Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Aug. 8, 1914 – Germany is denied an armistice and renews fighting.
Aug. 8, 1964 – Four Illinois men were captured in connection with a $7,057.15 armed robbery of the Kroger store here last evening.
Aug. 8, 1989 — The City of LaPorte’s year-old recycling program is bursting at the seams with participation.
Aug. 8, 2004 – Nationally, 71 percent of public schools started before Sept. 1 last year.