MERRILLVILLE – Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP has announced that Shelbie J. Byers has joined the firm as an associate. Byers, who is in the firm’s Merrillville office, focuses her practice on labor and employment law and litigation. Most recently, she was an associate at the Chicago office of Proskauer Rose LLP where she represented […]
MERRILLVILLE – John E. Hughes, a partner at Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP, has been named to the Indiana Super Lawyers list for 2012. Only 5 percent of lawyers in the state are selected; Hughes has been named to the Indiana Super Lawyers list for the last three years. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business,
HOBART – Local Chick-fil-A restaurant owner Tyler Carter, View Outdoor Advertising and the cow of the hour gathered Jan. 10 to divulge what the infamous bovines have been up to. The Merrillville advertising company announced its participation in Chick-fil-A’s award-winning marketing campaign featuring the cows urging people to “Eat Mor Chikin.” The campaign began in
VALPARAISO – Century 21 Alliance Group has announced the top listing agent for December and the agents with the most closings in 2012. The top listing agent in December was Denise O’Connor, and Natalie and Diane Worstell of the Worstell Group closed the most deals in 2012, with Linda Fillippo second. The agents were presented
HAMMOND – The Dunes National Park Association has named new officers. In addition to helping the association work toward their goals, officers work on committees that handle strategic planning, finances, marketing and membership. The new officers are Speros A. Batistatos, president; Mike Shymanski, vice president; Donna Kuschel, secretary; and Robin Carlascio, treasurer. The Dunes National
GARY – Fitch Ratings, one of the three major credit rating agencies, has upgraded Methodist Hospitals bond issues to BBB from BBB-. The upgrade is the second such move by the ratings agency in the past 12 months. The ratings agency cited Methodist’s sustained operating performance in making this latest upgrade, including strong profit margin,
Much cleaner now, but still work to do. by Rick A. Richards For longtime Northwest Indiana environmentalists, years of hard work are paying off with cleaner air and water. Thanks to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1972, the grit that used to be a constant in the air is mostly gone,
SOUTH BEND – Mayor Pete Buttigieg has announced that South Bend has been selected as one of nine communities in the United States to participate in the Code for America Fellowship Program in 2013. The others are: Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Oakland, San Francisco, San Mateo County, Calif., Summit County, Ohio (Akron), and New
GARY – The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority has awarded a $30 million grant to the Gary-Chicago International Airport and its plan to lengthen its main runway. The 7,000-foot runway will be lengthened to 8,900 feet, but in order for the project to move ahead, railroad lines need to be relocated. The total cost of
MERRILLVILLE – The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana has recognized Debora A. Owen of NIPSCO for its streetlight outage reporting effort. NIPSCO is the first utility in Indiana to offer online reporting of streetlight outages. It allows customers, emergency personnel and other community members to report streetlight outages as a way for a speedier
