Chess teams find success

MUNSTER | The School City of Munster chess team has been at or near the top at two Hammond tournaments this winter.

Challenger Center inspires love of space exploration

Challenger Learning Center students explore outer space while still on Earth but thanks to that experience, many start setting their sights to the stars.

Young runner has made a habit of donating her hair for others

Munster fourth-grader Ariana “Ari” Casas is making it her mission to help children with cancer through the Locks of Love organization.

Chess masters head to state

MUNSTER | The Munster Chess Team is preparing for its final competition of the year - the Scholastic Chess of Indiana Team Championships.

Munster fourth-graders take fundraising effort to heart

DARE graduates honored

MUNSTER | Munster Police Department recently held its annual Drug Abuse Resistance Education graduation ceremonies at Elliott Elementary School and St. Thomas More School.

Area way stations wait to welcome monarchs

The front line of the effort to save the monarch butterfly from extinction is the creation of monarch way stations where the insects can breed and feed.

I want to be ...

Elliott Elementary School first-grader Mikie Alexiou reads about what he wants to be when he grows up as part of the Meet the Author program Monday at the school in Munster.

I want to be ...

Student teacher Nancy Wojcik prepares Elliott Elementary School first-graders before they read as part of a Meet the Author program at the school. First-graders wrote a book about what they want to be when they grow up and read it Monday to parents, grandparents and kindergartners.