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For the second time in less than three years, the council adopted an ordinance that sets out to shutter the court. The council voted 4-3 Tuesday to approve the measure
Lake Superior Court Judge Bruce Parent said the Town Council is permitted to consider approval of an ordinance that would close the Merrillville Town Court, but the closure date must
Merrillville school officials are concerned the termination of the Merrillville Town Court would end a successful program addressing truancy in schools.
There was almost no discussion about ordinances calling for the closure of the Town Court and to establish a new personnel policy during Tuesday’s Town Council meeting
A new financial summary shows the court has handled about 637 cases so far this year because it was permitted to handle ordinance violations again. The court has also generated
Merrillville Councilman Jeffrey Minchuk apologized Tuesday for dressing in blackface and posing with someone dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe in 2003 and resigned as the council’s vice president during a packed meeting.
“I will not represent this town as a vice president with the shame that I brought to it,” Councilman Jeff Minchuk said. A vote to censure Minchuk on Tuesday failed