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CEDAR LAKE — At the end of the school year, third graders at Lincoln Elementary School learned that their passion can take them places they have never even dreamed of. They learned that lesson, and many more from a visitor…

Instead of being at his job for training, a 19-year-old Crown Point man wound up at Lake County Jail on Wednesday morning after police stopped him for driving his motorcycle in excess of 100 miles per hour.

CROWN POINT — A defense attorney for a man accused of committing two violent sexual assaults in East Chicago said Wednesday she planned on filing a motion challenging her client's competency to stand trial.

MERRILLVILLE — The Noteables celebrate 80 years of singing with their spring concert “Singing for Joy." The Lake County Chorus performs 2 p.m. Sunday at the Family Life Center, 7950 Marshall St. The anniversary celebration will be under the direction…

CROWN POINT — A 46-year-old woman faces felony charges on allegations she snubbed out a cigarette on an ambulance driver dispatched to help her after a possible seizure.

HAMMOND — A Chicago man has been arrested and charged in connection with the April 14 arson that killed a Hammond woman and injured two others.

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GARY — City Councilwoman LaVetta Sparks-Wade protested the country's president from her seat during the Pledge of Allegiance Tuesday night.

As a national and local teacher shortage continues, many are blaming a corresponding decline in teacher pay for part of the problem across Northwest Indiana and the country.