Building hope with homes

Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana has begun its build season and needs volunteer help.

Construction still affecting M'ville businesses

Access has been limited to many businesses along U.S. 30 in Merrillville due to work being done on the frontage roads. Some drivers even ignore the warning signs posted along the roads.

Construction still affecting M'ville businesses

Some drivers even ignore warning signs posted along U.S. 30 frontage roads to enter businesses despite construction obstacles.

Construction still affecting M'ville businesses

Access has been limited to many businesses along U.S. 30 in Merrillville due to work being done on the frontage roads.

Construction project still affecting Merrillville businesses

MERRILLVILLE | A common question heard at Fast Eddie's Merrillville salon is "when's it going to be done?"

Excellence in construction and safety honored

HOBART │ Safety and construction excellence in Northwest Indiana was recognized Thursday at Avalon Manor.

Gary/Chicago Airport expansion work

Using expanded polystyrene, workers construct a new bridge at the Gary/Chicago International Airport. Gov. Mike Pence on Friday also signed Senate Bill 585, thawing the Lake County property tax levy freeze, setting qualifications for Gary airport board members and providing for studies of re…

Jamie Owens

Jamie Owens, a graduate student in Ball State's architecture program, works on a sketch of a home he helped design as part of an international competition to design and build solar-powered homes sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Wheeler native helps design home to aid disaster victims

Jamie Owens, a graduate of Ball State's architecture program, works at a home he helped design as part of an international competition to design and build solar-powered homes sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Wheeler native helps design home to aid disaster victims

Jamie Owens, a graduate student in Ball State's architecture program, takes a measurement in at a home he helped design as part of an international competition to design and build solar-powered homes sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Jamie Owens

Jamie Owens, a graduate student in Ball State's architecture program, works at a home he helped design as part of an international competition to design and build solar-powered homes sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

New St. Thomas More cross placed on bell tower

MUNSTER | The Rev. Michael Yadron stood outside St. Thomas More on Wednesday watching a crane with a 3,000-pound steel cross dangling from it and smiled.

Officials mark construction start for Gary Black Oak phase 2 sewer improvement project

GARY | Rep. Peter Visclosky, officials from Gary and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a groundbreaking ceremony in Gary on Friday to mark the construction start for the Gary Black Oak phase II sewer improvement project.

Work continues on the expansion of Munster Community Hospital.

Work continues on the expansion of Munster Community Hospital. Abraham Lara, left, directs the line of cement trucks at the site.

Work continues on the expansion of Munster Community Hospital.

Work continues on the expansion of Munster Community Hospital. Cement is pumped to one of the upper floors where it is being poured.

Dust expected to settle by mid-June along White Oak Avenue

Pavement had to be removed along White Oak Avenue just south of Fran-Lin Parkway in Munster after crews found unmapped utility lines during a sewer project.

Dust expected to settle by mid-June along White Oak Avenue

Construction continues along White Oak Avenue just north of Fran-Lin Parkway in Munster. The project should end in mid-June, officials said.

Dust expected to settle by mid-June along White Oak Avenue

Workers with Hasse Construction Co. Inc., from left, Scott Lindy, Andy Tkacs, and Jerry Patrick work along White Oak Avenue at Janice Lane in Munster. Crews discovered live, unmapped utility lines during a sewer separation project and had to tear up more of the streets in the area to fix the…

Three local projects earn attention from engineering magazine

Crews work on the new academic wing at Lake Central High School in St. John. Three local projects, including the Lake Central one, are among the Midwest Top Project Starts of 2012 named in the April issue of Engineering News-Record Midwest magazine.