Brandon Vickrey

A Valparaiso High School student has elected to use Facebook as an outlet for positivity. The student created a “Valparaiso High School Compliments” page for students to anonymously send in messages and compliment each other. “I happened to be...

Cheerleading success will translate into an escape from the cold weather and a trip to Disney World for the 11 girls on the Junior Midgets Valparaiso Pop Warner cheerleading team that has advanced to Nationals in Florida. The team placed first at...

When the Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the pairings for Class 4A Sectional 2, the Valparaiso Vikings knew it would not be an easy task to repeat as sectional champions. Three hard fought matches later, the sectional culminated...

The Valparaiso High School boys soccer team punched its ticket to the Merrillville Regional on Saturday night at Viking Arena by securing the sectional championship with a 2-0 victory over Portage. This marks the second consecutive sectional...

If you can smell the strong scents of pumpkin spice or vanilla when walking down the hallways of Valparaiso High School, you know that Gail Mooney, our next Valpo Life in the Spotlight, is working. With her Rolling Stones posters hanging on the...

Since starting my tenure as a Portage student, I have had the luxury of a top-notch education. With many great resources and opportunities available, I have been able to excel and grow as a student and as a person during my time in the Portage...

With the new school year just underway, members of the Valparaiso Community Schools are still growing accustomed to the new leadership team that is in place at Central Office in an effort to rejuvenate the district. Atop that leadership group is Mike...

The United Way of La Porte County's annual golf outing, one of the organization's signature events, returned for its eighth year on Monday at Pottawattomie Country Club in Michigan City. It did not take long for the event to sell out as 144 golfers...

Ron Santo was posthumously enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the induction ceremony taking place on July 22. Although the induction was long overdue and should have come during his lifetime, it was a great weekend of memories and...

This month we were excited to re-launch our Valpo Life in the Spotlight series on ValpoLife.com! July has seen three excellent members of the Valparaiso community featured as part of the series. Be sure to take a look at those articles if you missed...