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The federal government has selected Indiana and nine other states, including Illinois, to participate in a demonstration program for a type of behavioral health clinic providing a comprehensive range of mental health and addiction services.
Hundreds of people in Northwest Indiana gathered together at Founders Square for the City of Portage’s annual Memorial Day service on Monday, May 27.
Debbie Podgorski, secretary for Post 260 Auxiliary, describes how significant Memorial Day is to veterans and family members who lost their close ones who served our nation.
The official dedication of the South Shore Line’s Double Track project Monday morning marked the realization of an objective desired in Northwest Indiana for decades.
It took the cooperative work of local, state and federal officials for the huge undertaking to become a reality.
Once years in the making, the South Shore Line’s Double Track NWI has officially opened for business.
“One hundred years later, this Double Track Project will continue to transform Northwest Indiana for generations to come,” said Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday.
After years of putting the project together, residents of Northern Indiana can finally rejoice. The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) held a ribbon cutting for the opening of their Double Track service on Monday, May 13.
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.