town of Merrillville

The Merrillville Town Council has finalized a tax abatement for the town's next industrial park. The 195-acre Silos at Sanders Farm development will contain five buildings along Mississippi Street. As part of the abatement, taxes will be phased in over the next 10 years, with no real property taxes at all for the first three years.

A Big Lots distribution center is coming to Merrillville. The retailer has secured a lease with Crow Holdings for a 261,000-square-foot shell building in AmeriPlex at the Crossroads on Georgia Street.

The Merrillville Police Department is reporting success with its license plate readers. Police Chief Wiley Luther Cuttino told the town council Tuesday that theft recoveries were up in the past couple years — and with the license plate readers, he expects that trend to continue.

MERRILLVILLE - Some new developments are on the horizon for Merrillville.Town manager Patrick Reardon told the "Times" that a massive facility is…

Today: on this Reporter's Roundtable, we welcome Joseph Pete, business reporter for the "Times of Northwest Indiana," and his Statehouse colleague Dan…