Jane Bokun

Cristal Bailon, a first-grader at Harrison Elementary in East Chicago, said she read a pamphlet about St. Baldrick's and decided to participate, raising $500 for research on childhood cancer in the process.

First-grader raises $500 for St. Baldrick’s

May 23, 2019 at 12:31 p.m.

Cristal Bailon tentatively made her way to the recent St. Baldrick's Foundation event at Quest Eatery and Spirits in Schererville. The six-year-old Harrison Elementary first-grader had read a pamphlet and...

A view of the mock courtroom attorney David Gladish built above his office in Highland.

Mock courtroom allows Highland attorney to have trial runs

May 23, 2019 at 12:32 p.m.

If attorney David Gladish has any trouble planning how to win a case for his clients, he can always head upstairs for a trial run. Literally. On the second floor...

U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky speaks with constituents during a town hall meeting in Portage in 2012.

Visclosky annual town forums start Thursday

June 16, 2018 at 10:38 a.m.

Each year when U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky announces his January town forums, he waits for the barrage. "The questions can range from what's going on with the South Shore extension...

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