Big East non-football schools consider departing

NEW YORK | The seven Big East schools that don't play FBS football are considering making a break from the drastically reshaped conference — and how best to go about doing it.

YOUNG VOICES: Whose city is this anyway?

It seems like whenever I see our Catholic leadership in the news, I'm reminded of the distinction St. Augustine made between the City of Man and the City of God.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Decades of Hoosier school choice threatened by unions

For decades, Indiana's school-choice programs have helped send Hoosier students to the colleges of their choice and provided school books and bus transportation for children in private schools. Never before have programs like these been challenged on constitutional grounds. Until now.

East Chicago parochial school remains closed under state order

EAST CHICAGO | St. Mary Catholic School on the city's north side remains closed pending a plan from the church to repair the building's crumbling upper floors.

St. Bridget revises school plan

HOBART | To secure its future, St. Bridget School in Hobart has radically changed its format.

Court: District doesn't have to pay extra to transport private school students

INDIANAPOLIS | Public school districts must continue providing transportation to private school students, but are not obligated to incur extra expense doing so.

Bishop Noll adds bus service

HAMMOND | Bishop Noll Institute is adding bus service to serve south-county students.

It wasn't the first attack on Catholic education system

I read Gabriella Soto's attack against Catholic education in Sunday's letters section. It is not the first and will not be the last.

Charges could be dropped against St. Pat principal

CHESTERTON | LaPorte County prosecutors may dismiss a misdemeanor battery charge against Lee Ann Cosh, the principal of St. Patrick's School in Chesterton, if she complies with whatever psychiatric treatment is ordered.

Two Catholic schools to merge

CRETE | Two south suburban Catholic schools are consolidating for next school year, and officials decided a new name would give the school a more contemporary identity.