The Lake County Commissioners unanimously rejected Friday an attempt by the Lake County Council to seize control of the county's purchasing and data processing departments.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an executive order Friday extending Indiana's public health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic until at least Dec. 1.

Northwest Indiana voters still can cast an their ballot at early voting sites in Lake and Porter counties Saturday and Monday morning, before hundreds of precinct polling places open Tuesday for Election Day.

All of Cook County's restaurants and bars are now under indoor service bans.

High school special education teacher Christine Biegler is responsible for a “foster fail,” and that’s good news for the cat that Biegler and her family took into their home from the Mokena-based National Animal Welfare Society. That’s because “foster fail” means that a pet got adopted by its foster family.

(The Center Square) – The states most reliant on the federal government for money are also Republican leaning states, including Indiana, according to new a study recently released.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Incyte (NASDAQ: INCY) announced today new data for baricitinib (marketed as OLUMIANT(®)) will be presented at the annual Fall Clinical Dermatology meeting taking place virtually October 29-November 1, 2020. The data underscore Lilly's commitment to providing medicines for dermatologic diseases that have high unmet need, including alopecia areata (AA). AA is an autoimmune disorder that can cause unpredictable hair loss on the scalp, face and other areas of the body.

Former U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., is urging LaPorte County voters to elect Democrat Gary Davis to represent Indiana Senate District 8.

The sportsbook at the entrance to the Ameristar Casino will be remodeled and rebranded in December as the Barstool Sportsbook.

The Democratic nominee for Indiana attorney general has a plan to boost funding for public education and improve the state's criminal justice system: legalize marijuana.

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SIMBA Chain's strategy of blockchain-enabled Rapid Additive Manufacturing Labs for battlefield use captured the gold medal in the U.S. Air Force's first ever Advanced Manufacturing Olympics, held virtually October 20-23. In true David and Goliath fashion, the blockchain startup won the Supply Chain Marathon division over industry giants Stratasys (second place) and Boeing (third place) in a highly competitive field of 16 finalists.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), announces Kristina Lund has been named president and CEO of the utility which serves approximately 500,000 customers throughout central Indiana.

Pardon the noble ghost hunter this Halloween season if he or she seems a tad bit, ahhh, blue? Disappointed? Frustrated even?

Northwest Indiana casinos are likely to have at least another year — and possibly much longer — before they'll have to compete for patron dollars with a new casino in south suburban Cook County.

The man was transported to Franciscan Health Hammond, where he was pronounced dead due to blunt force trauma, officials said.

(The Center Square) – Two Northwest Indiana communities will be connected to Chicago thanks to what Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb called the largest public transit investment in the state’s history.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As COVID-19 cases rise and the holidays approach, The American Legion is activating its Buddy Check program to save veteran lives through peer support check-in calls. The nation's largest veterans organization is also urging Congress to pass the Buddy Check Bill which will make wellness checks a national priority for the Department of Veterans Affairs. With military suicides up 20% over this time last year, Legionnaires will make thousands of check-in calls to at-risk veterans across the nation, to offer support and access to health and wellness programs in the week surrounding Veterans Day and into the weeks ahead.

Conditions could exacerbate already severe beach and shoreline erosion, the National Weather Service said.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- hc1, the leader in critical insight, analytics, and solutions for precision health that power high-value health care, announced today that Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, will be the keynote speaker during its Precision Health Virtual Summit scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 17 and Wednesday, Nov. 18. This special two-day summit hosted by hc1 in partnership with Becker's Healthcare will bring together healthcare leaders and experts to focus on the changes our care delivery system needs as it transitions from fee-for-service to value-based care reimbursement models.

ELKHART, Ind., Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: PATK), a major manufacturer and distributor of component and building products for the recreational vehicle ("RV"), marine, manufactured housing ("MH"), and industrial markets, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 27, 2020.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today it will share new Taltz(®) (ixekizumab) data from multiple long-term and post-hoc analyses that indicate sustained efficacy in patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Notably, Lilly will share results from the extension period of UNCOVER-3 demonstrating five-year sustained efficacy of Taltz in patients with psoriasis in treating challenging body areas, such as the scalp, nails, palms and soles. These studies will be presented at the 29(th) annual European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress, taking place virtually October 29-31, 2020.

WARSAW, Ind., Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZBH), a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced that Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Robotics Liane Teplitsky will be presenting at the SVB Leerink CybeRx Series: Devices & DNA - Future of Orthopedic Robotics conference on Thursday, November 12, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Escalade, Incorporated (NASDAQ: ESCA) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2020 third quarter ended October 3, 2020. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $78.1 million, an increase of 70.6% over prior year, and a record for its third fiscal quarter. This represents the third consecutive quarter of record top line results. Quarterly diluted earnings per share were $0.71, up 306.7% from prior year.

The mayors of Lake County's two most populous cities believe Illinois leaders are making a mistake by shutting down restaurants and other public places in response to a recent surge of COVID-19 infections.

Indiana's Republican chief executive said Wednesday he believes the sooner the ballots are counted the better, but every ballot that qualifies to be counted must be counted.

By the middle of next month a total of 1,350 guardsmen will be working daily in every long-term care facility in Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The New England Journal of Medicine has published data from the monotherapy arms of BLAZE-1, a Phase 2 study assessing the efficacy and safety of Eli Lilly and Company's (NYSE: LLY) bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) - a neutralizing antibody - in the COVID-19 outpatient setting. This study focused on ambulatory COVID-19 patients being treated in the outpatient setting, whose symptoms did not require hospitalization at the time of enrollment. The publication, which can be found here, follows Lilly's proof-of-concept data announcement for bamlanivimab as monotherapy in September 2020.