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RV One ... Governor Mitch Daniels' legendary campaign vehicle … drove into the R-V Hall of Fame in Elkhart yesterday afternoon, where it'll be on display as a donation to the Indiana State Museum. In 2004 alone, Governor Daniels logged tens of thousands of miles on the RV traveling the state.  On the final trek, this one straight north on U.S. 31, Daniels was joined by several former staff and volunteers involved in his 2004 campaign. The trip from Indy included...

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A 42-year-old Gary woman has been charged with fifteen felonies and sixteen misdemeanors for allegedly operating unauthorized adoption websites. Indiana State Police say an investigation began in January of last year after authorities received information that Lynn M. Ellis, also known as Lynn Smith, was advertising adoption services online. Police say she ran two websites, Tinkerbell Adoption Referral and The Pregnancy Choices, and individuals throughout the country seeking adoption would pay...

Read more: Adoption Website Investigation Leads to Charges

With Winter's arrival at our doorstep, Region Stormtracker shows there could be some snow to accompany it... our first real blast of winter weather so far this season.  Valparaiso University Meteorology Professor Dr Bart Wolf says it looks like the Region and other parts of the state will get some needed precipitation, but how will be rain and how much will be snow remains to be seen.  You can hear more of our interview with Dr. Wolf on the winter storm here at our website:  http://www.indiana10...

Read more: Winter Storm, High Wind Warnings in NW Ind

On Tuesday the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce announced four issues that it has adopted to bring before the new, 2013 General Assembly Session. Jon Schmaltz, Chairman of the Chamber's board says those issues are to continue State Funding for the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority, extend the proposed Illiana Expressway east beyond it's current I-65 terminus point, Repair and upgrade US-30 from Fort Wayne to Valparaiso, and eliminate business personal property tax in Indiana...

Read more: Valpo Chamber to Present Issues to General Assembly

A fire at an Region eatery affected traffic on Kennedy Avenue in the Hessville area, Wednesday afternoon., blocked Kennedy between Martha Street and 169th Street. Hammond police say several pieces of fire fighting equipment was sent to a reported fire at the Kennedy Cafe in the 6800 block. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire was not immediately known. Hammond Emergency Management first alerted us to the fire around 3:30 pm and Kennedy Avenue traffic was blocked between Martha...

Read more: Fire Blocks Kennedy Ave. Traffic Wednesday

Most of the Region could miss most of the worst of a major winter storm moving toward the Great Lakes.  We talked to Valparaiso University Meteorology Professor Dr. Bart Wolf this morning, who told us it looked like most of it will be to our north and west initially, and then shift to our east. Dr. Wolf says it looks like the storm will then head pretty much directly over the Region, with the far northeast part of northwest Indiana possibly getting the worst of it... and the rest of the Region...

Read more: Winter Storm Watch Now Includes Lake, Porter Co

The Humane Society of the United States announced today they are offering a reward of up to five-thousand dollars for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing a family dog named “Pearl” in northwest Indiana. The Hebron Police Department is seeking the public's help as authorities say the dog was found in a baited animal trap they allege was intentionally set near a residence across from the town's community center. around 1...

Read more: Reward Offered in Cruelty Case

Police in Bloomington, Indiana, responded to Bloomington South High School Monday, where a male student allegedly told another student of his plans to “break the record”, making references to the twenty-six people killed in the Connecticut elementary school massacre. Police say the subject indicated he had a gun in his locker and told the other student the shooting was supposed to take place this Friday. Police say no weapon was found after a search of the student's two lockers and backpack. Aut...

Read more: Police Respond to Alleged School Threat Downstate

Today's Times reports fire officials in Lynwood, Illinois, honored a four-year-old boy and his dad Tuesday night for saving family members from a fire that destroyed their mobile home Saturday. Officials say the fire appears to have started in the furnace area, but the cause hasn't been determined yet. The Times says smoke detectors were working, but didn't wake anyone up – but the boy awoke from smelling smoke, the story says, and ran to his parents, then the father ran to rescue their o...

Read more: Young Boy, Father Honored for Saving Family

One of twenty-five films being inducted into the National Film Registry today has a well-known Region connection. The list includes the 1983 classic, A Christmas Story, based on short stories written by Hammond-native Jean Shepherd.  The film, which was set in the fictional community of Hohman, Indiana (there's a Hohman Avenue in Hammond) was also narrated by Shepherd. This year's inductees also include 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Audrey Hepburn. Dirty Harry, starring Clint...

Read more: 'A Christmas Story' Inducted into Natl Film Registry