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Month: November 2018
Pelosi nominated by Democrats to be speaker
WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi was nominated by fellow House Democrats to be speaker on Wednesday, but she still faces a showdown vote when the full House convenes in January.
Judge weighs arguments for new trial in 1980 off-duty Hammond cop killing
CROWN POINT — A criminal court judge said Wednesday he would issue an order within a week on whether James Hill should get a new trial for the 1980 murder of off-duty Hammond policeman Lawrence “Larry” Pucalik.
Red Cross in need of blood donations
The American Red Cross needs blood donors to give now to avoid delays in lifesaving medical care for patients. Volunteer blood drive hosts are also critically needed to prevent the shortage from worsening this winter.
Indy-based company agrees to buy Majestic Star
A newly formed company headed by two downstate businessmen has an agreement to buy the Majestic Star casinos in Gary, amid talk of redeveloping their Buffington Harbor home and splitting their two gaming licenses between Gary and another location.
ArcelorMittal fined $10,000 for serious safety violations after workers burned at Indiana Harbor
The state is fining ArcelorMittal $10,000 for serious safety violations at ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor in East Chicago, where workers were burned in an accident in early August.
Steel production up by 5.6 percent this year
Great Lakes steel production rose to 712,000 tons last week, a marginal increase of 1,000 tons.
UPDATE: Victim dubs admitted Munster pipe bomber Eric Krieg a ‘coward’
A Hammond city employee — one of two people targeted last year by admitted pipe bomber Eric Krieg — said the former BP engineer’s attempts to silence him for his Democratic political leanings failed.
Tips sought after 2 pedestrians, including a Valparaiso man, killed in hit-and-run crash
WALTON, Ind. — Police investigators are seeking information from the public after two pedestrians were killed in a hit-and-run crash in rural northern Indiana.
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