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EAST CHICAGO — The City Council has approved a use variance request that will allow a convenience store to operate at 1219 W. 150th St.

LEROY — For Mike Easton, the wartime death of his brother has left “a big hole in my heart that’s still there.”

Schererville firefighters quickly put out a blaze inside Grimmer's Service Center on the 1100 block of U.S. 30 after responding to a call late Sunday night, authorities said.

A death investigation is ongoing after authorities discovered a 44-year-old Crown Point man dead Sunday in a wooded area behind the Oak Savannah Trail in Gary.

LOWELL — Yellow butterflies have dotted this town's landscape in signs and posters since early May, a tribute to Kerri Midkiff and her positive spirit.

LOWELL — Residents of Heritage Falls and Misty Glen subdivisions relished victory recently as the Town Council unanimously denied the request from Providence Homes at Regency Inc., to rezone acreage remaining in the north side development to allow multifamily residences.

HIGHLAND — Highland officials have improvements planned for the intersection at Fifth and 45th streets.

HOBART — Several construction projects are progressing in the city.

ST. JOHN — Getting the referendum approved earlier this month means the conversation around the Lake Central School Corp. negotiating table is going to be a lot happier.

INDIANAPOLIS — If Valparaiso's Jim Harper wins the Democratic Party nomination next month, and ultimately is elected Indiana secretary of state in November, he's not planning to simply disappear into his Statehouse office.