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Bowling Against Bullying Looks To Strike Down Growing Bullying Statistics
During the 2022-23 school year, 38% of reported bullying incidents in Indiana schools were verbal, with 30% being physical. Social/relational bullying and a combination of bullying each were 11%, while written/electronic bullying was 10%, according to the Indiana Department of Education website. In total for the 2022-23 Indiana school year, there were 5,460 reported bullying incidents, up from 5,103 in 2022; 1,984 in 2021 and 4,495 in 2020.
Gage Park Man Who Spent 21 Years in Prison Now the 45th Person to be Exonerated After Being Framed by Disgraced Ex-Detective
A Cook County judge exonerated on Thursday a Gage Park man who spent 21 years in prison after being convicted of a 1988 murder, making him the 45th person to be wrongfully convicted based on evidence developed by a now-disgraced former Chicago Police detective. Edwin Ortiz, who is now 51...
DNR: A frog species that mysteriously disappeared from the Tri-State in the 1980s is back
A species of prairie-dwelling amphibians that disappeared from the Angel Mounds Historic Site a generation ago has been reintroduced there, Indiana state officials said this week. The crawfish frog, endangered in the Hoosier State, is back following an effort led by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Angel Mounds. ...
Franciscan Health hosts free training course on suicide prevention in Northwest Indiana
A free training course in northwest Indiana is aiming to educate and empower others to recognize the warning signs of suicide. Cathy Cinko knows it’s a topic not many people want to talk about openly as they face mental health struggles. She’s the lead clinical therapist at Franciscan Health and is leading and teaching a free course on suicide prevention at the hospital in Dyer, Indiana.
State, county, city announce 'leap of faith' quantum computing facility in Chicago
(The Center Square) – The State of Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago have announced that the new Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park will be built on former U.S. Steel property on Chicago’s Southeast Side. The South Works site has been mostly dormant since the mill closed in 1992. In opening the announcement of the project Thursday, and to the backing by taxpayers, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called it a "leap of faith." ...
Indiana man learns sentence after trafficking 15 guns to Cook County
CHICAGO - An Indiana man was sentenced to federal prison this week for trafficking 15 guns from Indianapolis to the Chicago area in 2022. Devante T. Brown, 29, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal firearm charge. According to federal prosecutors, Brown and a co-defendant, Corey Sartin,...
Suspected Bomb a Doll House
(La Porte County, IN) - What was thought to be a possible bomb turned out to be a false alarm at a Family Express just outside La Porte. According to the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office, the area around the Family Express was secured at U.S. 35 and Johnson Road Thursday afternoon. Police said an unlabeled styrofoam package was on the ground beneath a U.S. Postal Service mailbox near the storefront. Members of the Porter County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad responded and deemed the package safe after x-raying it.
Michigan City Red Lobster stays open despite national closures
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WSBT) — Amid nationwide closures of Red Lobster restaurants, the Michigan City location will not be closing its doors. Those with the restaurant say, despite rumors, they have renewed their lease. The lease renewal will keep the restaurant operational through at least 2026. Red Lobster abruptly...
Man Charged with Running Bar from Home
(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte man is facing allegations that he ran a full service bar from his home with offerings that included food and gambling. Scott Meece, 45, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with level 6 felony maintaining a common nuisance along with two misdemeanor counts of selling alcohol beverages without a permit and unauthorized furnishing of alcoholic beverages.
Oasis Splash Park to close for Great Lakes Grand Prix
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Michigan City Parks and Recreation announced Oasis Splash Park will be closed on Saturday, August 3, and Sunday, August 4, due to the Great Lakes Grand Prix event at Washington Park. Parks and Rec officials say the park will resume normal hours on Monday, August 5.
Technology Helps Locate Reckless Target Shooter
(Michigan City, IN) - The latest in crime fighting technology helped in the arrest of a Michigan City man for allegedly doing target shooting with a handgun in his densely populated residential neighborhood. Kyle Czizek, 29, is charged with level 6 felony criminal recklessness. According to court documents, officers responded...
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