Charities relieved that Strack & Van Til survives
With the Strack & Van Til sale set to close, nonprofits and charities are relieved that a major benefactor of Northwest Indiana causes will remain open. Last month, the U.S....
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Florida firm named to oversee Gary schools
The Distressed Unit Appeals Board has selected MGT Consulting, of Tallahassee, Fla., to manage the Gary Community School Corp. Retired superintendent and Gary high school graduate Peggy Hinckley, of Schererville,...
‘A walk back in time’: Pierogi Fest offers heaping helpings of ethnic culture
Every summer, when women young and old grab their headscarves, hair curlers and feather dusters and men don mismatched lawn mowing clothes in Whiting — there's a good chance that...
Abortions temporarily halt at Merrillville Planned Parenthood office
The Merrillville Planned Parenthood Health Center has temporarily halted abortions after a backup physician with state-required admitting privileges left the clinic, state officials said. State law requires abortion clinics to...
Poems to be painted on boarded-up sections of Emerson High
After installing poetry on city buses, the Gary Poetry Project plans to paint up to a dozen on plywood used to board up parts of the vacant Emerson High School....
A family affair: 11-year-old follows parents into short filmmaking
Indigo Moore's foray into filmmaking came while she was walking on the way to Little Caesar's Pizza. Kicking around an idea about mermaids — Indigo, now 11, decided to make...
Northwest Indiana groups push reading to combat summer learning loss
As a parent, Darling Pleasant welcomed the chance to feed her daughters' appetite for books at the annual Gary Literacy Coalition book giveaway. At 9 and 11 — both girls...
No injuries in two-building East Chicago blaze
Hours after a fire ravaged his apartment, Carlos Godinez stood near his father in a brake store parking lot on Chicago Avenue feeling lucky to be alive. Unaware of the...
Seven firms make their case to run Gary schools
Seven firms vying to be the emergency manager of the Gary Community School Corp. pledged Thursday evening to implement plans to improve academics and help the district tackle its massive...
PNW chancellor to join Gary schools advisory board
Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon has been tapped to join the new fiscal management board for the Gary Community School Corp. The four-member volunteer board is tasked by law...