By SHELLY HECKERT Director, KC Recycling Depot Americans create a lot of trash each day (4.6 pounds to be exact). This Earth Day, April 22, the KC Recycling Depot challenges you and anyone else you can inspire to a Waste Free Day. For one day, can you put “Nothing in the Can?” To sign up …read more.

According to the Porter County Sheriff’s Department, officer Paul Czupryn was working crowd control at the Valparaiso fireworks display July 4 when a vehicle drove over a curb at approximately 9:30 p.m. into a closed construction area of a playground. Officer Czupryn observed the vehicle accelerating toward a group of more than 100 people watching …read more.