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• Indiana Students Continue Graduating Better Prepared for College as AP Exams Offered, Taken, and Passed Increases Again

  In partnership with the College Board and the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE), the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced Thursday another year of increases in the number of Advanced Placement (AP) exams offered, taken, and passed. For the 2017-2018 school year, Indiana reported the following increases:For the 2018 graduating class, 25,892 Indiana public school students took an AP exam, compared to 24,659 in the class of 2017.Since 2008, Read more…

• LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office: Last Week’s Wanted Felon Arrested

  Members of the La Porte County Fugitive Apprehension Street Team (FAST), along with the U.S. Marshal Service, announce the arrest of last week’s wanted felon, Cordaroll D. Hicks. On Tuesday, just four days after the announcement that Hicks was being sought, he was taken into custody. Hicks was arrested within the City limits of Michigan City. Hicks remains housed in the La Porte County Jail on a $10,005 cash bond Read more…

• Residents of Michigan City are Urged to Apply Immediately for Free Home Repairs to Houses Built Before 1978

  Mayor Ron Meer is proud to announce the City of Michigan City’s recent inclusion in the State of Indiana’s Lead-based paint remediation program which is sponsored by Medicaid and administered through the Indiana State Department of Health. Home owners, Landlords, and Renters who live in a home, or own a home, built before 1978 can receive a free home inspection to determine if the residents are being exposed to lead-based Read more…

• U.S. 35 Bridge in LaPorte Set for Deck Replacement

  The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces that a bridge deck replacement project is set to begin March 4 on U.S. 35 in the City of LaPorte. The bridge, which is adjacent to the courthouse in downtown LaPorte and just north of State Road 2 (Lincoln Way), will maintain one lane of traffic in each direction for the duration of the project. During the first phase, traffic will use the Read more…

• AG Curtis Hill: Continued access to Lake Michigan beaches serves the public interest

  U.S. Supreme Court lets stand decision by Indiana Supreme Court After the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a case involving access to Lake Michigan’s beaches, Attorney General Curtis Hill expressed satisfaction that the ability of the general public to enjoy the natural beauty of Indiana’s shoreline remains protected. In February of 2018, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the State of Indiana under existing law possessed “public Read more…

• US Coast Guard lieutenant accused of being a domestic terrorist appears in court for first time

  

  Tamilisa Miner/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A man allegedly caught researching acts of domestic terrorism and amassing more than a dozen firearms will spend at least two weeks in federal custody, a Maryland federal judge decided on Thursday. U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, was arrested on charges of firearm and drug possession, but Judge Charles Day said that Hasson’s internet search history, as well as previous letters and emails he Read more…

• Judge sets $100,000 bond for Smollett, orders ‘Empire’ actor’s passport surrendered

• Judge sets $100,000 bond for Jussie Smollett, orders ‘Empire’ actor’s passport surrendered

• How Jussie Smollett relentlessly defended his story against a storm of skepticism

• Scientists may have just discovered why zebras have stripes by putting them on horses