Hebron News

Conrad Hales has been intrigued by trains since he was 8 years old. "I was jealous when I went to my cousin's house; they had a Lionel train set," the Crown Point resident said.

Porter County property owners will see that tax rates dropped when they open the 2009 tax bills which are expected to go out this month.

Veterans Day program, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jane Ball Elementary School gym, 13313 Parrish Ave.

Police have requested a warrant to arrest Steven Melcher, 24, of Valparaiso, for drunken driving after a one-vehicle crash led him to be treated at Porter hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Von Tobel's Lumber and Hardware is offering a $1,000 reward for information on the Sept.

Super Couponing with Jill Cataldo: Purdue University North Central's Office of Continuing Education will sponsor a couponing program from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday on the campus, 1401 S. U.S. 421.

VNA holding a flu-shot clinic: The Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County will administer flu shots between 4 and 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Hebron Public Library, 201 W. Sigler St.

Health screenings at the library: The Porter Community Wellness Program will provide free blood-pressure and blood sugar-screenings on a first-come, first-served basis from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the Hebron Public Library, 201 W. Sigler St., Hebron.

Police are seeking battery charges against a rural Valparaiso man accused of twice punching and knocking over his disabled son-in-law. The fight happened around 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the participants' home in the 100 block of Woodview Court, south of the city.

Two southern Porter County residents have pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana said.

The proposed route of the Dunes Kankakee Trail would take it right through the heart of Downtown Chesterton from its northern terminus at Indiana Dunes State Park on its way south to Kouts and Hebron.

Porter County homeowners who would benefit from having ramp systems that provide safe access to their homes may apply now for help this fall from the local affiliates of Rebuilding Together.

Gregory Nance, 38, of South Haven was arrested for felony residential entry and misdemeanor battery after he allegedly entered his estranged wife's rural Portage home and attacked a 40-year-old man at the home.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Ind. Decisions - "Crown Point businessman given plea agreement in fraud case " Here is the story from August 10th, by Susan Brown of the NWI Times ; it begins: Nearly five years after alarmed investors first alerted authorities, Lake Criminal Court Judge Diane Boswell reluctantly accepted a complex plea agreement Monday ...

Winfield Township Trustee John Curley came from Lake County on Monday night asking Porter County residents of this community to join his fight to get funding for "their" portion of ambulance service to the community, noting that without it they will lose local service in January.

The Porter Park Board added its name Tuesday to the growing list of municipalities and groups supporting the proposed Dunes Kankakee Trail.

A speeding vehicle and its nervous occupants, all of Kokomo, drew police attention to 52.5 grams of marijuana divided into 13 baggies.

The northwest Indiana man accused of burning 2-year-old Jada Justice's dead body and encasing it in concrete was shot with a Taser before court on Monday morning.

A long day for opponents of a $34.58 million bond issue to renovate and remodel Boone Grove High School ended with the overwhelming defeat of the bond question by a 3-to-1 margin.

Portage's new soccer complex at Imagination Glen East is a real boon to the city and the soccer community.