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219 News Now: Gary Sports Hall of Fame inducts six as part of its Class of 2024
Check out these top stories and more in The Times and nwi.com. Valpo Jewelry Store Burglarized; Holes Cut in Walls, Police say: https://bit.ly/3WAn0cw. New Garden Provides Skills Training, Healthy Eating for Tradewinds Clients: https://bit.ly/3LGwRag. Hammond School Board Approves Brent Wilson as Interim Leader: https://bit.ly/3zXKFuw. Gary Sports Hall of Fame Inducts...
Prayer line seeks to connect Tinley Park church with viewers around the world
Prayer is important to Barb and Bill Luebcke of Tinley Park, so it’s no surprise they are key components in a new prayer line that began two months ago at Trinity Lutheran Church in Tinley Park. The church already had a prayer chain allowing members to ask for prayer...
Plan for civilian life after military, veteran urges
Retired U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Vince Lusk urges people thinking about joining the military to consider what they want to do as a civilian afterward. Lusk spoke at the veterans recognition ceremony Wednesday at the Porter County Fair. He served more than 22 years before retiring to pursue an...
The Drama Group stages ‘Hair’ to close 92nd season
When Andy Leahy first saw “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” in 1970s Los Angeles, there was nudity. Although he directs a nudity-free version, audiences have been cautioned about content. “This show contains sexual content, depictions of drug use, racial slurs and adult language” states the warning for...
Man faces OWI while pulling camper containing 9 kids, Wisconsin State Patrol says
An Illinois man faces tentative charges of operating while intoxicated, child abduction and recklessly endangering safety after police say he pulled a camper with nine children in it on a highway after a domestic dispute. The 57-year-old Monee, Illinois, man was arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol shortly before 6:30...
LoveALatte hosting pop-up event at new brick-and-mortar
From 9 a.m. to noon Friday, LoveALatte will host Pop Up on Broadway. The coffee company, which employs individuals with special needs, has long been operating out of a coffee cart/food truck setup. Now in addition to this mobile option, LoveALatte has a brick-and-mortar location. It has set up shop...
Homer Glen Board narrowly approves township civic center plans
The Homer Glen Village Board narrowly approved plans for the Homer Township Civic Center Wednesday, over the objections of some trustees and residents who questioned the soil quality, sewage plan and whether the center was an appropriate use of open space. The township intends to build a $2.2 million multipurpose...
EARLY-MORNING FIRE DESTROYS WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP HOME
A house was razed by a fire this morning in West Wheatfield Township. Indiana County 911 initially dispatched Clyde, New Florence, and Bolivar firefighters, Citizens’ Ambulance and the RIT team to a home along Mulligan Hill Road around 5:09 this morning, with Armagh, Blacklick, Blairsville, Fairfield Township, Middle Taylor, and Homer City crews called in to assist between 5:16 and 6:30.
Manhattan DA tells judge to reject Trump’s bid to toss conviction on immunity grounds
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office told a state judge to reject former President Trump’s claims that his recent guilty verdict must be set aside following the Supreme Court’s landmark presidential immunity ruling. New York Judge Juan Merchan delayed Trump’s criminal sentencing until September to first consider his claims that prosecutors improperly introduced protected, official […]
Of Notoriety: ‘Disaster!’ hits Genesius Guild in Hammond, Whiting mascot museum planning on last hurrah
Earlier this month, the Towle Theater team canceled their opening weekend run of the musical “Pippin,” directed by Jeff Casey and intended to be unveiled for audiences with performances starting July 12. The cast and creative staff forged on, fought off illness and continued the second weekend of...
Officers, experts testify in Richard Proctor’s murder trial for 2020 stabbing death in Steger
An officer who discovered Ryan Connell’s body recalling Wednesday the harrowing moment when he found the son of a family friend lying on the floor of a Steger apartment. Deputy police Chief Peter Fajman, a sergeant at the time, was responding to a well-being check when he found 28-year-old Connell at about 8 a.m. Jan. 1, 2020.
Duo pleads guilty to shooting man over argument about girlfriend
CROWN POINT — Two men charged with shooting a man to death outside the man's Gary home in 2020 pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Wednesday morning in connection with the killing. Mark Windsheimer II, 31 and Christopher Dukes II, 21, each pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in connection...
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