Six Lake County Students Announced as Lilly Endowment Scholars || They join the 26th cohort of scholarship recipients!

TSA breaks record for number of firearms at security checkpoints, announces new measures to mitigate threat

The past few days presented challenging travel for motorists that chose to drive in conditions that were often treacherous at best. To those people that listened to our warnings about the road/weather conditions and decided to delay their travel, we sincerely thank you for being safe.

 This evening (12/24/2022) at approximately 6:45 p.m., the Lowell Regional Dispatch Center received 911 calls of a vehicle that had crashed into the I-65 scale house located just north of the Lowell exit.

This morning (12/24/2022) at approximately 6:30 a.m., Trooper Brian Runyon responded to a vehicle that crashed into trees on I-65 southbound at the 228 mile-marker.

On December 14th, the Munster Police Department and the Munster Junior Woman's Club worked together to hold this year's Cops & Kids/Heroes & Helpers shopping event at Target in Munster.

On December 5th and 9th, Munster High School students served as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Role Models at St. Thomas More School and St. Paul’s Lutheran School.

PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF ITS POPULAR NEW FACES SING BROADWAY SERIES WITH NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 1951, FEATURING HOST MULTI-AWARD WINNER AND BROADWAY VETERAN DAVID GIROLMO, JANUARY 23 AT EVANSTON SPACE AND JANUARY 24 AT THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO || New Faces Sing Broadway 1951, Directed by David Fiorello and Music Directed by Dr. Michael McBride, Takes Audiences Back in Time to the 1951 Broadway Season with Chicago’s Newest Talents performing Songs from the Hit Shows Guys and Dolls, The King & I, Paint Your Wagon and Others

On December 15, 2022, the 83rd Indiana State Police Recruit Academy completed its graduation ceremony in the Indiana State Capitol Rotunda. Opening remarks and commencement address were made by Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas G. Carter

After the commencement address, the oath of office for the 11 new State Police officers was delivered by The Honorable Justice Christopher M. Goff, of the Indiana Supreme Court. Each new trooper was then presented their badge and official identification by Superintendent Carter and his staff.

On Friday, December 23rd at approximately 6:00 p.m., troopers were working in blizzard-like conditions, maintaining the I-94 westbound road closure at the 22 mile-marker (Burns Harbor exit). This closure was for the hazmat cleanup of an earlier crash. While doing so, they witnessed a two-vehicle crash between a passenger car and a semi in the opposite westbound lanes.