The Duneland School Corporation community is mourning the death of eighth grade English teacher Lauren Thompson, who died in a six-vehicle wreck Tuesday evening in Portage that police said was likely caused by a speeding SUV.
The Portage community is mourning the death of a Portage High School student killed in a Sunday car crash on Stagecoach Road. The Porter County Coroner’s Office identified Dylan Childers, 17, of Portage as the passenger of the car that Portage police said went off the roadway and rolled, landing on its passenger side. Childers died at the scene.