Valparaiso News

As part of his swing through the northern part of the state on Wednesday, Gov. Mitch Daniels will be at Munster Town Hall at 12:30 p.m. to present state trails grants for the expansion of the Pennsy Greenway in ...

The ongoing downtown streetscape project might be completed by the end of the month.

A family dog might have stuck its head up through the open hatch of the vintage B-17 Flying Fortress that flew Monday into Porter County Municipal Airport.

Four businesses along the busy U.S. 30 retail corridor were recently targeted by thieves in search of catalytic converters, police Lt.

A former Valparaiso woman suffered another setback this week in defending herself against charges of welfare and Medicaid fraud.

A 17-year-old Westville girl has been charged as an adult for reckless homicide, for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and for five other charges stemming from a June car accident that killed ...

As part of his swing through the northern part of the state on Wednesday, Gov. Mitch Daniels will be at Munster Town Hall at 12:30 p.m. to present state trails grants for the expansion of the Pennsy Greenway in ...

Hebron has a new multimillionaire. Dolores Lightfoot, of Hebron, was declared the winner of the July 2 Hoosier Lotto $10 million jackpot, beating the 1 in 12,271,512 odds with her six matching numbers of 12, ...

Have we been struck with referendum madness? Porter County Commissioners this week unanimously approved a referendum for the November ballot on whether county residents support the proposed $1 billion rail ...

Nick Beluncin was honest when he was asked why he entered Saturday's 4-H Barbecue Contest at the Porter County Fair.

After competing at triathlons in LaPorte and Michigan, Valparaiso resident Kevin Mangle was excited to have the opportunity to compete in his hometown on Saturday morning.

The pace was constant Friday afternoon at the city-sponsored Green Days downtown as folks dropped off stuff they didn't quite know what else to do with.

A fast food restaurant was evacuated and seven people were treated for injuries suffered in a suspected lunchtime natural gas leak.

On a hot day in July two years ago, Linda Puftik-Lindsey came home from her midnight shift at the steel mill.

VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Brittany Winebar, Noblesville, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of science in biology from Valparaiso University during commencement ceremonies held in May.

Christopher Pupillo, 42, a parent in the Memorial Elementary School neighborhood, asked the Valparaiso School Board to bring on board its "natural allies." A self-described member of a "loose coalition" of ...

Items valued at $51,000, including a $40,000 retinal camera, were discovered stolen from Cory Eye Care Center on Wednesday.

Population growth in the Tri-Towns appears to have tapered slightly, with a total increase between 2006 and 2007 of 433 or 2.33 percent, compared to a total increase between 2006 and 2005 of 700 or 3.92 ...

The building at 19 Lincolnway is in the middle of a facelift. Windows are being replaced, as are other outside aspects of the building that houses Club Jano.

A man trying to sell his paintings on the southeast corner of Lincolnway and Franklin Street for a week has the city trying to define what it will allow for outdoor vendors.