Month: September 2018
New housing stock on Portage horizon
PORTAGE — While residential developers here been constructing new homes in previously approved subdivisions, it’s been awhile since any new projects have hit the city’s radar.
Vice president’s son completes Navy training in Mississippi
MERIDIAN, Miss. — The son of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has graduated from naval aviator training in Mississippi with his father looking on.
Region roundup: Community Foundation, bridge lessons, walk
Crown Point Community Foundation awards grants
Fundraiser set for park honoring 2 teenagers slain in 2017
DELPHI, Ind. — Residents in a northern Indiana city are raising money for a park that will honor two teenage girls who were slain during a hiking trip.
Bagpipers: It’s not the music they play, it’s how they play the music
For many members of the Celtic Guard Academy, learning the art of bagpiping and drumming is much more than a hobby.
Starry Saint Laurent show in Paris sees models walk on water
PARIS — With a powerful front row of stars, Saint Laurent headlined the second day of Paris Fashion Week in an eclectic French twist on American styles that featured models walking on water, while Balmain paid homage to classic Paris…
A look at what the FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation will entail
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered the FBI to reopen Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s background investigation after several women accused him of sexual misconduct. Just what the FBI will investigate remains a mystery.
In Chicago, a little art studio bridges a great divide
CHICAGO — The sixth-graders, from very opposite sides of the street, sat in pairs, a list of questions before them: “What do you dream about?” ”Do you think about dying?” ”Are you scared?”
Great Lakes freighters moved 10 million tons in August
Great Lakes freighters moved 10 million tons of cargo to ports like the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor in August, roughly on par with the same time a year ago and with the five-year average float for August.