D.201U board to begin AD search again, Hall says

CRETE | All Greg Schneider needed to become Crete-Monee athletic director was approval of the District 201 Unified School Board on Monday, but the process to fill the position will begin all over again, board President Nakia Hall said Wednesday.

D.201U board tables Crete-Monee AD decision

CRETE | Greg Schneider will have to wait a month to find out if he'll be Crete-Monee's athletic director after the District 201 School Board tabled the matter Monday.

Sauk Village swears in six firefighters

SAUK VILLAGE | Fire Chief Alan Stoffregen called it the biggest group in a long time as Sauk Village swore in six probationary firefighters at this week's Village Board meeting.

Dillingham appointed to Lynwood board

LYNWOOD | The Lynwood Village Board is finally complete after Village President Gene Williams appointed McKinley Dillingham trustee.

Residents offer D.167 feedback on new middle school

GLENWOOD | Residents and school officials gathered Tuesday in the Hickory Bend Elementary gymnasium to discuss the design and features of the proposed middle school for Brookwood District 167.

Chesterton teen wins Class WB of Times/Pepsi Classic

HAMMOND | Sarah Voiers isn't even in high school, yet, but her USBC SMART account already contains $750 for her college education.

Brookwood D. 167 approves school on holidays

GLENWOOD | School may now be held on Veteran's Day and Abraham Lincoln's birthday after the Brookwood District 167 board approved the action Monday.

Kozy comes full circle

HAMMOND | Mike Kozy struck the second ball of the the tenth frame of Times/Pepsi Classic Class A championship match, looked skyward and let out a sigh.

Field set for Times bowling tournament finals

HAMMOND | Sammy Krucek tweaked his knee during the second game in the 64th semifinal round of the Times/Pepsi Classic Sunday at Olympia Lanes.

Bowler Gunn wins Times/Pepsi Masters Classic

HAMMOND | Brian Gunn needed this one.

Mudd brothers, C.P. take L.C. sectional

ST. JOHN | Their name may be Mudd, but their game was clean Friday.

Addams, St. Florian pen pals meet

CHICAGO | Teachers Kathleen and Jenna Jameson called the project "community relations."

Lake Central, Morton advance at Class 4A Munster baseball sectional

MUNSTER | Antonio Majstorov just needed to calm down.

Munster, Lowell advance to Highland softball sectional final

HIGHLAND | Munster jumped in front and never looked back in its 12-2 six-inning win over Morton in the Highland sectional semifinals Friday.

Riverdale, area emergency services run hazard drill

RIVERDALE | Emergency service crews from the south suburbs — including Flossmoor and South Holland — played out a chemical spill scenario as part of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Plan on Thursday at the Indiana Harbor Belt rail yard.

Lowell routs Highland; E.C. skids by West Side at softball sectional

HIGHLAND | The Lowell offense was explosive in a 10-0 win in the Class 4A sectional opener over host Highland Tuesday.

Murphy pitches shutout as Munster ousts L.C.

HIGHLAND | Munster pitcher Carly Murphy is a senior and has pitched in big softball games before.

Times/Pepsi Classic semifinals set

HAMMOND | Chuck Podkul Jr. always seems to be one of the most popular guys in the bowling center.

Washington Township, Griffith battle to tie

GRIFFITH | Both teams had some chances. Both teams made important pitches at critical moments.

C.P. wins to remain in DAC baseball hunt

CROWN POINT | Every time Valparaiso punched, Times No. 2 Crown Point punched back one run harder.

Brookwood 167 suspends committees

GLENWOOD | The Brookwood 167 board voted to suspend all school board committee assignments for 60 days at its monthly meeting Monday.

Big names appear for 3 p.m. Times/Pepsi Classic bowling qualifier

HAMMOND | Since 1983, there's always been one squad in the Times/Pepsi Classic with a few more big names from the local bowling scene than the others.

Portage pounds Munster softball team

PORTAGE | Kiley Jones did it all. She got the big hit. She pitched the complete game. She even tallied the game-clinching RBI single.

Elish, C.P. top Chesterton, win DAC softball title

CHESTERTON | Miranda Elish is not the average freshman pitcher.

Evanston coach rolls top score on day two

HAMMOND | The Times/Pepsi Classic isn't just for keglers who bowl four or five nights a week and carry averages that would make baseball players proud.

