Senator faces decision on lifting Lake levy freeze

INDIANAPOLIS | The decision on whether the Lake County property tax levy freeze is lifted, even if the county doesn't enact an income tax, is now in the hands of state Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso.

Portage seeks payment from Port of Indiana for services

PORTAGE | When a man was injured in an accident at Frick Services at the Port of Indiana last week, the Portage Fire Department responded.

Amelia Earhart at Lincoln Fields in 1928

International celebrity Amelia Earhart addresses crowds from her seat in the stands at Lincoln Fields horse racing park in Crete in 1928.

Amelia Earhart at Lincoln Fields

International celebrity Amelia Earhart addresses crowds from her seat in the stands at Lincoln Fields horse racing park in Crete in 1928.

U of I student shoots for stars with NASA internship

BARTLETT, Ill. | When the supervisor of the full-motion space shuttle simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston hears Samantha McCue has her pilot's license, he ups the ante.

Test flight takes reporter on ride of his life

GARY | Up, up and away! I understand the phrase is corny, just bear with me. Sitting over Lake Michigan, upside down, from thousands of feet in the air, could be unnerving for some people. It also could be flat-out terrifying for others.

Bunny hutch

From left: Cocktail waitresses Amber Heard (Maureen), Naturi Naughton (Brenda) and Leah Renee (Alice) befriend each other in the pilot episode of NBC's "The Playboy Club." The Chicago-based series about the rise of Hugh Hefner's infamous '60s hangout bows this fall.

Sleazy does it

Patrons Eddie Cibrian (left) and David Krumholtz hope for a hot time in the old town at the first first Playboy Club in 1960s Chicago. NBC, which bills "The Playboy Club" as a drama, will air the series this fall on Monday nights.

Adopt-A-Pilot program teaches students aviation

Fifth graders at Valparaiso's Central Elementary have been participating in Southwest Airlines Adopt-A-Pilot program, learning about aviation, weather and geography with First Officer Howie Landry.

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, is shown in this undated file photo. Undeterred by skeptics and hoping modern DNA technology can help solve the 74-year-old mystery, a group of investigators and scientists have embarked on a new attempt to discover wheth…

Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart

Actress Hilary Swank portrayed Amelia Earhart in the 2009 big screen film epic "Amelia."

Amelia Earhart's Hopeful Mother

Amy Otis Earhart, 79, is shown looking at a portrait of her daughter, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, in her home in Medford, Mass., in this May 21, 1947 photo. Her mother, who died in 1962, always remained hopeful her daughter might resurface despite Earhart's disappearance.

Griffith Aviation trains students from China to be pilots

GRIFFITH | Retired racecar driver Paul Goldsmith has spent a lifetime with his hand on the throttle. So when aircraft giant Boeing Co. predicted this year the industry would need more than a half million pilots in the next 20 years – especially in Asia – he was already set to soar.