When it comes to non-profits in the Region, few are quite as expansive and diverse as the United Way of Porter County. With a variety of programs, events, initiatives, and organizations, United Way helps to lead, unite, and inspire all around Porter...
Just about everybody gives back to their community in some way, be it through picking up litter on the street, donating to charity, or volunteering at local organizations. For others, giving back is in their blood, they might found a nonprofit or...
On Saturday, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. and the 219 Day Committee welcomed Region Rats from all across Northwest Indiana as they threw a party to celebrate 219 Day, the Region’s official holiday. Held annually at the Hammond Civic Center,...
One of the appeals of fine dining is how effortless it all feels, being served quality food, excellent wines, along with quick and accurate service. Every day, the staff of restaurants like William B’s Steakhouse put on a magnificent show for their...
Student athletes are some of the busiest people around. They manage school, practice, family and social life, and sometimes jobs or career planning. Some of the only people who are perhaps even busier are folks like Carl Patz, a Hebron native, who...
Few things in life are more stressful than a car accident. This is true for both minor fender benders and serious crashes; dealing with insurance companies, rental cars, and of course, repairs. Naturally, people want their problems resolved as...
After he started at Sauers Buick GMC on December 4th of 2017, Troy Protsman quickly carved himself a position at the local auto dealer – as one of the bubbliest, most outgoing salespeople they ever hired. And working at Sauers is not the only big...
According the National Cancer institute, nearly 15 million people in 2014 were living with cancer of some sort. With those kind of numbers, just about every American knows someone or is someone impacted by the disease. It is important to give hope to...
Every cancer survivor tells a different story. Some wage long, patient wars of attrition against the disease, some fight a short and dramatic battle. No one story is the same. For people like Matt McCall, sharing their unique experience is one of the...
When people think of teachers, the stereotype is usually someone teaching math, English, or maybe science. Yet there are whole other categories of teachers for things like computers, woodworking, or in Glen Buford’s case, the culinary arts....