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FBI, Brinks offer $20K reward for details in NW Indiana armored truck robbery
A $20,000 reward is being offered in the search for three people who stole bags of cash from an armored truck they shot up last month outside an Indiana bank. Officers responded about 7:30 a.m. on...
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Snapper, Mik-Lurch spinner, berries, Ron Sons: Notes around Chicago outdoors
Notes from around Chicago outdoors. FIELD NOTES WILD OF THE WEEK To continue a turtle theme, Thomas Finn tweeted this “snapping turtle strolling through [the] neighborhood in Sycamore’’ early in June....
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Woman helped boyfriend plan break-in at her father’s Hammond home: prosecutors
A woman has been charged with helping her boyfriend plan a break-in at her father’s Hammond, Indiana home, during which a resident was sexually assaulted at gunpoint. Officers responded about 9:45 a.m....
View ArticleHammond man charged with child pornography possession
A man was arrested on child pornography charges Wednesday at his northwest Indiana home. Roger Orich, 64, was taken into custody after authorities executed a search warrant at his home in Hammond,...
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Wrong-way driver charged with drunken driving on Indiana Toll Road near Hammond
A drunken driver is facing multiple charges after a state trooper caught him driving the wrong way Friday night on the Indiana Toll Road near Hammond. About 10:30 p.m., the trooper was driving east on...
View ArticleWoman, 2 men charged with trafficking guns, drugs in northwest Indiana
Three northwest Indiana residents have been indicted on federal gun and drug trafficking charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana announced the 14-count indictment...
View ArticleMan shot to death in Calumet City
A man was shot to death Saturday evening in south suburban Calumet City. Marvin Davis, 26, was shot multiple times at 5:26 p.m. in the 400 Block of 155th Street in Calumet City , according to the Lake...
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Suicide suspected in deaths of two California death row inmates
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two condemned multiple murderers, including a serial killer, apparently committed suicide within hours of each other on the nation’s largest death row, California officials said...
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20th year in cool citizen’s project: Perch America stocking walleye in Wolf Lake
For the 20th year, Perch America stocked walleye on the Indiana side of Wolf Lake in Hammond. The stocking of 2,500 advanced growth walleye fingerlings from Richmond Fisheries on Saturday resumed a...
View ArticleHammond robbery suspects involved in Burnside crash
Robbery suspects from northwest Indiana were involved in a crash Friday in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side. Multiple suspects in the robbery Friday morning at a cell phone store in Hammond,...
View Article15-year-old boy shot by Hammond police officers pursuing stolen vehicle
A teenage boy accused of stealing a vehicle was shot by police during a pursuit Wednesday morning in Hammond, Indiana, authorities said. About 8:45 a.m., Hammond police officers were pursuing a vehicle...
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2 Indiana men charged after ditching submerged car in DUI crash on I-80
Two men were arrested and a woman nearly died Thursday morning after their car slid into standing water on the I-80 in northwest Indiana. At 3:25 a.m., a red sedan driven by 38-year-old Gabriel Salinas...
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Woman ‘brought back to life’ after being pinned by SUV at Indiana toll booth
A Michigan woman was “brought back to life” after being pinned by her own SUV Saturday night at a toll booth in northwest Indiana. About 9:20 p.m., a trooper responded to a crash at the West Point Toll...
View ArticleWoman who was pinned by SUV at Indiana toll booth dies four days later
A Michigan woman died Wednesday after being rescued from her own vehicle crushing her last week at a tollbooth in northwest Indiana. Luciana Ortiz, 40, was pinned between her sports-utility vehicle and...
View Article81-year-old man missing from NW Indiana located
An 81-year-old man reported missing Tuesday from northwest Indiana has been found. Romulo Najera was last seen at 9 a.m. on Christmas Day in Hammond, according to a missing person alert from Indiana...
View ArticleI-80/I-94 eastbound lanes reopen after three semis collide in NW Indiana
Morning commuters are crawling across the I-80/I-94 in northwest Indiana after three semi-trucks crashed Friday in Hammond, closing all lanes for about three hours. About 4:30 a.m., two of the semis...
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Man killed in I-80/94 crash in Hammond
A man was killed in a crash late Sunday on the Indiana Toll Road in Hammond, Indiana. Troopers were called just before 11:30 p.m. for the single-vehicle crash on the ramp from westbound I-80/94 to...
View ArticleMan killed in crash after fleeing from Hammond police
A man was killed in a crash after allegedly driving away from police Wednesday evening in northwest Indiana. An officer on patrol about 6:40 p.m. recognized a black Chevrolet Monte Carlo that was...
View Article3 hurt, 1 seriously, in wrong-way crash on Indiana Toll Road near Hammond
Three people were injured, one seriously, in a wrong-way crash early Thursday on the Indiana Toll Road near Hammond. At 4:48 a.m., a 2015 Dodge was traveling west in the eastbound lanes of the toll...
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Indianapolis show, seminars and a swap meet: Week 6 of shows in Chicago outdoors
Another weekend with an eclectic mix of shows, a couple of high-power seminars, a swap meet and an ice-fishing event. I have wanted to attend the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Travel Show for years. I...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in Hammond, suspect arrested in Calumet City
An 18-year-old man was killed in a shooting Tuesday morning near the border between Hammond, Indiana, and south suburban Calumet City. Calumet City officers were called to assist Hammond police with...
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Man charged with murder for shooting near state line in Hammond
An Indiana man has been charged with murder for a shooting Tuesday morning near the border between Hammond, Indiana, and south suburban Calumet City. Deandre A. Redmond, 29, is charged with...
View ArticleMan, 38, dies in single-vehicle crash in NW Indiana
A 38-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Hammond, Indiana. Officers responded at 5:08 a.m. to the crash in the 7200 block of Indianapolis Boulevard, according to a...
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Woman, 21, killed in Hammond crash with semitrailers
Police said alcohol and bad weather are possible factors in a crash that killed a 21-year-old woman Tuesday in northwest Indiana. Eimy Ocampo-Ayala was driving in a Chevy Malibu about 11:30 p.m. when...
View ArticleSemi rolls over on I-94/80 in NW Indiana, 3 lanes closed
A semi truck crashed Wednesday morning on I-94/80 in Hammond, Indiana, causing major delays for commuters. The rollover crash, which was announced about 6:15 a.m., is blocking three eastbound lanes...
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