Graduates receive diplomas at Feb. 23 ceremony

HAMMOND | Kaplan College President Johnny Craig presented diplomas to graduates at the ceremony held Feb. 23 at Avalon Manor.

10 colleges attend financial aid session Feb. 21 in Gary

GARY | U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, will join Gary civic and education leaders for a College Financial Aid and Opportunity Night on Feb. 21.

Kaplan back-to-school bazaar

Kyla Shelton, 14, of Griffith, enjoys a free lunch Saturday at the back to school bazaar hosted by Kaplan College. The free admission promotional event included a cook-out, dunk tank, children's games, a disc jockey, car wash and giveaway of school items.

Kaplan back-to-school bazaar

Matthew Williams, 3, holds an umbrella while on the shoulders of David Engle, 16, while Matthew's mother Elizabeth, a student at Kaplan College, stands at left Saturday during the back to school bazaar hosted by Kaplan College. Pamela Tompach, senior admissions representative at Kaplan, said…

Kaplan back-to-school bazaar

Keli Burns, left, of Orland Park, Ill., and Vit Janusevicinte, of Tinley Park, Ill., who both work in admissions at Kaplan College, pose behind a poster at the back-to-school bazaar hosted by Kaplan College. The event included a cook-out for students and the community, a dunk tank, children'…

Kaplan back-to-school bazaar

Children cheer as Johnny Craig, president of Kaplan College, goes under in the dunk tank Saturday morning during the back-to-school bazaar hosted by the college.

Kaplan back-to-school bazaar

Students and residents mingle Saturday during the back-to-school bazaar hosted by Kaplan College. The bazaar included a cook-out, a dunk tank, children's games, a disc jockey, car wash and giveaway of school items.

The Week Ahead - Lake County

THURSDAY

Kaplan College Hammond donates furniture to community non-profits

HAMMOND | As an adjunct instructor at Kaplan College Hammond Campus, Carlyle Edwards found out that in the process of closing down the Merrillville Campus, they were going to move all of that furniture to the Hammond Campus and get rid of the furniture at the Hammond Campus.

FBI believes Mich. man responsible for 2 bank robberies, purse snatchings in NWI

A man who is suspected in two bank robberies and five purse snatchings in the region was arrested Thursday in Kentucky in connection with two other bank robberies, the FBI said.