A Merrillville man was sentenced to 2.5 years Tuesday for embezzling $840,000 in COVID-19 relief funds.

Brown Mansion will be restored as Westchester Township History Museum moves to a new structure on the old Chesterton Middle School grounds.

Snow showers and patchy blowing snow is expected to continue in the Chicagoland area Wednesday as temperatures fall into the high teens in the night hours, weather officials said.

The Winfield Town Council has called legislation drafted by State Sen. Rick Niemeyer, R-Lowell, a “perversion of the entire concept of home rule.”

Sammie Grieger, who also plays on Boone Grove’s junior varsity team, causes the kind of defensive chaos that doesn’t always show up in the box score.

The Munster School Board hired Brianne Oliver Monday as director of Exceptional Achievers.

A bill allowing for a ballot question to amend the state constitution to change residency requirements for city and town court judges passed out of the House Tuesday.

House Bill 1002 offers multiple solutions to rising electricity bills, including budget billing and disconnection guidelines.