The reasoning behind IndyCar’s preferred 14-race 2020 schedule: ‘It was a good compromise’
Despite seven iterations of the 2020 IndyCar schedule, the series has stayed right around 14 races since mid-March. That’s not by accident.
Month: August 2020
Downtown Indianapolis ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural on Indiana Avenue defaced
Community members woke Sunday morning to the news of white and gray paint being splattered across the Indiana Avenue mural.
Region buffets surviving pandemic with new safety precautions
Some businesses have continued their buffets, while others have dropped that service. All are observing FDA safety standards to keep their clients safe and coming back.
Boys & Girls Clubs to open during school day to house e-learning students
Boys & Girls Clubs will be open during the school day to serve youth throughout Porter and Lake counties for the first time in the organization’s history.
Futures File: Corn in the dirt
Corn prices tumbled to new contract lows this week, trading down to $3.20 per bushel. Values are dropping as the crop looks increasingly healthy and is poised to produce over 180 bushels per acre, a new record yield.
The Pogues Run Trail now leads ‘to nowhere.’ This group needs help to change that.
“We just really need to get heavy hitters,” says one of the organizers behind effort to raise money to finish Pogues Run Trail.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Help first responders by supporting energy resiliency
First responders and gasoline are a lot alike. Most of us take them for granted and don’t really think about them until we need them.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Indiana’s restrictive abortion laws challenge science and women’s rights
This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Indiana a second chance to revive two restrictive abortion laws — one of which imposed an ultrasound requirement for women seeking an abortion and another that expanded parental notification for minors seekin…
WALTER WILLIAMS: Leftist effort to revise American history
There is very little new under the sun. The monument and statue destruction that we are witnessing has been witnessed in other times and other places. A tyrant’s first battlefield is to rewrite history. Most notable were the political purges…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Six ways Congress can fight for America’s recovery right now
Our community is hurting. COVID-19 has devastated workers, families and businesses in Lake County. Without immediate action from Congress, people will lose the federal support keeping them from financial disaster.