Community News

NIPSCO, NiSource Charitable Foundation Announce Environmental Action Grant Recipients
Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) along with the NiSource Charitable Foundation has announced the winners of its 2025 Environmental Action Grant. The annual grant program awarded 23 local nonprofit organizations to help fund environmental projects and programming across NIPSCO's servic...
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Officials Gather to Break Ground on Tolleston Opportunity Campus in Gary
In Gary, groundbreaking was recently held for the Tolleston Opportunity Campus. The project is a collaboration between the city, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana, Crossroads YMCA, and Methodist Hospitals. The ceremony at the campus site on West 19th Avenue took place at the current home of the Joh...
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The MAAC Announces Graduation of 15 Firefighters from Career Fire Academy
In Valparaiso, in partnership with the Northwest Indiana District 1 Firefighter Training Council, the MAAC Foundation announces the graduation of their Career Fire Academy with the ceremony to be held Friday, May 2, 2025, 6 pm at the MAAC Foundation First Responder Training Campus in the Heroes' Hangout Building. The M...
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Music News

Sammy Hagar Lashes Out At Alex Van Halen, Says "Al's Angry Because I'm Out Doing It" And "He Can't"
Former Van Halen bandmates Sammy Hagar and Alex Van Halen have not been on speaking terms for 21 years, and in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Hagar speculates that jealousy might be behind the drummer's ongoing rift. Hagar recently released a sing...
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The Alarm Vocalist Mike Peters Dies At 66 Following Long Cancer Battle
Mike Peters, lead singer of Welsh rock band The Alarm, passed away on Tuesday (April 29) at age 66 after a long battle with cancer. Peters continued to tour and release music despite his three-decade fight against multiple forms of cancer, becoming a p...
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Halestorm Announces New Album, 'Everest,' And 2025 World Tour
On Tuesday (April 29), Halestorm announced that their sixth studio album, Everest, will be released on August 8th, with a massive 2025 world tour planned in support of the upcoming release. The band will co-headline a fall North American tour with Lind...
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