REGION COLLEGIANS: Lew Wallace’s Gardner earns GLVC top male honors in track

Lew Wallace grad Robert Gardner was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s men’s Track Athlete of the Year after he guided the University of Indianapolis to its fourth straight conference title.

CPHS senior signs letter of intent

CROWN POINT | Crown Point High School senior track and field athlete Bailey Beckham signed a letter of intent to attend Butler University in Indianapolis and run track for the Bulldogs.

Valparaiso wins DAC boys track meet

VALPARAISO | Wednesday was “one of those nights” according to head coach Brett Polizotto for the Valparaiso boys track team at the Duneland Athletic Conference meet.

Blind student-athlete soars in long jump

T.F. South's Jhaliyah Anderson, visually impaired since 3 years old, is finishing her first season of competing with the track team.

Yemi Ogunbameru and Nick Fizer

Yemi Ogunbameru, left, and Thornridge teamate Nick Fizer compete in the 110 m hurdles competition, won by Ogunbameru.

Nathan Wright of Crete-Monee

Nathan Wright of Crete-Monee competes in the competes in the 400m final heat.

Jackson Campbell

Jackson Campbell of T.F. South competes in the long jump competition.

Leeshaun Evans of Thornridge

Leeshaun Evans of Thornridge clears the bar in the high jump competition.

Jonathan Draper of Crete-Monee

Jonathan Draper of Crete-Monee competes in the 110m hurdles competition.

Austin Berryhill

Austin Berryhill of T.F. South competes in the shot put competition.

Highland woman, another Boston Marathon victim vow to run, dance again

BOSTON | Highland resident Beth Roche wakes up knowing she can't feel sorry for herself, that she has to focus on rehabbing her ravaged left leg.

As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered

BOSTON | The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as more details emerged from U.S. officials and family members about how the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects may have been swayed by a radical, anti-American strain of Islam.

Bombing suspect charged, could face death penalty

A moment of silence in honor of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing is observed on Boylston Street near the race finish line, exactly one week after the tragedy, Monday.

Five days of fear: What happened in Boston

BOSTON | In the tight rows of chairs stretched across the Commonwealth Ballroom, the nervousness — already dialed high by two bombs, three deaths and more than 72 hours without answers — ratcheted even higher.

Interrogators wait to query wounded bomb suspect

BOSTON | As the lone surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing lay hospitalized under heavy guard, the American Civil Liberties Union and a federal public defender raised concerns about investigators' plan to question 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev without reading him his Miranda rights.

Final shootout, then Boston bombing suspect caught

WATERTOWN, Mass. | For just a few minutes, it seemed as if the dragnet that had shut down a metropolitan area of millions while legions of police went house to house looking for the suspected Boston Marathon bomber had failed.

PAUL NEWBERRY: Time for sports to help us heal again

In so many ways, sports can bring out the worst in us.

Indy safety chief: more security likely at events

INDIANAPOLIS | Officials said Tuesday that police and other security workers at upcoming events like the Indianapolis 500 may have a heightened state of awareness following the explosions at the Boston Marathon, but odds are spectators won't notice any difference.

Indy safety chief: more security likely at events

Public Safety Director Troy Riggs talks about security for the upcoming Mini Marathon and Indianapolis 500. The Mini Marathon is the nation’s largest half-marathon, with 35,000 participants, and is run on May 4 this year.

Good weather after 2012 heat at Boston Marathon

BOSTON | The heat was unprecedented and so was the offer: Any of the 27,000 runners in last year's Boston Marathon could skip the race and automatically qualify for the 2013 edition instead.