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Local Voices: No longer proud to live in Lansing – we need help
Hi! I purchased my home here in Lansing in 2013 and within the last six or seven years, but especially now, this has become a place I want to sell my home and run from. There’s gunshots all the time. I live maybe half a mile east of the Walmart that was built. Had I known it was coming, I never would have bought my home here.
Two men charged with poaching crimes in Lake County
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. -- Indiana conservation officers have arrested Ryan Jinkerson of Lowell, age 46, and Randy Kirk of Winfield, age 34, on multiple charges in relation to poaching deer. The two Lake County men were charged with:. illegal taking of deer. hunting with the aid of a motorized conveyance.
Crown Point Hires New Police Officer
Mayor Pete Land swore in the newest Crown Point police officer during the Wednesday, April 17, Board of Public Works and Safety meeting. Joseph Ivezic, badge No. 132, is a 2018 graduate of Whiting High School. While in high school, Ivezic joined the Indiana Army National Guard and served until 2023.
Family accuses estate salesman of taking advantage of them while grieving
PARK FOREST, Ill. (CBS) – When a family lost a loved one in the south suburbs, they turned to a local estate sales business for help.But the family later accused the business owner of taking advantage of them in their hour of grieving, and then CBS 2 got involved.The loss of a loved one can leave anyone feeling empty and missing the most mundane of conversations.Couponing calls from Mary Lewis' brother, Andrew, stopped in December."He'd call me. He says, you know, such and such store has butter on sale this week," Lewis said."When first responders arrived, there was nothing they...
Michael Osipoff’s softball rankings and player of the week for Northwest Indiana
Kankakee Valley enters the rankings while Munster, Hobart and Highland move up, and Griffith’s Mariah Green is the player of the week. Top 10 With records through Thursday and previous rankings in parentheses. 1. Lake Central 14-0 (1) MaKayla Van Vossen goes 1-for-1 with two walks, an RBI, two runs scored and three stolen bases in the Indians’ win against Crown Point on Monday. 2. Andrean 12-1 ...
South Shore Line announces new trains, schedules to begin in May
CHESTERTON, Ind. -- The South Shore Line announce on Thursday afternoon the implementation of a new train schedule that will begin on May 14. South Shore officials say the new schedule is the result of the company's capital improvements to the track's infrastructure by the Double Track NWI project. “The...
Chicago-area tax preparer indicted for false tax returns
An Illinois man made his initial appearance today on an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Chicago charging him with 21 counts of preparing false tax returns for others. According to the indictment, Byron Taylor, of Homewood, allegedly operated We Are Taxes Inc., a return preparation business. For...
Gary Public Schools Need More Teachers. Can the District Find Them?
In the nine years that GlenEva Dunham’s been president of the Gary Teachers Union, there has never been a teachers’ contract covering anything longer than a single school year — until now. A two-year contract for teachers within the Gary Community School Corporation was approved late last...
St. John working on ordinance to regulate golf carts on town streets
St. John is looking to regulate golf carts using town streets. Police officer Shane Adams says there are some people using them, but there aren't currently any specific rules. "In the summertime, we do get a lot of calls about golf carts on the road and people calling on them, and we don't really have any way of really regulating it and everything," Adams told the town council during a study session Wednesday.
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