SOUTH BEND — South By South Bend Music Festival 2014 will kick off in the heart of Downtown South Bend the evening of Thursday, May 8, 2014 and continue over through Sunday, May 11, 2014.  South By South Bend Music Festival is a 4-day live music festival featuring 60 local and regional bands playing original […]

CHICAGO — Fifth Third Bank was recently honored by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and the Serve Illinois Commission with the Illinois Governor’s Volunteer Service Award.  The awards recognize individual volunteers and volunteer programs through a statewide award program designed to highlight the importance of volunteerism and community service in the State of Illinois.  The bank

MUNCIE – Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), healthy Hoosiers who buy health insurance from the exchange might pay significantly more in premiums because of the poor health of their neighbors, says a new policy brief from Ball State University. The university’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) recently released “Individual Market Premium Variations

GRANGER — Brad Ebert joins the Vista AV Integration sales team at Office Interiors. Brad has over ten years of technical experience in the audio-visual industry, working on various projects for many progressive organizations throughout the Michiana area, including numerous educational and corporate accounts. “We are ecstatic to have Brad join our team”, Vista AV

INDIANAPOLIS — The 500 Festival announced today that a recent economic impact study revealed the 500 Festival events generate a significant tangible economic impact on the city of Indianapolis each year. In 2013, this amounted to $19.7 million in financial impact, including $5.5 million of direct spending by out-of-area visitors. Each year hundreds of thousands of

LA PORTE — Local union carpenters of the Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters (IKORCC) volunteered to lend a helping hand at the LaPorte County Small Animal Shelter. Earlier in this month, three IKORCC carpenters volunteered their skills to complete the Small Animal Shelter’s building addition and cat room renovation. In just four days, the carpenters

HAMMOND — The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana will be hosting a corporate bowling charity challenge at Plaza Lanes in Highland on Wednesday, May 7. Beginning at 6:00 p.m., participating organizations will compete in Stars and Strikes for the Challenger Cup, with proceeds benefiting the center. The Challenger Learning Center uses science, technology, engineering

CHICAGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for securing U.S. borders from all threats, is now accepting applications nationwide to fill 2,000 additional officer positions at air, land and sea ports across the country.  As a result of funding provided in the fiscal year 2014 budget, 44 ports in 18 states will