Region restaurants that closed in 2020

U.S. Steel warned investors it expects to lose 85 cents per share in the fourth quarter.

Indiana's unemployment rate stayed flat at 5% in November while the national jobless rate fell from 6.9% to 6.7%.

The coronavirus pandemic has sunk the 2021 Progressive Insurance Chicago Boat Show.

Horizon Bank ranked third nationally as a "performance powerhouse" based over total shareholder return for the last 20 years, according to the trade publication Bank Director.

Tinsel the Tea Room Elf will make deliveries of flowers this week for the Merrillville Florist and Tea Room.

HOBART — Southlake Mall removed an employee at its Santa photo set from the premises after she charged and screamed at a customer in what a wi…

Culver's restaurants in Northwest Indiana donated $5,000 to nonprofits in the towns where they operate to help families struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Indiana gained 32,529 new residents this year, growing by less than 1% and continuing a ongoing trend of slow population growth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's annual estimate.

TJ Lux, who led Merrillville High School to the state championship game in 1995 and went on to play professionally for six years in Europe, owns and operates the new Courtside by dlux at 1440 East Joliet Street in Crown Point.

GreenPal, an app that purports to be the "Uber of snow removal and lawn services," has rolled out in Northwest Indiana.

Indiana hooked a big catch of 168,000 Chinook salmon eggs to stock Lake Michigan with, but it's less than what the state had hoped for this year.

Longtime Gary business owner Doc Stalling was honored with a community parade to celebrate his 90th birthday on Christmas Day.

Allied Universal plans to hire more than 60 security guards to work across the south suburbs.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has extended the deadline to apply for COVID-19 economic injury disaster loans through the end of 2021.

East Chicago is transforming the Galleria shops in the North Harbor neighborhood of the Indiana Harbor neighborhood into an incubator for start-up businesses.

Valparaiso-based developer Good Hospitality Services opened a new Home2 Suites by Hilton in Fort Myers, Florida.

The new Gloria Jean/Jamba Juice in Crown Point is looking to help out those suffering because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Chef Mariela Bolaños, who's worked for many chic West Loop restaurants in Chicago and US Foods, is returning to her hometown of East Chicago to open a takeout and delivery restaurant.

About 5% more people came to Indiana in one-way U-Haul trucks in 2020, while one-way departures were up 4% as compared to 2019. New arrivals accounted for 50.5% of one-way U-Haul traffic in Indiana last year, enough of a net gain to rank the Hoosier state 12th nationwide in net in-migration.

The NWI Small Business Task Force has wrapped up its Thanking our Heroes program after distributing hundreds of gift cards from local business to frontline health care workers.

Portillo's is rolling out a heart-shaped version of its chocolate cake for Valentine's Day – for a good cause.

The state said it's the most job commitments since the Indiana Department of Commerce became the Indiana Economic Development Corp. in 2005, and the second highest average wage promised by companies.

The Michigan City Chamber of Commerce announced new directors and officers who were all unanimously appointed.

The Indiana Bankers Association named its board of directors for 2021 that includes Munster-based Peoples Bank President and CEO Ben Bochnowski.

Steel stocks have soared to the highest level in years upon investors' belief a long-awaited infrastructure bill is more likely to be passed.

Griffith-based Bulkmatic launched a new brokerage and logistics management company, Bulkmatic Solutions.

After 56 years at the Gary Public Transportation Corporation, parts manager Percy Daniels is finally retiring. His longtime employer plans to honor him by naming a bus in his honor.

Photographer Tyrell Anderson will display his work in the upcoming "Unapologetically Noir" exhibit at at the Marshall J. Gardner Center of the Arts.

Photographer Tyrell Anderson's "Unapologetically Noir" exhibit opens today at the Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts and will be accompanied by several events.

Percy Daniels, who just retired from the Gary Public Transportation Corp. after more than 50 years, died after a short struggle with his health.

Artist Tyrell Anderson will give a talk about his "Unapologetically Noir" exhibit at the Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts Friday evening.

Percy Daniels, a longtime Gary transportation employee who died this winter shortly after retiring, is getting a bus named after him.