SCHERERVILLE

Walgreens pharmacy worker charged with stealing pills

A Walgreens pharmacy worker admitted she stole hundreds of addictive prescription pain pills from the Schererville Walgreens at 651 W. U.S. 30, according to charges.

Melanie M. Jasek, 28, of Griffith, faces a charge of theft.

Jasek told a Walgreens investigator and a police officer she stole hundred of hydrocodone and vicoprofen pills between February and December of 2007 while she worked as a pharmacy technician, the charges say. Jasek said she took the pills for herself and another person, police said.

GARY

Eastbound I-80/94 lanes restricted today, Friday

Eastbound Interstate 80/94 will be restricted to two lanes from 9 to midnight tonight and restricted to one lane from midnight to 5 a.m. so the ramp to southbound Interstate 65 can be opened to two lanes.

The lane reduction is for the stretch of highway between Broadway and the bridge over the ramp from northbound I-65 to the westbound Borman Expressway.

The work is part of the Major Moves New Construction interchange improvement project at I-65 and the Borman Expressway.

On the new ramp, the right lane will become an exit-only lane for Ridge Road.

The left lane will continue to southbound I-65.

ST. JOHN

Section of West 93rd Avenue closed temporarily

Effective today, the town of St. John is closing West 93rd Avenue, from Keilman Street west to West Oakridge Drive, to work on signs that arch over West 93rd Avenue.

The closure will last from 9 a.m. to noon. The road will be open to police and fire vehicles only.

The closing is weather dependent.

HAMMOND

Hessville neighborhood group disbanded, organizer says

The Hessville Neighborhood Association has been disbanded by its organizer, Paul Krizman, the former Hammond City Court administrator.

"Due to a sudden change in my employment and resulting change in schedule, I must disband the group," Krizman said Wednesday.

Krizman said the group had been meeting for about a year on the third Thursday of each month at St. Catherine of Siena in Hessville.

The group last met Nov. 23 with a break in December because of the Christmas holidays.

ST. JOHN

Lake Central School Board elects officers for '08

The Lake Central School Board elected new officers for 2008 at this week's meeting.

Margaret Clark is president, Nancy Gray is vice president, and John DeVries is secretary.

Liason appointments include Howard Marshall for the West Lake Special Education Cooperative; Clark for the high school's At Risk Committee; DeVries and George Baranowski for building and renovation; Tony Arini, director of instruction, for Campagna Academy; Gray and Baranowski for legislative; Tom Dykiel, director of finance, and Arini for Lake Central Education Foundation; and Gray for Wellness Committee.

Regular School Board meetings will follow the same schedule. They are held at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Mondays of each month in the Large Group Instruction Room in the Freshmen Center, unless otherwise specified.