The 15th annual Black Film Festival launches Friday and features two days of screenings and workshops at the Glen Theatre in Gary.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, died on Tuesday, his family said. He was 84.

The Cursive Academy is now offering classes for senior citizens and people with special needs under a partnership with Travail With Us.

Proposed plans for the Hobart Amazon data center have already hurt home sales in that area, a Hobart Realtor testifed Tuesday.

Two partner bills passed the House Monday that would amend the Indiana constitution as it relates to a judge’s authority in setting bail.

One of the House’s priority bills, focused on decreasing electric bills statewide, passed the Senate in a unanimous 46-0 vote Tuesday afternoon.

Sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation and put on by volunteers, the celebration for people with special needs partied in a big way.

The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected a Gary man’s bid last week to cut his sentence for attacking multiple women.