The South Shore Line will run extra trains Saturday for the Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade and dyeing of the river.

The city of Valparaiso will once again have more money available for road projects this year. The city council Monday appropriated almost $2.5 million out of various paving-related funds.

Gary residents have a chance to get a preview of the Tolleston Opportunity Campus, ahead of the official groundbreaking. The city is planning a community meeting this Friday at 11:00 a.m. at the Tolleston Pavilion.

A Wheatfield woman who'd been missing for six days has been found alive in a vehicle along a rural Newton County road.

The city of Valparaiso is halting all efforts toward exploring a proposed data center on land that had been purchased for a sports complex. Mayor Jon Costas made the announcement Tuesday, a day after the city council heard hours of public comment against the proposal.

"Bye-bye to blight! Hello to beauty!" exclaimed Penelope Love with the Aetna Manor Revitalization Program.

The city of Portage is easing some regulations on contractors and businesses. An ordinance adopted by the city council last week removes the requirement for contractors to take a written test and for some smaller projects to be overseen by a general contractor.

Northwest Indiana is expected to grow by about 115,000 residents over the next 25 years. That means Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties will need about 50,000 more homes. Where to put them is one of the topics addressed in the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission's NWI 2050+ plan.

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