Merrillville News

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.

I caught "Amelia" on Monday, and pretty much liked this biopic of Amelia Earhart .

Horror movies can be frightful -- in a bad way. They can be frightful as in ... really not scary.

The town could begin shutting off some streetlights on main thoroughfares as early as this week, as a result of Town Council action Tuesday night.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 6:03 pm US/Central Reporting Vince Gerasole MERRILLVILLE, Ind.

To all the people disappointed in the ... Chicago Bears: What did you expect? Bears are just big, grown-up Cubs.

Dazzling ballerinas in brightly tiered dresses leaped gracefully into the hearts of a young audience at a recent children's program at the Munster Branch of the Lake County Public Library.

A Lake Superior Court jury convicted a Hammond man of murder and four counts of attempted murder in a crime that was captured on surveillance tape at a Merrillville motel.

Oct. 23, 2009 - The NCUA Board's December open meeting agenda will include a proposal to simplify and streamline the community chartering regulations, agency Chairman Debbie Matz said in Thursday's open board meeting.

A Hobart man was killed Tuesday after driving his minivan into the back of a flatbed truck stopped for a red light on U.S. 30, authorities said.

Every person in south Lake County will be counted in the 2010 Census, if aggressive information efforts under way by local communities are successful.

A Crown Point Chamber of Commerce official said Thursday a merger with another south Lake County chamber could create benefits for each.

Rep. Pete Visclosky spent $100,000 of his campaign funds on legal representation in July and August, according to his most recent campaign disclosure report.

Learn to be effective parents: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting classes are offered for Northwest Indiana residents by Mental Health America, 9722 Parkway Drive.