Germany to honor Lugar for international relations work

INDIANAPOLIS | A third European nation is set to honor former U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., for his international relations achievements, and work toward nuclear disarmament.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Thinking, acting regionally benefits everyone

The importance of thinking and acting regionally is critical to the future of Northwest Indiana and integral to the management of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The national park is spread across 32 miles of Northwest Indiana and includes portions of Porter, Lake and LaPorte counties and …

Hammond's first lady reconnects with birth family

Marissa McDermott was in a meeting when she received a text message from her neighbor with big news.

OLYMPIC ROUNDUP: Agnel wins 2nd gold in 2 nights at London Olympics

LONDON | Yannick Agnel bested Ryan Lochte for the second night in a row at the London Olympics, upstaging the American as the biggest star in the pool so far in these games.

Polish boxer Golota faces deportation from U.S.

Heavyweight boxer Andrew Golota and promoter Don King, left, pose for a photo at a Nov. 8, 2004, news conference in Chicago where Golota was training for a World Boxing Association title fight.

Polish boxer Golota faces deportation from U.S.

Boxer Andrew Golota prepares for a workout in January 2008 at Kingsway Gym in New York.

Polish boxer Golota faces deportation from U.S.

CHICAGO | Retired heavyweight Andrew Golota could be deported from the United States to his native Poland.

'From the Farm' celebrates a decade of down-home recipe sharing

When you love your work, 10 years slips by fast.

FROM the FARM: Join me at Teibel's for 10th anniversary party

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

Indiana poet laureate coming to PUC Tuesday

HAMMOND | Indiana Poet Laureate Karen Kovacik will help Purdue University Calumet observe National Poetry Month when she comes to campus to read several of her published pieces at 11 a.m., Tuesday in YJean Chambers Hall of the Student & Union Library, accessible from 173rd Street, three …

Recognizing a hero

Pilgrims trek through rain for religious journey

HAMMOND | Rain showers and threats of hail didn't stop pilgrims from completing a religious walk Saturday from Chicago's South Side to Munster.

Polish Triplets Musical Group Alizma

Entertainers Alizma are the talented triplets from Poland. Monika (left to right) Aleksandra and Izabela are shown backstage at the July 17 opening gala of the new Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Ill.

OFFBEAT: Polish triplets musical group Alizma an entertaining young trio from 'the old country'

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Stirring memoir tells story of local doctor's struggles during World War II

Roused from their house in the middle of the night by a Soviet KGB agent, 6-year-old Krystyna M. Sklenarz found herself whisked from the comfort of her upper middle class home in Poland and hurled on a train, with her family, to the empty wintry expanse of Siberia.

OFFBEAT: Jim Belushi helps open Chicagoland's Rivers Casino

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

"The Last Act of Lilka Kadison" at Lookingglass Theatre Company

Nora Fiffer (seated) plays the title character in "The Last Act of Lilka Kadison," now extended at Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago through Aug. 7, playing a sick and contrary woman who recalls her youth to caregiver Menelik, played by Usman Ally, while Marilyn Dodds Frank, in background, pla…

OFFBEAT: Lookingglass world premiere 'Last Act of Lilka Kadison' an extended stage hit

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Elaborate state funeral for Poland's first couple

KRAKOW, Poland | An elaborate state funeral for Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, began Sunday bereft of many world leaders whose travel plans were paralyzed by the plume of volcanic ash that has covered Europe.

Polish leader, 95 others dead in Russia jet crash

MOSCOW | Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96, officials said.