MUNSTER — WGN veteran sports anchor Rich King is the guest speaker for the 8th annual Share the Love event, Wed, Feb. 11 at the Center for Visual & Performing Arts in Munster. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cancer Resource Centre in conjunction with the auxiliaries of Community Hospital, St. Catherine Hospital and St. […]

Porter Health Care System recently named Darlene McCrammer, director of Porter’s Chandana Surgery Center, as Porter’s Clinical Manager of the Year, and Debbie Bachman, director of Risk Management, as Porter’s Non-Clinical Manager of the Year. As Director of the Chandana Surgery Center and the Center for Digestive Health, McCrammer supervises all services provided at each

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Repertory Theatre (IRT) brings Lois Lowry’s Newbery Award-winning children’s novel, The Giver, to its Upperstage. This cross-generational story engages both adults who grew up reading the novel and children who are reading it for the first time. In this play, adapted by Eric Coble and directed by IRT’s Associate Artistic Director Courtney

WESTVILLE — Purdue University North Central was recently recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for its ongoing commitment to community engagement. The Foundation announced that 240 institutions received the 2015 Community Engagement Classification, an honor PNC earned in 2010 alongside 121 other institutions, bringing the total number of Community Engaged institutions to 361. “It is a

STARKE COUNTY — Everett James, director of engineering, and Michael Sharkozy, project engineer, who make up the Thermo Products Design Engineering Development Team, recently were inducted into the 2014-2015 class of the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. The award recognizes individuals, teams and organizations that have proven themselves as innovators in the seven-county area,

Porter Health Care System will offer Healthy Heart Diet classes in February. The free classes will provide an understanding on how to read food labels and choose heart-healthy food, along with teaching basic heart healthy food preparation tips. Classes will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Feb. 3 and 17 and from 6

MERRILLVILLE — The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority will be hosting their 2015 Partnership Summit at the Radisson Hotel Star Plaza on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The summit is open to current partners as well as businesses interested in learning more about the services offered by the South Shore CVA. Cost of the event is

LAPORTE – Free screenings, a chance to interact with physicians and providers, and delicious “cancer-busting” appetizers are the highlights of the Cervical Cancer Awareness Event, from 2-6 p.m., Jan. 29 at the IU Health Community Health Center, 400 Teegarden St., La Porte. Registration is required for the cervical cancer screening and clinical breast exam by