Right 'Price': Stage version of classic CBS game show returns to Star Plaza Theatre

Last year, CBS game show staple "The Price Is Right" celebrated a 40th anniversary to mark its debut on Sept. 4, 1972.

Hoosiers to their soles

Jeffrin Lain, a Morgan Township Elementary School fourth-grade teacher, works with students as they measure distance on the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana on loan to her class for a week from the Geography Educators' Network in Indianapolis. From left is Xander Gring, Jonny Buyer and Danny Shirley.

Hoosiers to their soles

Students in Jeffrin Lain's fourth-grade class searched for cities and towns on the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana on loan to her class for a week from the Geography Educators' Network in Indianapolis. Students could locate towns, research the five largest cities, check for birthplaces of fam…

Hoosiers to their soles

Luke Hartley, 9, measures the length of the Ohio River on a Giant Traveling Map of Indiana on loan to Jeffrn Lain's fourth-grade class at Morgan Township Elementary School. Student found towns, researched the five largest cities, checked for birthplaces of famous people and discovered "oddba…

Hoosiers to their soles

Plastic blocks, a single one representing 20,000 people, indicated populations of Indiana's five largest cities in Jeffrin Lain's fourth-grade class at Morgan Township Elementary School. The Giant Traveling Map from Geography Educators' Network in Indianapolis was on loan to Lain's class la…

'Price' Point: Stage version of classic CBS game show comes to Star Plaza Theatre

Last month, CBS game show staple "The Price Is Right" celebrated a 40th anniversary to mark its debut on Sept. 4, 1972.

Veterans, families find comfort in veterans tribute wall at Purdue North Central

Molly O'Keefe, 9, of Kouts, looks at a display containing a replica of an M16 rifle, helmet and boots from the Vietnam War on Friday while visiting the American Veterans Traveling Tribute wall at Purdue University North Central with her grandmother, Lois O'Keefe.

Veterans, families find comfort in veterans tribute wall at Purdue North Central

Kristin Tharp, of Valparaiso, takes a rubbing of a name from the replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display Friday at Purdue University North Central. Closing ceremonies for American Veterans Traveling Tribute wall will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Westville campus.

Veterans, families find comfort in veterans tribute wall at Purdue North Central

Visitors to the American Veterans Traveling Tribute wall pour in Friday to see the 80 percent scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The tribute wall will be on display until Saturday at Purdue University North Central in Westville.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in region

Rey Robles, of Highland, touches a friend's name on the Traveling Vietnam Wall before Tuesday's opening ceremonies at Purdue North Central in Westville.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in the region

Ken "Doc" Coleman touches the Traveling Vietnam Wall on Tuesday at Purdue North Central while remembering his service in Vietnam. Coleman served as a Navy hospital corpsman in the 1st Battalion 9th Marine Division, which was nicknamed The Walking Dead.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in the region

Steve Moore, president of the Wall Gang, speaks Tuesday during the opening ceremonies of the American Veterans Traveling Tribute and the Traveling Vietnam Wall hosted at Purdue North Central in Westville.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in the region

Joann Mosby, of Valparaiso, does a relief sketch Tuesday of the name of Dennis Allen, a friend who is listed on the Traveling Vietnam Wall at Purdue North Central.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in the region

Alan Van Dan and his wife, Laverna, place yellow roses along the Traveling Vietnam Wall at Purdue North Central on Tuesday. They were paying tribute to fellow soldiers that served with Alan in the First Calvary Division in Vietnam.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in region

Alan Van Dan, of Valparaiso, walks Tuesday along the Traveling Vietnam Wall hosted at Purdue North Central in Westville. Van Dan was paying tribute to fellow soldiers who served with him and died in the 1st Calvary Division in Vietnam.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in region

A crowd watches the opening ceremonies of the American Veterans Traveling Tribute and the Traveling Vietnam Wall on Tuesday at Purdue North Central in Westville.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in region

Motorcyclist line up Tuesday at Cabela's in Hammond as they prepare to escort The American Veterans Traveling Tribute memorial wall to Purdue North Central in Westville.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in region

Bikers pray at Cabela's Tuesday morning before escorting the American Veterans Traveling Tribute memorial to Purdue North Central.

Traveling veterans tribute arrives in region

Motorcyclists drive east along Interstate 94 as they head for Purdue North Central in an escort of the American Veterans Traveling Tribute. The tribute includes a replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

Getting around Indiana with traveling map of Hoosier state

Valparaiso University Professor Ruth Johnston has 9-year-old cousins Jodi Lawson, of Mundelein, Ill., and Jack Lawson, of St. Charles, Ill., place cones Saturday on Indiana cities on the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana at the Porter County Museum. The two were visiting grandparents in Valparaiso.