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• Weekend shooting under investigation

  In Hammond the Indiana State Police Lowell District is currently investigating a police action shooting that occurred Sunday evening, involving an officer with the Hammond Police Department. Preliminary investigation revealed, at 7:19 p.m., Hammond Police went to a residence at the 1500 block of 177th Place to check on the resident, 33 year old Bryan Jones. An acquaintance on the phone with Jones earlier Sunday had called Hammond Police to Read more…

• MCHS Parent Network to hold informational meeting

  

  The Michigan City High School Parent Network invites families of middle and high school students to attend its upcoming informational meeting about Dual Credit, Advanced Placement, and Financial Aid for College. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 5, in the Michigan City High School Auditorium, with a session on dual credit and AP beginning at 6:00pm, followed by a session on Financial Aid at 6:45pm. Speakers will include Read more…

• Toll Road construction in South Bend canceled

  The South Bend West (Exit 72 – U.S. 20/31 Bypass) closure on the Indiana Toll Road scheduled for this week has been canceled. As part of the $200 million 80/90 PUSH pavement project, the Exit 72 interchange was scheduled to close starting Tuesday, until Oct. 14 in order to complete repaving work prior to the next University of Notre Dame home football game scheduled for Oct. 15. However, due to Read more…

• NIRDA CEO calls for study to possibly replace Star Plaza Theatre

  

  The CEO of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority is calling for a feasibility study for possible new convention center in the region. Bill Hanna says the research into additional conference and entertainment space would “honestly ask the question” of whether the market will need to fill the void that will be left after The Star Plaza Theatre and the Radisson at Star Plaza come down in Merrillville next year. Read more…

• Blood drive scheduled for Tuesday at Bethany Lutheran Church

  The Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross is having a blood drive Tuesday from 1pm-6pm at Bethany Lutheran Church, 102 G Street in LaPorte. Simply download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to make an appointment or for more information.

• Hundreds Evacuated as Loma Fire Tears Through California Mountains

  

  JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images(SANTA CRUZ, Calif.) — Evacuations remained underway for hundreds of residents near California’s Santa Cruz Mountains Tuesday as firefighters continued to battle the fast-moving Loma blaze. The fire, which started Monday around 3 p.m., had scorched at least 1,000 acres and was 5 percent contained, according to the Cal Fire Santa Clara Unit earlier Tuesday. Record-breaking, triple-digit heat in addition to California’s drought helped fuel the blaze, driving Read more…

• Police: Man Who Fired on Officers Was Border Patrol Agent

• Police: Man Who Fired on Officers Was Border Patrol Agent

• Hundreds Evacuated as Fire Tears Through California Mountains

• Hundreds Evacuated as Fire Tears Through California Mountains