Cruz, Biggers and White helped dig the capsule out of the ground and open it as part of the Class of 1974’s 50th reunion celebration Friday outside the high school’s original building in Waukegan, returning memories to more than 75 of their classmates and others in attendance.
A disaster declaration will make resources available to residents in areas impacted by severe storms and flooding fin July.
Jerry Shnay looks back at a summer of blooms, decades in Park Forest, and an old friendship forged at newspapers.
The Lake Forest City Council has approved a nearly $1.6 million contract with an architectural firm in another step toward renovating a vacant Conway Park office building and converting it into the city’s new police headquarters.
Girls’ sports backers have plans to establish the first-of-its-kind $98 million sports leadership complex near Fair Oaks Farms in Newton County designed for girls in 12th grade-and-under. Named Marvella, the project is also planning a Title IX museum in honor of Indiana senator Birch Bayh, the author of the federal amendment that prohibited sex discrimination in education. He died in 2019 at age 91. The sports complex is named after Bayh’s wife who inspired him to draw up the legislation after witnessing her own difficulties getting accepted into college. Marvella Bayh died from breast cancer in 1979.
St. Thomas More Catholic School and Porter Lakes Elementary are among 16 Indiana schools named Monday as 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. There were 356 schools honored nationwide.
News and events around the area
David Seleb, who has led operations at several area libraries, has been named the interim Lake Bluff Public Library director as the search starts for a permanent director.
Northwest Indiana is the nation’s largest steelmaking region, said Gary Councilwoman Lori Latham, and area environmental advocates are encouraging U.S. Steel to reduce its carbon footprint. Gary Advocates for Responsible Development on Saturday hosted its first sustainability conference, Growing Gary Green. The conference featured various environmental topics, including green steel and the future of steelmaking in the city. Green steel is a crude steel product that’s made using a process that emits significantly less carbon dioxide than traditional steelmaking, said Elizabeth Boatman, consultant for 5 Lakes Energy, an organization that helps achieve clean-energy solutions. U.S. Steel has two sustainable steels: […]
Members of the La Grange Park Police Department served up a variety of burgers on Saturday while raising money for Special Olympics.