LUSH A Mother's Day in Paradise Gift Set

A Mother's Day in Paradise Gift Set by LUSH offers Mom a reminder to relax and enjoy a bubble bath break. It's bright and cheerful hatbox full of springtime goodies for mom to luxuriously pamper herself. It's $56.95 at lushusa.com.

New Products for Thursday, March 21, 2013

Feeling sheepish

Auntie Barbara's Bed, Bath and Biscuit

Barbara Goetz, owner of Auntie Barbara's Bed, Bath and Biscuit, lets her dog Fionna out to run in the large yard at the business in Lowell.

Auntie Barbara's Bed, Bath and Biscuit

Barbara Goetz, owner of Auntie Barbara's Bed, Bath and Biscuit, holds one of the dogs boarded with her at the Lowell business.

Auntie Barbara's Bed, Bath and Biscuit

Barbara Goetz owns Auntie Barbara's Bed, Bath and Biscuit in Lowell.

Big projects will revitalize, beautify Gary

This courtyard is part of the Tuskegee Airman wing of the Marquette Park Gary Aquatorium in the Miller Beach neighborhood. It was designed by a colleague of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Architectural gems

Corinthian style columns featuring floral designs grace the Marquette Park Gary Aquatorium. The building, originally known as the Gary Bathing Beach Bathhouse when it opened in June 1921, is being restored in part through funds from the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority.

Architectural gems

The Marquette Park Gary Aquatorium is being restored.

Bath salts growing problem in Lake, Porter counties

Lake County Sheriff John Buncich, right, and Deputy Cmdr. Robert Arnold show vials of "bath salts" being sold in the area. Indiana outlawed the products in July, but the manufacturers can circumvent the ban by slightly altering their chemical structures.

Bath salts growing problem in Lake, Porter counties

Lake County Sheriff John Buncich, right, and Deputy Cmdr. Robert Arnold watch a video of a man under the influence of so-called bath salts. Surveillance footage from the Lake County Jail shows the man stripping naked and climbing the wall like a spider.

Bath salts growing problem in Lake, Porter counties

Lake County Sheriff John Buncich holds a container of "bath salts" being sold in the area. Officials say the illegal high resembles that of PCP. Users may experience hallucinations, suicidal impulses or feelings of invulnerability that can lead to violence.