INDIANAPOLIS – The 22nd Heartland Film Festival opened with the world premiere Gimme Shelter starring Vanessa Hudgens, as Apple. A troubled pregnant teen struggles for survival and acceptance. Based on a true story, Apples journey has a happy ending for a change. Vanessa was brilliant in this role as if was revealing a part of her […]

Rep. Mark Messmer, R-District 63, has been honored as 2013 Legislator of the Year by the Indiana Bankers Association (IBA). The award was presented by Amber R. Van Til, IBA senior vice president-government relations, at the Association’s Annual Convention on Sept. 24 in Indianapolis. The representative was recognized for his assistance in ushering in the

HIGHLAND — The 10th annual South Shore Sports/Butterfly Open table tennis tournament will be held at the Highland Lincoln Center Oct. 26 and 27. The 4-star tournament is expected to host 230 players, with at least 80 players coming from outside the Midwest. The public is welcome to attend the tournament and watch as players

SOUTH BEND — Diane Stover-Hopkins, Innovation Strategy Executive at Beacon Health System in South Bend, IN, has been selected to receive the Experience Management Achievement award from Strategic Horizons LLP, a thinking studio dedicated to helping companies conceive and design new ways of adding value to their economic offerings. Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore, authors

The Rev. Anthony Janik, spiritual services director, blesses a new cross and garden area outside of Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point during a ceremony on Oct. 4, which also was the Feast Day of St. Francis. The cross and Christ figure replace those that were damaged when a previous cross, estimated to be more than

CROWN POINT — Sudish Chandra, M.D., is this year’s recipient of Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point’s St. Raphael Award, which, since 2005, has recognized physicians who have helped improve patient care through their relationship with the nursing staff. Chandra, a neonatologist who has been medical director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit since it opened

Back by popular demand, our Halloween Pops presents an exciting and scary selection of movie, pop and light classical music. Can you imagine the entire Symphony, Youth Orchestra and Chorus all costumed to the hilt and all on stage in one evening? And don’t forget Maestro Muspratt, whose Halloween creations are always a surprise and

CROWN POINT — Due to the overwhelming response from their first call for presenters, the Beyond Safety Conference & Expo has chosen to extend their deadline for presenter applications to October 31st. The upcoming Beyond Safety Conference, which will take place on February 11th and 12th, 2014, brings together over 600 safety professionals to participate