Honor Guard attends opening ceremonies for Lansing Little League

LANSING | Members of the Lansing Veterans Memorial Ceremonial Honor Guard presented colors at the opening day ceremonies at the Lansing Old Timers Sports Complex. Following was the singing of the national anthem by Lansing teen Molly Roe.

Ponce family opens White Sox's season

WTTW's Phil Ponce, an East Chicago native and Bishop Noll alum, joined his sons to sing the national anthem before the White Sox's season opener.

Ponce family opens 2013 Chicago baseball on-key

CHICAGO | Three and one-half hours before the loud tumult of another Opening Day commenced, the familiar lyrics of “by dawn’s early light” reverberated around a nearly empty U.S. Cellular Field.

Super Bowl provided a great show

I want to congratulate John and Jim Harbaugh, the Ravens and the 49ers for a wonderful Super Bowl game. It could have gone either way. There was a missed field goal, and I saw two no-calls on the Ravens defense that should have been called.

Crown Point Honors Veterans on steps of Courthouse

CROWN POINT | The National Anthem sung by a retired stage actress, a gun salute by the VFW Post 6446 rifle squad, memories of a World War II veteran and an active veteran highlighted Crown Point’s Veteran’s Day Ceremony Monday on the steps of the historic Lake County Courthouse.

OFFBEAT: Singer Nathan Pacheco ready for Tuesday concert and Chicago return

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Region natives compete to sing at RailCats games

Indiana Legislature rejects 'crazy bills'

INDIANAPOLIS | As Gov. Mitch Daniels began signing legislation approved by the Indiana General Assembly into law last week, Statehouse leaders breathed a sigh of relief at what didn't end up on the governor's desk.

From singing to stripping, lawmakers eye new regulations on seemingly everything

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana of the future may be a state where the national anthem always is sung correctly, creationism is taught alongside evolution in schools, the danger of novelty lighters is extinguished forever, and you won't be able to buy a drink at a strip club but you might be able…

Stop slaughtering our national anthem at sporting events

After watching and hearing some of our new generation of so-called singers slaughter the national anthem at sporting events and the like, what a shame.

RailCats host tryouts for anthem singers

The RailCats welcomed singers to U.S. Steel Yard to tryout and become this year's national anthem singers.

Encourage entire audience to perform national anthem

In his Feb. 10 letter, Michael Lewis complained about Christina Aguilera's interpretation of "The Star Spangled Banner." Bizarre performances of the national anthem would disappear if we would all sing the anthem together. Why don't we?

OFFBEAT: 'Wicked' actor to teach workshop in Gary

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Crown Point cadet to perform national anthem at BCS championship game

Cadet 1st Class Kyle Smith, of Crown Point, will perform the National Anthem with the Air Force Academy Cadet Chorale at the BCS National Championship game prior to kickoff Monday in Glendale, Ariz.