Hobart News

A Hammond woman has been charged in Lake Superior Court in Crown Point with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud.

All-male fashion review: The Clark Road Baptist Church Foundation presents its third annual All Male Fashion Review, in memory of Lester Bernard Evans, at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Glen Theater, 20 W. Ridge Road.

"The government works efficiently when it comes to taking your money" may well be the rule, but Porter County is proving there's an exception to every rule.

An 18-year-old Merrillville High School senior who worked to save money for college and planned on becoming a pharmacist died Friday night in a single-vehicle crash in Hobart.

Hey, Art Theater in Hobart, why don't you find out what the first movie shown there was and bring it back? That would make a cool evening.

Lake County Board of Commissioners Attorney John Dull is taking a second look at a low-interest federal stimulus loan allocated to a group that wants to build a $59 million hotel and multi-use sports, recreation and convention center in Hobart.

Whether you need a new dog toy or you're wondering what to do about Fido's behavioral problems, a visit to Paws in Hobart can help.

The first local road project financed with federal stimulus dollars is under way in Hobart.

T he Hobart High School Drama Department and the Marie Reiner Fund are offering Hobart senior citizens a special night out.

Two road improvement projects will affect local traffic beginning today. Drivers should expect traffic slowdowns on 3rd Street between LaSalle and Main streets during the next two weeks as crews resurface the road.

The Lake County Health Department will offer H1N1 vaccinations to students in the Hobart and River Forest school districts beginning Monday.

They waited in a light drizzle on a dreary day. They waited with American flags and patriotic salutes.

Although a former Gary police officer was found not guilty of participating in a Portage drive-by shooting, his legal troubles continue.

Lake Superior Court Judge Thomas Stefaniak Jr. is considering a request by defense attorney Lemuel Stigler to order the county to appropriate $72,000 for an array of experts to help him defend accused child killer Engelica Castillo.

Local artist Peter Cortese has been commissioned by the Meister Elementary School PTO to paint a mural that celebrates the life of the Workman family and the contributions the family made to the school.

A federal stimulus program could revive plans for a new commuter rail station in Gary and a help launch a hotel/sports complex in Hobart.

Hobart native Tom Dettweiler knows what didn't happen to Amelia Earhart when she disappeared in July 1937 while trying to fly around the world.

Lake County commissioners voted Wednesday to support $180 million in planned economic development projects in Gary, Hammond and Hobart.

Gordon and Faith Greiner shared a passion for the environment. After retirement, the Chicago couple moved to a home in Porter and devoted the rest of their lives to protecting nature in the Indiana Dunes.

I want to thank the two gentlemen at the Valparaiso post office who helped me up when I fell.