Jerry Davich – Page 19

As Miller attracts new residents, the Gary community also welcomes back natives: ‘It’s right where we belong’

December 12, 2018 at 9:10 p.m.

Two years ago, when a real estate agent first showed Katie Bohn her future home on Ash Place in the Miller section of Gary, she noticed only a handful of...

In this July 3, 2018, image taken from video provided by the Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page, a Thai boy smiles as Thai Navy SEAL medic help injured children inside a cave in Mae Sai, northern Thailand.

Thai soccer team ordeal rescued us from our doubts of the human spirit

December 12, 2018 at 9:00 p.m.

Were you captivated as much as I was by the daring rescue mission of those 12 boys and their soccer coach in a flooded cave in Thailand? Each day since...

Jessica Amptmeyer's rural Valparaiso home caught fire June 14, leaving it uninhabitable and needing to be rebuilt.

Valparaiso house fire victims overwhelmed by kindness of friends, but ambushed by ‘fire chasers’

December 12, 2018 at 8:51 p.m.

Today’s column is the second in a series about a family’s efforts to rebuild a ruined home and scorched lives after a house fire in rural Valparaiso. Read part one...

The Rev. Charles Strietelmeier, pastor at Augustana Lutheran Church in Hobart, speaks out against immigration detention during a Keeping Families Together rally in Hammond.

In private, Hobart minister is a soft-spoken man of the cloth — in public, he’s a fiery activist

December 12, 2018 at 8:51 p.m.

His holy title is the Rev. Charles Strietelmeier. He’s fine if you simply call him Charlie. I first met him in early 2014 when he told me about his brilliant...

Post-Tribune columnist Jerry Davich shoots an AR-556 auto-loading rifle March 7, 2018 at the Shoot Point Blank indoor shooting range in Merrillville.

Why don’t I carry a gun? The cost is too high, yet has nothing to do with money

December 12, 2018 at 8:39 p.m.

Only once in my life did I even consider owning and carrying a gun or firearm. It came earlier this year when I visited Shoot Point Blank, an indoor shooting...

On this Fourth of July, avoid setting off emotional fireworks

December 12, 2018 at 8:29 p.m.

Just moments before the Fourth of July fireworks show began in Valparaiso last year, I sat underneath a tree texting a family member on my phone. Oblivious to my surroundings...

A charred cookbook was among items found after the fire.

‘All we could do is watch it burn’: A rural house fire, and the companies promising help

December 12, 2018 at 8:24 p.m.

Today’s column is the first in a series about a family’s efforts to rebuild a ruined home and scorched lives after a house fire in rural Valparaiso. On June 14,...

Serbia's Vladimir Arandjelovic' chats with the first base coach after a base hit in the third inning in this 2017 file photo from a tournament in Whiting.

Northwest Indiana native comes home to host baseball tourney that honors his Serbian heritage, welcomes European teams

June 29, 2018 at 5:09 p.m.

After World War II, George Grkinich’s parents immigrated from Serbia, to Farrell, Pa., before arriving in East Chicago in 1953 to fully assimilate into American culture. The couple, however, continued...

In this April 6, 2016, file photo, a sign at the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Wash., is shown to inform visitors of the federal government's REAL ID act.

Real ID in Indiana causing problems for divorced women with name changes

December 13, 2018 at 7:17 a.m.

Seventy-four-year-old Thaddeus Jones of Gary isn’t the only Northwest Indiana resident who has experienced real frustration to obtain the Real ID-compliant credential for a driver’s license renewal. “I served over...

‘We may get a year with her, we may get 30’: Cedar Lake family celebrates child’s 2nd birthday

December 13, 2018 at 7:07 a.m.

Jill Hart wept as she yelled toward the heavens. “He better not (expletive) take her! She is not ready to go!” she said angrily in the family lounge at the...

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