Smooth Jazz at South Shore will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, in Washington Park in Michigan City .     This year’s lineup includes:     Oli Silk, a London-born keyboardist who began playing at age 11. He has played in a variety of shows and theater productions. He took steps toward jazz in the late

The La Porte Hospital Foundation is holding its 22nd annual Healthcare Scholarship Golf Tournament Thursday, June 17, at Briar Leaf Golf Club, 3233 N. Indiana 39, LaPorte. Proceeds help fund health care scholarships and philanthropic selections based on community need through the LaPorte Hospital Foundation. Over the past 21 years, 193 local students have been

The LaPorte Hospital Foundation’s ninth annual Tour de LaPorte bike, run and walk event to benefit local cancer patients will be Sunday, Aug. 22 at the LaPorte County Fairgrounds, 2586 W. Indiana 2, LaPorte. Proceeds benefit LaPorte Hospital cancer patients and their families in need of financial assistance. In 2009, Tour de LaPorte raised more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new type of membrane that separates oil from water developed by Purdue University material engineers may be used to clean up oil spills such as BP’s massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeffrey Youngblood, a Purdue assistant professor of materials engineering, has created technology that could eventually be used