WARSAW — A typical work day for James Sweet, Warsaw, might consist of making tea, cleaning the beverage fountain or taking out the garbage. This may sound like a typical McDonald’s work day, but for Sweet, it is a dream come true. Sweet is employed through Career Links, an employment program of Cardinal Services, Warsaw, that places …read more.

SYRACUSE – Syracuse Police Department will be taking on the Lake City Hoopsters Wednesday, Feb. 17, to raise money for a worthy cause.

INDIANAPOLIS — A woman is circulating a photo on the Internet that she claims shows just how unhealthy McDonald’s food is.

WEST LAFAYETTE — A woman’s love of her morning coffee opened her up to identity theft. But it also helped put a stop to a card skimming operation. At the McDonald’s restaurant off Sagamore Parkway in West Lafayette, police say a store employee stole customers debit and credit card information. Mekeisha Roberts and Damien Dewan Smith …read more.

LAPORTE — Police are looking for the McDonald’s restaurant drive-through customers who paid for their food with money and a tiny bag of heroin Monday night.

UPDATE — Phillip J. Armey, 43, Heron Boulevard, Warsaw, suffered minor bleeding to his face and head following his 1985 Pontiac Fiero hitting the back of a semitractor-trailer Sunday morning. Armey was checked by paramedics, but refused medical treatment. The driver of the semitractor, Thomas D. Smotherman, 37, Whitney Street, Detroit, Mich., was not injured. …read more.

NEW YORK — Two years after McDonald’s phased out its highly popular Dollar Menu without offering diners a suitable substitution, the restaurant chain is set to launch its “McPick 2” menu early next year.

SYRACUSE — The regular meeting of the Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals was Thursday evening, Oct. 15. Two businesses, Pizza Hut and McDonald’s, were granted exceptions for drive-thru lanes.

McDonald’s is finally launching something their customers have been calling for for years:  All-Day Breakfast. McDonald’s says breakfast is its most popular product, with customer visits jumping five percent in the past year, while lunch visits only went up one percent. “Breafast has been such a growth area because consumers feel it’s a good way …read more.

CHICAGO — One woman in the Chicago area is asking for people to share a random act of kindness that she recently witnessed in a McDonald’s restaurant.

NATIONAL — In newspaper ads across Chicago and New York yesterday, Aug. 26, Burger King reached out to competitor McDonalds in an attempt to collaborate on a new burger: the McWhopper.

MISHAWAKA – Participants for the fourth annual McDonald’s Michiana Boy’s Basketball All-Stars were released Friday morning in preparation for the event held on Monday, March 30, at 7:15 p.m. on the campus of Bethel College. All-Stars are listed below with teams announced at a later date. The Boy’s McDonald’s Michiana All-Star Roster includes nine from …read more.

The board of directors of McDonald’s Corporation announced Jan. 28 that Don Thompson will retire as president and CEO after almost 25 years of service to the company, effective March 1. Thompson is a Purdue University graduate and attended North Central High School in Indianapolis. He was named CEO in 2012. “It’s tough to say …read more.

Ivy Tech Community College has partnered with McDonald’s in order to develop a degree crosswalk with the company’s management development program. The new partnership will allow McDonald’s restaurant and mid-management employees in the management development program to transfer up to 21 credit hours of courses taken at Hamburger University toward an associate degree or up …read more.

A new McDonald’s will begin serving customers this week in Warsaw. The new restaurant, located at 2473 Jalynn St., will officially open to the public today. The store is a $2.5 million investment in the community by McDonald’s Corporation.  A grand opening celebration for VIP guests was held Wednesday evening. As part of today’s opening day, …read more.

A new location of McDonald’s in Warsaw is now projected to open for business by Friday, July 11. NIPSCO crews were on scene Tuesday night working to connect power to the building and Todd Slabaugh, building commissioner for Warsaw, said he is expected to complete an inspection on the restaurant’s commercial cooking equipment as early as this …read more.

MISHAWAKA – The Warsaw boys basketball program, as well as the Northern Lakes Conference, will be well-represented in the third annual McDonald’s Michiana High School All-Star Game. The boys roster were released today for the third annual event which will include a girls/boys doubleheader on Monday, March 31 in the Wiekamp Center on the Bethel …read more.