Chesterton senior Bailey Ranta, fresh off a 12th-place individual finish and third-place team finish at the state cross country meet in Terre Haute, signs scholarship papers to attend the University of Toledo. Teammates, other students, her coaches, her parents, Dawn and Ron Ranta, principal Brent Martinson and athletic director Jeff Hamstra attended a signing ceremony at the school cafeteria Thursday […]

As Commissioner Laura Blaney, D-South said during the Porter County Board of Commissioners meeting on Nov. 2, “It’s nice to start the meeting that way.” “That way” was the public recognition of three county employees for their service to the county. Those attending the meeting responded with applause and there were pictures with the honorees smiling broadly, surrounded by county […]

Military sexual trauma, PTSD, loss of jobs, loss of family and an inability to re-enter civilian life are just a few of the challenges faced by women who serve in the military, who are also often denied the same recognition that goes to their male counterparts. “We must do better,” Angela Crossin, president and co-founder of Women in Bloom, which […]

A Chesterton High School government teacher placed on leave in September due to his alleged “inappropriate and politically charged statements of opinion” during class is apparently not returning to his job. The teacher, Benjamin Gillman, “will no longer be teaching in a Duneland School Corporation classroom,” said Supt. Chip Pettit when recently asked about the status of the case. Pettit […]