The Times of Northwest Indiana

With great power outages comes great responsibility, and we learned over the past few weeks that this Region is full of tremendous neighbors and support networks that worked tirelessly to meet the needs of residents who waited for the lights and their fridge to come back on. House of Garlic chef Elie Assaly is one of several NWI restaurateurs and food vendors who have partnered with WCK to help serve meals to help aid storm recovery efforts. kAm}62C=J 6G6CJ 52J D:?46 pF8] `` 92D D66?

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Alvear earns GLIAC men's soccer defensive weekly honor The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced its weekly awards following Week 1 of the 2026 men's soccer season. Purdue Northwest freshman goalkeeper Estefano Alvear (Guayaquil, Ecuador/Unidad Educativa Monte Tabor Nazaret) has been recognized as this week's Defensive Player of the Week.

The Purdue Northwest men's soccer team earned a 1-0 shutout victory over Northwood in its 2026 home opener on Sunday afternoon at Pepsi Field. Sophomore Nikola Ivetic (Crown Point, Ind./Indiana Connections Academy) provided the game-winning goal from a free kick as the Lions improved to 2-0-0 on the season. The basics Records: Purdue Northwest (2-0-0, 0-0-0), Northwood (0-2-0, 0-0-0) Location: Pepsi Field – Hammond, Ind.

The Indiana Secured School Safety Board, through the state Department of Homeland Security, awarded 61 schools and districts across the Region grants to improve school safety, totaling more than $3.35 million. kAm%9C@F89@FE E96 DE2E6[ k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]:?]8@G^59D^8C2?ED\>2?286>6?E^D64FC65\D49@@=\D276EJ\8C2?E\AC@8C2>^Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmE96 3@2C5 2H2C565k^2m >@C6 E92? Sae]h >:==:@?

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Gas prices across Northwest Indiana fell 15.1 cents per gallon to $3.37 a gallon, according to GasBuddy.com. kAm|@E@C:DED :? E96 r2=F>6E #68:@? 2C6 A2J:?8 c_]b 46?ED A6C 82==@? =6DD E92? 2 >@?E9 28@ 2?5 a_]b 46?ED 9:896C E92? 2 J62C 28@] v2D 4@DE 2? 6DE:>2E65 Sb]`f 2 82==@? :? }@CE9H6DE x?5:2?2 7:G6 J62CD 28@]k^Am kAmv2D AC:46D @? |@?52J C2?865 7C@> Sb]_h 2 82==@? E@ Sb]f` 2 82==@? :? }@CE9H6DE x?5:2?2[ 244@C5:?8 E@ v2DqF55J] v2D AC:46D 2G6C286 Sc]bf :?

In recent years, more celebrity parents have been opening up about raising their children without strict gender stereotypes, encouraging individuality over labels and expectations. In a 2018 Vogue interview, Beyoncé shared that she teaches her daughters to see themselves as leaders, saying they are “CEOs, as bosses, and that they know they can write the script for their own lives—that they can speak their minds and they have no ceiling.

Nine Region school districts were awarded with robotics competition grants that recognize strong STEM programming and hands-on engineering opportunities for students. kAm%96 8C2?E 7C@> E96 x?5:2?2 s6A2CE>6?E @7 t5F42E:@? H2D 6DE23=:D965 E@ Q6IA2?5 @AA@CEF?:E:6D E@ :?4C62D6 :?E6C6DE 2?5 :>AC@G6 D<:==D :? D4:6?46[ E649?@=@8J[ 6?8:?66C:?8 2?5 >2E96>2E:4D[Q 2? k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^:82]:?]8@G^=2HD^a_ac^:4^E:E=6D^a_Ra_\a_\cd]d\dQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qmx?5:2?2 DE2E6 =2Hk^2m D2:5] $49@@=D H:E9 C@3@E:4D AC@8C2>D :?