Munster News

Steve McShane and Gary Wilk truly believe the popular phrase, "A picture is worth a thousand words." The Indiana University Northwest employees have applied that idea to the area's most famous industry in their new book, "Steel Giants." McShane and Wilk recently discussed the book at the Hammond Public Library.

U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky has announced that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development approved $40.1 million for water infrastructure projects in Northwest Indiana.

The 2009 Model A Restorers Club will finish off its week with a cruise from Merrillville to Crown Point.

Authorities say a semitrailer slammed into a pickup truck that had slowed down on Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana, killing all five people riding in the truck.

Beach city residents proved again that they have more stamina than walkers in any other region of the country.

Comments June 24, 2009 By DIANE KRIEGER SPIVAK Post-Tribune staff writer Nine months have passed since Northwest Indiana's worst flooding disaster in recent history, but some 900 homes are still unlivable, according to Lakeshore Area Regional Recovery of Indiana.

Production of specialty medical swabs will move from Indiana to a plant in Rhinelander after Solon Manufacturing Co.

Loren Coleman on June 20th, 2009 Stan Maddux of The Times of Munster, Indiana, reports on the newest sightings of an alligator near LaPorte, Indiana: Two fishermen screaming for help led police to Pine Lake where officers spotted an alligator in what's the first confirmed sighting.

Most of the country right now is in a malaise over our economic crisis. After all, many people have lost their jobs and their health care coverage, and far too many have lost their homes.

When I was a young girl in grade school, I had a teacher who was a master at telling stories.

Residents looking for something to spark their artistic abilities, learn something new or simply appreciate the work of others will have several opportunities this summer.

In her 27 years of NICU experience, Mary Puntillo, RNC-LRN, RNC-NIC, has learned much about respecting the individual needs of infants - noticing their cues, helping them grow and delighting in their successes.

Unlike other classes, this year's seniors at Munster High School don't need a reminder about helping their community, Principal Steven Tripenfeldas said.

A Munster man who allegedly fled an accident tried to escape twice from arresting officers, including by trying to drive off in a police car and then kicking out the back window of a second car and running with leg restraints, police said.

A 55-year-old Chicago woman was mugged in a strip mall parking lot on Ridge Road on Friday, then struck by her attacker's getaway car as she chased after her stolen purse.

On this Memorial Day, in addition to remembering the war dead, some people are saying "stop the wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan, right now.

A recently completed remodeling project in Munster, Ind. is the first home remodel to earn certification under the National Green Building Standard , NAHB announced on May 21.

A recently completed remodeling project in Munster, Ind., is the first home remodel to earn certification under the National Green Building Standard, the National Association of Home Builders announced last week.

Munster - A new state law will close a loophole that government employees and teachers used to temporarily retire and then return to their jobs - and salaries - after they started collecting pensions.

Birmingham police are probing the shooting death of 57-year-old Frank Wright, of Munster, Ind.