Michigan City SWAT Team Taking Monthly Training to New Franciscan Hospital
As a proactive approach to interacting with the community and the new State of the Art Franciscan Hospital, the Michigan City Police SWAT Team (Special Weapons and Tactics), will take their monthly training to the hospital grounds on Tuesday evening December 11th beginning at 4:00pm to an undetermined conclusion time. Corporal Jeff Piotrowski, Officers Dave Cooney and Steve Forker, commanders for the elite SWAT team, approached the new hospital facility Read more…
Blessing held for Multi-Specialty Hepatitis C and HIV Clinic at Franciscan Health Hammond, the first of its kind in Indiana
State Department of Health officials from both Indiana and Illinois were in attendance on last Thursday, for a blessing and open house for a first-of-its-kind clinic in the state that aims to fill an urgent need to test and treat patients for hepatitis C and HIV. The Multi-Specialty Hepatitis C and HIV Clinic is located on the first floor of Franciscan Health Hammond at 5454 Hohman Ave., and will serve Read more…
Chesterton Police Looking For Runaway Teens
Chesterton Police asking for public assistance to locate two teenagers that have ran away from home. Sixteen year old Aiden Moran and 15 year old Madaline Paugh last had contact with their parents during the evening hours on 12/05/2018. If you have any information please contact the Chesterton Police Department at 219-926-1136. Possible destinations are California, New Orleans, and Florida. (More information and photos are posted to the Chesterton Police Read more…
Young’s GAO-IG Act Clears the Senate
U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced that his bipartisan legislation to increase oversight of taxpayer dollars spent by federal agencies has passed the Senate. The Good Accounting Obligation in Government (GAO-IG) Act requires federal agencies to provide annual reports to Congress on the status of implementing recommendations from the Office of Inspector General (IG) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). “This bill keeps our government in check and protects Hoosier Read more…
Robbery at Pharmacy in Michigan City
The Michigan City Police received a report of an Armed Robbery that had occurred at CVS Pharmacy located at 3253 Franklin St. early Monday. It happened just after 3:30 a.m.It was determined that three individuals were involved in the robbery where an undetermined amount of money and narcotics were stolen.The three suspects are described as black males, juvenile to young adult all wearing black. The Michigan City Police are requesting Read more…
- Breaking down the string of attacks on Jehovah’s Witness houses of worship
anouchka/iStock(SEATTLE) — A string of attacks on houses of worship used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Washington state are under investigation. There have been four instances of arson and one shooting — spanning nine months and four locations — that investigators believe are connected to one another. “As these incidents were located in close proximity to each other, it is believed that they are related,” said Jason Chudy, the public information Read more…
Chinese exec’s arrest comes at sensitive time, part of years-old clash with U.S. over tech giant
VCG/VCG via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — American and Chinese leaders are now in an international showdown over the U.S.-orchestrated arrest of a top executive at Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecom giant that has become the world’s biggest supplier of network equipment for phone and internet services. The executive, Meng Wanzhou, was being detained in Canada after a court there delayed a decision Monday on a U.S. request that she be extradited. Read more…
3 dead, 11 injured in shooting in France, officials say
The shooting is being treated as a terror attack, government officials said.
Surprising ally, Sen. Mitch McConnell, pushes for farm bill that legalizes hemp
Zach Gibson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The typically conservative Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is applauding a somewhat surprising provision in the latest 807-page farm bill — a measure that legalizes hemp. Industrial hemp is a different variety of the same plant that produces marijuana, so it’s been illegal under federal law except for some commercial uses. The Hemp Farming Act, which is part of the farm bill, would remove hemp from Read more…
Queen’s "Bohemian Rhapsody" the most-streamed 20th century song
Richard E. Aaron/Redferns(NEW YORK) — Given its enduring popularity, it should surprise no one that rock band Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” is one of rock’s most-streamed songs. But as of today, the 43-year-old magnum opus is the most-streamed song of any genre from the 20th century, according to the band’s label, Universal Music Group. Be careful to note that “from the 20th century” distinction, though, meaning the 1975 classic is the most-streamed Read more…
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