From layoffs to fires and power outages, here are the most-read stories from Friday.

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In what they are now referring to as an "interesting morning," Hobart police responded early Tuesday to a report of a loose horse around the bike trail between Wisconsin Street and Liverpool Road.

U.S. Army veteran Paul Aguilera is setting up a primary challenge to an incumbent on the Hammond Common Council next spring, he announced on Wednesday. Aguilera announced his candidacy in a phone call ...

Witnesses reported seeing a Tesla Cybertruck racing across Ind. 49 Monday evening just before colliding with a southbound vehicle, resulting in the death of that other driver identified Wednesday as ...

Longtime Crown Point resident Sam Kozaitis has entered the race for the city's 1st District council seat, kicking off a nearly 17-month campaign ahead of the November 2027 election.

PORTAGE — Police say a 32-year-old man claiming to have been coming to the aid of a woman he knows while at the local Lakefront & Riverwalk park was actually strangling her during a domestic dispute.

In this month's episode of Ask the Expert, Jessica Vanderploeg (NorthShore Health Centers' health promotion specialist) is going to discuss tips on how to quit tobacco products including replacement ...

INDIANAPOLIS | Paula Cooper, a Gary native who at age 16 was the youngest death row inmate in the United States before an international outcry helped reduce her sentence, killed herself Tuesday near ...