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Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. wants his gun back, and his attorneys say Indiana’s Constitution allows him to have it.

The appeals court said a 1981 Indiana law authorizing the council to take over the county's purchasing from the commissioners remains valid, even though the council waited nearly 40 years

The Indiana Court of Appeals has agreed to hear oral arguments June 24 in an unprecedented legal clash between the Lake County Council and the Lake County Board of Commissioners.

The Lake County Commissioners soon will file their arguments in an appeal of a Lake Superior Court ruling authorizing the Lake County Council to take control of the county's purchasing

HAMMOND — Lake Superior Judge John Sedia holds in his hands the future of Lake County government operations. In coming days, Sedia will decide whether to renew his April 16 decision giving the Lake County Council control over purchasing and data processing, or to revise his prior ruling as requested by the Board of Commissioners that currently manages both departments. Sedia heard arguments Thursday by two attorneys intimately involved in Lake County government for decades: John Dull, for the commissioners; and Ray Szarmach, for the council. Dull passionately, but politely, made the case...