Community News

Gary-Chicago International Allocates $9.8 Million Grant for Air Cargo Expansion
In Gary, Gary/Chicago International Airport says it is accelerating its Phase 1 development of cargo services expansion by allocating a $9.8 million grant from the state of Indiana to the project. The airport says the timing of this grant allows them to fully construct its full allocation of eight wide-bodied aircraft ...
Aug 22, 2025

I-65 Bridge Work Nearing Completion Between Ridge Road and I-94
In Lake County, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) says Interstate 65 bridge work between Ridge Road and Interstate 80/94 is nearing completion. Bridge deck overlay preventative maintenance projects were conducted in three locations on I-65: over 35th Avenue, over the ramp from I-65 to westbound I-80/94, ...
Aug 21, 2025

La Porte Schools Celebrate Indiana Teacher of the Year Finalist
In La Porte, La Porte Community School Corporation says one of their teachers has been selected as one of seven finalists for the prestigious 2026 Indiana Teacher of the Year award, as announced by the Indiana Department of Education on August 15, 2025. Martin Briggs has been an educator in the La Porte Community Schoo...
Aug 20, 2025
Music News

Riley Green Says He's "Afraid" To Write More Love Songs After Chart-Topping Success Of "Worst Way"
Riley Green is currently riding high with his Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 hit, "Worst Way," but the 36-year-old country star admits in a new interview with CMT that writing love songs is outside his comfort zone. "It's not really my thing," Green s...
19h ago

Megan Moroney, Jamey Johnson, Rhett Atkins, And Bill Anderson Will Guest Star In 'A Grand Ole Opry Christmas' Movie
The Hallmark Channel has just announced the addition of twelve country music icons to the star-studded cast of their upcoming holiday film, A Grand Ole Opry Christmas. Bill Anderson, Rhett Akins, Megan Moroney, Jamey Johnson, Drew Baldridge, Maggie Bau...
19h ago

Randy Travis' Doctors Were Going To "Pull The Plug" After His 2013 Stroke Before His Wife Intervened
Following Randy Travis' stroke in 2013, which left him in a coma and with less than a one percent chance of survival, doctors considered ending treatment amid severe infections and complications. "They said, 'We need to pull the plug. He's got too many...
19h ago