Maya Wilkins
Reporter at Post Tribune
Reporter at Chicago Tribune
Reporter @PostTrib, @chicagotribune • @bsu_sjsc, @bsudailynews alumna • Past: @JGfortwayne • [email protected] • Reality tv, @taylorswift13 fanatic
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6 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Maya Wilkins
For Alejandro Garcia, the congregation of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s annual procession isn’t meant to be fun. “It’s all a sad day,” Garcia said of Good Friday, the day Romans crucified Jesus. “But it’s important.”Garcia attended the annual procession with his daughters and mother. He’s been attending the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross procession, since he was a child.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Maya Wilkins
For Purdue University Northwest, the construction of a new residence hall ensures the school keeps students at the forefront. “We don’t get to do this very often, so there’s genuine excitement,” said PNW Chancellor Chris Holford. “The faculty at this university are performing at an all-time high, and it’s because of the students at this institution that we’re doing all of this.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Maya Wilkins
Another Lake County mayor has expressed concerns with a potential convention center — this time backed by council members, urging commissioners to not select either proposal. At Monday’s Hammond Common Council meeting, members approved a resolution opposing the selection of a location for the Lake County Convention Center.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Maya Wilkins
Twenty years after it closed, the shuttered Alfred Beckman Middle School will be rezoned, narrowly receiving approval from the Gary Common Council. At its Tuesday meeting, the council ended a months-long debate about if the former middle school should rezone from R2 residential to a planned unit development, or PUD, and B3-1, which allows for shopping centers or large stores. Various residents have expressed concern about the proposed development.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Maya Wilkins
A new Indiana initiative — supported by national leaders — will help change a culture of promoting chronic disease through how food is produced, said Gov. Mike Braun. However, federal cuts might pose a challenge to achieving that goal. “This isn’t just a usual, top-down, one size fits all public agenda,” Braun said at a Tuesday press conference in Indianapolis where he announced nine executive orders as part of a “Make Indiana Healthy Again” agenda.
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Former Gary Mayor Jerome Prince was sentenced to one year of probation and a $26,750 fine today in a Hammond federal court. Prince in October plead guilty to using campaign funds to buy a house in the city's Miller neighborhood. More in @PostTrib: https://t.co/s2hMWKq8Hw