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LOWELL — The Tri-Creek School Board holds a public hearing Thursday on the superintendent's contract.

ST. JOHN — Town officials said they are aware of what one motorist told The Times was a "bathtub-sized" pothole on Parrish Avenue just north of 103rd Street.

CROWN POINT — Colonel John Wheeler Middle School celebrated its third annual Bags of Hope.

CROWN POINT — A judge has granted a recount of the razor-thin victory of Republican Christian Jorgensen in the 7th District Lake County Council contest.

The Gary Police Department is asking for the community's assistance in locating wanted felon Lironte D. Biggs.

HAMMOND — Two Northwest Indiana men who are members of the Chicago-based Latin Kings street gang were found guilty Tuesday of racketeering and drug charges after an 11-day trial in U.S. District Court.

MUNSTER — A police spokesman said Wednesday playground equipment did not cause the death last week of a 12-year-old boy at a local park.

Members of Ivy Tech Community College’s ComPop Club won two awards at the college’s recent Student Life banquet.

The Munster Police Department held its spring semester Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) graduation ceremonies at Eads, Elliott and Frank Hammond schools last month.

DYER — Police appeared to be investigating Wednesday morning near a home on Calumet Avenue, just north of U.S. 30.