Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
May 1, 1915 — N. Bull of Springfield Township mistakenly takes carbolic acid instead of cough syrup and nearly dies, but the quick trip of a doctor saves him.
May 1, 1965 — New Prairie United Schools needs a new high school building and a new elementary school at Rolling Prairie.
May 1, 1990 — An angry judge orders Zsa Zsa Gabor to perform 60 extra hours of community service after slapping a policeman.
May 1, 2005 — The Athena Award goes to LaPorte Circuit Court Magistrate Kathleen Lang.