Anna Hanson

Maybe pigs aren't supposed to fly after all. Speros Batistatos, CEO of the South Shore Convention Visitors Authority, was joined by his team and Fair Oaks Farms CEO Gary Corbett at the attraction on Wednesday to announce the cancellation of the 2014...

The 7th annual Necktie 5K took place on the beautiful June Saturday morning before Father’s Day. The race is famous for it’s runners who all wear neckties and are awarded neckties as trophies. Over 400 hundred participants came out for the...

Porter Regional Hospital held their third annual Healthy Hustle 5K Run and Walk on a bright and beautiful Saturday morning. The event was held at Valparaiso’s Sunset Hill Farm and around 200 participants came to run, walk, and compete for...

“I remember a lot of things about my senior year,but tomorrow I’ll remember being here today.” Valedictorian Matthew Csonka couldn’t have addressed his Griffith High School Class of 2014 with something more poignant. On June 1st, Griffith’s...

Leon’s Triathlon, known as “the world’s fastest triathlon, place on a hot and muggy Sunday morning at Wolf Lake in Hammond. Leon’s Triathlon is a USA Triathlon sanctioned event and is a part of the three-part Chicago series of events of its...

The Porter County Expo Center held the annual Northwest Indiana Boat Show that started on Friday at noon. The event holds many different types of boats on display including cruisers, deck boats, bow riders, center console fish boats, performance and...

There’s a new audience coming to the Memorial Opera House. The Porter County Community Foundation has granted the theater with a generous opportunity to start up their new program - aptly named 'A Theater for a New Audience.' This latest adventure...

The Memorial Opera House hosted the 2014 Miss Great Lakes and Miss Kankakee Valley Scholarship Pageant on a slushy, snowy Saturday afternoon. The pageant was held to not only to give a scholarship to four lucky winners, it also stood as a preliminary...

The Memorial Opera House hosted a sold out crowd on Saturday night for the first event in their Imagine Concert Series, which featured folk-rock group The Lone Bellow. The Imagine Concert Series is orchestrated by Brad Koeppen and Rob Harkel, who...

Valparaiso’s Memorial Opera House is offering something special for kids this spring with The Children’s Theatre, a spring and summer program for kids ranging from ages 3 all the way up to 18. Children from around the area are welcome to sign up...