Carole Carlson

Democratic State Rep. Vernon Smith, a 34-year Statehouse veteran, faces a Nov. 5 challenge from Gary Republican Ivan Ursery II for the District 14 House seat.

The Gary School Board passed another milestone Wednesday, approving a $76 million 2025 budget after seven years of budgets drawn up by state-hired emergency managers.

The Lake Station City Council has approved a resolution supporting the Lake Station Community Schools' referendum renewal that's on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Hoosiers attending Indiana colleges as undergraduates this year increased slightly from 2023, while enrollment from out-of-state students increased

Firefighters from four area Lake County fire departments aided the Gary Fire Department in tackling a huge blaze that followed an explosion Thursday night at the Family Dollar, 1401 Massachusetts S…

Hamilton Elementary second-grader Orlando Perez stares intently at his Chromebook screen as teacher Krystal Sorensen provides instructions for his next class, physical education. Orlando is in his …

Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana is part of a statewide program that provides a tax credit to donors equal to 50% of the donation’s value. Called the Attainable Homeownership Tax Credit, o…

Without a discussion, the Gary School Board unanimously nixed a request from a Houston-based company to erect two cell phone towers at schools in Miller. Superintendent Yvonne Stokes asked the boar…

Gary Superintendent Yvonne Stokes said Wednesday the district and school board were in the early phases of evaluating two presentations from local

Many Indiana school districts want the state to push back the effective date of the Department of Education's redesigned high school diploma requirements, set to begin with the Class of 2029.