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Competition stiff for bike trail funding
Bike trails have grown to become a mini highway system in the region in the past 20 years, but the funding used to build them has some interes…
Cartoonist to draw crowd for tourism
The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority's annual Tourism Week luncheon May 9 will feature both a light-hearted conversation and a se…
Pain at the pump: Residents wonder why NWI gas is highest in state
Barbara Kotas can remember when a night on the town cost her 50 cents a gallon in gasoline.
May 12, 2012 9:30 pm PhotosPhotos
U.S. Sen. Lugar in his toughest Senate campaign ever
INDIANAPOLIS | The belief that Republican U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar cannot be beaten, perhaps one of the greatest articles of faith in Indiana poli…
May 05, 2012 12:00 pm PhotosPhotos
Cartoonist to draw crowd for tourism
The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority's annual Tourism Week luncheon May 9 will feature both a light-hearted conversation and a se…
About David Fitzsimmons
David Fitzsimmons is 56 and should know better. Cartoonist, humor columnist and blogger for The Arizona Daily Star, Fitz is syndicated to more…
April 29, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Q&A with humorist David Fitzsimmons
Did you doodle in textbooks when you were a child, and did a teacher ever catch you?
April 29, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Students learning about earning, spending
Students at Lake Central High School are learning tough lessons about just how far a dollar can stretch. The school recently began requiring a…
Urban League of Northwest Indiana eager to help
Vanessa Allen, the president and CEO of the Urban League of Northwest Indiana, said the Urban League is a place where residents in Lake, Porte…
April 15, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Note to candidates
The Times is contacting all candidates for public office in Lake and Porter counties for a special election preview. Responses are due by midn…
Note to candidates
The Times is contacting all candidates for public office in Lake and Porter counties for a special election preview. Responses are due by midn…
FORK IN THE ROAD: Governments looking at potential of improving community health through food studies
Local governments and regional groups are paying more attention to issues of healthy eating and its relationship to building vibrant communities.
April 08, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Going paperless saves municipal, school boards green
The Lake Station City Council in late January moved to the iPad era, swapping paper and pens for electronic tablets.
April 01, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Should Gary's old Union Station be saved?
GARY | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Superintendent Costa Dillon has suggested Gary's long-abandoned Union Station might make a fine place …
March 24, 2012 3:15 pm PhotosPhotos
Changing of the guard: 12 new police chiefs in region
A massive turnover at the helm of region police departments could lead to a boost in cooperation and community policing, officials said.
March 18, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Growing demand for bandwidth is changing public safety communications
Think of the airwaves as lakefront property. There's only so much of it. "You want to get as many people on the lakefront as possible, but you…
March 11, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
NWI businesses tend to in-home needs of the elderly
As co-owner of Home Helpers' Valparaiso office, Jim VanVliet is well aware that about 8,000 baby boomers a day began turning 65 last year.
March 04, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Filmmaker wants to make black history 'More Than a Month'
Shukree Hassan Tilghman stood in the middle of Times Square in New York, wearing a sandwich board reading "End Black History Month" on the fro…
February 26, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Lake County dodging a legal bullet on trash disposal?
The Lake County Solid Waste Management District could avoid potential litigation — but invite other legal problems — if the trash-to-ethanol c…
February 19, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Zipcars offer new twist on ride sharing
Just as many of today's young adults prefer downloading their music one song at a time rather than buying an entire CD, they also like having …
PHIL WIELAND: My date with Pingpong — a fool and his fuel gauge
VALPARAISO | Maybe it was my imagination, but Pingpong seemed almost happy to see me when I arrived. I was a couple minutes late for my reserv…
Becoming a Zipster: Zipcar members can reserve cars 24/7
To rent a Zipcar for as little as half an hour or as long as four days (longer rentals can be arranged through the company), a person first ha…
Lake County trained on a new era with ethics sessions
CROWN POINT | Lake County officials have decided to put the fear of God into their employees and each other.
Digital-age pickpockets: Police report ID theft, bank account fraud on rise in NWI
During the Christmas season and ever since, an increasing number of residents have reported their personal and financial information has been …
January 29, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Hospitals prepare for federal judgment of their patient care
Report card day carries with it the possibility of students being grounded or applauded. "Report cards" for hospitals will affect their bottom line.
January 22, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
True blue on the street and at home: Police dogs earn their keep
CROWN POINT | If Dan Murchek could have his way, he would keep a police dog with him in his administrative office. He misses that companionship.
January 15, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Jobs issue is Job No. 1 for Editorial Advisory Board
When The Times Editorial Advisory Board for Indiana met this month to determine priorities for Northwest Indiana and to offer advice on priori…
Once more unto the breach
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels is poised to finish his second and final term as governor this year with a budget surplus, an unparalleled r…
2012 Indiana Editorial Advisory Board
Today, we introduce new members of The Times Editorial Advisory Board. They have agreed to share their opinions on issues of local and regiona…
January 01, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
2012 Illinois Editorial Advisory Board members
Today, we introduce new members of The Times Editorial Advisory Board. They have agreed to share their opinions on issues of local and regiona…
January 01, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
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