Porter News

She has since been released. * Anderson police arrested Danny Lee Allen, 43, of the 2800 block of Crystal Street, Anderson, at 10:43 p.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of Main Street on suspicion of public ...

Seventeen-year-old Ethan Hall will try again in the next week or so to swim from Porter, Indiana, to Chicago - a 29-mile trek.

A fast food restaurant was evacuated and seven people were treated for injuries suffered in a suspected lunchtime natural gas leak.

"Just say no. I'd say no way," recommended Porter Plan Commission member Dave Babcock after hearing a request for town employees and possibly one or more commission members to meet at the attorney's office ...

The new e-ticket capability in town of Porter Police cars has enabled officers to spend less time writing tickets and more time catching speeders.

The Porter Park Board voted 4-0 Tuesday to allow Duneland seniors to continue meeting at the Hawthorne Park community building, but now from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week.

A 14-year-old boy from Chicago Heights , Ill., was missing and feared drowned Sunday at the Dunes National Lakeshore at Kemil Beach in Northwest Indiana.

PORTER, Ind. - An Indiana high school student whose first attempt to swim across Lake Michigan was ended last summer by choppy waters is preparing for his second bid to cross the lake.

Constantine J. Dillon, Superintendent of the Horace Albright Training Center at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona., has been named as the new Superintendent of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter, ...

Population growth in the Tri-Towns appears to have tapered slightly, with a total increase between 2006 and 2007 of 433 or 2.33 percent, compared to a total increase between 2006 and 2005 of 700 or 3.92 ...

The Post-Tribune subscribers on West Indiana Avenue in Chesterton, between 11th and 13th streets, would like to say thank you to our carrier for a job done well.

It is the 4th of July and most people are awaiting their viewing of traditional fireworks.

The line has been associated more with Chesterton, but Maxine Rankin, honorary queen of the Porter Sesquicentennial Parade, used it to answer the question, "How does it feel to be back in town?" "It's always ...

MUNCIE - Florence Redwine, 79, of Muncie, passed away early Monday, June 30, 2008.

Porter Superior Court Judge Bill Alexa exercised his prerogative on Wednesday to acquit a Columbus, Ohio, trucker charged with reckless homicide after he ran a red light in 2006 and slammed into a Liberty ...

A former Chesterton resident and convicted sex offender is being held without bond at the Porter County Jail pending a probation revocation hearing.

The indictment also charges conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms of marijuana from November, 2006 to June, 2008.

A 3-year-old was thrown off a motorcycle when it hit a pothole on County Road 450W, southeast of Portage.

On Monday, Deputy Prosecutor Matthew Frost was arguing against bond for Yanal Madi, 30, of Porter, a man accused of assaulting his wife after being released from jail on domestic battery charges.

Shaun Shikles, 26, of South Haven doesn't remember leaving westbound U.S. 30 and crossing the grassy median and the lanes of oncoming traffic before crashing into a tree at County Road 475W.