East Chicago

Legacy Foundation announced awards totaling $50,000 to 17 small businesses located in the cities of East Chicago and Gary, Ind. The grants ranged from $2,500 to $5,000. Legacy Foundation and Indiana Black Expo partnered to establish the COVID-19...

We here at the GreatNews.Life office are equal opportunity candy-ists, so we’ve put together a whole list of the Region’s trick-or-treating times so you can help your kids with the annual candy splurge. Farther down the page, you’ll find...

Eighty years ago, the Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company began to specialize in voice systems. As decades passed and technology advanced, what began with telephone lines developed into digital voice lines, and within the last few...

Lake County Eats Local is back for a second season, hosting farmers markets in the cities of Gary and East Chicago and providing assistance to preexisting markets throughout the Region.  Lake County Eats Local is a collaboration between the...

Great news all generated right here in the Region is easier than ever to access now that the Great News Weekly live broadcast and podcast is available on Facebook Live via the NWI.Life Facebook page, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and...

 Starting July 17, Lake County Eats Local will begin hosting weekly farmers markets to address food accessibility in East Chicago and Gary. The first market will take place at ArtHouse, 411 E 5th Ave, Gary, Ind., on Friday, July 17 from 3:00 pm...

For Father’s Day, Ideas in Motion Media Owner Chris Mahlmann asked his friends what they learned from their Dad. From rotating tires and changing oil, to hammering up a fence and watching the game, here is what the Northwest Indiana locals learned...