Regionally Speaking, Thursday, August 26, 2021

Today:  On this Reporters' Roundtable, Amy Lavalley, the editor of the "Chesterton Tribune," talks about the stories in today's edition which include the recent MAAC Center Demonstration Day (an aerial view of the Center in Valparaiso is pictured above) and a story on a years-long securities fraud case from Porter County that is now before the Indiana Court of Appeals.  "Post-Tribune" reporter Carole Carlson talks about her stories on local schools and the COVID-19 pandemic and of complaints by Gary Community Schools patrons about its management.  "Times" business reporter Joseph Pete joins us to talk about, among other stories, the latest unemployment data in northwest Indiana.