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CROWN POINT — The state has dismissed child molestation and sexual misconduct charges against a former East Chicago junior high teacher.

CROWN POINT — A former women's volleyball coach for Indiana University Northwest pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanor battery on allegations he inappropriately touched a 17-year-old girl.

The Northwest Indiana Green Party will hold peace rallies this Saturday and June 9.

GARY — Bishop Noll Institute's next addition to the alumni table filed into Cathedral of the Holy Angels where they celebrated a mass with friends and family led by the Bishop of the Diocese of Gary Donald Hying.

LAKE STATION — A disaster recovery center will be open Saturday and Monday to help victims affected by flooding in February and March.

ST. JOHN — The town's police department says it's taking to social media with an important nightly message to homeowners: Lock up before heading to bed.

WINFIELD —Winfield has an identity problem, town officials believe, and having its own ZIP code might be the answer.

GARY — A 33-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 41 months in prison for intent to distribute crack cocaine, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of Indiana.

HOBART — Resource officers will be at every school building starting next school year as mass shootings across the country seemingly become more commonplace, the city's Police Department announced Thursday.

CROWN POINT — The man who murdered Gary Patrolman Jeffrey Westerfield in 2014 is seeking to have his conviction vacated for claims of prosecutorial misconduct.