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What’s recently happened?  On Saturday, November 25, the Penn High School Kingsmen Boys Varsity Basketball team made its debut game against Carroll High School. The Kingsmen gave Coach Barak Coolman his first win as the head coach. The game...

Robert “Bob” Carnagey is a Northwest Indiana local. Living most of his life on the border of Indiana and Illinois, he graduated from Thornton Fractional North High School in the summer of 1964. Carnagey then enrolled into the University of...

Valparaiso resident Roberta Tuft is a thyroid cancer survivor who has survived cancer not once but twice. Her journey started just before Thanksgiving in 2006. She went in to see Dr. John Carter, her primary doctor in Hobart because she was having...

What’s recently happened?  On November 8, John Adams High School hosted an informational International Baccalaureate (IB) night to welcome incoming freshmen and show them around the high school. The night included walking tours by juniors and...

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Robert Shankland moved to Valparaiso with his family at the age of 11 and has lived there ever since. After graduating from Valparaiso High School in 1959, Shankland went on to the University of Michigan to get his...

Merrillville resident Joy Johnson always goes in for an annual mammogram. However, in the year 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Johnson was nervous to go. Now just over two years cancer free, Johnson is thanking her blessings that she...

What’s recently happened? John Adams High School’s unified football team has had a lot of incredible feats this season, including its first win on September 28, with a score of 27-25. Shortly after its first win, the team began to advance further...

What’s recently happened? This past week at Penn High School was Homecoming week. The week was full of fun attire and special events that all led up to the Homecoming King and Queen announcement on Friday at the halftime of the football game. ...

Mitch Mullins did not choose to go into the Army Reserve, but, according to him, it was one of the best decisions he ever made. Mullins joined the Reserve in ‘71, having just gotten his associate’s degree from Purdue University. He received...

What’s recently happened?  Although fall has just begun, the same cannot be said about Clay High School’s fall sports. In recent weeks, some of Clay’s fall sports have been celebrating their senior nights. Girls and Boys Soccer celebrated...