Indiana Senate leader asking other states to join call for U.S. constitutional convention

INDIANAPOLIS | If some day the parchment of the U.S. Constitution is added to the ash heap of history, an action taken by the Indiana Senate this week may prove to be the spark that eventually set flame to the document that's governed the nation since 1789.

George Washington speaks at Hammond Rotary

HAMMOND | Robert Brunner speaks as George Washington at the Hammond Rotary luncheon on February 21 in commemoration of President's Day and Washington's 280th birthday.

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Read, by George!

Michael Campos, a Hammond Eggers Elementary School eighth-grader, reads Article Four of the Constitution.

Read, by George!

Donell Wince, an Eggers Elementary seventh-grader, reads Article Three of the Constitution.

Read, by George!

Hammond High School juniors Kenniss Dillon and Megan Powers don red clown noses as they listen to the preamble to the U.S. Constitution being read in a federal courthouse courtroom gallery in Hammond. They, and other students, were participating in the Time Out For Reading event there.

Read, by George!

Kristen Mabry, a Hammond High junior, reads Article One of the U.S. Constitution.

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Rodrico Yepez, a Hammond High junior, explains Article Two of the Constitution.

Read, by George!

George Washington, also known as Bob Brunner, wears a red clown nose Friday as he reads the preamble to the U.S. Constitution during a Time Out For Reading event sponsored by Hammond Reads, Inc. in partnership with the Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition.