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Valparaiso University President José Padilla easily admits the small, private Lutheran institution has faced some challenges.

Stone, Sugar and Thor will help the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences expand its equestrian and therapeutic riding program.

Union Township residents say the road extension in Porter County, with a design speed of 55 mph, per the project’s website, will disrupt their rural quality of life with the potential for high-speed traffic, ruin multi-generational farms.

Title IX drew plenty of high fives last week as the 1972 federal law, banning sexual discrimination in academics and athletics, marked its 50th birthday. Yet, the overarching theme from women who’ve lived on the playing fields the past 50 years is there’s a glaring need for progress.

Officials celebrated the double tracking project on the South Shore Line from Michigan City to Gary, which will add nearly 18 miles of new track over a 26-mile corridor along the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, on Monday. The project has been under way for several weeks in Michigan City, Miller, and Portage.