Students plant gardens to supply food for cafeteria meals, help teach healthier lifestyles

Second-grade students Elise Hibbard, left, and Lily Segura plant banana pepper plants while Nikky Witkowski, coordinator of Purdue University Agriculture Extension Program, talks to students about plant roots Thursday at Highland's Johnston Elementary School. The students planted a garden an…

BP has fueled resurgence in Whitiing

BP's Whiting Refinery expansion has pumped billions of dollars in the economy, boosting its Whiting's economic prospects.

BP project wind-down will involve big layoffs

The $3.8 billion BP Whiting refinery project is on schedule to wrap up in the second half of this year, with attendant layoffs of construction workers expected to affect employment in that sector.

Mike Rippey speaks to Lakeshore Chamber

Mike Rippey, President and CEO of ArcelorMittal, gives a presentation Thursday about trends in the economy affecting the steel industry during a Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Ameristar Casino in East Chicago.

Mike Rippey speaks to Lakeshore Chamber

Mike Rippey, President and CEO of ArcelorMittal, gives a presentation Thursday about trends in the economy affecting the steel industry during a Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Ameristar Casino in East Chicago.

BP

An aerial view of BP's Whiting Refinery is shown. BP revealed Tuesday that it made a net profit of $5.5 billion in the third quarter, more than offsetting the $1.34 billion loss reported in the previous three months when the company wrote down the value of some assets. It was also 5 percent …

Replacement work continues at Whiting Refinery

Work is under way at the BP Whiting Refinery to finish the process of replacing the largest of three crude distillation units as part of the facility's modernization project.

ArcelorMittal East Chicago

ArcelorMittal's East Chicago facility is shown next to the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal. In East Chicago, the steelmaking company placed 155 hourly employees at Indiana Harbor Long Carbon on a 32-hour work schedule, said ArcelorMittal spokeswoman Mary Beth Holdford. All of the employees hav…

ArcelorMittal in East Chicago

ArcelorMittal;s East Chicago facility is shown in September.

ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor

Locally, ArcelorMittal operates integrated steel mills in East Chicago and Burns Harbor, shown here; a global research and development facility in East Chicago; a hot strip mill in Riverdale; a plate mill in Gary; and processing and finishing joint venture facilities in New Carlisle.

U.S. steel production

ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor facility is shown. Production of raw steel in the United States is expected to rise about 3 percent in 2012 from a year earlier, according to early estimates from the American Iron and Steel Institute.

Gary Airport

Edmon Lighthall, director of marketplace development for the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce said Gary should be working with communities through Chicago and Milwaukee to incubate technology businesses and leverage core assets and unique infrastructure, such as the Gary/Chicago International…

2 Great Lakes hit lowest water level on record

A file photo shows the Lake Michigan shoreline along Marquette Park in Gary in September 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday that Lake Michigan and Lake Huron have reached the lowest water levels since record keeping began in 1918.

CAIC Safety Expo

Michael Brennan, manager of health, safety and environmental affairs at ArcelorMittal Riverdale, holds a poster giving safety advice on heat-related illnesses and emergencies during the Calumet Area Industrial Commission's second Safety and Health Forum. The forum was held at ArcelorMittal R…

CAIC Safety Expo

Rich Burnett, left, of Chicago Magnesium, Ryan Hill, center, of Atlas Tube and Mike Marchi of Calumet Lubricants along with others draw a risk map outlining possible dangers in their workplace during a Calumet Area Industrial Commission Safety and Health Forum at ArcelorMittal Riverdale on Friday.

Trade group cuts global steel demand forecast

Steel sheeting rolls along the hot dip galvanizing line at the Burns Harbor ArcelorMittal plant. A key steel trade association cut its forecast for global steel demand this year on concerns that recovery in steel use could stall in the European Union and Japan and China could show slower gro…

Region residents walk to support American Heart Association

People participate Wednesday in a National Walking Day event at Tod Park in East Chicago. The nationwide movement by the American Heart Association is aimed at helping Americans adopt healthier lifestyles.

Region residents walk to support American Heart Association

ArcelorMittal Assistant Conroller Len Lula walks briskly Wednesday during the National Walking Day event at Tod Park. Lula had a heart attack at work two years ago and has adopted a healthier lifestyle.