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About three-fourths of small and mid-sized business owners plan to either require employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or encourage them to do so, a survey by PNC Bank found. The Pittsburgh-based bank, which has several branches in Northwest Indiana, found during its semi-annual national small business survey that most business owners believe the vaccine will drive the recovery. About 48% of those surveyed said they would mandate employee vaccinations, while a third plan to provide informat...

Wintrust has gotten nearly 7,000 loan applications for the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program meant to offer small business owners relief during the coronavirus pandemic. More than 12,000 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19 since March 2020. There are real names, faces and human stories behind that staggering number. This Sunday, The Times partners with 11 Indiana news agencies to share the stories of dozens of “Hoosiers We’ve Lost” in a special print section and online...

Framing Hanley, a rock band from Nashville that recently reunited, will play a reduced-capacity show at the Hobart Art Theater next week.

The state issues the licenses based on a city, town or county’s census, Lyp said, adding Valparaiso created the Historic Downtown Liquor License program in 2005 to prevent chain restaurants from buying up the city’s liquor licenses as they became available.

VALPARAISO — Mayor Matt Murphy said a residential market study underway remains a priority for him and will be released once it is complete. "Ive said before and I underscore that I am committed to this study initiative 100 percent," he said in a prepared statement. "It will be helpful to gain an even clearer picture of Valparaisos housing stock and future needs." Murphy expects the study to be completed and released within the next eight to 10 weeks. The statement comes in the wake of new...