Articles filed under Indiana
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Not far from Lake Michigan, city yearns for waterOct 08, 2013 1:45 pm - WAUKESHA, Wis. — Lake Michigan is just 15 miles from this city of 70,000 in the Milwaukee suburbs. But these days it seems like a gigantic, shimmering mirage, tantalizin...
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Chicago jail guard gets 2 years for smugglingOct 07, 2013 10:52 pm - A former federal jail guard who worked in downtown Chicago has been sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling food and cigarettes. The Chicago Sun-Times reported th...
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IDOT defends Illiana Expressway projectOct 07, 2013 7:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Transportation is defending a proposed expressway linking Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana with Interstate 55 in the South suburbs. The m...
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Rare Lake County Indiana GOP officeholder dies at 77Oct 07, 2013 7:00 am - SCHERERVILLE, Ind. — The first Republican in 50 years to win a countywide office in northwestern Indiana's Lake County has died just days after resigning for health reas...
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Great Plains storm brings both snow, tornadoesOct 05, 2013 9:51 am - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Breaking nearly century-old early autumn snowfall records, a storm system smothered South Dakota’s scenic Black Hills in South Dakota with up to thre...
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80 workers being cut from NW Indiana bankOct 04, 2013 8:23 am - MUNSTER, Ind. — More than 80 workers at northwestern Indiana’s Citizens Financial Bank will be laid off following its takeover by a central Indiana-based bank. Citizens ...
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2nd defense blood expert supports Indiana trooper’s storyOct 03, 2013 8:06 am - LEBANON, Ind. — A second forensics expert has testified that blood stains found on a former Indiana State Police trooper’s clothing support the trooper’s claim that he w...
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Indiana, Amtrak continue Hoosier State line talksOct 03, 2013 8:00 am - Indiana and Amtrak are making progress hammering out a short-term agreement to keep a passenger line between Indianapolis and Chicago running until a comprehensive fundi...
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Cummins tests low-emissions locomotive engineOct 02, 2013 6:42 am - SEYMOUR, Ind. — Engine maker Cummins Inc. is refurbishing a used locomotive that will be outfitted with a new 4,200-horsepower diesel engine and used to haul coal or mix...
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Gary airport proposals fall short of city's hopesSep 28, 2013 9:00 am - GARY, Ind. — Proposals from two companies that have bid on a request to run operations and development at Gary/Chicago International Airport have fallen short of the cit...