Workers' Memorial Day ceremony

U.S. Steel workers listen Friday during the USW Local 1066 Worker Memorial Day ceremony outside of U.S. Steel's Gary Works facility.

Worker Memorial Day ceremony

Steel workers at U.S. Steel's Gary Works facility bow their heads in prayer Friday during the USW Local 1066 Worker Memorial Day ceremony.

Workers Memorial Day ceremony

Richard Coy, of Gary plays "Taps" during the USW Local 1066 Workers' Memorial Day ceremony outside at U.S. Steel's Gary Works facility on Friday. Coy worked at U.S. Steel, as did his father and his son.

Workers' Memorial Day ceremony

U.S. Steel workers look through a book containing the names of all the workers who have died in accidents at the mill. The names are also written on the workers memorial wall at U.S. Steel. Local 1066 hosted a Worker Memorial Day ceremony outside of U.S. Steel's Gary Works facility.

Jean Sheperd recordings

Filmmaker Nick Mantis speaks Friday in East Chicago to steelworkers about audio recordings of radio personality Jean Shepherd talking about Northwest Indiana and the steel mills. Mantis played the recordings for the steelworkers.

Jean Sheperd recordings

Filmmaker Nick Mantis speaks Friday in East Chicago to steelworkers about audio recordings of radio personality Jean Shepherd talking about Northwest Indiana and the steel mills. Mantis is doing a documentary on Shepherd and wanted to share the stories to the workers.

Jean Sheperd recordings

Steelworkers listen to audio recordings of Jean Shepherd talking about Northwest Indiana and the steel mills on Friday in East Chicago.

Jean Sheperd recordings

Steelworkers listen to audio recordings of Jean Shepherd talk about Northwest Indiana and the steel mills on Friday. Filmmaker Nick Mantis of Schererville is doing a documentary on Shepherd and wanted to share the recordings that even talked about his brief work at Inland steel in the late 1930's.

Man injured in trench collapse in Cedar Lake

A construction worker was rescued Thursday morning after a trench collapsed at a construction site near 133rd and Parrish Avenue in Cedar Lake.

The New Rules of AC

Energy career training available for young adults

Training dollars from the U.S. Department of Labor could help young adults get into the energy industry, the Center of Workforce Innovations said in a news release.

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Mature business man congratulating a colleague at a meeting

Lone Construction Worker at Ground Zero

A construction worker hammers at wreckage of the World Trade Center as captured by photographer Eli Reed and is included in a touring exhibit tribute of art on view through Sept. 18 at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster.