Nucor 4Q sales up 25%

26 January 2012, 11:15 pm

A fourth-quarter net sales increase of 25 percent, totaling $4.83 billion, fueled a return to profitability for Nucor Corp.... Read More »

WellPoint 4Q income down

26 January 2012, 11:15 pm

WellPoint Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income sank 39 percent as medical claims increased, mostly because of a $50 million hit from the health insurer's Medicare Advantage business. But the Indianapolis-based company this week forecast earnings growth in 2012.... Read More »

Right to work gets first foothold in Rust Belt

26 January 2012, 6:01 am

Right to work legislation finally passes House in Indiana. Governor is expected to sign law, which bans labor contracts that force workers to pay union fees. ... Read More »

Sen. Roger's legislation gives RBA hope

25 January 2012, 6:35 pm

Hopes for legislation aimed at ending the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority's financial woes are fading while hopes for another piece of legislation are brightening.... Read More »

Mike Mollo returns February 18

25 January 2012, 1:22 pm

The next installment of Hitz Boxing’s “Fight Night at the Horseshoe” series will be held on February 18 at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, featuring heavyweight contender “Merciless” Mike Mollo (20-3-1, 12 KOs) of Oak Lawn, Illinois; NABA-US Champion Yakubu “Black Mamba” Amid... Read More »

Hitz Boxing Returns to Horseshoe February 18 - Mollo Headline

25 January 2012, 12:47 pm

The next installment of Hitz Boxing's wildly popular "Fight Night at the Horseshoe" series will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, featuring heavyweight contender "Merciless" Mike Mollo (20-3-1, 12 KOs) of Oak Lawn, Illinois; NABA-US Champion Yak... Read More »

Indiana House approves "right to work"

25 January 2012, 8:29 am

Indiana is poised to become the 23rd state to ban unions from collecting mandatory fees for representation.... Read More »

A special class in Indiana

25 January 2012, 4:01 am

The Class of 2012 in Indiana seems poised to go down as one of the best ever from the state.... Read More »

Funeral held for Ind. Guardsman killed in Afghanistan

18 January 2012, 6:10 am

Funeral services were held in Hammond, Indiana, Wednesday for Sergeant Brian Leonhardt. He was one of four members of the Indiana National Guard who were killed by a road side bomb in Afghanistan.... Read More »

Hammond firefighters protest city cutbacks

9 January 2012, 2:34 pm

Firefighters in Hammond, Indiana, took things into their own hands Monday to protest cutbacks by the city.... Read More »