Who is the Mayor of Merrillville, Indiana?

Merrillville, located 33 miles southeast of the Loop in Lake County, is known as the “Center of Northwest Indiana”. This bustling town just south of Gary is home to a variety of restaurants, banks, malls, and businesses that are typical of late 20th century American suburbs. Mayor Jerome Prince recently released a statement expressing his family's heartbreak and outrage over the murder of his relative Marquise Hall. On Friday, Mayor Prince was at City Hall working as usual.