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The trial of a 47 year old Gary man is almost over as the Times reports the jury found Kevin Isom guilty on three-counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and two step children, and guilty of criminal recklessness, after two-hours of deliberation. The Times reports sentencing begins tomorrow morning, and Isom faces either the death penalty, life without the possibility of parole, or a sentence of a specific number of years.
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Two separate crashes in the region have caused some lane closures. The right lane of northbound I-65 is closed near U-S 231 due to a crash, causing stop and go traffic and up to 20 minute delays, as you travel northbound on I-65 near mile 246. Meanwhile, tipsters are reporting a bad crash on US-20, just west of Michigan City, that has both directions shut down. No further information is available at this time.
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The trial of a 47 year old Gary man charged with three-counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and two step children is now in the hands jurors, after closing arguments were made today. The Times reports Kevin Isom is also accused of three-counts of attempted murder for allegedly shooting at officers responding to the incident. If found guilty, he faces either the death penalty, life without the possibility of parole, or a sentence of a specific number of years.
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Read more: Closing Arguments Made Today in Isom Murder Trial

State health officials today have announced a positive case of typhoid fever in a food handler at Purdue University. The Indiana State Department of Health is working with local health officials, and Purdue University, to investigate the case and assess the risk to the public. Health officials say anyone who ate the Boiler Bistro, John Purdue Room, or the coffee shop, and Lavazza, at Marriott Hall on the Purdue Campus, from January 23^rd through the 25^th, maybe at risk, and advise those...

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Jury selection began Monday and testimony was scheduled to begin this afternoon, according to the Times, for a Wheeler area man accused of killing a 19-year-old Portage woman in September of 2011. 20 year old Dustin McCowan is charged with murder in the death of one-time girlfriend Amanda Bach, whose body was found the day after her vehicle was discovered along State Road 130 in Wheeler. Published reports say McCowan has maintained his innocence. The trial has been...

Read more: Testimony Scheduled Today in McCowan Trial

An event scheduled to highlight financial aid resources offered by the federal government will take place later this month in Gary. College Financial Aid and Opportunity Night will be held at the Gary Area Career Center, in the 18-hundred block of East 35^th Avenue, from 6 to 8pm, Thursday, February 21^st. Scheduled to attend the event are Congressman Pete Visclosky, Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, Doctor Cheryl Pruitt, of the Gary School Corporation, and a presentation will be given by Richard...

Read more: College Financial Aid and Opportunity Night on 2/21

This is the time year when blood supplies are at their lowest but add to that the recent disaster of Hurricane Sandy and inventory becomes critical making the need for blood dire.  Andy Piffer, Area Coach, Taco Bell, Eric Oppermans Company (that owns eight restaurants in the area) are responding to the shortage by hosting the American Red Cross Bloodmobile at their Taco Bell location at 8476 E. Ridge Rd./US-6 in Hobart from 1pm to 6pm today.
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The Indiana Department of Labor today launched a new statewide safety initiative aimed at reducing worker injury and illness rates in the healthcare industry. The initiative is focused on addressing the most common injuries and illnesses found within the healthcare industry, including slips, trips and falls; repetitive stress injuries; incidental needlesticks; and exposure to blood-borne pathogens.
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Read more: New Healthcare Worker Safety Health Initiative

The Indiana House Monday voted 79-to-18 for a bill that would require Amazon.com to start collecting the state's seven-percent-sales-tax the first of July... six months sooner than a deal announced last year that would let the online retail giant put off collecting Indiana sales tax until 2014. House Bill 1007, sponsored by Republican State Representative Tom Dermody of La Porte, now goes to the Senate.
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Read more: IN House Wants Amazon to Collect Sales Tax Sooner

Indiana Legal Services (ILS) has announced free legal aid will be available at Edison Junior-Senior High School in Lake Station Wednesday Feburary 6^th from 9-to-noon. An attorney who is fluent in English and Spanish will provide assistance to parents with civil legal problems that might cause them to remove their children from school, and impede their children's academic progress. The project will give priority to students of Lake Station schools, but ILS says area residents are also welcome to...

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