WEST LAFAYETTE — The Purdue Board of Trustees approved naming the School of Civil Engineering for the Lyles family in recognition of a $15 million gift from the Lyles Foundation. The school will be known as the Lyles School of Civil Engineering. The gift will be used to broaden the school’s capacities for learning and […]

A team from Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City was victorious over another from IU Health LaPorte Hospital at the Michigan City Women’s Bowling Association’s 13th Annual Bowl For The Cure charity event at Lakeshore Lanes recently. The Franciscan St. Anthony Health Center for Breast Health has been the recipient of a portion of the proceeds

Wednesday, April 9 at 7p.m. (Doors opening at 6:30 p.m.) Lubeznik Center for the Arts in cooperation with Purdue University North Central Department of English and Modern Languages presents singer/songwriter Ronny Cox. Tickets can be purchased at LCA, over the phone at 219.874.4900, or online at www.lubeznikcenter.org. Ticket prices are $15 for LCA members, $20

The new Celtic Woman “Emerald: Musical Gems” DVD scheduled to be aired during upcoming PBS television specials was filmed at the Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, Indiana.  The show is scheduled to air on the South Bend PBS station, WNIT Channel 34, during the station’s pledge drive on Monday, March 10, 2014, from 8:00-10:00

WEST LAFAYETTE — Many highly educated immigrants coming to the U.S. without a job lined up have been unable to find work at their level of education, leading to considerable “brain waste,” Purdue University researchers have found. Agricultural economics professors Brigitte Waldorf and Raymond Florax were on a team of researchers who analyzed data from

GARY — Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson delivered her third State of the City Address to a capacity crowd Feb. 19 at the Genesis Convention Center in downtown Gary. Before taking the stage, a video was aired showcasing the administration’s highlights in 2013 including community clean-ups, groundbreakings, ribbon cuttings and other community events. Freeman-Wilson then took

For 75 years, family owned foundry and machine shop, Bremen Castings, Inc. (BCI), has made significant strides in the iron industry. The Indiana-based business is a manufacturer of gray and ductile iron castings ready for assembly lines worldwide, including complete components for heavy truck, heavy machinery, mining, oil and gas, defense, lawn and garden and

VALPARAISO – Taltree Arboretum & Gardens has become one of only eight arboretums in the world to be awarded Level III accreditation by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program sponsored and coordinated by The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL. This international initiative has four levels of accreditation, recognizing arboreta of various degrees of development, capacity and

MERRILLVILLE — Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), in partnership with South Shore Clean Cities, is expanding opportunities for alternative fuel, through the launch of a public charging station incentive program. The NIPSCO IN-Charge Around Town Electric Vehicle Program aims to make it easier and more a­ffordable for businesses and organizations to install public charging

HAMMOND — The South Shore Civil War Memorial Trail will be hosting their exhibit, Region United, Nation Divided: Following Lincoln, Feb. 24 through April 30 at the Indiana Welcome Center. The exhibit showcases the region’s answer to Abraham Lincoln’s call to action during our nation’s bloodiest war – the Civil War. Field trip opportunities to