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Also on today's calendar: The Wellness Retreat: A Festival Where Mind, Body, and Music Meet and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. IU Northwest to host Men at the Margins Conference (iu.edu) — Indiana University Northwest in Gary is hosting the Men at the Margins Conference on March 18–19, 2027, focusing on challenges facing local boys and men. Residents, especially youth ages 13–18, can attend for free, while adults, community leaders, and service providers are encouraged to register, submit session proposals, or sponsor scholarships that help Northwest Indiana young people participate.
2. A month after historic power outage in Gary, mom of 4 still hopes for relief (wbez.org) — Gary families are still struggling more than a month after August's devastating derecho, with many residents facing mold damage, lost wages, and limited disaster aid. Local churches, the Red Cross, and city programs are helping, but relief funds and FEMA approvals remain far short of the need, leaving some neighbors in temporary shelters and others worried about mounting utility bills and health problems.
3. Federal Jury Convicts Indiana Man Who Used Beatings, Guns, And Forced Overdose To Run Sex Ring (tampafp.com) — A federal jury has convicted 36-year-old Gary resident Anthony Mayers on six felony counts for running a violent sex trafficking and forced labor operation from his home. Testimony described beatings, threats with guns, a coerced overdose, and forced cleaning work, with federal officials saying the verdict sends a strong message about pursuing traffickers who prey on vulnerable women.
4. What You Should Know: The story of Michael Jackson's grandpa (thedetroitbureau.com) — Gary's own Joe Jackson Sr., Michael Jackson's grandfather, is remembered here as a hardworking grocer and construction business owner whose discipline and community focus helped shape the Jackson family's rise. The story connects his example to modern lessons about contracts, documentation, and using neighborhood ties to build trustworthy, resilient careers and creative ventures.
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