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National news, true crime, comedy, and science – these are all topics that you can find at the top of the podcast charts. Podcasts focusing on local news or the people and places around you are much rarer. You might see a business go up, a new...
Founded in 2005, the Society of Innovators’ mission has remained simple: help drive entrepreneurship and innovation in Northwest Indiana by shining a spotlight on our region’s innovators. During the past 20 years, the Society has inducted...
Editor’s Note: One of our GreatNews.Life new media journalists, Anthony Hudson, recently gave a TedXGary talk at Indiana University Northwest. In the following article, Hudson reflects on his time leading up to and throughout the event....
The U.S. military calls it the “tooth-to-tail” ratio: The number of rear-echelon troops (or tail) it takes to support a combat soldier (or tooth). In World War II, only 19 percent of soldiers (or Marines or sailors or airmen) ever saw the front...
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice’s unforgettable lead, “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky,” a sports journalist and educator is paying tribute to his poetic and enduring style throughout...
Photos taken by Branden Beachy This story first appeared on Rhonda Schrock's blog on September 5. It happened on a gorgeous September night. The starter’s gun fired, and hundreds of running feet took to the course. The pack was running fast....
It’s been 44 years since my alma mater, Purdue University, made it to the Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. So long, that I, of course, have no recollection. I do have recollection of many years of heart ache during March...
I had another topic in mind for today, but the start of this week has been so disturbing that I had to change gears. Last week was spring break in our family and we took a long-planned trip to the Caribbean (out of the country) with a couple other...
At the start of 2024 I had concerns about a couple of upcoming issues expected to unfold throughout the year. To name a few, items such as movement in interest rates, the unfolding of the pre-election cycle and the election itself were all occupying...
The vision of Gary, Indiana was conceptualized and manifested at the turn of the 20th Century by influential business moguls J.P. Morgan, Charles Schwab, Andrew Carnegie, and Elbert Gary in a boardroom in New York City. Their objective? Building a...