Locals dot USA Football's first female team in international competition

HEATHER EIDSON | THE TIMES Chicago Force coach John Konecki, right, directs players including captain Sami Grisafe, center, during the Force's 14-12 home win over the Kansas City Tribe on May 1. Konecki, a Schererville resident, is the head coach of Team USA in the International Federation o…

Locals dot USA Football's first female team in international competition

HEATHER EIDSON | THE TIMES Chicago Force player Jamie Menzyk, center, waves to her family in the stands during halftime of an Independent Women's Football League game against Kansas City on May 1. Menzyk, a Whiting grad, is one of 45 players on Team USA and will play in the International Fed…

Locals dot USA Football's first female team in international competition

Schererville resident John Konecki will guide several local athletes among the 45 women representing Team USA at the inaugural International Federation of American Football Women's World Championship.

Boston Celtics draft Andrean grad Harangody

Associated Press File Photo Former Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody was selected with the 52nd pick in the NBA draft Thursday by the Boston Celtics.

Boston Celtics draft Andrean grad Harangody

It was Luke Harangody's junior year at Andrean when he began to believe an NBA career might be possible. Thursday night, Harangody was taken at No. 52 by the Boston Celtics.

State, local governments not required to take inventory of brownfield sites

HEATHER EIDSON | THE TIMES A building that once was a hosiery factory sits partially demolished more than a decade after federal officials hauled out dozens of drums of chemicals. The site on East 21st Avenue in Gary is one of hundreds of brownfields that dot the city and region. Funding is…

State, local governments not required to take inventory of brownfield sites

EATHER EIDSON | THE TIMES DeySean Jenkins, 8, of Gary, is small enough to fit through fencing that has been placed around the perimeter of an old hosiery factory on East 21st Avenue in Gary. The brownfield site is just across the alley from Lancaster Apartments, where Jenkins lives. Plans fo…

Cohen ready for Round 2

CHICAGO | With a Pat Quinn cutout next to him, Scott Lee Cohen kicked off another phase of a remarkable political campaign Sunday at his campaign headquarters on Chicago's Near West Side.

Dyer close to coming CLEAN

DYER | Dyer is almost ready to assume the title of CLEAN community.

Youth receive primer on the law

VALPARAISO | Thirteen-year-old Kylee Tomblin said attending Valparaiso University School of Law's first teen law college has helped in making the law clearer to her.

Restoration to include Roxana Marsh

EAST CHICAGO | A deep cleaning of Roxana Marsh will be included in the ongoing environmental restoration of the Grand Calumet River.

Waves, smiles: Blagojevich the consumate politician

CHICAGO | When it comes to his inner-campaign switch, Rod Blagojevich apparently knows only one mode: 'On.'

Drain brain

DYER | A new initiative for coordination of regional stormwater efforts may incubate in Dyer.

PNC to offer book rentals

WESTVILLE | Purdue University North Central students straining under the cost of textbooks will get some relief this fall.

Strike continues to slow S'ville roadwork

SCHERERVILLE | A stimulus-funded road project in Schererville is on hold because of the Teamsters strike.

Online voter registration arrives July 1

As the Indiana Supreme Court wrestles with accusations that the state's voter ID law is an obstacle to casting a ballot, state officials are preparing to offer an additional and, for some, easier way to register to vote.

Troubled man admits assaulting Mich. woman to get longer prison stint

A formerly homeless man with Lake County ties now has long-term housing in the Michigan prison system, but court and police records show it took him a few tries to get there.

State, local governments not required to keep brownfield inventory

The rolling greens of Hammond’s Lost Marsh Golf Course once were acres of slag, just as many of the hundreds of abandoned properties that dot Gary used to be thriving gas stations.