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• A Midsummer Garden Party at Barker Mansion

  A Midsummer Garden Party will be held at the Barker Mansion on Saturday, June 30, from 7-9 pm. This throwback event takes place in the Barker Mansion gardens amid the roses, Tiffany globes and Greek statuary. The evening will include lite bites and retro drinks. Garden games including bocce ball and croquet will be on hand. Costumes circa 1920 (flappers and gangsters) are encouraged. Price is $20 per ticket or Read more…

• The National Institutes of Health Awarding 33 Million Dollars to Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute

  A statewide research partnership is getting a financial boost to continue its work to improve the health of Hoosiers. The National Institutes of Health is awarding 33 million dollars to the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, a collaboration between Purdue University, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame. Deputy director of the institute Connie Weaver says Indiana is one of the unhealthiest states in the country, and their Read more…

• Semi Veers Off I-65 After Being Cut Off By Vehicle

  

  On Saturday night, a semi tractor-trailer was southbound on I-65 at the 240 mile marker. Preliminary investigation by Troopers Zach Beaver and Kurtis Jones shows that a 2013 Freightliner, owned by Eagle Expressways Inc., left the roadway and traveled into the woods west of the interstate. The truck traveled 300 feet into the woods before coming to a rest. 1st responders were initially unable to reach the driver due to Read more…

• Mobile App Enhances Indiana Career Connect

  Looking for a job just got a whole lot easier, thanks to the mobile app called ICC Jobs available from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Job seekers in Indiana have the option to use the app created for the state’s job board, Indiana Career Connect (ICC). DWD launched the mobile app to complement ICC and expand the reach, flexibility and use of Indiana’s premier job search portal. The modernized Read more…

• “Me and the Boys” to swing into First Friday in the Chapel

  Local vocalist Mary Kay Steele with the group Me and the Boys will gleefully remind concert goers that “It don’t mean a thing,” at the next First Friday in the Chapel musical performance, at Noon, July 6 in the La Porte Hospital Family Chapel. The music, which will focus on traditional swing from the 1930s to today, will include selections from composers such as Gershwin, Arlen and Ellington. The group also plans Read more…

• ‘He murdered my son in cold blood’: Mother of Pennsylvania teen killed by police

  Mourners and protesters are expected to gather at a funeral home Sunday afternoon at the wake for Antwon Rose Jr., an unarmed teenager who was shot by a police officer.

• Gun industry sees banks as new threat to 2nd Amendment

• Suspect dead, 2 officers hospitalized after San Diego shooting

• Minneapolis police shoot, kill armed suspect

• Navy pilot dies in ‘mishap’ at New Mexico base