Schererville festival among the first to kick off summer season
The day was nearing its end on Thursday as Redar Park was bathed in an orange glow, but the second day of the Schererville Festival was just getting started. "Yesterday"...
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Couple relocates wedding after Allure fire: ‘It’ll just change what our pictures look like’
Lori Schaaf's father told her while she was planning her wedding, "Things will go wrong, but you'll still be married." And go wrong they did. On June 3, just 18...
Drowning doesn’t look like drowning, says water safety advocate
Unlike the way it's portrayed in movies, drowning is often quiet. There's usually no screaming or thrashing in the water. It's something that can go unnoticed, unless it's being watched....
Planning Commission approves addition of in-ground pool in Schererville
A request to build an in-ground pool in Fawn Valley subdivision was approved 5-0 Monday at a Planning Commission meeting. David and Hollie Eenigenburg were requesting to combine two lots...
Go Red for Women raises heart health awareness
Dianna Winborn passed out at a gas station two years ago while she was in the middle of filling her car up with gas — it was a pivotal moment,...
Tornado, storms blow through Dyer, state on Memorial Day
Behind Annette Bowman's home in Dyer, there's a path of twisted, broken oak trees where there used to be solid greenery. The tornado late Monday afternoon ripped through her back...
Auto racing history in Northwest Indiana spans more than 100 years
In 1895, on an icy Thanksgiving Day, the first organized auto race in the United States took place in Chicago. Six cars made it to the starting line on the...
Three cousins charged with murder, armed robbery in 2018 Hammond shooting
Three cousins were charged in a 2018 Hammond shooting that police described in a gun robbery turned fatal. Charles Wilson III, 20, of Gary, Derek McLaurin-McNutt, 21, and Derrel McLaurin-McNutt,...
Memorial Day weekend events in Northwest Indiana
Memorial Day is a holiday to honor those who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. While the holiday is the last Monday of May, events commemorating...