Lake County foundations raise over $916,000 for COVID-19 relief efforts

Spring of 2020  Greetings!  Please find information regarding our upcoming No More Secrets Overcomers Luncheon, 2020 Cruise Nights at Wicker Park and Autism Bracelet program. Save the dates and feel free to share this information with others.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced today that more than 152,000 Indiana households will receive additional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits when April distributions begin this Sunday. The additional funds are intended to help Hoosiers obtain food and support for their families while Indiana responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Log into Facebook, Instagram or YouTube for a virtual, crowd-sourced concert of new songs about school by student songwriters and Paramount artists
Deadline to enter with songs about next week’s theme – “home” – is Wednesday April 8 at midnight

Major League Soccer has extended the team training moratorium through, and including, Friday, April 24. MLS training facilities remain closed to all players and staff with the exception of players requiring medical treatment or rehabilitation, under the direction of the team medical staff, that cannot be performed from the safety of their residence.

This afternoon (4/2/2020) at approximately 1:50 p.m. a black 2016 Toyota Rav4 was traveling east on I-80/94 at the 6.3 mile-marker.  This is near the Burr St. exit.  For unknown reasons, the Toyota struck the guardrail attenuator head on. 

Today, the announcement was made that Indiana schools would remain closed through the end of the academic year due to Covid-19. Gary Schools Interim Emergency Manager Dr. Paige McNulty shared the following statement:

Four actors, each participating from a different remote location, will perform a live online reading of MOTHERS AND SONS on Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 pm.  Pride Films and Plays Executive Director David G. Zak will direct the reading of the play by Terrence McNally, who passed away at age 81 on March 24 of complications from COVID-19.

Musical 42nd Street and chamber opera Blue will be moved into upcoming seasons

Musical 42nd Street and chamber opera Blue will be moved into upcoming seasons