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Tabby Bukowski, a bartender at Johnny's Tap in Munster, lives in Lansing, Ill., but looks forward to resettling across the state line when she can.

Locals view No. 46 ranking with a smile

May 13, 2019 at 1:48 a.m.

Well, well, well — turns out Hoosiers are not as healthy, happy or prosperous as a lot of folks in other states — at least according to a recent Gallup-Healthways...

Miller resident Wardella Roby poses for a photo in her home, which she has been living in since 1969.

Growing families in Gary’s Miller remembered

May 13, 2019 at 1:46 a.m.

Wardella Fields Roby relaxes in the den of her comfortable brick ranch and mentions that it's her birthday — her 91st birthday. And then the phone rings. A friend is...

Boxing champion James J. Corbett was supposed to fight Charles Mitchell in Roby in December 1893 until the Indiana governor stepped and stopped it.

Governor dealt knockout blow to prizefighting in 1893

May 13, 2019 at 1:43 a.m.

Editor's Note: On Dec.11,1816, Indiana became the 19th state in the Union. Lake, Porter and Newton counties originally were one, but on Jan. 28,1836, Porter County was created. A year...

Kerry Midkiff, right, listens as her daughter, Hailey, 10, center reads a book.

Diagnosis spurred woman to start support group

May 13, 2019 at 1:42 a.m.

Kerri Midkiff takes a seat on one of the soft old leather sofas in her small but cheerful meeting room inside the Lowell Church of Christ. It's a familiar place...

Amanda McGoldrick of Merrillville talks about the children she has adopted during the Indiana Heart Gallery stop in Dyer.

Gallery puts children in focus for new homes, adoption

May 13, 2019 at 1:44 a.m.

When Amanda McGoldrick and her husband married, like many young couples, they dreamed of children and began to prepare for a family. But their reality included a miscarriage and a...

Alicia Powell stands on a stool to read during Ash Wednesday services at St. Thomas Moore Church in Munster, IN.

Solemn Lenten season starts with ashes, call to improve

May 13, 2019 at 1:43 a.m.

"Ash Wednesday reminds you that you are not invincible and that you are going to pass away one day and hopefully you will meet the creator," Ed Miller reflected at...

This photo of the Calumet River features the Aulwurm Drive Bridge—also called the "Blue Bridge"--over the Calumet River in Blue Island, Ill. Sometime after the Calumet Dam was destroyed, the bridge, now abandoned, was built in that location and used for access to the Calumet Woods.

In 1875, Hoosiers destroyed Illinois dam to restore farms

May 13, 2019 at 1:42 a.m.

Editor's Note: On Dec.11,1816, Indiana became the 19th state in the Union. Lake, Porter and Newton counties originally were one, but on Jan. 28,1836, Porter County was created. A year...

Lake County Historian Bruce Woods is a retired Merrillville teacher.

County history becomes retiree’s passion

May 13, 2019 at 1:41 a.m.

As he walks through the vast collection of historic items collected from around Lake County, Lake County Historical Museum Director Bruce Woods' 29 years as a Merrillville High School English...

Amee Liptak, Kelly Vates, and Patty Conley, from left, stand in front of masks made by victims of sexual abuse at the Beacon of Hope counseling center in Highland.

Sexual assault advocate helps victims through healing, legal processes

May 13, 2019 at 1:40 a.m.

One of the horrors of rape is that it is not so uncommon. When Beacon of Hope initiated its Sexual Assault Advocate Counselor Training program in March 2015, the new...

Alice Flora Smedstad, special events coordinator for the Merrillville-Ross Township Historical Society, stands at the grave in Merrillville Cemetery of James Adams, an early settler in Ross Township.

Speedy sleigh driver found home in Ross Township

May 13, 2019 at 1:39 a.m.

Editors Note: On Dec. 11, 1816, Indiana became the 19th state in the Union. Lake, Porter and Newton counties were originally one, but on Jan. 28, 1836, Porter County was...

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