Local students witness history with Obama's inauguration

WASHINGTON, D.C. | Tacarra Holden didn’t mind the fact that her legs were aching Monday as President Barack Obama appeared on the Capitol’s steps to take his oath and speak.

Gary students headed to D.C. for inauguration

GARY | The Barden Gary Foundation announced students and their senior community service projects Tuesday evening at the common council meeting.

Essay winners heading to DC

The Barden Gary Foundation awarded seven high school students with trips to Washington, D.C., to see President Obama's inauguration.

Goodwill at center stage of Gary's Good Deeds Campaign

HOBART | The winners in Gary's Good Deeds Campaign provided food and clothing to the needy, cleaned up trash-filled vacant lots, restored parks and taught kids how to play basketball.

Majestic Star remembers 'titan in the industry'

GARY | Don Barden, founder of Majestic Star Casinos, was honored Thursday in a tribute at West Side Leadership Academy.

Barden remembered at scholarships event

HAMMOND | Brandon Griffin remembers looking to Don Barden as a role model when he was just 9 years old growing up in Gary.

Brunch feeds souls on Mother's Day

MERRILLVILLE | More than 225 people gathered Sunday afternoon inside the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza for a Mother's Day brunch to help raise money for the Barden Gary Foundation.

Majestic, Express earn United Way honors

Majestic Star Casinos and Hotel in Gary and Express Employment Professionals of Valparaiso recently were honored by their county's United Way organization.

Barden Gary Foundation donates $10K to Lake Area United Way

The Barden Gary Foundation donated $10,000 to the Lake Area United Way to be used for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana. Pictured are Barden Gary Foundation scholars and members of the Foundation's board of directors, Renee Connelly; Gary School Corp. Superintendent Myrtle Campbell…

Foundation donates $10K to Lake Area United Way

GARY | Barden Gary Foundation recently donated $10,000 to Lake Area United Way earmarked for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana.

Barden Gary Foundation donates $10K to Lake Area United Way

GARY | The Barden Gary Foundation recently donated $10,000 to Lake Area United Way earmarked for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana.

Lake Area United Way gets $170K donation

Pictured from left are Lou Martinez, president of Lake Area United Way; Chareice White, corporate director of Majestic Star & Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel and president of the Barden Gary Foundation; Sonja Dactelides, Majestic Star table games; and Larry Buck, senior vice president and…

Lake Area United Way gets $170K donation

GARY | The Lake Area United Way received a pledge of $163,850 from Majestic Star Casino and $10,000 from the Barden Gary Foundation toward United Way's annual campaign.

A network of support

Anthony Coberg co-owner of the Arthur Murray Dance Studio franchise in Merrillville, welcomes breast cancer survivors as dinner is being served. They had arrived from a reception at the Radisson Hotel.

A network of support

Barden-Gary Foundation President Chareice White speaks at the introduction of the second annual Jubilation celebration honoring breast cancer survivors at the Radisson Hotel in Merrillville.

A network of support

Jason Boone, Cadillac sales manager at Schepel Cadillac Hummer, welcomes ladies. The Barden-Gary Foundation and Friends of the Barden-Gary Foundation presented Jubilation, an event honoring breast cancer survivors and Schepel was one of 19 sites where breast cancer survivors were feted.

Second annual Jubilation Dinner honors breast cancer survivors

MERRILLVILLE | After Jacquelyn Drago-Hunter was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, her chemotherapy treatments caused her hair to fall out, but she refused to wear a wig.