Without Rose, Bulls still put up a fight

DEERFIELD | The next time he suits up for a game, there's a good chance Derrick Rose will actually be in a uniform and not in a jacket and slacks.

Heat rally, eliminate Bulls from NBA playoffs

MIAMI | A fast start and faster finish were enough to send the Miami Heat back to the Eastern Conference finals.

Heat rout Bulls 115-78

MIAMI | Joakim Noah was fired up Wednesday night. Maybe too fired up.

Sun setting on two-a-days

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine isn’t the first place administrators, athletic trainers, coaches, and team physicians refer to for guidance. However, a study published there in January and cited last week in Scientific American warrants their interest.

Snapshots of everyday life

Lorenzo Rivera, 9, of Portage, washes-off after a day at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore last summer.

Valparaiso's Costas bullish on city's future

Tyler Adams, 6, of Hebron, plays at Valparaiso's Central Park Plaza splash pad while temperatures soar in the mid-90s last June.

Heat still not fully restored at Roosevelt

GARY | Parents of students at Roosevelt College and Career Academy say it's still cold inside the building following a previous school shutdown because of a broken heating system.

Gary Roosevelt expected to open on Tuesday

Superintendent Cheryl Pruitt looks over a storage room filled with textbooks Monday during a tour of Gary's Roosevelt College and Career Academy as she and others check each classroom for heat.

Gary Roosevelt expected to open on Tuesday

Gary Community School Corp. maintenance workers make repairs to a coil for a univent heater in a classroom at Gary's Roosevelt College and Career Academy. The school has been closed for four days because of lack of heat and burst pipes.

Gary Roosevelt expected to open on Tuesday

Dr. Cordia Moore makes notes on the temperature in a second-floor classroom at Gary's Roosevelt College and Career Academy. Kenny Smith, superintendent of operations for Gary Community School Corp., uses a laser thermometer to check temperatures. The school has been closed for four days beca…

The New Rules of AC

Indiana's jobless rate up to 8.2%

Valparaiso Public Works employees shovel asphalt into potholes. Indiana's unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2 percent in July, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported Friday. The jobless rate in Indiana was 8 percent in June, and Fridays' report was the first time in about a …

JOHN DOHERTY: New coaches course combats heat

In this hottest of summers, it may seem more than just a coincidence that the National Federation released last week a free online course entitled “A Guide to Heat Acclimatization & Heat Illness Prevention.”

FROM the FARM: Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup a satisfying easy summer recipe

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

FROM the FARM: A reason to be thankful for this season's blueberries

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

JOHN DOHERTY: Getting to the heart of screening questions

Last month, 2011 Hobart High School graduate Sam Moore, who played football and baseball for the Brickies, collapsed while jogging and could not be revived. In March, Lincoln-Way High School senior baseball player Tom Schuman of New Lenox died in his sleep.

Crowds, organizers keep their cool at 13th annual South Shore Air Show

GARY | Kevin Reppert had no hesitation about braving predicted triple-digit temperatures Saturday to watch the 13th annual South Shore Air Show.

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Cool waters on hot days

Beachgoers try to keep cool Thursday heading into Lake Michigan as a heatwave holds temperatures in the region above 100, and is expected to remain there until Sunday.