Once considered a food desert, Gary offering veggie lovers fresh produce through Faith Farms

Courtesy of Indiana Economic Digest Written by Carrie Napoleon, Correspondent, (Merrillville) Post-Tribune Renzell Hindmon of Merrillville stopped by Faith Farms CDC at 656 Carolina St., in Gary Thursday to pick up her first box of organic vegetables from the urban farm’s community supported agriculture program. She admired the bright red ...Read More

Symphony Chesterton nurse Jamie Pritchard a ‘blessing in her patients’ lives’

Courtesy of The Times of Northwest Indiana • June 21, 2020 By Chas Reilly Sometimes you just have a calling. For Jamie Pritchard, that calling was to health care. “I always said, since I was little, I wanted to be a nurse,” said Pritchard, director of wound care at Symphony ...Read More

Northwest Indiana hospitals, Merrillville plasma donation center participating in studies for treating COVID-19

Courtesy of Post-Tribune Written by Karen Caffarini Two Northwest Indiana hospital systems and a Merrillville plasma donation center are involved in studies using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat those newly infected in hopes of helping them recover more quickly, as the number of cases nationwide continues to rise. ...Read More