64th Times/Pepsi Classic opens at Olympia Lanes

HAMMOND | It's not usual for a score from the opening squad of the opening day of a tournament to qualify for the semifinals a month later, but three bowlers have a shot.

Wildcats tack on nine runs in the fifth vs. Brickies

HOBART | Hanover Central felt it had something to prove in Saturday morning's baseball game against Hobart.

Kammer hopes to be first youth Classic winner

The Kammer name has been a fixture in the Times/Pepsi Classic during the bowling tournament's 64-year history.

L.C., Del Toro get by Portage

ST. JOHN | A dry-erase board inside the Lake Central dugout Tuesday read "today is a new day."

Crown Point senior hurler strikes out 10

ST. JOHN | Zach Plesac settled in after the second inning.

Michigan City girls win Highland doubles invite

HIGHLAND | Michigan City took home the trophy for the Highland Doubles Invitational Saturday, but it was the host's top duo that took all the attention.

Munster girls, Lowell boys take Mustang track invite

MUNSTER | Miles Gunty knows when he shows up for the meet that most of the field is vaulting for second place.

Trojans pour it on late to beat L.C.

ST. JOHN | Chesterton manager Jack Campbell joked that he knew it would be a good idea to put Michael Griffin in the nine-hole.

Highland invite with close, late finish

HIGHLAND | It was after 10 p.m. on a school night and unseasonably cold, but Andrean's 1600 relay team mustered enough strength to win the final event of Wednesday's Highland invitational and grab a share of first place with East Chicago Central.

Rebels rally to victory over Oak Forest

LANSING | T.F. South was infected with the get-on-base bug Monday at Bill Anderson Field.

Officials offer 'rough draft' at Illiana Corridor meeting

PEOTONE | Illinois and Indiana Departments of Transportation discussed the second tier of the proposed Illiana Corridor at the first of two schedule public open houses Tuesday at Peotone High School.

Cal City police train in rapid response

CALUMET CITY | Virtually as emergency personnel responded to explosions at the Boston Marathon on Monday, Calumet City police were doing rapid response training inside the Sandridge Fitness Center.

Lan-Oak parks officials discuss failed referendum

LANSING | Lan-Oak Park District held its first meeting Monday since voters rejected a referendum that would have permitted a property tax increase for the district.

Noll tops Lowell baseball team in five

GARY | Chad Mateja made his first start of the season Saturday, but nobody told Lowell.

Kankakee Valley blows out Bowman baseball team

GARY | Kankakee Valley needed only three hits to put an early end to its 10-0 five-inning win over Bowman on Saturday at U.S. Steel Yard.

Glass, Hammond Academy best Westville at U.S. Steel Yard

GARY | Neither rain, nor cold, nor a long delay could stop Hammond Academy.

Carpet installed in the Brookwood Middle School library

GLENWOOD | New carpet has been installed in the Brookwood Middle School library at a cost of $1,200, Superintendent Pam Hollich said.

Brookwood D.167 hires new superintendent

GLENWOOD | Brookwood Elementary District 167 approved the hiring of new Superintendent Valorie Moore at Monday night's board meeting.

Crown Point rallies past Munster softball team

CROWN POINT | Crown Point's youth movement was on display Friday.

Finch, Wheeler get by Whiting softball team as junior hurler strikes out 17

UNION TOWNSHIP | The Wheeler defense didn't have a busy day Thursday.

Andrean holds off Morton for victory

GARY | Andrean hasn't allowed a run through four games, but that doesn't mean Morton didn't have its chances Wednesday.

Highland charges past Hobart baseball team

GARY | Highland's bats were a little cold at the start, but the Trojans came around to best Times No. 7 Hobart 6-2 in the Railcats High School Challenge Tuesday at U.S. Steel Yard.

D.201U to discuss grant funds at meeting Wednesday

CRETE | School District 201U officials will host a community forum Wednesday night at Crete-Monee High School to discuss the use of $23.62 million in Illinois Capital Development Board grant funds.

Residents show support for Crete-Monee athletic director Cahan

CRETE | Dozens of residents were in the Crete-Monee auditorium to support athletic director Gene Cahan at the District 201 unified board meeting Monday night.