According to the American Red Cross, house fires are more likely to happen during the winter, and especially the holidays.
Another round of snowfall over the weekend resulted in dangerous, and in some cases, impassable travel Monday across Northwest Indiana s major roadways.
Early in the morning traffic on highways across Lake and Porter counties was stalled as a sheet of snow blanketed the roads, the Indiana Department of Transportation reported.
An extended traffic delay early Monday on the Borman Expressway near Indianapolis Boulevard resulted from a semitrailer that became jackknifed while traveling west toward the state line, officials said.
The crash was cleared about 12:15 p.m., nearly an hour and a half after it was reported, INDOT said. Three left lanes were closed for over an hour while crews worked to clear the area.
A peek at Crown Point municipal building construction
James Nelms, construction manager for Professional Building Services, works at a desk as he s surrounded by the old Crown Point Civic Center s skeleton on Monday. Kale Wilk, The Times
A peek at Crown Point municipal building construction
Jermie Murray, a painter with Specialty Construction, works on removing wallpaper inside Crown Point City Hall on Monday. Patchwork and wall repair is on the to-do list for the painters. Kale Wilk, The Times
A peek at Crown Point municipal building construction
Building innards are exposed as construction work progresses on Crown Point City Hall.
KENTLAND — According to a special investigation report completed by the Indiana State Board of Accounts, the South Newton School Corporation received an overpayment of state tuition support in the