The Times of Northwest Indiana The Times of Northwest Indiana The Times of Northwest Indiana (NWI) is a daily newspaper headquartered in Munster, Indiana. It is the second-largest newspaper in Indiana, behind only "The Indianapolis Star". The paper was founded on June 18, 1906, as "The Lake County Times". Its founder, Simon McHie, was a native of a small town along the Niagara River in Canada. In 1933, the name was changed to "The Hammond Times", and it became an afternoon paper serving Hammond, Whiting, and East Chicago. In May 1962, the McHie family sold the publication to Robert S. Howard. The paper expanded to
The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper The Illustrated Times Weekly Newspaper was an English newspaper and rival to "The Illustrated London News" published between 1855 and 1862. The publisher was the Fleet Street bookseller David Bogue and the editor was Henry Vizetelly. Henry Vizetelly had been part of the campaign in the 1850s for the repeal of the Stamp Act. Believing that success was imminent, he conceived of the idea of bringing out a cheap popular illustrated paper to compete with the near monopoly of Herbert Ingram's "Illustrated London News" with himself as editor. All the plans were laid accordingly; but