Munster News

Pierogi, those stuffed pillows of dough that are part of the culinary heritage of Northwest Indiana, are so revered here they have their own festival.

As part of his swing through the northern part of the state on Wednesday, Gov. Mitch Daniels will be at Munster Town Hall at 12:30 p.m. to present state trails grants for the expansion of the Pennsy Greenway in ...

A Munster family is recovering from a fire after lightning struck their home during severe storms early Sunday.

Rasson Roby stubbornly refused to acknowledge the murder charge he faces in his mother's 2007 bludgeoning death.

If city officials prevail and the state doesn't step to the plate, the Hammond Transit System will reach the end of the line this December when it is expected to lose the municipal portion of its funding.

Caped crusader Make no mistake, there's a difference between Andrew Lloyd Weber 's stage musical "Phantom of the Opera" and "Phantom: The American Musical Sensation," based on the book by Arthur Kopit and music ...

Tall , gentle and intelligent , Fred Gwynne donned bright violet greasepaint and slipped into 4-inch elevator shoes to become the lovable Frankenstein clone on TV's popular series, "The Munsters." Older Boomers ...

One of the lowest performing school districts in the state has the highest average teacher salary in Northwest Indiana, a Times computer analysis shows.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 The Justice Department is suing the Autum Ridge Condominium Association in Munster because its Board allegedly denied housing to a black couple with children.

Larry Adams stars as "Phantom" and Johanna McKenzie Miller stars as "Christine" in Phantom , opening July 17 and running through August 17 at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, in Munster, Ind.

It's not often that a bank returns a deposit to a customer because the deposit is worth more than the customer realized.

A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure lumbering around three northwestern Indiana towns.

When is a-thousand dollars worth a lot more than a grand? It's worth more when it is a very rare $1,000 bill.

The Towle Community Theater in Hammond will present "The Fix," opening this weekend.

A woman who deposited two $1,000 bills at a Munster, Indiana, bank later got a call from bank officials asking her to retrieve the money.

An Indiana man was caught after allegedly trying to rob a bar with a cheese grater.

A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure lumbering around northwestern Indiana.

A girl to Robert and Angela Hall, Anderson, June 30. A boy to Amber Babb and Dustin Conn, Anderson, June 30.

On voter ID law: Raymond Lopez's tale is proof of the need for Indiana's controversial voter ID law.

Three years ago, Scott and Amy Abell decided it was time to move their growing family out of their Lansing, Ill., apartment and test the waters of home ownership.