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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.

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.

For most of the year, Keith Speaks serves as the executive director of Neighborhoods Inc., a Hammond-based nonprofit organization that helps to increase home-owning opportunities in the region.

Magdalena and Julio Chirinos, husband and wife. Julio was killed in today's industrial accident in Hammond.

Jay Harker will replace the late Dirk Flick as principal of Whiting High School.

There were many unhappy people at Whiting's first Pierogi Fest, event founder Marty Dybel said.

Canada's hot construction market is affecting an essential construction industry service - portable restroom operators.

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.

"This election isn't about ideology, it's about competence." -- Michael Dukakis, 1988 "The choice in this election is not between left or right, it's not between liberal or conservative, it's between the past ...

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.

A great history, with all of its meandering and quirky evolutions, ended up with some wreckage, hard feelings and anger when the Lake Athletic Conference disbanded after the 2006-07 school year.

WILLIAMSTON - In the 1930s, a baseball scout in Terre Haute, Ind., invited 17-year-old Russell P. Stickle, a semi-pro pitcher, to try out with the Chicago White Sox.

An environmental group filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a federal judge to halt BP's $3.8 billion expansion of its Whiting refinery, saying the company needs to obtain a more stringent air permit before it can ...

Two people were killed, one by police, in gang-related shootings at about 2:13 a.m. July 6. Jose Rios, 25, from the 2100 block of Atchinson in Whiting, Ind., was shot and killed by a police officer, and James ...

SOUTH BEND An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state agency's air permit allowing BP to expand its refinery along Lake Michigan.

George A. Marciniak and Marshall Biesen stared anxiously into the horizon from the top deck of the military ship as it approached Normandy in France through the English Channel.

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

Information provided by four northwest Indiana cities says railroad companies have piled up nearly 2,000 unpaid traffic tickets for blocking crossings for half an hour or longer.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Why would Illinois residents be showing up at polling places in Lake County, Indiana to vote in the state's May primary election? That's what Bill Dolan of the Northwest Indiana Times ...

Anyone with an ounce of compassion doesn't want to see another person lose his or her job.