Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. and the Hammond Sanitary District announce storm relief for qualifying Hammond homeowners. The relief will be for damage sustained as a result of the extreme weather event on May 23rd, 2020. Homeowners will be...

Last fall we hired an experienced and talented professional to lead the South Shore Community Development Corporation. Michael Todd Citro joined our team seamlessly as the Community Development Director and got right to work building the new program....

Robert Joseph Priest, Jr., 70, of Westville passed away peacefully in his home on April 6th, 2020.  He was born on July 29th, 1949 to Robert and Maxine Priest, of Bay City, MI.  Robert was an Army Veteran, and worked at Westville...

Nancy L. Nichols, 77 passed away on Tuesday February 18, 2020.  She was born November 25, 1942 in Michigan City, Indiana the only child to the late Otto and Hazel Helsing. Nancy graduated from Elston High School in 1961. She attended Cosmetology...

Sharon S. Newhard 78 of Valparaiso, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 17, 2020.  She was born December 5, 1941, in East Chicago, Indiana to John and Pauline (Chiti) Canham.  On October 27, 1962, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Griffith she...

Willie Dean Ball, 57 of Valparaiso, passed away suddenly on Thursday, February 13, 2020. He was born January 20, 1963 in Hammond, Indiana to James Renaldo and Laura Bell (Stringer) Ball. On December 22, 1983 in Miami, Oklahoma he married his...

Joanne K. Bickerton, 81 of Lafayette, Colorado, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020. She was born November 28, 1938 in Valparaiso to Mott and Doris (Crowe) Corcoran.  Joanne is survived by her daughter Cynthia Jo Bickerton of Lafayette, Colorado,...

Kenneth A. Mattox 74, of Westville, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020 at home. He was born October 15, 1944 in Fairbury, Illinois to Lawrence and Angeline (Bayston) Mattox. On March 30, 1996 he married Margaret (McCluskey) Daniels who survives....

Mary Lou (Louise) Coulter 89, of Westville passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019. She was born July 5, 1930 in LaPorte, Indiana to James E. and Helen (Garwood) Coulter. She had one brother, James E. Coulter, Jr. who died of a fatal heart attack at...

Horizon Bank Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Craig Dwight, presented a donation of $35,000 to Friendship Botanic Gardens on November 19, 2019 for partial funding of a new wedding and event venue. “A few years ago when we started the journey...