Life in the Spotlight

As this week's Portage Life in the Spotlight, leukemia survivor Jenny Long truly knows how important it is to make her life matter. In 2005, after a period of declining health, Long was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML. This form...

As Drum Major of the Pride of Portage Marching Band, Meaira Bennett certainly knows about hard work and dedication in an organization she loves. Bennett, a senior at Portage High School, has spent the last four years being part of the school’s...

Captain of the Portage High School football team, Kenyota Rollins is more than just an outstanding athlete. As a senior, he continues to push himself to be a well-rounded student taking on extracurricular activities and schoolwork. Rollins is...

For Portage Economic Development Corporation (PEDCO) Executive Director Jim Fitzer, it is very important that Portage is filled with a lot of productive businesses. Being this week's Portage Life in the Spotlight, he told a little about himself and...

From watching his father run the original store to helping mentor his own sons, Jeff Reeder of Reeder’s Auto Service Center truly knows what it means to put the “family” into “family business.” At the early age of twelve, Reeder began...

For Portage Youth Basketball president Cory McKim, teaching kids about the love of the game is a very big part of his life. As this week’s Portage Life in the Spotlight, he shows his dedication to his city by helping to inspire its children. PYB...

Portage High School Senior, Rachel Major, is more than just an average student; she is Miss Teen Indiana. Major has been participating in beauty pageants for thirteen years and has competed in seventeen pageants. National American Miss was the first...

For Portage High School senior Hannah Medina, helping the less fortunate is a way of life. With two charities, membership to a student-run medical organization and participation in various school groups under her belt, Medina truly proves herself to...

What makes a man, is it the power in his hands? Is it his quest for glory? Give it all you got, to fight to the top, so we can know your story. That must be it, because this week this Portage Life in the Spotlight is on top of the world! The person...

You may have heard of this week’s Portage Life in the Spotlight; especially if you have what she refers to as a “fur kid”. That’s a pet to those that may have raised an eyebrow in confusion. Michelle Duca is an avid animal lover and she is a...