MERRILLVILLE — Michael E. Schrage, President and CEO of Centier Bank, announced the 2014 Schrage Family Scholarship recipients at the Bank’s annual scholarship banquet held at the Avalon Manor in Merrillville. Centier awarded a $2,000 scholarship to each of 20 college-bound graduating seniors.  Each graduate attended a high school in one of the numerous counties […]

Beachside Players will present A.R.Gurney’s “Sylvia” as a benefit fundraiser for Samaritan Counseling Centers Inc. on Saturday, June 28th in the Long Beach Community Center Gym, 2501 Oriole Trail, Long Beach, IN. Social hour, which includes appetizers and desserts with BYOB or whatever you wish to drink is at 5:00 pm. The play performance will follow

Gibson is hosting the Securing & Surviving The Active Shooter Epidemic Seminar on August 6, 2014. Active shooting incidents have become an epidemic. This event will focus on the prevention, response, and pros and cons of arming teachers and employees. The event features Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier and speaker

HAMMOND — Parking tickets for the South Shore Air Show are now available for purchase online and at the Indiana Welcome Center. In addition to parking passes, visitors will be able to create packages to include Fair Oaks Farms tours and hotel stays while purchasing tickets online. The South Shore Air Show, scheduled for July

HAMMOND — In response to demand for advanced practice nurses, Purdue University Calumet is poised to become a doctoral-granting university by participating in an innovative collaboration to offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in northwest Indiana. “There is a significant need for more advanced practice nurses prepared at the doctoral level to provide

MERRILLVILLE — A nonprofit environmental organization funded by the U.S. Department of Energy has selected six northwest Indiana communities to join a program that aims to significantly improve the environmental performance of municipal fleets. Officials at South Shore Clean Cities Inc. announced the following communities will participate in the Northwest Indiana Green Fleet program: Dyer,

Franciscan Medical Specialists Sleep Lab donated two complete bedroom furniture sets to Gabriel’s Horn, which is a short-term shelter for homeless women in Valparaiso, Indiana. The bedroom sets included queen sized beds, frames, credenzas, lamps, night stands and bedding sets. The women of Gabriel’s Horn were very grateful to Franciscan Alliance and Franciscan Medical Specialists

VALPARAISO — Cancer survivors can find out more about overcoming challenges such as learning to eat well and maintaining a healthy lifestyle throughout diagnosis and treatment from an expert in the field. “Eat Well, Live Well” is the first seminar in a new Cancer Survivorship Series presented by St. Mary Medical Center, 9 am to

OAK BROOK – First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83), presents Shakespeare’s classic comedy THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR on its outdoor main stage situated on the scenic slopes of the historic Mayslake Peabody Estate. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR previews July 9, opens Saturday, July 12 at 8:15 p.m., and

HAMMOND — Building an air conditioner, learning how airplanes fly, making and testing concrete, and gaining insights into how tall buildings are designed are in store for middle and high school students who participate in Purdue University Calumet’s Engineering Summer Camp July 21-25. Purdue Calumet and its Departments of Engineering are hosting the camp. The