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Anna Ortiz

Anna Ortiz is a freelance writer for the Post-Tribune.

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A unique stone grotto, with an empty altar inside, sits on the grounds of the former Lourdes Franciscan Friary in Cedar Lake. The property is going up for auction on Tuesday.

Monastery For Sale

A holy site is for sale — replete with grottoes, crosses and all rolled into one 61-acre package spanning history from Cedar Lake's earliest settlers to its Roaring '20s resort...
FILE - A postal worker empties a box near the Fiserv Forum on Aug. 18, 2020, in Milwaukee. The U.S. Postal Service is replacing tens of thousands of antiquated keys used by postal carriers and installing thousands of high-security collection boxes to stop a surge in robberies and mail thefts, officials said Friday, Friday, May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

USPS makes list, checks twice

As the holidays approach, residents around Northwest Indiana are packing, wrapping and stuffing a legion of gifts across the globe, with no need of a sleigh pulled by a team...
Pete Ghrist, a paranormal investigator and Griffith police officer, investigates a jail block at the Old Sheriff's House and Jail in Crown Point.

Preserving the past through the paranormal

Disembodied voices. Vanishing figures. Unexplainable experiences. Investigations into the unknown have kept some notable historical locations alive, attracting visitors from across the country through the growing phenomenon of paranormal tourism....
Centier Bank was granted PUD zoning to build on the property at 9720 W. 133rd Ave.

New wave of businesses arise in Cedar Lake

From new restaurants to a plan to shape one of the town's most traveled corridors, Cedar Lake is abuzz with business news brewing south of U.S. 30. After the longstanding...