It covers the southern portion of La Porte County, Indiana, United States, and is currently owned by Kiel Media.

Mr. Young was an editor, a publisher, type setter, printer, and a rural mail carrier.

In 1955, the Sentinel was merged with the Wanatah Mirror and the name of the newspaper was changed to The Regional News.

On March 13, 2014, ownership of The Regional News as well as the Westville Indicator were transferred to Kiel Media.

[1] In June 2015 the owners purchased back the old Regional News office from the LaCrosse Public Library, which had since moved to a new building.