Earth Day sheds light on climate change close to home

Ryan Richardson knows all too well how global climate change can affect local lives.

WILLIAM NANGLE: Leaders continue to emerge in Northwest Indiana

It’s people who make Northwest Indiana special.

Regional musicians 'enlist' to help area veterans

Some of Northwest Indiana’s finest songwriters and most popular musical artists have enlisted to raise money to help those who have stood tall and served America with honor and integrity – our military veterans.

Halloween photo opportunity to benefit St. Jude House

HOBART | The 17th annual Make a Difference Day, a Halloween portrait benefit, is planned for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at County Line Orchard, 200 S. County Line Road, Hobart.

Family-Fun Day at County Line Orchard with Live Music by Eric Lambert & Friends

HOBART | A bushel of fun is planned for people of all ages at County Line Orchard this Saturday, September 22, in Hobart. It’s apple season at the orchard, and they have a great day planned, which includes a FREE music performance by Eric Lambert & Friends, beginning at 1:00 p.m.

U-pick offerings fewer as crops lost

A lone apple in a tree at County Line Orchard in Hobart on Thursday. Due to bad weather, the orchard lost most of its apple harvest. To remain open and continue established customer traditions, the orchard chose to source apples from elsewhere and make them available for "picking" from gutte…

U-pick offerings fewer as crops lost

Apples sit in a rain gutter hanging from a tree at County Line Orchard in Hobart on Thursday. Due to bad weather the orchard lost most of its apple harvest and came up with the gutter idea to allow for an apple picking experience. The apples are shipped in from other orchards.

U-pick offerings fewer as crops lost

Myers Elementary School first grader Payton Smith, center, and Madison Cooper, right, pick apples out of a rain gutter hanging from a tree at County Line Orchard in Hobart on Thursday. Due to bad weather the orchard lost most of its apple harvest. To remain open and continue established cust…

U-pick offerings fewer as crops lost

County Line Orchard tour giude Liz Chalfant explains to Myers Elementary School first graders how apples grow at the orchard in Hobart on Thursday. Due to bad weather, the orchard lost most of their apple harvest, but has shipped in apples from other orchards.

Corn maze preview today honors Ron Santo

County Line Orchard offers fall family fun

Autumn is the time for hayrides, hot cider and flannel shirts, as well as the time for a much-needed trip to County Line Orchard in Hobart, Ind.

Corn maze honors Santo's HOF induction

There are Cubs fans, then there's Mike Williams.

Veggie program gets folks thinking inside the box

VALPARAISO | Thinking outside the box is something people are urged to do to be more creative, but Ryan Richardson told a group of about 20 people Wednesday at City Hall to think creatively inside the box.

Food bank benefits from concert

HOBART | County Line Orchard recently presented a check for $10,000 to the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana.

Food bank receives $10,000 gift from County Line Orchard

GARY | The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana recently received a $10,000 donation from the County Line Orchard.

Local musicians 'come together' at County Line Orchard to help the NWI Food Bank

Decades after John, Paul, George & Ringo bid farewell to the Beatles, their music reverberates each spring in a local barn when area musicians and fans "come together" and share the songs of the Fab Four to feed folks.

County Line Orchard concert to benefit Food Bank of NWI

HOBART | County Line Orchard, 200 S. County Line Road, will have its annual Beatles at the Barn concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

FORK IN THE ROAD: Community gardens aim to bridge food desert gaps

Ryan Richardson believes providing healthy, affordable food for a family is a matter of getting back to basics.

At the core, local fruit growers not worried

While everyone is enjoying milder temperatures in February, there could be a price to pay later for fruit farmers. But many say they'll take the risk to enjoy the weather.

At the core, local fruit growers not worried

While everyone is enjoying milder temperatures in February, there could be a price to pay later for fruit farmers. Purdue Extension fruit specialists in West Lafayette are warning the state's profitable apple and blueberry crops, which bring in more than $13 million annually, could be at risk.