The first five years of a child’s life are essential to their cognitive, physical, and emotional well being. However, for many children in Northwest Indiana, they are not afforded the opportunity to grow and learn during these years due to...

Throw a dart at a map of high schools in La Porte County this year and you’ll hit one having a season to remember in football. That’s because they all are. All four of the area’s schools (Michigan City, La Porte, South Central, and New Prairie)...

As a longtime member of the Portage Township YMCA (the Y), this week’s Life in the Spotlight, Kimberly Lopez, has always noticed the difference the Y was trying to make in its community. And for two years now, Lopez has been an integral part of...

For this week’s Life in the Spotlight, Valparaiso University Men’s Soccer Head Coach, Mike Avery, soccer has always been a part of his life. The game has been in his blood since he was four, living in the San Jose area and playing for his...

The City of Portage has made some significant strides in the advancement of its city this year, both from a community aspect and investments in the city’s infrastructure. This Saturday, two of the largest dreams for the city became a reality as...

On Aug. 23, 2014, the familiar lights of Friday night football in Indiana illuminated the field at Hanover Central for the first time since the program halted after the 1971 season. That August night in ‘14, forty-plus years in the making, ended in...

There is one defining characteristic of many Portage residents that always seems to stand out when you talk to them, and that is of the pride they have for the city they live in. This week’s Portage Life in the Spotlight, James Hazzard of Samuelson...

Things are starting to get pretty real as a runner. I am jogging in five minute increments and this Saturday I will be running (attempting to run) for one, long 20 minute stretch. To be perfectly honest, anything I do over 10 minutes would be a major...

Finding our “niche” in the career world is not as easy as we see played out on television screens and in movies. On the screen, everything is more simple and the jobs we are supposedly “destined for” are known to the characters and readily...

I took a “Tuesdays With Tom” off last week. Not because I didn’t run, but because last Tuesday evening, the temperature was around 90 degrees with high humidity. I had let my dog out a few times that day, and came back sweating. Afraid it could...