Jerry Davich

Melissa Welch-Latronica, a single mother of three, stands outside Porter County Jail, where she spent three days in a cell after being arrested for failure to appear in court over an unpaid ambulance bill from 2014.

Single mother goes from traffic stop to bench warrant to jail over unpaid medical bill: ‘It just isn’t right’

February 27, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

Melissa Welch-Latronica had no idea why she got pulled over by a Valparaiso police officer earlier this month. He informed her that she failed to affix her 2019 sticker to...

Kurt Cobain, lead singer for Nirvana, performs Dec.13, 1993, at a taping of MTV's Live and Loud Production in Seattle.

Song lyrics getting angrier, sadder over the years: ‘If you really want to say something, you say it with a song’

February 24, 2019 at 3:32 p.m.

Has the music we’ve been listening to since our teenage years become progressively sadder and angrier with every decade? Have we gone from “See You Later, Alligator” by Bill Haley,...

Chicago Bears outside linebacker Sam Acho (93) takes a knee on the sidelines during the second half against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field Saturday Dec. 16, 2017, in Detroit, Mich.

Bears linebacker Sam Acho shares his faith in spiritual playbook: ‘I’ve been tested’

March 29, 2019 at 11:08 p.m.

When Chicago Bears linebacker Sam Acho injured his pectoral muscle in week four of last year’s NFL season, he felt sacked for a loss emotionally. “I was definitely disappointed,” he...

A woman and child view five crosses with the names of gunshot victims near the warehouse of Henry Pratt Co., Feb. 16, 2019, in Aurora.

Davich: Another mass shooting, another desperate gasp, asking ‘Why?’

February 19, 2019 at 7:36 p.m.

Why? This is the question, once again, that keeps rattling around our minds like a shattered mirror. Why did Gary Martin pull out an illegally owned .40-caliber Smith & Wesson...

Valparaiso woman with Lyme disease warns others about the illness: ‘I just want my life back’

February 15, 2019 at 10:30 p.m.

Emily Bohne began feeling constant back pain, unexplainable dizziness, and odd sensitivities to certain foods this time last year. She had no idea what hit her. It wasn’t merely a...

Davich: ‘Getting old isn’t for sissies’ takes on new meaning

February 15, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.

Last week I woke up, got out of bed, and felt a sharp pain in my right knee. It was a pain I’ve never felt before, on the top of...

Alexa, are you laughing at us? Of course you are, while Big Brother watches

February 14, 2019 at 5:11 p.m.

It was late at night when a Porter County woman heard startling laughter in her home. It didn’t come from a human voice. “It came from Alexa,” she told me....

Destiny Mathis and Floyd Blackmon Jr. on the couch in their Merrillville home Feb. 6, 2019 as Mathis recovers from abdominal surgery earlier in the month.

Merrillville man’s most thoughtful Valentine’s Day gift happened in a hospital room

February 12, 2019 at 3:23 p.m.

Floyd Blackmon Jr. doesn’t have to woo his fiance this Valentine’s Day with a bouquet of fresh flowers, a box of mixed chocolates, or a romantic dinner at a swanky...

Charles "Biff" Geiss, a retired teacher and baseball coach in Valparaiso, stands in front of the new baseball field Feb. 7 at Tower Park in the city.

‘Biff’ Geiss’ legacy is now more familiar than his nickname, thanks to former student in Treasury Dept.

February 8, 2019 at 5:47 p.m.

Charles “Biff” Geiss got his well-known nickname within minutes after being born. Geiss was a rather large baby, and the labor room nurse did her best to get him back...

Davich: Sensitivity training is needed for ‘challenged’ people, such as myself, and possibly you, too

February 8, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

The woman stood uncomfortably close to me while I waited to bag my grocery store items. The conveyor belt couldn’t move fast enough to get me out of this awkward...

All Stories