Month: January 2019
FAA: Increase in “sick leave” causing flight delays
NEW YORK — The Federal Aviation Administration is reporting delays in air travel because of a “slight increase in sick leave” at two East Coast air traffic control facilities.
UPDATE: Minor injuries reported after rollover on I-65 near Crown Point
CROWN POINT — A rollover crash Friday morning on Interstate 65 resulted in minor injuries, police said.
Registration for Senior CARE Program
The Valparaiso Police Department has open registration year-round for its CARE Program (Contact, Assistance and Referral Program). With the poor weather conditions, people can register a city of Valparaiso resident who may need assistance or a welfare …
Stop allowance for squabbling kids in Congress
I, as most Americans, do not believe that our federal workers should be forced to work without getting paid.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Advice for women who desire to be president
Good morning, class. Draw near and listen ever so closely.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Dems react ro ruling on transgender military ban
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military in 2017 took many by surprise, but the U.S. Supreme Court legitimized the decision Tuesday in a 5-4 decision.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Super Bowl and politics: Football has always been political
Super Bowl season is like the holidays — a celebration shared by people more accustomed to arguing than sitting down together. As one of the few transpartisan, mass media events left to our tribal culture, the biggest TV night of…
Indiana Blood Center issues urgent statewide plea for blood donations
INDIANAPOLIS — Snow, ice and frigid temperatures spanning two weeks have resulted in a sharp decline in blood donations, prompting the Indiana Blood Center to issue an urgent plea for Hoosiers throughout the state to donate blood as soon as…
New attorneys for man charged in 2016 double homicide preparing for trial
CROWN POINT — A man charged in the strangling deaths of a former local radio host and her daughter in 2016 has decided not to represent himself and told a judge he’s happy with his new public defenders.