Gary legislator critical of SNAP decision
Starting in November, about 50,000 Indiana residents will only be able to receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if they are working or in job training, a change...
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Longtime volunteer keeps at it for the love of birds
As a person who loves birds, Carl Swisher's volunteering is like sending a kid into a candy store. Swisher has been able to incorporate his love of birds into volunteering...
Donated venison helps fill food pantry freezers, stomachs
Food banks in Lake County have been trying a new way of providing protein to their clients. During the winter and spring months, instead of serving packaged or processed protein,...
Ghost hunters say to see is to believe
The six or so members of the Northwest Indiana Ghost Hunting team have a ready reply for all the non-believers out there. "To any skeptics that say ghosts aren't real...
Tibetan monks visit Miller for third year
The Tibetan monks of the Drepung Gomang monastery are visiting Miller again as a part of their sacred arts tour. The group of monks has visited Gary annually since 2013...
Visclosky talks issues with Hobart Chamber
U.S. Rep. Pete Visclsoky is no stranger to Hobart. When he spoke Wednesday to the city's Chamber of Commerce, the 30-year-Democratic representative from Merrillville was quick to show he knew...
B-24 visit part of traveling WWII museum
The four engines of the B-24 Liberator roared as they pulled the plane down the runway Monday and finally into the sky. Inside the plane, passengers sat strapped into small...
Prosecutor: Church bus driver may have been asleep
The Hancock County prosecutor's office said Friday that it believes that when a Gary church bus crashed Tuesday on Interstate 70 east of Indianapolis, the driver was asleep. "We believe...
Galactic Greg reaches 25 years as comic haven
Just through the front door of Galactic Greg's, customers enter into a world filled with superheros, villians and lots of action. The walls are covered in comics, action figures, games,...
Aquatorium project ends after 25-year renovation
When Vincent Diaz was 16, he remembers working for the parks department in Gary. Back then, the Gary Bathing House was still a bath house -- he and his friends...