1 shot after large fight breaks out in Hammond’s MLK Park, police say
HAMMOND – A 21-year-old male suffered a gunshot wound after a large fight broke out late Saturday in Hammond’s Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. park, according to Lt. Steven Kellogg.
Month: July 2019
Carmel City Center expansion is underway
The massive Carmel City Center project has been in the works for more than a decade. The second phase includes 10 more buildings with residential, commercial and office space.
Carmel's City Center Phase 2 behind schedule
Phase 2 of the project is anchored by a $40 million luxury hotel, but progress is slow as the first bond payment draws near.
Poseidon Swim Challenge comes to downtown Canal
Swimmers race during the sixth annual Poseidon Swim Challenge in the downtown Canal, swimming a 2K swim and an 800 meter youth swim in the canal.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Ice cream returns to downtown Highland, Maria’s Buena Cocina finds new home, F45 gym coming to Valpo
For more than a half-century, kids, softball players, Little Leaguers in grass-stained uniforms and their parents crowded around the Highland Custard Shop in downtown Highland.
Drugs fuel increase in Gary homicides; gang-related violence down
GARY — Drugs fueled an increase in homicides in the city during the first six months of 2019, but an initiative targeting gangs and their members has resulted in significant decreases in gang-related homicides and shootings, police said.
Crossing the Line — Electric Vehicles
Crossing the line separating Indiana and Illinois sometimes means dealing with different laws and customs. Readers are asked to share ideas for this weekly feature. This week: Electric vehicles.
GUEST COMMENTARY: No embarrassment necessary for Indiana, only prudence
Recently, State Rep. Jim Lucas told an Indianapolis radio station that Indiana should be embarrassed because we have not legalized recreational marijuana. He added, “We have to be intellectually honest and quit relying on decades of stigma, fearmongeri…
GUEST COMMENTARY: A beacon of liberty through comprehensive immigration reform
As our nation celebrates its independence, I reflect upon my family history and how the United States became our home, especially in light of the current dialogue on immigration. Undoubtedly, the time is now for comprehensive immigration reform.
BRIAN HOWEY: Indiana and marijuana prohibition
By 2020, Indiana may become the so-called “middle finger” of Midwestern marijuana prohibition. Illinois became the 11th state to legalize recreational weed last month, joining Michigan. It’s on the ballot again in Ohio this November and likely to pass.