NIPSCO

The investigation is set to look into discrepancies in NIPSCO's natural gas bills after the new installation of meters.

Northwest Indiana is soon to become the largest private sector investment in state history thanks to Amazon Web Services

The board approved the energy savings plan and teacher salary increases at Monday night's meeting.

The increase is estimated to be 16% higher than last year.

93rd Avenue will be closed Friday near the Lake County Government Center, while Taft Street is expected to have intermittent closures. It's part of NIPSCO's electric transmission line project, according to the town of Merrillville's website.

NIPSCO says its gas customers can expect to pay 15 percent more on their heating bills this winter, after the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a two-step rate increase over the summer.

NIPSCO customers could see a 22-percent increase to their electric bills in the coming years.

Weekday closures start Tuesday on 91st Street and 93rd Avenue.

A gas leak in Portage led to the closure of I-94 for much of Tuesday afternoon.

In a Facebook video Tuesday, longtime East Chicago public works employee Eddie Reyes said the damage is the worst he's ever seen. "Like a war zone," Reyes said. "There's branches everywhere. Every block had branches on the ground. Nobody was excluded."