Liberty Intermediate School fifth graders, left to right, Sidney Pittman (1st place), Aubree Gentry (3rd), and Noah Fletcher (2nd) were the winners of the school level spelling bee. Pittman will represent LIS and Fletcher will be her alternate at the fifth …

Porter County had 216 substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect including 35 sexual abuse cases and 20 physical abuse cases in 2013 according to the Indiana Department of Child Services. In an effort to help school counselors, teachers, parents, youth …