Honor Flights send veterans on the trip of a lifetime

There was a palpable buzz in the air as the crowd waving flags on the sidelines anticipated the coming procession. Upwards of 85 veterans of World War II, men and women from the Pacific and European theaters, escorted by honor guards, would be coming down the main concourse any minute. .

Demolition recalls roadside motels and batting cage home runs

Barb, my wife, left a section of the newspaper open on the dining room table the other day. The top headline didn’t interest me, and she had to literally open the paper up along the fold. There, staring me in the face, was another sign of my age, a link to the past.

Film tells the story of the Kankakee Marsh

MERRILLVILLE | The Audio Visual Department of the Lake County Public Library, 1919 W. U.S. 30, is hosting a special film presentation at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. "Everglades of the North: The Story of the Grand Kankakee Marsh" is a missing piece of U.S. ecology that compels the viewer to consider …

Field trips take students outside the classroom to learn

We have a ritual each night of going over homework and any long-range assignments that my sons may have forgotten or “misplaced.” Math and English is followed closely by science and history lessons. We go Some nights, these study sessions stretch into a few hours.

Fourth-graders create Famous Hoosiers Wax Museum

SCHERERVILLE | All was still and quiet at Homan Elementary School on Tuesday as Kristen Kerns' fourth-grade Advanced class opened the doors to a Famous Hoosier Wax Museum.

It seems like just yesterday that I arrived in Munster

Tuesday will mark the beginning of my 30th year as town manager of Munster. In 2014, I will have worked in municipal government for 40 years.

A fond farewell to the Mousketeer who shined the brightest

It's funny how the passing of someone from your childhood that you never met can affect you greatly. I'm talking about the death of Annette Funicello from The Mickey Mouse Club.

Exhibit tells of ordinary Hoosiers who made extraordinary sacrifices

Commemorations and historical exhibits are often full of ironies and coincidences, both real and imagined. "The Civil War" exhibit opened Friday by the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority is just such a case.

Civil War re-enactors spotlight personal side of war

HAMMOND | Dave Crane spent Saturday as his alter-ego, working to teach families about the local men who fought in the Civil War.

YOUNG VOICES: Learn of history from people who lived it

It’s not every day that you’re impacted by the words of another person, much less a person you've never met before.

Streets and towns abound with names of our optimistic ancestors

I may have mentioned before that long ago I taught history in the Lake Central and Griffith school systems. I only think about it every other day now, rather than once a day when summer rolls around.

The sacrifices of Lent still lead to the joys of Easter

As a child, Easter was a very different holiday compared to all the rest. The preparation took 40 days, beginning with Ash Wednesday.

Family honors trio of siblings

MERRILLVILLE | A donation of $100,000 has been given to the Lake County Public Library Foundation in memory of siblings Nancy, Mary, and Nicholas Yakovatz.

Telling the whole story must include pioneering women

Thirty years have passed since I sat in a high school classroom, at least as a student. Since then, of course, I continue adding to my vast store of knowledge.

Bid of History

Robert Zakhar, left, and Vince Kisala recently opened an online and in-house auction house. The business does estate sales and auctions and has the capability of streaming their auction live to clients all over the world through the Internet.

Bid of History

Some items sit on a table at Bid of History auction House in Chesterton. Robert Zahkar and Vince Kisala's business, an in-house and online auction house, handles property from estates, of collectors or just those who need to dispose of items they no longer want or need. Auctions are held liv…

Bid of History

Robert Zakhar, left, and Vince Kisala recently opened an on-line and in-house auction house. The business does estate sales and auctions and has the capability of streaming their auction live to clients all over the world through the Internet.

Max Ahlgrim was early entrepreneur along Kankakee River

Max Ahlgrim was 17 years old when he took his first trip down the Kankakee River.

Century-old journal makes long trip home

Scrawled in pencil, Max Ahlgrim took note of every day happenings, from his children's clothing sizes to the depths of points along the Kankakee River.