The Marriott Theatre said today that its current production of MARY POPPINS will definitely close on January 5th, 2014.  After its opening in October, many declared this MARY POPPINS “practically perfect” and that the Marriott show would be “THE hot ticket”.  The production went on to become the best-selling holiday show in the theatre’s long […]

MUNSTER — Since her diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) in 2006, Lansing resident Sandy Fantin has had pain in her left leg and trouble walking. After a simple outpatient procedure this past Oct. 29 at Community Hospital in Munster to place new drug-coated stents into her femoral artery, Fantin is hopeful that she will

Methodist Hospitals’ employees from both campuses joined together in the spirit of the holidays to hold a holiday food drive and provide gifts to children in need.  Perishable food items were donated to the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana. Employees once again teamed up with the Salvation Army to donate Angel Tree Gifts. This program

HAMMOND — A professor whose research contributed to a Nobel Prize, the awarding of a record number of degrees and growing enrollment of higher achieving new students highlight an eventful 2013 for Purdue University Calumet. Contributor to Nobel Prize Professor of Physics Neeti Parashar participated on the team of worldwide researchers who discovered the Higgs

MICHIGAN CITY — Everyone at B&E Marine has a little something extra to smile about this Christmas. The crew members at this Michigan City based company raised over $1,000 since October 28, 2013 for the local Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign. The company then matched the donations raised to bring the crew’s grand total to

Earlier this month, union carpenters of the Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters (IKORCC) rolled up their sleeves to help build a new NIPSCO building at Schererville’s Tri Town Safety Village. Tri Town Safety Village is a “child-sized” town, complete with houses, roads, replicas of local businesses, and operational street lights and railroad crossings. This model

MERRILLVILLE — This week, NIPSCO celebrated the successful completion of a holiday giving campaign, resulting in more than $125,000 in monetary donations and hundreds of items for service-related agencies across the utility’s 30-county footprint. Employee-led initiatives included food and toy drives and fund-raising bake sales and gift wrapping – all aimed at helping families in

INDIANAPOLIS – Each year nonprofit arts organization Heartland Truly Moving Pictures honors select theatrically-released films with its Truly Moving Picture Award, a seal that signifies a film’s transformative power and appeal. “The Truly Moving Picture Award jury takes into consideration how every film could impact and engage its target audience,” said Tim Irwin, Heartland’s artistic director.

MICHIGAN CITY — In 2008, Bionic Prosthetics & Orthotics opened its doors with 2 employees and one location in Merrillville, Indiana. In the past 5 years, Bionic has expanded its services throughout Northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area. Offering customized patient care solutions and exemplary customer service with flexibility on servicing hospitals, nursing homes, providing

December 20th marked the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Studebaker plant in South Bend. The archivist at the Studebaker National Museum says the defunct company still has an impact on the community half a century later. Andy Beckman says institutions including Memorial Hospital of South Bend began with donations of Studebaker money or