The Gary School Board agreed to dip into its cash reserves to cover more than $5 million in unexpected expenses not included in its 2025 budget.

The talk of stadium relocation comes as Chicago Bears fans celebrate the team’s 11-4 record — capped by Saturday night’s stunning 22-16 overtime comeback win against the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field.

An Illinois man has been arrested for acting out the Grinch’s shtick on Whiting City Hall’s Christmas decorations late Sunday afternoon.

After an autumn of angst over the impending expiration of Porter County’s ambulance contract with Northwest Health, the county and hospital have come to a two-year agreement.

In a year marked by violence toward Jewish people across the world — Australia’s Bondi Beach mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration December 13 as the latest— Chabad Northwest Indiana’s Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov said there is a duty to smile and be fearless.

The Portage Redevelopment Commission approved an $11.2 million budget for 2026, setting aside $3.6 million for a surplus in case it’s needed for anything special that pops up.

A proposed state Senate bill would restore the right of Indiana University alumni to select three members of the university’s Board of Trustees, reversing a late addition to the 2026-27 budget bill passed earlier this year that granted the governor authority to name all nine trustees at the state’s largest university.

A scathing report compiled by the former Lake County Comptroller before he was fired demands that county government “solves its leadership problem” and modernizes how it leads and serves.