Nancy Coltun Webster

Associate city planner and Amercorps vista worker Sam Salvesen takes photos with his phone recently in the sanctuary of the abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary.

Gary interns set tone, goals for historic area

May 13, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

The Gary Redevelopment Commission's interns are determined to spark an interest in historic preservation and they've embarked on a crowdfunding campaign to raise $15,000 to fund a preservation walking tour....

Franklin Delano Roosevelt appears with his son, Franklin Jr. and Gov. Paul McNutt in Gary in 1936.

Presidential visits bring out the crowds in NWI history

May 13, 2019 at 8:37 a.m.

In an era when appearances by the president are a click of a mouse or a click of a channel away, there have been times when the nation's top elected...

West Lake development plans weighed

May 13, 2019 at 8:36 a.m.

With officials urging residents to stay on their best behavior, plans for the development around new South Shore Railroad stations in Munster and Dyer were praised and criticized Tuesday in...

Legacy talks focused on making Lake County a better place to live

May 13, 2019 at 8:36 a.m.

The Legacy Foundation is preparing to invite Lake County civic, religious, nonprofit and municipal participants and community residents to break bread and talk about how to make the county a...

Cheryl Francis Harrington, from left, as Mary, Stephen Barrington as David, Shannon Foster as Shannon, Ernest Pierce as Delonte, Karnell Matthews as Dante, Chala Savina as Margarita and Chris Triana as Alejandro hide out in a church to avoid capture in a dystopian 2021 United States in "Make America Great?"

Black film fest examines politics, social issues

May 13, 2019 at 8:36 a.m.

When Candice Vernon wrote and produced her dramatic satire film short, "Make America Great?" last October, she said she had a good idea Donald J. Trump would be her next...

Non-dairy, butter, yogurt and kefir items on display at the new Whole Foods at Englewood Square shopping center in Chicago on Sept. 27, 2016.

Bill addresses food deserts with eye on expanding choices

May 13, 2019 at 8:34 a.m.

Lake and Porter county food deserts stand to benefit from a bill to fund construction and expansion of grocery stores, food pantries, farmers markets as well as delivery, distribution and...

Northwest Indiana applauds Boy Scouts’ transgender decision

May 31, 2019 at 7:46 a.m.

Boy Scouts were an important part of the Rev. Michael Cooper's childhood, so he was pleased that the national organization has opened its doors to transgender youth. "I think it...

Jack Eskin, deputy director of Redevelopment at the City of Gary, is leading a charge to attain funds to turn the abandoned City Methodist Church into a ruin garden.

Knight competition finalists have vision for Gary

May 13, 2019 at 8:32 a.m.

Surrounded by decades of rubble and debris, Jack Eskin sees civic potential in the limestone and remaining structure as he walks through what's left of the City Methodist Church at...

Lee Rohrer, of the 400 block of Madison Street in Gary. holds a sign warning others that his parking space is reserved for him and no one else in the aftermath of the Jan. 26-27, 1967 blizzard in the Calumet Region.

’67 blizzard marks snowy 50th anniversary

May 13, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.

Fifty years ago today, Ken Scheeringa was a 14-year-old kid from Highland who was learning a bit about weather in his science class at the Illiana Christian High School in...

Health care law changes pros, cons eyed

May 13, 2019 at 8:29 a.m.

As Congress stands poised to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the early days of President Donald Trump's term, the debate for citizens continues over finding balance between maintaining good...

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