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INDIANA - The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) today announced 102 newly designated and/or redesignated Purple Star schools - the largest group since the award was created in 2020. The designations include several local schools. Schools receiving the Purple Star designation .
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early morning Hammond fire on Hohman
A Hammond firefighter sprays water on a fire Sunday morning that destroyed a building in the 6200 block of Hohman Avenue, and left some Hammond residents in the area temporarily without power. Firefighters on the scene said they went out on the call around 2am. The location ironically is very near station 5, which is 6217 Hohman. John Luke
early morning Hammond fire on Hohman
Ice forms on the nozzle of a fire hose as Hammond firefighters battle an Sunday morning fire in the 6200 of Hohman. John Luke, The Times
According to the American Red Cross, house fires are more likely to happen during the winter, and especially the holidays.
Another round of snowfall over the weekend resulted in dangerous, and in some cases, impassable travel Monday across Northwest Indiana s major roadways.
Early in the morning traffic on highways across Lake and Porter counties was stalled as a sheet of snow blanketed the roads, the Indiana Department of Transportation reported.
An extended traffic delay early Monday on the Borman Expressway near Indianapolis Boulevard resulted from a semitrailer that became jackknifed while traveling west toward the state line, officials said.
The crash was cleared about 12:15 p.m., nearly an hour and a half after it was reported, INDOT said. Three left lanes were closed for over an hour while crews worked to clear the area.