LaPorte County News

Appeal denied over fatal crash

INDIANAPOLIS – A former La Porte County paramedic sentenced in December to 11 years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two people has lost his appeal, according to a court order filed Tuesday.

Steel giant, IDEM taken to task

PORTAGE – In the wake of two, and possibly three, chemical spills into the East Branch of the Little Calumet River in the past several days, environmental groups and elected officials are not mincing words in their criticism of the…

Steel giant, IDEM taken to task

PORTAGE – In the wake of two, and possibly three, chemical spills into the East Branch of the Little Calumet River in the past several days, environmental groups and elected officials are not mincing words in their criticism of the…

Guilty verdicts in fatal OWI crash

MICHIGAN CITY – The drunken driver who caused a fatal crash on Franklin Street that forced rerouting of Michigan City High School’s homecoming parade last fall was convicted of multiple felonies following a jury trial last week.