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A “strategic plan” for the City of Shelbyville was presented to the City Council at a Tuesday study session which outlined many strengths and weakness. The report, in its third draft …

“Lost and Found” features nine short films exploring loss or recovery, whether that be of a homeland, family, identity, love or peace of mind. The films are directed by graduates from the two-year MFA program in documentary media at the School of Communication.

Attorneys for Timothy R. Thomas, 40, of Highland, filed a petition to let bond in the case. Thomas is accused of murdering Nicholas Lile, a Merrillville native and a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who served as a corpsman attached to a U.S. Marines battalion on seven combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Thomas told police he shot Lile to death in the basement of Liles home outside Lowell in self-defense. Liles family disputed Thomas version of events. Thomas initially was charged with ...

By SARAH REESE | The Times | Published: January 28, 2021 CROWN POINT, Ind. (Tribune News Service) — A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officer was being held without bond Thursday after prosecutors filed an upgraded charge of murder against him in the Jan. 3 shooting death of a 42-year-old military veteran near Lowell. Attorneys for Timothy R. Thomas, 40, of Highland, filed a petition to let bond in the case. Thomas is accused of murdering Nicholas Lile, a Merrillville native and a 22-y...

LOWELL — The family of a 42-year-old military veteran shot to death by a guest in his home Jan. 3 described him Wednesday as an "amazing father" and devoted husband, son, brother and friend.  Nicholas Lile, a Merrillville native, was a 22-year veteran, a U.S. Navy corpsman attached to a U.S. Marines battalion who served "with pride and distinction" on seven combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, his family said.* Lile was in his basement with his wife, her friend and the friends re...