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A major investment in commuter rail is now complete. Governor Eric Holcomb joined other state and federal officials Monday to cut the ribbon on the South Shore Line's Double Track project.
Starting Tuesday, riders will see seven more weekday trains each direction in and out of Chicago, along with reduced travel times — a decrease of almost 40 minutes for some trains.
A host of state and local dignitaries, including the governor of Indiana, a U.S. senator and two Congressional representatives, celebrated the South Shore Line’s new Double Track service Monday.
On Tuesday, a new railroad schedule made possible by the project will go into effect.
The new schedule includes 14 more weekday trains than before, as well as reduced travel times.
The sun reflected brightly off a double-decker South Shore Line train Monday morning as it pulled into Miller Station, with Gov. Eric Holcomb giving a thumbs-up from the engineer’s seat to the hundreds on hand to celebrate completion of the South Shore’s Double Track project.
“I can’t save my child, but I can save someone else’s,” one Highland mom, Rachel Carlisle said, after she shared her story to hundreds of people in Wicker Park on Saturday.
Patty Stovall, founder and executive director of Sounds of Sarah, and Carlisle, an advocate for Drug Induced Homicide Foundation, reminisced about their daughters who they each lost to fentanyl poisoning.
A 1.4-mile stretch of trail in Hebron leads the way to a number of possibilities as it honors fallen heroes and veterans.
“You’re standing on a national trail that will go from Washington, D.C., to Washington state,” said Mitch Barloga, president of the Veterans Memorial Parkway Commission and Friends of the Veterans Memorial Parkway.
Northwest Indiana's sole rape crisis center is preparing to expand its facilities thanks in part to federal funding obtained by the Region's congressman, U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland.
A local rape crisis center has received federal money for a giant upgrade that, if Town of Highland approvals are issued, will expand its services to include residential units.
An organization helping survivors of rape and domestic violence is planning a major expansion, thanks to federal funding. Fair Haven Rape Crisis Center plans to buy the building where it's rented space for many years in Downtown Highland, renovate it with a new entrance, and then build an addition with four individual living spaces.
United Steelworkers Local 1010 Safety Chair Jayson Culp was clearing scrap out of the way with a forklift on the floor of an electrical furnace at the Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor steel mill in 2019.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, joined majorities in the U.S. House Saturday to approve separate aid packages for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, along with a set of policies aimed at limiting the influence of China, Iran and Russia.