Brandon Vickrey

Fittingly, it takes a trip back in time to discover why Portage High School teacher Cathy Nye chose to dedicate her professional life to teaching history. As a child, Nye’s family vacations consisted of going to battlefields and museums, where she...

Portage High School head girls basketball coach and physical education teacher Chris Seibert has made a big decision that has nothing to do with his starting lineup, his defensive schemes or what plays he wants to run on offense. Seibert made a...

The Portage boys basketball team is off to a 7-4 start that is causing a buzz around the school and community and opening the eyes of teams around the state. After winning just one game last season, the Indians proved that they had turned it around...

When some people think about getting blood drawn, they are filled with dread by thoughts of needles, pain and seeing their own blood. However, for patients at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Portage, getting blood drawn is a positive, uplifting...

Portage High School students who enter the PHS Media Center to study, check out a book, work on a project or simply escape from the stress of the school day are greeted by the smiling face of PHS Library Media Clerk Lorrie Cohen. Cohen goes out of...

The holiday spirit was in full swing as people came out in droves to enjoy Donuts with Santa at County Line Orchard in Hobart on Saturday and Sunday. The orchard welcomed the jolly old elf just days before he took his flight around the world to...

Through the first half of the school year, the Portage High School student-produced newspaper the Pow Wow has published seven issues of the eight-page, comprehensive look at news relevant to Portage High School students. For more on the first three...

Everything came full circle for Jenny Orsburn when she took her position as the Superintendent of the Portage Parks and Recreation Department. Orsburn, who has a business degree and a background in biology, started her career at the age of 15 working...

Rhame & Elwood Attorneys at Law, located on Willowcreek Road in Portage, is filled with talented, community oriented individuals that are passionate about the work that they do. Attorney Scott McClure, who became an associate at Rhame &...

Portage High School senior Jena Alaniz will reunite with her sister next season as they join forces to play college softball at Taylor University. Alaniz and her sister Sabrina previously played together at PHS. The decision to become a Taylor Trojan...