Teresa Auch Schultz

Northwest Indiana

Teresa Auch Schultz

Northwest Indiana

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Farmers increasingly turning to ‘cover crops’
Porter Township farmer Keith Gustafson is spending his fall as most farmers do. He’s harvesting his crops. As he reaps his corn and soybeans, however, he’s also watching as new plantings — clover, wheat and even more soybeans — start to grow. That’s because Gustafson,
California porn firm makes money off lawsuits
The dozens of lawsuits filed in northern Indiana by Malibu Media appear, at first, to be basic copyright infringement claims. The company makes videos, and the suits accuse defendants of downloading some of those videos illegally, without paying for them. But the videos are pornographic.
Former Gary cop gets 30 months; faked letters to judge, court finds
A former Gary police officer will spend 30 months in prison after a federal judge found that he played a role in sending fraudulent letters of support to the court. “There’s no doubt in my mind that (David Finley) had some involvement with these letters,”.
Government shutdown scuttles eighth-graders’ trip to D.C.
CROWN POINT — As Brad Neiman’s eighth-graders walked into his class at St. Mary’s Community School on Friday morning, they started asking him about what they would have been doing that day. Some groaned as he told them they most likely would have been taking.
Abused boy’s grave at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Gary now marked by donated stone
GARY — For the first time since his father buried his beaten and broken body in a shallow grave under a concrete slab beneath a storage shed in April 2009, young Christian Choate has a gravestone to let the world know where he rests.
Highland Latin King member testifies about his life of crime
Highland resident Alexander Vargas described during testimony Friday his rise in the Latin Kings street gang to one of the highest positions in the region and his attempt to move to Indiana to avoid criminal charges and other problems. “I used to do all my.
RBA buses make last stops
HAMMOND — On the last day of operation for the EasyGo bus system, driver Anthony Dickerson spent the first few minutes of his Saturday afternoon shift as he always does — checking to make sure the bus was in good repair. He ran an eye.
Rerouting South Shore through reaches fork in the road
MICHIGAN CITY — The Shoreline Brewery has big plans for an expansion. After buying a nearby building, the award-winning Michigan City company has plans to add catering and possibly producing beer barrels to its business, which would create about another 50 jobs for the city.
Mom of teen who had sex with Hammond teacher: ‘He has ruined our life’
The mother of the one the alleged victims of former Morton High School teacher Jon Erik Lilly said his actions have split her family in two. “I’m losing my daughter over it,” the woman said. “... He has ruined our life and now he has.
Victim doesn’t want Jonassen punished more, FBI agent says
A victim’s apparently complete memory loss during testimony Monday at a federal trial in Hammond appears to have happened because the woman did not want the defendant and her relative, Martin Jonassen, to be punished too severely, a federal agent testified Tuesday morning.
Victim says she can’t remember anything in Jonassen case
The federal trial of an out-of-state man accused of kidnapping a relative from her home in Missouri and taking her to an inn in Portage started Monday with a security video showing the victim, naked, running into a local liquor store on Sept. 12, 2011.
Charge of not filing tax return in 20 years leaves observers scratching their heads
When the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced several weeks ago an indictment against Gary Common Council member Marilyn Krusas, perhaps the most shocking part was the claim that she went more than 20 years without filing a tax return. Two local lawyers who deal with IRS.
Most Recent - Indiana Economic Digest
New law could clear thousands of criminal records beginning July 1. Most violent and sex crimes can’t be expunged, nor can most crimes involving misconduct or fraud by a public official. Losses of $1 million in funding cause United Way of St. Joseph County to seek focus. The industry employs 24,000 people in northernIndiana in both the manufacturing and supply sector.
Report: Uphill climb for Gary’s black babies growing steeper
GARY — When Japhia Patton’s nurse midwife suggested she try a new way of attending her doctor’s appointments for her pregnancy with her fifth child, the Gary woman was at first apprehensive. The midwife, Leah Staples with Community HealthNet in Gary, asked the married mother.
Population shrinking in most Lake County cities
Lake County communities across the board have seen a loss in population the past two years, including ones that had recently seen growth, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Crown Point was the only Lake County city to see a gain in.
Weinberger sentenced to 7 years
A federal judge sentenced former Merrillville nose doctor Mark Weinberger to seven years in prison, noting the wake of destruction he left after fleeing the country eight years ago to escape hundreds of malpractice cases and an impending criminal investigation. The sentence, which is more.

About

Teresa Auch Schultz

My current job has me delving into the federal courts of Northwest Indiana. I've covered a variety of cases, including corrupt politicians, gangs charged with racketeering, a nationally infamous doctor who scammed hundreds of his clients and then fled the country and the pastor of a megachurch who claimed he was doing God's will when he had sex with a 17-year-old parishioner.

I've also reported on numerous other areas in my seven years as a professional journalist, such as government, education, health, business and the environment. I'm familiar with most topics, and if I don't know much about one, I know how to find out.

Many of my stories also use data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other reports to give readers a better understanding of themselves and society. I try to find the underlying reasons why life in Northwest Indiana is still an overall struggle, especially for those in Gary.