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A Kahler Middle School student shown at the Challenger Center in Hammond.

Gone 30 years, Challenger legacy an educational tool

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

"Orbital Mission Control, this is spacecraft. Requesting permission to undock," Katie Cluck said as she manned the communication center aboard the mock pod as she prepared to undock from a...

Samuel Robinson grabs a smoke detector from Joe Leavy who will install three new smoke detectors in the Shermon household in Gary's Miller neighborhood on Jan. 10, 2016.

Red Cross program in Indiana fights fires before they start

May 13, 2019 at 1:37 a.m.

It took all of 10 minutes for American Red Cross volunteer Joe Leavey to install the first of three new smoke alarms in the hallway of Toni Shermon's house in...

Magic Johnson talks about his basketball career and life after basketball during the "Dream Now" program Wednesday at East Chicago Central High School.

NBA icon ‘Magic’ Johnson tells students: Believe in yourself

May 13, 2019 at 1:34 a.m.

Basketball icon and motivational speaker Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. worked some of his magic on more than 600 high school students assembled in the East Chicago Central High School auditorium...

Grants available for 21st Century Scholars

May 13, 2019 at 1:33 a.m.

Middle schools, high schools and community organizations with students participating in the 21st Century Scholars program may apply for $1,000 Scholar Success Grants to assist enrollment and program efforts. The...

Carl Franzen reads letters sent to his then-girlfriend, Helen Cunningham, from December 1945 while stationed on a gunship in the Pacific. He and Cunningham married after the war.

Christmas letters from a Navy gunship, 1945: ‘Love has kept me going’

May 13, 2019 at 1:29 a.m.

Editor's Note: It was a watershed Christmas. With World War II finally over, and the Great Depression in its rearview mirror, America was wrapped in hope that December of 1945....

Taltree Arboretum and Gardens founders Damien and Rita Gabis pose for a photo. (Kyle Telechan/Post Tribune)

Arboretum couple honored for environmental work

May 13, 2019 at 1:24 a.m.

The Association of Fundraising Professionals NWI Chapter last month honored Rita and Damien Gabis for their generosity and environmental stewardship with the Outstanding Philanthropist Award in the category of Individual/Couple...

Valparaiso resident Merri Loker holds up photos of her father, Merle Berdine, a Pearl Harbor survivor, on Wednesday in her home.

Remembering Pearl Harbor

May 13, 2019 at 1:23 a.m.

Merle Berdine was drinking a cup of coffee with some army buddies at Hickam Field at Fort Kamehameha when 300 Japanese bombers began dropping bombs on Pearl Harbor at 7:55...

Standard Oil Co. refinery explosion and fire in Whiting, Ind., on Aug. 27, 1955. (Borvig, baiduhai historical photo) acetate negative, box 203.

Standard Oil explosion project honored by state

May 13, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

When the Standard Oil Refinery in Whiting experienced a devastating explosion just after dawn on Saturday, Aug. 27, 1955, it was felt as far away as Holland, Mich. Across Indianapolis...

Zara Fagen poses with her family, left to right, Max, 7, J. Kelly, 5, husband Dan, Hannah, 3 at their home in Dyer. Eva was born Nov. 19, after the photo was taken.

Midwife guidance

May 13, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

"I never thought I would be the home-birthing, home-school type," said Zara Fagen, a mother of four. "It's been a journey." As it turns out, Max, 7, J. Kelly, 5,...

Magic Johnson and actor/comedian Tracy Morgan sit on the sideline during first half of an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers at Madison Square Garden in New York, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015.

Living a full life with HIV

May 13, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

In 1989, two years before Magic Johnson announced he was HIV-positive, a Northwest Indiana man got the same news. "When (the doctor) told me I was positive, I thought he...

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