Amazon launches new specialty site in Merrillville

The specialty center isn’t a typical warehouse, Site Leader Mary Beth Klippel said, but a fulfillment center for small and medium-sized sellers, of which there are 5,500 in Indiana. Products are shipped to the site at 9850 Mississippi St., where they are first directed onto a conveyor belt and examined via laser for its weight and size; a second machine combines the shipper’s information with the customer’s information and stamps on a red sticker.

Trial begins for man charged in Pine Township traffic death of girlfriend, injuries to toddler son

Opening statements took less than 15 minutes Tuesday morning in the trial of Marcus Wright, the 35-year-old Michigan City man accused of causing the death of his girlfriend and catastrophic injury to their toddler son in an auto accident in Pine Township three years ago. Prosecutors say Wright’s blood alcohol level was over twice the legal limit and he tested positive for THC.