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With the school band playing and cheerleaders performing, 37 students, three staff and three policemen participated in the benefit for childhood cancer research.

“No profession lays down their life for another. You immediately step up to do whatever is needed for the case.”

Neon Nettle - Heroic Police Officer Left Choking Back Tears after Saving Baby from Sinking Car - I didn’t know how much time I had to get her out

A St. John police officer saved the lives of two children Sunday night after jumping into a Hammond retention pond and pulling the children from a partially submerged vehicle.

ST. JOHN, Ind. (AP) — A Northwest Indiana police officer jumped into a retention pond...

A St. John police officer saved the lives of two children Sunday night after jumping into a Hammond retention pond and pulling the children from a partially submerged vehicle.

Indiana Police Officer Rescues Two Girls from Sinking Car

Shaffer then noticed a child car seat and felt around underwater until he found one child.

ST. JOHN, Ind. (AP) — A Northwest Indiana police officer jumped into a retention pond and pulled two young children from a partially submerged vehicle that had plunged into its murky waters during a pursuit.

1 of 9 Robert Inglis/The Daily Item Darrell Shaffer has a wide variety of Christmas decorations in his yard including inflatibles, decorated trees, and a movie screen. Robert Inglis/The Daily Item Christmas lights and decorations galore adorn the Connollys house on Old Route 45. Robert Inglis/The Daily Item Christmas goats and flying pigs are just part of the vast array of decorations outside the Connolly residence along Old Route 45. Robert Inglis/The Daily Item A famil...