Porter News

Federal officials intend to declare 19 Indiana counties - including Porter and Lake - in violation of a new standard for tiny soot particles that can cause respiratory distress in children and the elderly.

A Jackson Township man was convicted of aggravated battery and battery with a deadly weapon on Friday in connection with a shooting at his residence in January.

Lake and Porter are among 19 Indiana counties that are not meeting tougher federal standards for soot, an air pollutant that can aggravate asthma and other lung ailments.

Delbert "Fred" Hershberger planned to file a motion Monday asking the court to dismiss the trespassing charge he faces after being arrested last month while volunteering at the county animal shelter.

An 18-year-old pleaded not guilty Friday during her first appearance in adult court on charges of driving drunk earlier this summer and causing a crash that resulted in the death of her close friend.

Westchester Public Library joined the growing ranks of employers switching to Health Savings Accounts to better manage medical-insurance coverage and premiums.

Several social service agencies that get county tax funds came away from their budget hearings Tuesday with more than originally requested.

Check out the Jewel-Osco stores to see if they take plastic bags. The one at Chesterton takes plastic bags and plastic sleeves.

For many years, excessive daytime fatigue had been a way of life for Michael Boo.

Many migrant families are looking to Northwest Indiana and other parts of the state for a place to settle in the United States.

The tornado that slammed into Griffith Monday was rated an EF2 by the National Weather Service, and the strongest in more than a decade.

A body that washed up on the beach near the Indiana Dunes State Park early Tuesday was identified as that of a 13-year-old Chicago boy missing in the waters since Saturday.

Authorities plan to continue the search of Lake Michigan for a 13-year-old Chicago boy who apparently drowned at Porter Beach.

A year after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal crash, Valparaiso resident Aaron Luchene was back behind bars Friday on accusations he violated his probation by using cocaine.

Officials on helicopters and jet skis will continue to search Lake Michigan today for a 13-year-old boy feared drowned Saturday.

Northwest Indiana and the Hoosier state as a whole rank near the bottom third of the nation in a new measure of quality of life.

Northwest Indiana and the Hoosier state as a whole rank near the bottom third of the nation in a new measure of quality of life.

Northwest Indiana and the Hoosier state as a whole rank near the bottom third of the nation in a new measure of quality of life.

She has since been released. * Anderson police arrested Danny Lee Allen, 43, of the 2800 block of Crystal Street, Anderson, at 10:43 p.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of Main Street on suspicion of public ...

Seventeen-year-old Ethan Hall will try again in the next week or so to swim from Porter, Indiana, to Chicago - a 29-mile trek.