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In a move that speaks to the enduring spirit of community and resourcefulness in the face of closure, Cook County's Department of Facilities Management has made a significant contribution to the New Life Center. Almost 1,000 new articles of clothing, originally from the now-shuttered Oak Forest Campus Long-Term Care Facility, found a new purpose in supporting new arrivals through the "New Vecinos" team's efforts. This donation, detailed in a press release by Cook County, encompasses 866 pairs of shoes and 81 pairs of pants, set aside from the campus which is slated for partial demolition.

Drew Harvey, 26, of Crete, Illinois, was a recent hire at an Iowa trucking company, and he alleges that he was fired for refusing to cut off his dreadlocks.

The R.O.S.E. and R.I.S.E. Award nominations are due AUGUST 1, 2024, and the dinner is coming up September 26th!. Are you ready to show someone how much you appreciate their passion for providing first-rate service? If you witnessed an employee go beyond your expectations, share your experience. Your nominee could...

A Gary woman is facing charges for killing her child’s father on July 4, records allege. Maya D. Washington, 40, was charged July 11 with murder. She is in custody, held without bail. Her next court date is July 24. Records show Washington said they had been drinking at...

Members of the Dyer and Munster Town Councils met Wednesday to discuss plans for road work on Main Street, the roadway that divides the two communities. The two towns are planning for an increase in traffic driven by the planned Munster/Dyer stop on Northwest Indiana Commuter Transportation District's West Lake Corridor, which will sit near the intersection of Main Street and Sheffield Avenue. Work on the station, which will be the the southern terminus of the new 8-mile commuter rail line, is underway, and trains are expected in May.

Longtime Beecher Muskies veteran Todd Sippel, who began his career with the semi pro baseball team in 1989, remembers the conversations that began with manager Fred LeSage a little more than 20 years ago. “I always told Fred, recruit who you want and if they beat me out, I’ll gladly...

The Region landmark Northwoods Falls closed in St. John, the owners hope just temporarily. In 2021, Jeff and Dana Conti revived Northwoods Hearty Home Cookin' & Saloon at 8101 Wicker Ave., tweaking the branding to Northwood Falls. The rustic, rough-hewn log cabin restaurant and live music venue had been closed since 2013.

Hard Rock Casino of Northern Indiana in Gary is providing $250,000 in scholarships to 30 Gary high school graduates for full tuition at Indiana University Northwest. The Urban League of Northwest Indiana will screen applicants and determine the winners. Applications for the “Do Well by Doing Good” scholarship program are...

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The Indiana Dunes National Park will offer free concerts this summer at Chellberg Farm. People can hear Save the Tunes Council perform from 5-6 p.m. on Sunday, July 28, Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 on the front lawn of Chellberg Farm, a working farm with a historic brick farmhouse that serves as a representation of a typical Swedish farmstead in Northwest Indiana between 1890 through 1910.

VALPARAISO — Teams of horses lined up with contestants near the entrance to the Porter County Fair as they prepared to compete in the 4-H draft horse show. A draft horse is a large horse bred to be a working animal hauling freight and doing heavy agricultural tasks such as plowing. In the draft horse show, contestants presented their horses and performed different tasks with them.

Read through the obituaries published today in The Times.

Around three dozen members of the public gathered at the Westchester Public Library's main branch in Chesterton Thursday for a public meeting held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Agency staff offered an update on the ongoing effort to clean up Town of Pines properties contaminated by coal ash, a...

A court-appointed receiver will take over responsibility for Donald M. Johnson’s many properties to assure that any income from the properties is returned to the victims he defrauded of more than $600,000, rather than returning to his coffers. Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer set that plan in motion...

A mounted helicopter fuselage on the east side of the Griffith-Merrillville Airport is set to become the training backbone of the Lake County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit, Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. announced Thursday. Flanked by 13 businesses and trades who helped mount the department’s first helicopter – a 1965 Huey...

The Kane County Cougars fought off a four-run deficit to beat the Gary SouthShore RailCats 10-6 in front of 5,208 Sunday at Northwestern Medicine Field. The Cougars scored their 10 runs over four innings and received clutch work from the bullpen. Down 4-1 in the fifth, the Cougars (37-27) did...