DESTINOS AL AIRE, A SOCIALLY DISTANCED CELEBRATION OF LATINO THEATRE, MUSIC AND CULTURE, IS LIVE IN OPEN AIR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT CHITOWN MOVIES DRIVE-IN | Pilsen’s outdoor drive-in is set for a live Latino Heritage Month kick-off celebration produced by Chicago Latino Theater Alliance in collaboration with National Museum of Mexican Art, International Latino Cultural Center and Puerto Rican Arts Alliance

Chicago Fire FC announced today that its away match against FC Cincinnati at Nippert Stadium, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 1, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Sept. 2. The match will begin at 6:30 p.m. CT and will be broadcast live on WGN-TV and ESPN+ and transmitted locally in Spanish on 105.1 WOJO-HD2.

Greetings!

We encourage all of our residents to continue to follow the advice from our health experts. As a reminder, the social distancing guidelines include:

Washing or sanitizing your hands as often as possible
Staying indoors whenever possible
Wearing masks when outdoors
Disinfecting commonly used surfaces regularly
Staying six feet apart from others

The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) will hold a 21-day public comment period on the draft changes to the 2020-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The comment period began August 14, 2020 and will end September 4, 2020.

Indiana Conservation Officers confirm that the body of the missing juvenile in Lake Michigan has been located. Today, August 17th, at approximately 11:12 a.m. (CT), a diver with Portage Fire Department located the victim in 7 feet of water near the Portage Riverwalk break wall.

Chicago Fire FC will return to regular season action on Thursday, Aug. 20 against Columbus Crew SC at MAPFRE Stadium. The match will be broadcast live on WGN-TV and ESPN+ and transmitted locally in Spanish on 105.1 WOJO-HD2. The pregame show, presented by CIBC, will begin on ESPN+ at 6:15 p.m. CT.

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a fatal off-road vehicle (ORV) accident that occurred yesterday (8/15/2020).

Indiana Conservation Officers have identified those involved in Saturday night’s incident at Paynetown State Recreation Area at Monroe Lake. They are Estella Huerta (67), Alejandro Hernandez-Huerta (31), and an adolescent juvenile, all of Lawrence, Indiana.

JASPER COUNTY- On August, 15th of 2020 at approximately 12:00 a.m., the Indiana State Police Regional Dispatch Center received a 911 call regarding a multi-vehicle rollover crash on I-65 southbound near the 211.5 mile-marker. 

Warren County – Yesterday, August 14th, just after 6:00PM, while stationary on US 41 near CR 300N, Trooper Tyler Turchi observed a vehicle traveling southbound at a high rate of speed. Trooper Turchi was able to check the speed of the vehicle on RADAR, exceeding the posted speed limit of 60 MPH.