Indiana shouldn't outlaw investigative technique

Have you heard of "pink slime" that was part of many school lunch programs, and perhaps part of your hamburger from the supermarket?

Lugar MADD

Candy Lightner, left, founder and president of (MADD) Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, faces reporters on June 14, 1983, at Capitol Hill, Washington. Lightner is joined by Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole. The three favor a national drinking age of 21.

Valpo's come a long way in 10 years, mayor says

About 400 residents attended the annual state of the city speech at the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce annual luncheon meeting Tuesday at Vaparaiso University's Harre Union.

Valpo's come a long way in 10 years, mayor says

Valparaiso City Administrator Bill Oeding delivers the annual state of the city speech Tuesday to about 400 residents who attended the annual Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting. Oeding delivered the speech on behalf of Mayor Jon Costas, who was ill.

Valpo's come a long way in 10 years, mayor says

About 400 residents attended the annual state of the city speech at the Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce annual luncheon meeting Tuesday.

Valpo's come a long way in 10 years, mayor says

Valparaiso City Administrator Bill Oeding delivers the annual state of the city speech Tuesday. The speech, delivered on behalf of Mayor Jon Costas, who was ill, focused on the city's downtown area that has been revitatlized under his leadership.

Obama should learn that compromise is two-way street

I listened to President Barack Obama's recent speech where he stated he would not negotiate on the debt ceiling. He has no intention of cutting any spending; he wants to borrow and spend more.

It's all in the team work

Munster High School speech members Alison Reba, left, Zaria Suggs and London Borom were among the top winners in state competition.

Republicans show disrespect for our U.S. president

In response to the Sept. 20 letter entitled, "Obama's speeches hurting my retirement investments," put the blame where the blame lies. George W. Bush and Wall Street are the causes of the stock market dropping

VHS speech camp gives team its voice

Speech camp coaches, who are upper classman at Valpaaiso High School, huddle and break Thursday afternoon as they prepare to do warm-up exercises with incoming freshman students during the start of a session of the weeklong speech camp.

VHS speech camp gives team its voice

Coach Colleen Archer, center, talks to students Thursday at the Valparaiso High School speech camp.

VHS speech camp gives team its voice

Mary Cobbler, 14, of Valparaiso on Thursday reads a comedy, "Love of a Pig" as she does research for a speech during the new speech camp at Valaparaiso High School. About 35 students who will be freshman at VHS in the fall participated in the new weeklong program designed to help students im…

With royal visit, celeb photographers under scrutiny

Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, wave to the crowd as they board the plane in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, on July 4, 2011. The couple will arrive Friday, July 8, in California, a state that in the years since Princess Diana’s death has passed three laws inten…

'The self–confidence of self–expression'

Patrick Azar, 13, right and Mary Cobbie, 13, perform "Open to Interpretation" during the Speech Team open house at St. Paul Catholic School in Valparaiso. St. Paul won first place at the Columbia Middle School Speech Meet in Logansport on Nov. 13 and placed first at the Stanley Clark School …

'The self–confidence of self–expression'

Ally Runnion, 13, left, Livy Crim, 13, Elias Crim, and Nick Schmidt,15, watch Dan Barajas perform during the Speech Team open house at St. Paul Catholic School in Valparaiso.