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Appearing: Tonight Kouts Firemen Christmas Show Porter County Expo Center Valparaiso, IN www.richiemcdonald.com To purchase a copy of the cd: If Every Day Could Be Christmas Bio: Richie McDonald has long been one of music's most accomplished and wide-ranging talents.

W hen you leave a multiplatinum recording group like Lonestar to strike out on your own, it's not a decision made lightly.

Congratulations to Lake Park Restaurant in Hobart. Senior citizens were treated to free turkey dinners and treated like royalty Nov.

The Porter County Convention, Recreation, and Visitors Commission has awarded $42,000 in grants to 25 local non-profit organizations.

Mary Hodson, executive director of Mental Health America of Porter County, spent four hours on the road Wednesday to play Santa at the Logansport State Hospital as part of her agency's 55-year-old giftLIFT program.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the County of Porter, Indiana, will hold a public hearing on the 16th of December, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Porter County Administration Center, 155 Indiana Avenue, Suite 205, Valparaiso, Indiana, to consider the petition of Ed Drazer, 859 S. 300 E., Kouts, seeking a Variance from Section ...

Shopping season seen as 'challenging'Projections are this shopping season will be slightly better than mark posted year ago Comments November 28, 2009 BY DIANE KRIEGER SPIVAK, 648-3076 Kristin Chapman, her nose slightly red, stood shivering but smiling in the early morning just-above freezing darkness outside Kohl's at Westfield Southlake mall ...

A steady stream of property owners headed to the Porter County Administration building Friday to drop off their tax bill payments.

Veterans Day observance: A Veterans Day program will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Service Memorial in Foundation Meadows Park, 3201 N. Campbell St.

William G. Carpenter was at his son's funeral in Kouts on Wednesday when police came to tell him a car had hit his house.

Bojangles works the room like a job seeker at a networking event, going from person to person and returning to those who give him the most time.

Voters in Porter and St. Joseph counties overwhelmingly rejected the idea of a four-county transportation district in a special referendum Tuesday.

A Kouts man who began molesting two younger boys when they were all juveniles, then harassed the boys through phone and text messages while he was in training at Great Lakes Naval, was sentenced Monday.

Mother and daughter Susie Thornton and Jennifer Thornton soaked their feet in once-clear water that was now clumpish and brownish-green. The Kouts duo was taking part for the first time in ionic detoxification, a process that Vickie Cox, owner of Natural Options Aromatherapy, explained used ions to pull toxins from the body through the soles of the ...

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the County of Porter, Indiana, will hold a public hearing on the 18th of November, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Porter County Administration Center, 155 Indiana Avenue, Suite 205, Valparaiso, Indiana, to consider the petition of Jeffrey Cannon, 90 E. 850 S., Kouts, seeking a Variance from ...

Terry Peek, the owner of Valparaiso-based Mastertech Pest Control, cheerfully passed out an assortment of seasoned and chocolate-covered crickets to anyone who would take them.

Bond may be revoked for alleged drunk driver: A rural Porter County man accused of causing the death of a passenger on his motorcycle may have his bond revoked for continuing to drive after his license was suspended.

The trial for the last remaining suspect of a multistate motorcycle gang accused of making and dealing methamphetamine will be rescheduled.

Houseguest disappeared with hosts' car: A 51-year-old houseguest with a prior criminal record is accused of stealing his hosts' car and credit card.

Networking dinner for Indiana writers: The Indiana Writers' consortium will have its first Networking Business Dinner from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct.