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The Northwest Indiana Times, and the Post Tribune are the top newspapers for info about the Gary School System.

If you are not receiving a paper, I would recommend one of these two. The number for the PT is (800) 876-8974, and the number for the NWIT is (800) 589-3331.

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GARY SCHOOLS LIBRARIAN TURNS PAGE AFTER 45 YEARS

GARY, Fanny Clement has been a teacher in Northwest Indiana for nearly 50 years.

With the end of this school year she is retiring and leaving the region for Cincinnati, and then to Geneva, Switzerland.

A native of Arkansas, Clement relocated several times with her family, eventually ending up in Chicago. After high school, she attended Chicago's Teacher College and took a job teaching math and science in East Chicago for two years.

She left East Chicago and came to Gary's Locke School, where she worked as the librarian/media specialist. From Locke she took a job with the administration in staff development but after six years returned to Locke as a building facilitator.
   


CHARGES FILED IN FATAL GARY GRADUATION SHOOTING

(CBS) GARY, Ind. Two men now face murder charges in the shooting death of a man outside of his sister's graduation in Gary.

The incident happened at William A. Wirt High School, at 210 Grand Blvd. in the Miller neighborhood, on Tuesday night.

Charges against brothers Evan and Isaiah Eskew were announced Wednesday evening.

Prosecutors say they shot 21-year-old Tywon Newsome. Police say the shooting happened after an argument. Apparently, Newsome arrived at the ceremony with his girlfriend, a woman one of the suspects dated in the past.

CBS 2 Northwest Indiana Bureau Chief Pamela Jones spoke with the victim's grieving family.

   


The Post-Tribune has been in Northwest Indiana for years. As a child, this paper was always on my table for me to read, with all of the stories glaring in my face. Now it is on the web. Check it out. Click on the icon above.
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