The residents of Residences at Deer Creek recently teamed up with the Labor of Love group from St. Michaels Catholic Church to make sleeping mats for the homeless. The residents helped in cutting plastic store bags, and looping them together to make plarn …

I’m a visual person. I love pictures – the pretty, interesting, unique, edgy, and beautiful pictures that tell a story and make you feel stuff; the type of pictures that make you pause when you spot them. So I went back and picked out my favorite …

As autumn leaves fall and farmers gather crops, the harvest begins and the Court Appointed Youth Advocate Program (CAYA) is recruiting farmers of its own to sow and harvest seeds of hope in LaPorte County youth. I am a CAYA volunteer. I’ve worked two years …

Written by Steven Neville If there was ever such a thing as “runner’s weather”, today would have been that day at the Hometown Happenings Hub City Half Marathon and 5K; a beautiful race which took runners on a journey through the historic streets of …

One of the many goals of the Greater La Porte Chamber of Commerce is to further develop a relationship between the La Porte Community School Corporation and our local business. One way to achieve and further strengthen this relationship is to create a …

There was a big to-do at the Strack & Van Til location in Schererville. The store just went through major renovations and a grand reopening was under way on August 5 to celebrate the occasion. Click here to see more photos! Photos by Anna Hanson This …

Clinicians, supporters, and business representatives in the community attended the 6th Annual Living Health, Balance and Hope Symposium for Porter-Starke Services in the Valparaiso University Harre Union Ballroom, to learn more about resilience in mental …

Leaders at South Shore Clean Cities Inc., a nonprofit organization sponsored through a U.S. Department of Energy program, have announced a competitive grant award program to improve air quality in the Rockport, Indiana/Spencer County area. The Rockport …

Since its founding in 1915, Kiwanis, a coeducational service club, has been dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. The belief that the most effective way to enhance the prosperity of a community is to enhance its children has …