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Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., opened his Gary campaign office Friday at 487 Broadway.

Sen. Joe Donnelly talks Kavanaugh investigation during Gary visit

May 13, 2019 at 5:56 a.m.

Just hours after Indiana’s Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly said he'll vote against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, he said Friday in Gary that he was glad the...

Name chosen for new Winfield park

May 13, 2019 at 5:56 a.m.

Winfield’s new park has a name. The Town Council at its meeting Tuesday passed a resolution naming the town’s newest public area Randolph Community Park. The 15-acre park is located...

Hammond resident Malik Williams breaks in one of the basketball courts inside the Hammond Sportsplex's public opening.

Hammond officially opens $18 million sportsplex in Woodmar neighborhood

May 13, 2019 at 5:54 a.m.

Hammond officials on Thursday cut the ribbon on the city’s new 135,000-square-foot, $18 million sportsplex that took over the majority of the land that used to be home to the...

Debbie Pirtle discusses her concerns with the Hammond School District's ability to properly serve ADHD students during the Legacy Foundation's "On the Table" at Woodmar United Methodist Church.

Groups, including Hammond church, participate in Legacy Foundation’s countywide day of conversation

May 13, 2019 at 5:55 a.m.

Thousands of residents in Lake County gathered Wednesday at more than 140 events throughout the day and evening to break bread and discuss ways to create a better future for...

Artist Kristin Murphy stands in her studio at St. Paul Community Church. Murphy and other artists who work at the church will show off their work at an open house Sept. 30 at the church in Homewood.

Homewood church opens doors to artists with new studio space

May 21, 2019 at 11:09 p.m.

St. Paul Community Church in Homewood has long been a place for worship, but now the church’s building also has incorporated spaces for making art. About a year ago, the...

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago greets parishioners and visitors during his listening tour at St. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral on Wednesday.

Greek church leader completes listening tour of Midwest at Merrillville cathedral

May 13, 2019 at 5:50 a.m.

From decisions on how to share faith to a diverse community to getting a ruling on the proper way to end the Lord’s Prayer, about 200 people took part in...

Jefferson Hotel, 415 Sibley St., Hammond, built in 1919, will be razed.

Hammond’s historic Jefferson Hotel to be razed

May 13, 2019 at 5:52 a.m.

Constructed in 1919 and originally known as the Hotel Hammond, downtown’s Jefferson Hotel is slated for demolition. The Hammond Redevelopment Commission awarded the bid to demolish the building at 415...

A caravan of trucks displaying Mexican flags drive down Grand Avenue in Hammond during the second-annual Mexican Independence Day parade on Saturday, September 15, 2018.

Hammond celebrates Mexico’s independence in grand style

May 13, 2019 at 5:52 a.m.

Mariachis, ballet folkloric dancers, Mexican cowboys on dancing horses, motorcyclists, cheerleaders and souped-up cars, trucks and Jeeps all turned out in Hammond on Saturday to celebrate Mexico’s independence from Spain....

Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. and his father, former Mayor Thomas McDermott Sr., get help from Solomon Hicks, 3, and Caroline Bacon, 5, in breaking ground on the $3 million expansion of the Hammond Family YMCA.

Hammond YMCA’s $3 million addition will ‘transform lives’

May 13, 2019 at 5:52 a.m.

Ground was broken Thursday on a $3 million addition to the Hammond Family YMCA that officials said will allow families to continue to join together and grow together in the...

Another annexation appears to be coming for Luers Tree Farm development in Schererville

May 13, 2019 at 5:51 a.m.

A public hearing was held Wednesday during the Schererville Town Council meeting on a third annexation of land from the Luers Tree Farm that is needed as part of a...

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