Madeline Bogathy, senior at Lowell High School, demonstrates the dragon she designed for the school's Shrek musical on March 14, 2018. Bogathy is an aspiring FX artist and has had her work appear on productions of Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire and a Chris Brown music video.
James Cannon, head chef at One13 North restaurant in Crown Point, poses for a portrait on July 23, 2019 underneath an electric sign reading ‘Good Vibes Only.’ Cannon is pictured with a fried chicken sandwich with a side of tater tots.
Munster’s Haley Melby poses for a portrait in Centennial Park on Nov. 19, 2020. Melby was selected as The Times of Northwest Indiana’s 2020 volleyball player of the year.
Gary West Side’s Quimari Peterson poses for a portrait at the high school’s gymnasium on April 7, 2021. Peterson was selected as The Times of Northwest Indiana’s 2021 boys basketball player of the year.
Chesterton junior Grace Bamber poses for a portrait in downtown Chesterton on Nov. 21, 2021. Bamber was selected as The Times of Northwest Indiana's 2021 girls soccer player of the year.
Joe Power, an art teacher at the Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperative in Crown Point, poses for a portrait on Jan. 28, 2017.
Washington Township baseball player James Churchill poses for a portrait near the scoreboard on the outfield wall at Washington Township High School on June 13, 2019.
Crown Point girls basketball head coach Chris Seibert poses for a portrait in the school’s gymnasium on Feb. 23, 2021.
Pierogi Fest parade participants get creative with their outfits on July 27, 2018.
Lyric Fox is seen in the neonatal intensive care unit at Porter Regional Hospital on Jan. 15, 2020 in Liberty Township. Fox weighed 2 pounds and 2 ounces when he was born premature. He was a little over 14 inches long.
Brad Strom, of Crown Point, poses outside the Crown Theater in downtown Crown Point on May 4, 2018.
Angela McCrovtiz, head chef of the former Captain’s House restaurant in Gary, poses for a portrait in the ‘captain’s room,’ a portion of the dining area, on August 13, 2019.
Gary Mayor Jerome Prince is seen inside his office Jan. 16, 2020 as he answers questions during an interview with The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Nancy and Norbert Glowacki, of Calumet City, Illinois, are pictured in their home on Feb. 13, 2017. The two met on Jan. 31, 1962 while polka dancing at Eddie's Crystal Tap in Burnham. On Feb. 14 that same year, Norbert asked Nancy to marry him. The two celebrate Jan 31. and Feb. 14 every year by going out to dinner at the Cavalier Inn in Hammond, Indiana or the Warsaw Inn in Lynwood, Illinois.