Amy Lavalley

2 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Amy Lavalley

A pursuit that started in Porter ended when a police officer executed a Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) maneuver, forcing the vehicle into a farm field in Westchester Township Wednesday night. Matthew Mocabee, 21, of Portage, was charged with a Level 6 felony of resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and reckless driving.

2 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Amy Lavalley

Jennifer Lee Wilson, the Valparaiso area woman who pleaded guilty to a felony count of reckless homicide in the death of her foster son, Dakota “Levi” Stevens, has withdrawn her attempt to appeal her sentence, according to recent online court filings. Wilson, 49, of Liberty Township, is incarcerated at Madison Correctional Facility. She was sentenced Jan. 17 to serve five years in the Indiana Department of Correction, followed by one year on probation.

2 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Amy Lavalley

A recent symposium on housing in Valparaiso is only the start of the process, city officials said, as the community addresses a need for what Mayor Jon Costas called “more attainable housing units.”The May 29 symposium, with the consultant Capital Stacker founder Heather Presley-Cowen, made a broad suggestion for adding housing over the next five years for the market potential for what one chart called “affordable/workforce and market-rate” housing.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Amy Lavalley

They were tight growing up, the Lanham sisters. Separated by two-year increments, Lauren, the oldest, always looked out for middle sister Lindsey and Molley, the youngest, who tagged along with her older siblings wherever they went. Molley, then 19, was brutally murdered in rural Hebron six years ago with boyfriend Thomas Grill Jr., 18, when they met up with Conner Kerner of Valparaiso, then 17, for a drug deal that went awry.

1 month ago | chicagotribune.com | Amy Lavalley

Though the timing isn’t right yet for solid numbers, Valparaiso University officials said during a Wednesday community town hall that they expect enrollment to tick up when the academic year begins anew in August. “I’m sure all of you are wondering what we are looking at for fall,” said Rosa Alvarado, the university’s new assistant vice president for enrollment.