Burns Harbor proud of town's services

Burns Harbor Volunteer Fire Department in November added a full-time ALS (advanced life saving) ambulance service with a second volunteer ambulance also at the station. According to Burns Harbor Fire Chief William Arney, Burns Harbor is doing more building per capita than anywhere in the state.

Burns Harbor proud of town's services

There are good things happening in Northwest Indiana, some which are happening in Burns Harbor. The town's Lakeland Park offers a small beach and summer activities for children.

Burns Harbor proud of town's services

Charlotte Hipp sits with her grandaughter Autumn, 4, on the front porch of The Village home where she lives with her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Hipp said the Burns Harbor Village community has been very good to them. "I've never seen a community like this before, so kind and lov…

Burns Harbor proud of town's services

ArcelorMittal has made a number of investments in its Burns Harbor steel mill.

Burns Harbor proud of town's services

There are good things happening in Northwest Indiana, some which are happening right here in Burns Harbor.

USW, ArcelorMittal resolve Burns Harbor safety dispute

A safety dispute that idled blast furnaces and some other operations at ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor mill has been resolved after two days of intense negotiations between union officials and management.

Mill employees walk for heart health

Under a sunny blue sky early Wednesday afternoon, 116 ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor workers traversed a hilly, muddy and sometimes sandy path on a mile-long loop through a patch of woods on company property.

Modification sought in fatal DUI sentence

VALPARAISO | East Chicago resident Ricardo Bustos is seeking to modify his 12-year prison term just one year after being sentenced for driving drunk and killing a highway worker.

Four inducted into region business hall of fame

MERRILLVILLE | Four company leaders received the region's most prestigious business honor Friday: induction into the Northwest Indiana Business and Industry Hall of Fame.

NIPSCO Provides Incentives for New Energy Efficient Homes

As sustainable building - "green" construction that uses environmentally friendly materials and saves energy and water - becomes more mainstream.

Municipalities ponder U.S. 20's future

PORTAGE | As U.S. 20 cuts across the northern part of the city, its identity is somewhat muddled.

Burns Harbor has eye on needs, goals

BURNS HARBOR | In 1967, the town of Burns Harbor was established. In the more than four decades since its founding, this small town has grown a lot, with new residents and neighborhoods, and this year, new members of the Town Council and municipal departments.

IMAGINATION LEADERSHIP: Tom Sourlis revolutionizes an industry

From the time he was a little boy digging seven-foot-high foxholes in the dunes around the Wabash tracks in Gary, Tom Sourlis had a fondness for working with his hands, his head and his heart.

Northwest Indiana company wins national safety award

BURNS HARBOR | Tranco Industrial Services, a railroad construction and maintenance company, was awarded the 2012 Contractor Safety Award, Category 3 at the Gold Level, by The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association, Inc.

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Arcelor Mittal employees walk together for the American Heart Association's My Heart My Life campaign at the company's office in Burns Harbor in 2011.

Changes coming for Porter gun permit applicants

VALPARAISO | Beginning next Monday, the Porter County Sheriff's Department will no longer do fingerprinting for gun permits.

Indiana Flame Service to upgrade Burns Harbor, Gary operations

Steel mill contractor Indiana Flame Service plans to spend $14 million to upgrade technology and equipment at its Burns Harbor and Gary operations and create 24 new jobs in Northwest Indiana by 2015, the state's economic development agency said Friday.

2011 uniform crime report data

Lake and Porter counties' municipal police departments reported more than 23,600 crimes last year to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which published the statistics in its annual Crime in the United States report.

Report: Crime in region remains steady

Northwest Indiana violent and property crimes remained steady between 2010 and 2011, continuing to buck a decline at the national level, recently released federal statistics show.