HAMMOND, Ind. In 1898, three nuns took a train to this city along the south shore of Lake Michigan to start a hospital. They converted an old farmhouse into a seven-bed medical center. They treated their first patient for a broken leg amid carpenters hammering nails. Surgeons laid their patients on a kitchen table […]
The Catholic hospital system that runs Franciscan Health Hammond closed Franciscan St. James Health in Chicago Heights in 2018, also citing low demand for inpatient care even as it’s built new hospitals in wealthier suburbs.
The question of hyper-local school representation will be on the table at Tuesday’s Charter Commission meeting when members will vote whether to recommend changes to the makeup of the Concord School Board.Commissioners are looking for public input on.
In the coming months, the Concord School District Charter Commission will be discussing whether the school board should be able to continue making financial decisions autonomously, whether it should be expanded to include more members, and whether.