep off the grass and stay on the trails! That's the urgent request of the National Park Service for regular visitors at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk until next summer.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 1:25 pm US/Central PORTAGE, Ind. A northwest Indiana man pulled over for drunken driving early Thursday allegedly told the state trooper: "Dude, I do this every night." Police said he was more than four times over the state's legal blood alcohol limit.

Two Lake Station men have been charged with felony theft for allegedly stealing $25,000 in gold chains.

A Portage resident was arrested Saturday on a charge of manufacturing a Schedule I substance after Portage Police said that he had established a psychedelic mushroom growing operation in his home.

Shouldn't the State Board of Education audit the salaries and positions in the Gary school system? They are overstaffed and overpaid and are obviously not doing what they were hired to do.

Lake Superior Court Judge Thomas Stefaniak Jr. is considering a request by defense attorney Lemuel Stigler to order the county to appropriate $72,000 for an array of experts to help him defend accused child killer Engelica Castillo.

A Porter County man has been charged with three felonies for an alleged beating in Portage that required a man to undergo brain surgery.

The Porter County Voter Registration office wishes to remind all registered voters of this year's special referendum on the proposed Northern Indiana Regional Transportation District on Tuesday.

Gardening class at Taltree: Learn how to limit deer damage to the home landscape during "Gardening in Deer Country" from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

The Portage Police Department is asking for help in its investigation of the theft of a local shop.

After more than 20 years of serving Portage la Prairie drivers, the west end Shell Canada gas station will finally be fueling up its customers for good.

The Portage Youth Commission is seeking additional volunteers and equipment to expand its community leaf-raking project for senior citizens who are unable to do their own yard work.

Heather Bishop's oil portraiture exhibition entitled, "My Face is a Map of My Time Here," will be on display in the gallery of the Portage and District Arts Centre until Nov.

Favorite class: "Science classes are always my favorites. Right now I'm taking AP chemistry and AP biology." Favorite teacher: "My first-grade teacher, Mrs.

Porter County Council members agreed Wednesday to make a formal request of the county commissioners to tap the $7.6 million accumulated so far in interest from the hospital sale proceeds to help out taxing units struggling due to the county's late 2009 tax bills.

A Portage man who Porter Police said was driving drunk when he turned into the path of a Michigan City man's car on U.S. Highway 12 in August 2008, in a crash which killed the Michigan City man, has pleaded guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated causing-death. Brian Alan Otto, 25, of 2355 Hickory St., will face a maximum sentence of four ...

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Know your numbers: Leah Saltanovitz, R.N. with Porter's Community Wellness conducts free blood-pressure and blood-sugar screenings at 11 a.m. Thursday at the South Haven Public Library, 403 W. County Road 700N, Valparaiso.

SteelWheels BMX president Jackie Altizer said Thursday the investigation of the fire that destroyed the concessions building at the organization's outdoor track in Portage on Monday is complete, but no details on the blaze are available yet.