When Lucero Martinez-Donato moved to Gary four years ago, she didn’t expect to be a chef in the city. Martinez-Donato planned to commute to Chicago for work. Commuting to Chicago became too difficult, and Martinez-Donato realized a need within Gary: access to fresh, healthy food.

In a letter to Valparaiso University’s Board of Directors, Richard Brauer demanded his name be removed from the Brauer Museum of Art if any of three cornerstone paintings are sold to fund dorm renovations.

Various Northwest Indiana organizations will offer rides to polling locations to help voters cast their ballots in the upcoming election.

While a majority of Valparaiso University’s faculty voted in favor of a no-confidence resolution regarding President José Padilla, the school’s Board of Directors issued a statement Saturday that they stand behind Padilla to move the university forward.

With the opening of the Westport section of the 60-mile Marquette Greenway, almost the eastern half of the tristate trail is either built or funded.

A Valparaiso man injured in a golf cart crash with a pickup truck earlier this month died Sunday at a Chicago hospital, officials said.

A federal magistrate last week granted a request to push an ex-Gary Police commander’s potential child porn trial into next year, according to court filings.

Former Porter County Council member Jeff Larson, a Republican, seeks to unseat Democrat Chuck Moseley, who has been in the Indiana House of Representatives in the District 10 seat since 2009.

Democrat Erika Watkins is hoping to oust Republican Ed Soliday, who has been serving in the Indiana House of Representatives since 2007.