Laporte County News

Richmond Fire Department Chief Mike Crawley said RFD has modeled its EMS plan after the city of Anderson, where the fire department has 30 paramedics, 73 EMTs and 128 firefighters on staff.

Horizon Bancorp of Michigan City announced Friday that it has agreed to acquire Heartland Community Bank of Franklin for about $14 million, or $9.72 per share.

A judge has upheld charges against two LaPorte school officials who could go to jail on allegations they helped cover up a sexual relationship between a now-former volleyball coach and player.

South Bend Tribune photo/STAN MADDUX LaPorte Circuit Judge Tom Alevizos has ruled against a request by Richard Dobeski for sentencing relief.

A Michigan City man killed in a head-on collision he caused just north of Wanatah had an extremely high blood alcohol content, say LaPorte County police.

LaPorte County's Johnzo West performed alongside Miley Cyrus, as she sang a song from the upcoming Bob Dylan tribute album.

Wanda Lindfeldt of Westville didn't mind driving from LaPorte County to Schererville in October to attend an advance screening of Hugh Jackman's action film, "Real Steel." "I won promotional tickets the theater was giving out, and so after work, I picked up my friend in Valparaiso and we were there in about an hour," Lindfeldt said.

President and CEO of the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority Speros Batistatos talks about the raise in parking fees during the announcement of the dates and acts for Gary's South Shore Air Show at the Indiana Welcome Center Wednesday, April 27, 2011, in Hammond, Ind.

Disciplinary action could result from an offender sneaking out of the LaPorte County Jail on Thursday.

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported the state's preliminary seasonally adjusted jobless rate held steady at 9.0 percent in December, the same as November and October .

Fire delivered a major setback to a LaPorte man's dream of opening an antique store that looks like a 1940s gas station.

WANATAH, Ind. A member of the U.S. Navy based in Jacksonville, Florida was arrested Monday and charged in connection to a Wanatah resident accused of molesting a child.

The parents of a Chicago teenager who police said was killed after another Chicago teen punched him at an Indiana beach July 4 filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday against the teen accused of throwing the punch, his sister and his mother.James Malecek, of Chicago, is charged in LaPorte County, Ind., with aggravated battery, involuntary ... (more)

LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. - The Indiana Department of Transportation's LaPorte District is conducting a job fair Wednesday, January 18 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Highway Technicians will be assigned to INDOT's Logansport Unit.

The near one-hour-long conversation transmitted over police scanners began just two minutes after Blankenship stole a Kouts Ind.