Valpo hires consultant to design U.S. 30 improvements

VALPARAISO | People driving on U.S. 30 through Valparaiso three years from now might not recognize the road.

Porter Health System

Porter Health System CEO signs a beam used in the new Porter Hospital on U.S. 6. Employees of the hospital were invited to sign the beam which was placed above the main entrance.

Remembering September 11, 2001

Local communities remember September 11, 2001

Bent, but not broken

Dyer resident Don Bacso speaks to the crowd Sunday as Schererville memorializes those killed Sept. 11, 2001. Bacso is a survivor from the World Trade Center's collapse.

Bent, but not broken

Sitting on his father Joe Manahan's shoulders, 2-year-old Connor Manahan reaches out to touch a beam from the World Trade Center as Schererville memorializes those killed Sept. 11, 2001.

Bent, but not broken

Schererville firefighter Mark Semethy takes part in a ceremony Sunday in Schererville recalling the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Bent, but not broken

Cora Manahan, of Schererville, touches a beam from the World Trade Center as Schererville memorializes those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

Bent, but not broken

Dyer resident Don Bacso speaks to the crowd Sunday as Schererville memorializes those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. Bacso survived the World Trade Center's collapse.

Bent, but not broken

A Schererville fire truck carries a beam from the World Trade Center on Sunday in Schererville during a ceremony recalling the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Bent, but not broken

Many wanted to touch a beam from the World Trade Center on Sunday, as Schererville memorialized those killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Bent, but not broken

Janie Espinoza sits with a photo of her son, Army Spc. Roy Buckley, on Sunday as Schererville memorialized those killed Sept. 11, 2001. Buckley was killed in Iraq in 2003.

Bent, but not broken

A beam from the World Trade Center sits atop a Schererville fire truck Sunday as Schererville memorializes those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

Bent, but not broken

Munster residents Evan Conway, 11, and his mother, Gina Conway, touch a beam from the World Trade Center on Sunday as Schererville recalled those who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Bent, but not broken

Janie Espinoza sits with a photo of her son, Army Spc. Roy Buckley, on Sunday as Schererville memorializes those killed Sept. 11, 2001. Buckley died in Iraq in 2003.

World Trade Center beam arrives in Schererville

Dyer resident Don Bacso, who escaped the north tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, watches Friday as a steel beam from the building arrives in Schererville. a Sept. 11 survivor, at Friday's arrival of a World Trade Center beam in Schererville.

World Trade Center beam arrives in Schererville

Schererville Fire Department personnel escort steel beam from the World Trade Center into town Friday morning.

World Trade Center beam arrives in Schererville

Schererville firefighters remove the American flag that covered a 16-foot steel beam from the World Trade Center. The beam, which will be put on permanent display, arrived in town Friday morning.

World Trade Center beam arrives in Schererville

A tattered miniature flag adorn a beam from the World Trade Center that will be put on display Sunday in Schererville.

Signing onto the future

Employees of Valparaiso campus of Porter hospital sign an I-beam Tuesday to be used at the new Porter on U.S. 6 and Ind. 49. The beam will be hoisted into position over the main entranceway in a few weeks.