Portage students petition for return of Portage school resource officers
PORTAGE — More than 600 Portage High School students have signed a petition requesting Portage police officers return as their school resource officers.
Month: October 2018
Red Cross calls for healthy donors to maintain blood supply
Donors of all blood types are needed to help ensure a sufficient supply for patients this fall, especially after Hurricane Florence and subsequent flooding forced the cancellation of more than 6,000 blood and platelet donations last month.
Official: Mafia hit man suspected in Whitey Bulger’s slaying
BOSTON — A Mafia hit man who is said to hate “rats” is under suspicion in the slaying of former Boston crime boss and longtime FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger, who was found dead hours after he was transferred to…
Chicago officer convicted in shooting returns to court
CHICAGO — Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke returned to court Wednesday for the first time since a jury convicted him in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald, as his attorneys launched their effort to persuade…
UPDATE: Hammond man found not guilty of killing pugs, but held on three other pending cases
VALPARAISO — A Hammond man was found not guilty Wednesday afternoon on allegations of beating two pug dogs to death earlier this year that belonged to a woman he once dated.
Synagogue rampage suspect indicted as funerals continue
PITTSBURGH — The suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, four days after 11 people were killed and six wounded in the deadliest attack on Jews in American history.
How old is cacao? New research pushes back date
New research strengthens the case that people used the chocolate ingredient cacao in South America 5,400 years ago, underscoring the seed’s radical transformation into today’s Twix bars and M&M candies.
BNI Drama Department to take audiences to ‘Almost, Maine’
HAMMOND — Bishop Noll Institute’s Drama Department will present the play “Almost, Maine” Nov. 16-18 in the BNI auditorium, 1519 Hoffman St. Enter Door C. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 and 17 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 18.