AT&T and the Communications Workers of America reached a deal on a new contract for 18,500 employees in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin. Negotiations with other unions and other districts continue.

East Chicago is set to borrow $24.4 million from Harris Bank to meet expenses through next year.

Senior citizens were prominent among those opposing a NIPSCO rate increase at a Michigan City hearing last night.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is among a group on Midwestern state governors asking the EPA to increase ethanol blending limits to 15 percent.

Gas prices have plunged in Lake and Porter counties.