Munster News

Majestic Star faces rough seas on bankruptcy: It's 'business as usual' at Gary casinos for now Nov.

All Sherri DeMar has wanted since last September was to be back in her house by Christmas of this year -- no small feat since it had to be razed and rebuilt from the ground up.

Megachurches are the cathedrals of tomorrow, malls where the masses shop for God, singing along to carefully orchestrated rock hymnals filled with heavily amplified messages, leaving the congregation spiritually electrified by light shows.

Dr. Alex Stemer, a prominent physician in the region, faces a lawsuit claiming he sexually harassed an employee and fired her because she wouldn't go along with an insurance fraud scheme.

A popular vaudevillian musical opens tonight at Munster High School. The Munster Theatre Company will present four performances of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," with music by Stephen Sondheim.

A merica's struggling economy may not seem like the best backdrop for launching a scholarship campaign.

Community Crime Watch meeting: A guest speaker from the Lake County Sheriff's Department will talk about Internet safety and current crime statistics at the Crime Watch meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Highland Branch of the Lake County Public Library, 2841 Jewett Ave.

The Regional Development Authority's working group agreed Thursday to recommend allocating an initial $500,000 to help the Regional Bus Authority take over and expand a route operated by the Hammond Transit Authority.

Are you smarter than a fifth-grader? If you're not sure of answers, there will be four lifelines available for help during the game from noon to 2 p.m. today at Centennial Park's Horizon Salon III, 1005 S. Centennial Drive.

Applications for the Christmas Assistance program are available from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, through Nov.

"Faces of Suicide: Suicide and Self-Injury": This conference will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday in the Calumet Conference Center at Purdue University Calumet.

Women's Self Defense Class: The Schererville Police Department will be sponsoring a Women's Self Defense Class on Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Registration is a prerequisite.

MUNSTER Alcohol can't be sold during election hours in Indiana's second-most populous county even though no one's going to the voting booths.

Share + Oct 26, 2009 11:21 am US/Central Reporting Susan Carlson MUNSTER, Ind. 1 of 1 Friends and family gather to pay their last respects to Milton and Ruby McClendon, the parents of CLTV talk show host Garrard McClendon.

Five people have been charged with battery in an attack on a man Wednesday morning.

Felony murder charges have been filed against a Greenwood woman in the 2007 shotgun slaying of a Munster man.

Twelve Northwest Indiana schools will compete in the state Spellbowl finals at Purdue University on Nov.

A Munster police sergeant has been charged with insurance fraud and theft after investigators believe he claimed he injured his ankle while on the job.

A Munster woman has been charged with causing a death while driving drunk and other drunken driving counts in a fiery crash that killed her passenger.

I want to express my sincerest condolences to you and your family. You've shown us all the beauty of love and forgiveness during a most difficult time in your lives.