An increasing number of school corporations have turned to this community-based funding solution, after property tax caps were passed in 2008.

Hammond officials say the city expects to spend about $1 million on installing decorative lighting along various streets in the coming months to make them safer.

Chicago raised it's minimum smoking age to 21. It's 18 in Indiana.

U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel was born in East Chicago and graduated from Indiana University before moving to California, where he was a federal prosecutor prior to his elevation to the bench.

At Munster Steel in Hammond, Clinton told a small group of workers and invited guests that revitalizing the manufacturing sector is one of the election's most important issues.

Visitors will be able to see the near-exact replica engine, funeral car and coal tender from Oct. 8-11 at the Indiana Welcome Center in Hammond.