A ministry of hope and help for homeless and at-risk women and their children has been serving the Region the past 15-years.  Named after an escaped freed slave and champion of women's rights, SoJourner Truth House, according to Sister Loretta Schleper, was founded by the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ to serve the under served in the Gary community.   Sister Loretta says  SoJourner Truth concentrates on serving single mothers and their children.  She says women "can learn about self-esteem, the...

A free job readiness and technology skills workshops for disabled veterans of all ages is  being offered by JobSource, the Community Employment division of Opportunity Enterprises.  Workshops will be held November 27th and 29th and December 4th, 6th, 11th and 13th, from 930 am to 11:30am at the Porter County JobSource Office, 56 S. Valparaiso Street in Valparaiso and the Lake County JobSource Office, 1465 E. 84th Street in Merrillville.

  According to Allison Thomas of Opportunity Enterprises,...

For the third time this year, Powerball has crossed the 300-million dollar threshold.  According to lotteryuniverse.com, the largest ever Powerball prize was 360-million dollars.  According to the Powerball website the odds of winning the top prize in tonight's drawing are one in 175,223,510   If there is no winner in tonight's drawing, the jackpot could go to a record level.  Good luck.

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The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw has loaded some 13-hundred Christmas trees onto the ship at its home port of Cheboygan, Michigan headed for Chicago, where they're being offloaded during a special ceremony, then delivered to needy families. The Ninth Coast Guard District External Affairs Office says this year marks the 100th anniversary of the wreck of the schooner Rouse Simmons, the original Christmas Ship, which sank between Kewaunee and Two Rivers, Wisconsin one-hundred years ago o...

Hoosier farmers are watching what happens in Congress as one of the major pieces of unfinished business is approval of a new Farm Bill. Chuck Hassebrook  with the Center for Rural Affairs says it’s essential that the bill is passed – but even more important is that it maintains funding for programs important to rural America.  With Federal budget pressures, Hassebrook says he understands that there needs to be some belt-tightening. He thinks the best option would be to put a cap on the premium s...

The Duneland community's Hometown Holiday Celebration begins this afternoon with free horse-drawn carriage rides through downtown Chesterton from 3-5pm, according to the Chesterton/Duneland Chamber of Commerce.  Rides will begin in the Duneland Chamber of Commerce parking lot (220 Broadway), and will be offered to the first 40 guests.  Each ride will last about 10-minutes, and couples will be asked to share rides.  Numbered slips will be given to those lining up beginning at 3pm.  Allyson Bau...

Hobart Police Corporal Simon Gresser and his K-9 partner Rommel (Photo courtesy of the Hobart Police K-9 Unit)

The Hobart Police Department's K-9 Unit on their Facebook page has posted a goodbye to their K-9 Rommel, who passed away Wednesday. Rommel was partnered with Corporal Simon Gresser and the department says K-9 Rommel did a lot for not only Hobart, but Northwest Indiana. The Hobart K-9 Unit on their Facebook page also says Rommel had a stroke a few weeks ago and continued to decline since...

In La Porte, La Lumiere School has announced the acquisition of Creekwood Inn in Michigan City as a donation to the school this January . The 30-acre property which is close to Interstate 94 will be known as La Lumiere School, Creekwood Campus. School officials say the home was built in the 1930s by Dr. Lawrence Robrock, and has been operating as the Creekwood Inn under the direction of owner Mary Lou Linnen since 1984. The main 144-acre campus of La Lumiere is five miles to the east on U-S 20...

Hoosiers are getting some a few extra days to sign up for the next quarterly update to Indiana's Do Not Call list. Here's the news release:

Do Not Call sign-up deadline extended to ‘Cyber Monday’

AG Zoeller says joining the state’s protected

list is best holiday deal, a gift that keeps giving

INDIANAPOLIS – Attorney General Greg Zoeller said shoppers taking advantage of online sales can add one more item to the list – sign up for Indiana’s Do Not Call registry.

Zoeller said he extended the...

Indiana Department of Revenue officials are reminding shoppers of something called the “use tax” in Indiana. Here's the news release:

Department Reminds Online Shoppers about Use Tax
INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 19, 2012) — Cyber Monday and the holidays are just around the corner. Shoppers taking advantage online and catalog sales will be preparing for a wonderful holiday with online shopping opportunities galore. But with these opportunities comes a reminder:

All too many online and catalog companies fail...