Dream Big Walk provides opportunity for community service
CROWN POINT — Diane Gross remembers her late sister Dawn Brancheau as being passionate about her family, friends, animals and the environment.
Month: September 2018
Futures File: Florence chases hogs to higher levels
As Hurricane Florence bore down on the Carolinas, millions were at risk from wind, storm surge and flooding, causing many to seek higher ground.
Hammond Clinic kept its head above water in the 2008 flood
The urgent care unit of the Hammond Clinic admitted 6 feet of water the Sunday of the 2008 flood.
Grammar Guy: The grammar of politics: Singular or plural
You’ve heard about the three conversation topics to avoid in polite company — money, religion and politics. But what about these taboo subjects as they relate to grammar?
Girl never knew her father because of accident in Cedar Lake
DEMOTTE — “This is like a nighttime book,” said 5-year-old Maddison Brennan, taking it out of her pink backpack. “And this is a reading book.”
Risky behavior in key categories contributes to body count on Region highways
The risks taken, decisions made and vehicles driven on Northwest Indiana roads are contributing to some rates of fatal crashes that lead the state and nation.
Valparaiso parents mourn their son’s death by forgiving his killer
VALPARAISO — The mother was on the way to her son’s grave when her daughter called: The man responsible for the son’s death was there at the cemetery.
Killing a 9-year-old girl changed South Haven man’s life
PORTAGE — Driving a minivan, a Diet Mountain Dew in the cup holder, Ricky McCall recreated the route he took the day he killed a 9-year-old girl.
Fatal crashes in Northwest Indiana caused by texting, cellphone use likely underreported: experts
“I go to Afghanistan, a war zone, and come back to the United States, and I’m almost killed on a highway.”
Professionals on the move
Donna Zisoff of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Highland was named 2018 Realtor of the Year by the Greater Northwest Indiana Association of Realtors at its recent annual meeting. Christine Banter of Fidelity National Title was recognized as th…