Jeff Manes

East Chicago native recalls growing up with politics, steel

May 23, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures." — Cesar Chavez It was the stretch of Columbus Drive known as Cesar Chavez Memorial Drive...

John Morgin, 55, and wife Barbara own Morgin Realty in Roselawn.

Roselawn man likes to talk politics

May 23, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

"Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive, "He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five, "Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip, And everybody knew you...

Porter resident Ruth "Babe" Poparad, 95, is a crossing guard and a lifelong Democrat and Methodist.

Porter woman recalls growing up in Depression

May 23, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast; "Man never is, but always to be blessed: "The soul, uneasy and confined from home, "Rests and expatiates in a life to come."...

Porter woman recalls growing up in Depression

May 23, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast; "Man never is, but always to be blessed: "The soul, uneasy and confined from home, "Rests and expatiates in a life to come."...

Chesterton resident Alan Yngve, 62, oversees and facilitates the Community Bridge Club in Calumet Township twice per week in compliance with the American Contract Bridge League. On Tuesday evenings, he runs a bridge club in Chesterton, also part of ACBL.

Chesterton man spreads the word about bridge

May 23, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

"I want to live every moment totally and intensely even when I'm giving an interview or talking to people, that's all I'm thinking about." — Omar Sharif My interview with...

Lois Mollick, 87, lives in Portage with her second husband Joe Mollick. They've been married 48 years.

Manes: Portage woman dedicated to the city’s history

May 23, 2019 at 12:54 p.m.

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it." — Winston Churchill Lois Mollick is a charter member of the Portage Historical Society. Like most historical society...

Retired bricklayer Gene Clifford, who lives in Valparaiso, stays active with bowling, hunting and fishing.

Retired bricklayer stays active with bowling, hunting and fishing

May 23, 2019 at 12:54 p.m.

Ernie McCracken: "It all comes down to this roll. Roy Munson, a manchild, with a dream to topple bowling giant Ernie McCracken. If he strikes, he's the 1979 Odor-Eaters champion....

Griffith resident Heather Millsap poses with actor Norman Reedus, who stars as Daryl Dixon on AMC's "The Walking Dead." Millsap is a staff photographer for the Walker Stalker Con fan conventions held all over the U.S. and in London.

‘Walker Stalker Con’ photographer loves the zombies

June 6, 2018 at 5:19 a.m.

Morgan Jones: "Hey, mister, you even know what's going on?" Rick Grimes: "I woke up today ... in the hospital, came home, and that's all I know." Morgan Jones: "But...

‘Walker Stalker Con’ organizer loves the zombies

May 23, 2019 at 12:53 p.m.

Morgan Jones: "Hey, mister, you even know what's going on?" Rick Grimes: "I woke up today ... in the hospital, came home, and that's all I know." Morgan Jones: "But...

Items like letterman's jackets are still going strong at 70-year-old Main Sporting Goods in East Chicago.

Siblings keep tradition alive at Main Sporting Goods

May 23, 2019 at 12:53 p.m.

"Hail Noble Washington." — East Chicago Washington fight song It was in December 1946 when World War II veteran Bert Radbel first hung his shingle in the Indiana Harbor community...

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