Porter County News

John Callan had nothing nice to say about today's special election. "I think it's stupid," he said, "I think we shouldn't be having it at all for the money we're spending in a recessionary year." Still, there he was today, on his lunch break, casting a "No" vote at Riley High School in South Bend.

The search for a new Porter County Parks and Recreation Superintendent continues with a new job description and a transition team, as well as want ads going out.

Indiana State Police have arrested a man allegedly driving drunk who, they say, admitted to a history of operating while intoxicated.

Marion County prosecutors are preparing for next week's trial in the shooting of an Indianapolis police officer, a proceeding set for a courtroom nearly 150 miles away.

Voters in two northern Indiana counties overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to create a regional transportation district.

Voters in St. Joseph and Porter Counties headed to the polls Tuesday, to decide whether to create a Regional Transportation District.

VALPARAISO, Ind. - An Indianapolis police officer shot in the head in 2008 could be the first witness to testify in the trial of the man accused of pulling the trigger.

A newly formed economic development district hopes to bring millions of dollars to northwest Indiana after years of missing out on federal money that could have helped redevelop the economically strapped region.

A Valparaiso resident was in custody at the Porter County Jail today facing a preliminary charge of murder after Valparaiso Police said that he shot his roommate to death on Friday.

The man accused of shooting Indianapolis police officer Jason Fishburn goes on trial today in Valparaiso.

The trial of a man accused of shooting an Indianapolis police officer in the head starts Monday in Valparaiso in northwest Indiana.

Vicki Urbanik, a long-time Porter County government reporter for the Chesterton Tribune , has announced that she will be a candidate for the Porter County Auditor on the Democrat ticket in 2010.

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.

A teen being charged as an adult for allegedly terrorizing his classmates on a Portage school bus last year is again in jail.

WHEREAS, the Porter County Board of Commissioners adopted the Porter County Unified Development Ordinance; Ordinance No.

A man pointed a gun -- which he insists was fake -- at the head of a bouncer intervening in a domestic dispute Sunday in the parking lot of Pepe's Bar, at U.S. 6 and McCool Road.

Notice is hereby given that the Plan Commission of the County of Porter, Indiana, will hold a public hearing on the 10th day of November, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., in the Porter County Administrative Center, 155 Indiana Ave., Suite 205, Valparaiso, Indiana, to consider the petition of Edward Drazer, 859 S. 300 E., Kouts, Indiana seeking primary plat ...

A northwest Indiana jail inmate got his girlfriend to bring drugs to him while he was hospitalized, police said.

PORTER COUNTY, INDIANA Notice is hereby given, that the Township Board of Porter Township, Indiana on November 5, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. at the offices of Cender & Company, L.L.C., 8585 Broadway, Suite 777, Merrillville, Indiana, the Township's Financial Advisor will receive sealed bids, or telecopied bids, on and let to the lowest bidder therefore, ...

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the County of Porter, Indiana, will hold a public hearing on the 18th day of November, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., in the Porter County Administration Center, 155 Indiana Avenue, Suite 205, Valparaiso, Indiana, to consider the petition of Paul Edmonds Jr., c/o William Ferngren, Ferngren Law Offices, ...