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Little Italy expands Little Italy, an extremely popular family-style Italian restaurant with a chef/owner who long cooked in Chicago, is expanding after a major renovation project in Dyer. The restaurant on U.S. 30 temporarily closed for construction at the beginning of the year so it could remodel its space and grow "a little bigger." The eatery, at 1155 Joliet St., is known for sumptuous pasta dishes like rigatoni a la vodka, fireside gnocchi and the side of baked ziti that comes with entrees like crispy pork shoulder, 16-ounce prime ribeye, and maple and balsamic glazed salmon. A date nigh...

Two local Howard University alumni say they are “full of pride” as they await the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and his Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Strack & Van Til customers "rounded up" to raise $222,306.56 for the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana during a holiday season Checkout Challenge. The donation is enough to provide 667,000 meals to the needy. Highland-based Strack & Van Til asked customers to round up their grocery bill to the nearest dollar at all 20 supermarkets during November and December to help food-insecure neighbors. “I am so proud of our community and the Strack & Van Til customers. Those pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters that were donated at the end of every grocery bill combined to generate a level of food ...

Schocke, who spent most of his term focused solely on defeating the proposed senior living center between Cline Avenue and Kleinman Road north of Strack and Van Til’s, was referring to his belief that he, Sheeman and Black ran for the council opposing the development, but Sheeman changed his mind once elected.