Merrillville News

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. - New federal rules requiring that toys be tested for lead paint could put the Grinch into efforts to help needy children during the holidays.

A Hammond man has been sentenced to 175 years in prison for murder and attempted murder in a 2007 shooting at a Merrillville Motel.

Lake Superior Court Judge Diane Ross Boswell sentenced a Hammond man to 175 years in prison for murder and four counts of attempted murder in a 2007 shooting at a Merrillville motel.

A Hammond woman has been charged in Lake Superior Court in Crown Point with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud.

A Gary woman pleaded guilty to murder Monday in the 2007 beating death of an 84-year-old Merrillville man during a robbery.

Bosak Auto Group is adding the Dodge brand at its Merrillville location. It joins Chrysler and Jeep at Bosak's Merrillville location and Bosak Honda in Highland.

Dr. Adolph Yaniz, who practices in Merrillville, faces charges of taking kickbacks in a Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme and of illegally giving out prescriptions for painkillers and anxiety pills, according to filings in the U.S. District Court in Hammond.

An audience of local military veterans embraced sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures Wednesday at the Veterans Day ceremony on the campus of Roosevelt High School where two monuments honor veterans of World War II and beyond.

The town's three police commissioners are the latest to voluntarily give up some of their own pay to help defray costs.

A Lake Superior Court jury deliberated about seven hours before convicting Jamarr Williams of voluntary manslaughter in a shooting that killed one teen and wounded a second.

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The will of a northwest Indiana couple leaves more than $1 million to their church.

Information technology professionals interested in taking advantage of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District's new fiber optic line along the South Shore tracks are invited to one of several free workshops beginning this week.

New business: The Hayes Family Wellness Center opened Tuesday. A grand opening will be held Nov.

A LaPorte man has died more than a year after striking his head in a fall outside a bar during a physical confrontation.

A paramedic who treated a 15-year-old shot in the leg in Merrillville testified the boy didn't tell them about his concerns that one of his friends may have been shot until they arrived at the hospital.

Lake Superior Court jurors began hearing evidence in the trial of a Merrillville man charged with murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Domonique Allen and the attempted murder of two other teens.

Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a man at the gas pumps Thursday at the Speedway, 9299 Broadway.

For Chloe Agnew, an Irish music production has long been home. "I became involved with Celtic Woman while I was 14, and I turned 15 when we went out on our very first tour - and that's a hard feat, you know, packin' your bags at 15," Agnew said in a recent phone interview.

Fire gutted Kelly-Carroll Cremation Services on Friday night as flames spread from a cremation chamber and ignited the building.