Firefighters celebrate graduation

Firefighter candidates recently graduated from the Fire Academy and are set to work at departments throughout the south suburbs.

Free concerts next week at H-F High School

Homewood-Flossmoor High School offers two free concerts next week with the choir and orchestra.

Portage baseball team, Bob Dixon

Portage baseball players joke with assistant coach Bob Dixon before Friday's game with Hanover Central. The Indians wore light blue jerseys with his name printed on the back as a show of support to Dixon, who is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. His prognosis is good.

Portage baseball team, Bob Dixon

Portage baseball players chat with assistant coach Bob Dixon before Friday's game with Hanover Central. The team wore light blue jerseys with his name printed on the back as a show of support to Dixon, who is undergoing therapy for prostate cancer. His prognosis is good.

Portage baseball team

The Portage baseball team wore light blue jerseys with Dixon printed on the back for Friday's game with Hanover Central as a show of support to assistant coach Bob Dixon, who is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.

Bob Dixon, Portage baseball team

Portage players surround assistant coach Bob Dixon before Friday's game with Hanover Central. The Indians wore light blue jerseys with his name printed on the back as a show of support for Dixon as he undergoes therapy for prostate cancer. His prognosis is good.

Bob Dixon, Portage baseball

Portage assistant coach Bob Dixon holds up the jerseys that the team wore for Friday's game against Hanover Central. The shirts, which have his name printed on the back, were done as a show of support for Dixon, who is undergoing therapy for prostate cancer. His prognosis is good.

Bob and Glenda Dixon, Portage baseball

Portage assistant coach Bob Dixon gets a hug from his wife Glenda Friday at the Senior League Field. Dixon is undergoing therapy as part of his recovery from prostate cancer. The team wore light blue jerseys with his name on the back for their game with Hanover Central as a show of support.

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Kae Griffin, IU Northwest Spring 2013 graduate with a Master’s degree in Social Work

Strange

Eden Strange, IU Northwest Spring 2013 graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Two dead following Chicago Heights fire

This is what remains of a home in the 200 block of East 24th Avenue in Chicago Heights after a fire there early Friday.

Drake Bowers

Drake Bowers, a forward from Munster High School, was named Second Team All-District in 2013, along with Northwest Crossroads Conference First Team All-League. He was named Second Team All-Conference in 2012, and earned the Scholar Athlete Award every year from 2009 until 2012.

Drake Bowers

Drake Bowers, a forward from Munster High School, was named Second Team All-District in 2013, along with Northwest Crossroads Conference First Team All-League. He was named Second Team All-Conference in 2012, and earned the Scholar Athlete Award every year from 2009 until 2012.

Christopher Jeffries

Walk-a-thon to be held in memory of fallen Marine LCPL Philip J. Martini

Smart sprinkler controls

Firefighters demonstate Jaws of Life at Immanuel Lutheran

Members of the Valparaiso Fire Department visited Immanuel Lutheran School students recently.

Firefighters demonstate Jaws of Life at Immanuel Lutheran

Members of the Valparaiso Fire Department used the Jaws of Life to show Immanuel Lutheran School students how they extricated people from cars that are damaged in accidents.

Firefighters demonstate Jaws of Life at Immanuel Lutheran

Members of the Valparaiso Fire Department used the Jaws of Life to show Immanuel Lutheran School students how they extricated people from cars that are damaged in accidents.

Lew Wallace: A Hoosier Renaissance Man

John Hodson

Blue Oyster Cult tickets on Sale for Summer Jam Music & Food Festival

Blue Oyster Cult will kick off the first Summer Jam & Music Festival hosted by Valparaiso Community Festivals & Events. This music and food festival will be the first of its kind to come to downtown Valparaiso slated from 2 to 9 p.m. July 27 in Central Park Plaza. The event will incl…

Jack Adams

Jack Adams & Boys are Mean (B.A.M.) will perform during the Joe B. Memorial Concert.

Faith and music shared with community by Gleaner award winner

Peggy Hendricks

Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular

The Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Stardust Event Center at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, $20 and $30. For more information, visit bluechipcasino.com

Nicole Richie

This April 30, 2013 file photo shows television personality Nicole Richie at AOL's web series NewFront to promote her series "#CandidlyNicole" in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)

Guest reader at Crisman Elementary

Debra Dudek, director of Title & Special Student Services, reads to kindergarten students at Crisman Elementary School in Portage for their guest reader day.

Dyer couple overcomes adversity to graduate together from PUC

Illinois natives Brigid and Raymond Lukas, now of Dyer, will graduate together Sunday afternoon from Purdue University Calumet during commencement exercises at Star Plaza Theater in Merrillville.

Reception will introduce unique service for grieving families

Anne Jones

Northwest Indiana Symphony Youth Orchestra to entertain in seasonal concert

Violinist Patrick Bieszke will perform the first movement of "Symphonie Espagnole" in Northwest Indiana Symphony Youth Orchestra's Spring Concert on Sunday. Bieszke is the 2013 Concerto Competition winner.

Northwest Indiana Symphony Youth Orchestra to entertain in seasonal concert

Northwest Indiana Symphony Chorus will perform with the youth orchestra this weekend.

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Marian Catholic's Brad Bohlen will play his college ball at Northern Kentucky.

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Marian Catholic's Brad Bohlen is batting .470 for the Spartans.

Marian's Kyle Scheffers is top singles player in H-F Sectional

Marian Catholic's Kyle Scheffers is a two-time state qualifier in doubles. This year, he will compete in singles.

Marian Catholic's Kyle Scheffers eyes return to state

Marian Catholic's Kyle Scheffers is the top singles seed at today's Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional.

Chesterton baseball hat

The Chesterton baseball team has BL stitched on the back of their hats in memory of Bob Lambert, a former volunteer assistant coach and founder of the Breakers travel baseball program.

Shelf Life

Alice Kaplan, author of "Dreaming in French"

Chevy puts it all in the Cruze

Chevy Cruze

Boys & Girls Club of NWI sends special thank you to “Excellence by Design” owner

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Funeral services for Garrett Livingston Cope, arranged by Manuel Memorial Funeral Home, were May 16 at St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Gary and again at Indiana University Northwest.