State economic development leader hopes for growth regionally
Indiana Secretary of Commerce Jim Schellinger hopes a new grant will help the state’s regions market themselves better to businesses looking for a home.
Month: February 2019
UPDATE: Dozens homeless after fire; community helping them recover
HIGHLAND — The community is reaching out to help the dozens of people suddenly homeless after a major fire destroyed a 24-unit apartment building Friday.
What’s in your lunch bag?
I have to admit I was pretty proud of myself when I unpacked the leftovers from my lunch bag this week. Almost by accident, what I had pulled out of the fridge as I ran out of the house turned…
Chicago Assembly Plant will shut down for entire month of March as it switches to new Explorer model
CHICAGO — Ford already has hired 200 new auto workers at its Chicago Assembly Plant in Hegewisch, which will be retooled this spring for a new platform for the new, rear-wheel-drive Explorer, Police Interceptor and Lincoln Aviator.
Fish pass mirror test, but some experts doubt they are self-aware
Scientists report that a fish appears to recognize itself in a mirror _ and that raises a key question for experts in animal mental prowess. Does a test for animal self-awareness really show that ability? The research was described in…
Broken Gary Roosevelt boiler has students still home; classes to resume Feb. 14 at Career Center
GARY — Roosevelt College and Career Academy students will be reporting for class in the Gary Area Career Center beginning Feb. 14.
At home with Marni Jameson: 5 Secrets to Keeping Love Alive at Home
Love. We want it. We get it. We lose it. We mess it up. We try again. That’s because love is what binds us, beckons us, blinds us and brings us home. In fact, love is why we have a…
Senators OK tougher penalties for damaging steel mills, oil refineries and other ‘critical infrastructure’
INDIANAPOLIS — Deliberately damaging Northwest Indiana’s steel mills, oil refineries and similar “critical infrastructure” throughout the state would be punished more severely under legislation approved 49-0 by the Indiana Senate.
‘Haunts’ exhibit at South Shore Arts showcases architectural ruins
A new exhibit at South Shore Arts in Munster showcases dramatic photos of the long-vacant City Methodist Church and other abandoned buildings in Gary and across the greater Region.