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The cost for the $15,000 baby box was raised by the Tri Kappa Associate Chapter of Dyer, Schererville and St. John.

AUBURN — May will be Pink Out Month in Auburn, Mayor Mike Ley proclaimed in a ceremony Tuesday. The Alpha Pi Chapter of Tri Kappa will sponsor events throughout the month to promote awareness and early detection of breast cancer. Activities will include Dine 2 Donate events on May 11 at Mad Anthony's Tap Room and May 13 at The Italian Grille. A Dessert 2 Donate event is scheduled for May 20 at Classic City Cookies, with pre-orders due by May 17. The Brown House will donate to Pink Out through its Pints for Purpose program. A portion of the proceeds from ice cream pint sales will...

“I’ll see you in heaven.” It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life. Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday. Al’s daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Al’s hospitalization. Noe, 66, ...

A year ago, they got one of those miracles back. John, who was 77 at the time, was working in a barn across from the couple’s home with his son, Richard. “We were getting the hay equipment out and getting it around,” John said. John was working on a tractor, standing between the front and rear wheels. He tried to fire the engine, not expecting it to start right away. But it did. And it was in gear. The rear wheel of the tractor ran up his leg. “It pulled me down,” John said. “It knocked me down onto the cement.”

1 of 2 Pictured are (back row) Andrew Miller (husband), Andi McKee, Melissa Brown (Tri Kappa sister and former dancer at Dixon Dance with Susan), Suzanne Little; (middle row) Richard Clark (father), Elaine Clark (mother), Ashley Stier, Samantha Miller (daughter), Lori Ruble (Dixon Dance owner and teacher), Crystal Henderson; (front row) Hadley Salatin, Briley Stier, June Little, Georgia Loyd, Grace Boyd. Photo provided Photo provided GREENSBURG - Greensburg Tri Kappa along with the family of Susan Miller recently presented a plaque to Laurie Ruble, owner of Dixon Dance...