Industry ready for another productive year

Seton coach Brandon Thomas

Seton Academy boys basketball coach Brandon Thomas

Chesterton's Joe Troop

Chesterton's Joe Troop wins the 400-meter dash at last year's Portage Sectional. Troop aims to cap his track career with a state title in the event this season.

Brenna Boyle, Andrean

Brenna Boyle played shortstop for Andrean's Class 3A state championship team last spring, hitting .309 with five home runs and 30 RBIs. Now, with the graduation of star pitcher Nikki Steinbach, Boyle is one of several 59ers who might be called upon to pitch. When she gets to Valparaiso Unive…

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Collin Wojcik, Andrean

Andrean's Collin Wojcik struggled for much of the regular season, unable to hit a shot from beyond the 3-point line. But since the postseason began the senior has shot 17-of-24 from beyond the arc. He leads the 59ers into Saturday's Class 3A Northern Semistate at Huntington North.

Britton plans a new beginning for Crown Point's softball program

Ginger Britton, right,took over the Crown Point softball program after coach Brett Crutchfield was put under investigation in April. He resigned from the school in May. Britton had her first practice on Monday as the first day of softball opened under the IHSAA's spring sports calendar.

Snapshots of everyday life

Kids from the South Haven Boys & Girls Club's Kidstop program play at the South Haven Elementary School playground last May.

Lake County progress moved to fast lane

Representatives from towns and cities in Lake and Porter counties attend a luncheon at Lost March Country Club in April, where the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission released an update to the 2008 Northwest Indiana bike map. The map shows routes for hiking, biking and paddling…

Continuing the tradition of long-range planning

Lauren Kuechenber, 7, of Munster, came dressed for the holiday at Munster's Independence Day Celebration at Centennial Park.

Continuing the tradition of long-range planning

A fireworks display for Munster's Independence Day Celebration last summer brought large crowds to Centennial Park. The site is an example of long-range planning in the town. The former landfill is now the town's main park.

Hebron continues to make improvements

Hebron's downtown Main Street has seen infrastructure improvements that add an 1800s theme.

Focus on college and career ready students

Michael Baird, former Harris Bank president, speaks during a two-day conference by the College & Career Acceleration Summer Institute at Hobart High School. "There are great jobs out here in Northwest Indiana," said Baird, "but we can't fill them because we don't have students with the r…

Industry ready for another productive year

Work continues on a new stack, at NIPSCO's R.M. Schahfer generating station in Wheatfield in this December 2011 photo. Construction projects at the plant were expected to generate more than 900 trade jobs. NIPSCO is investing about $500 million in environmental improvements at the plant.

Seton Academy's Tiffany Ellis

Seton Academy's Tiffany Ellis will help lead the Sting into one semifinal of the Class 2A Seton Academy Sectional tonight. Seton lays Collins academy at 6 p.m.

Andrean's Crandol signs on at South Suburban College

Andrean senior Katie Crandol signed her letter of intent to play softball at South Suburban College. The cancer survivor said that having a chance to play college softball is a "dream come true." Especially with all that she's faced the last two years.

South Shore Civil War Memorial Trail

Portraying Civil War Capt. Charles Bell, Dave Crane of Cedar Lake speaks during a dedication ceremony for new Civil War veteran headstones and the launch of the South Shore Civil War Memorial Trail Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Ebony Bailey at the Dekalb Super Sectional

Seton Academy's Ebony Bailey is one of the reasons the Sting has eyes on a berth in the Class 2A state finals.

Arthur Haggard, Bowman Academy

Bowman Academy junior Arthur Haggard went from a guy off the bench for last year's Class 2A state finalist to a starter on this year's Eagles' team, which is extremely young but has now won six in a row. Haggard had 10 steals in a big win at Fort Wayne Luers last Saturday.