Lake Station News

Parade marchers and goers of different cultures and colors lined Central Avenue for the Independence Parade Friday.

An Indiana motorcyclist was killed in a crash near Bettendorf on Friday, the Iowa State Patrol said.

Police arrested several people on drug-related charges last week. Sgt. John Jelks said the arrests were made after officers executed search warrants in the 1500 blocks of Van Buren and Harrison streets and the 3500 block of Massachusetts Street.

A heavily traveled ramp from Interstate 80 onto the Toll Road was closed for several hours early Sunday following a truck mishap where the two merge.

Clifton Sims, of the 900 block of East 47th Place in Gary, and Kristin Crownover, of the 3300 block of East 35th Avenue in Lake Station, were taken into custody at 12:59 a.m. They are scheduled to appear in Hobart City Court on July 20.

Not too long ago, in a galaxy not too far away, imperial villains invaded the Lake Station/New Chicago Branch of the Lake County Public Library.

A Hammond man admitted in court Monday he molested a 5-year-old boy in Highland.

Summer officially arrives Sunday -- we hope. During the "unofficial" part of summer, we often have needed jackets.

Congratulations and best wishes to Jamie Lewis, a newly ordained deacon in the Catholic Diocese of Gary.

Monta Mitchell and Paul Hyde had every reason not to join their other 274 classmates Thursday night.

The trial of a Valparaiso man accused of beating his girlfriend to death has been delayed, while one defense witness has disappeared and a prosecution witness has moved to California.

Frederick Nystrom and his daughter Christina bowl every Wednesday night together.

This time last year, Nathan Furlong was fighting for his life with a fractured skull, broken pelvis and wires and tubes throughout his body, after being struck by a CSX freight train three days before his 17th birthday.

The Portage Adult Education program will be extended for another year, but officials are considering closing one or more of the 24 Adult Learning Centers in order to cut costs.

A guy named Bob stood in front of me with a blanket, decorated with wolves, draped around him as a slight chill hit us at 6th Avenue and Washington Street.

Here are the scores from tonight's six sectional title games: 4A at Munster: Lake Central 8, Highland 3 4A at Chesterton: Crown Point 10, Chesterton 2 3A at Gavit: Clark 15, Gavit 0 2A at Lake Station: Bishop Noll 9, Wheeler 1 1A at Washington Twp.: Whiting 2, Kouts 1, eight innings 1A at South Central: South Central 9, Westville 1 On Monday, ...

More than 500 Lake County homeowners and public officials got a bird's-eye view of their homes and communities this week when federal, state and county agencies released soon-to-be-official flood hazard maps at the Lake County Fairgrounds.

Miguel Mendoza, 21, of Valparaiso, admitted he got a 13-year-old family friend drunk to the point of vomiting, according to police.

Bravo to the Lake Station schools for getting Mohawk child out of class. Any intelligent person can understand that this child would be too much of a distraction for our kids.

U.S. Rep. Peter Visclosky was in Lake Station on Tuesday to mark the completion of a $1.8 million sewer improvement project.