Man fatally shot victim, then himself in Hammond
A man fatally shot a 57-year-old man and then himself Monday in northwest Indiana. Officers conducted a welfare check about 9 a.m. at a home in the 7000 block of Birch Avenue and found 57-year-old John...
View ArticleMan wanted in Hammond machete attack captured in downstate Illinois
A northwest Indiana man who was wanted for attacking two people with a machete outside a tavern in Hammond has been captured. Just before 2 a.m. on Dec. 9, officers responded to Flat Rock Tavern in the...
View ArticlePolice: Chicago man ran from I-80 crash with infant in NW Indiana
A Chicago man is facing several charges after he ran away from a crash while holding an infant on I-80 early Saturday in northwest Indiana. Johnelle Swanson, 32, faces one felony count of neglect of a...
View ArticlePolice: Man robbed 3 fast food restaurants in 3 days in Hammond
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man suspected of robbing three fast food restaurants in three days this month in Hammond, Indiana. Most recently, the man showed a handgun and...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in Hammond
A 20-year-old man was shot to death Friday night in northwest Indiana. Officers were dispatched about 8:30 p.m. for reports of a person lying on the ground in an alley in the 6700 block of New Jersey...
View ArticleCalumet City gang member charged with murdering 2 people in northwest Indiana
Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that a gang member from Calumet City has been charged with murdering two people in 2015 in northwest Indiana. Ivan Reyes, 30, was charged with two counts of...
View ArticleCoroner’s office searches for family of Hammond man
The Lake County coroner’s office is asking for the public’s help finding the family of a 56-year-old man from Hammond, Indiana. Jerald A. Green died on Dec. 26, according to a statement from the...
View Article36-year-old man missing from northwest Indiana reported found
A 36-year-old man reported missing last month from northwest Indiana who was believed to be in Chicago has been found. Thomas Dinneen was last seen Jan. 24 in Hammond, Indiana, according to a missing...
View ArticleCoroner searching for family of homeless woman who died northwest Indiana
Officials are looking for family members of a homeless woman who died Saturday in northwest Indiana. At the time of her death, 55-year-old Carolyn Spencer was living underneath a viaduct at the...
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Southern Lake Michigan changes: The changes seen and taught, Capt. Ralph Steiger
“It seems like I was scooping minnows yesterday,’’ Capt. Ralph Steiger said last week. It does seem like only days ago when I met Steiger as a teenager ‘‘scooping minnows’’ at the now-defunct Mik-Lurch...
View ArticleSerial Chicago bank robber gets 108 months in prison for string of heists
A serial bank robber was sentenced Wednesday to 108 months in prison for a string of heists two years ago, including one in the Gold Coast neighborhood on the Near North Side. William Rostin, 50, was...
View ArticleBowers’ scratch 800 tops, Oak Forest: Sec. 4/Will Co. sectional, Beat the Champs
Joseph Bowers’ scratch 800 led some some serious bowling Saturday at Oak Forest Bowl. It took 704 to make the cut for the men’s finals during Section 4/Will County sectional of the 57th Beat the...
View Article15-year-old Indiana boy charged with Elmhurst armed robbery
A 15-year-old boy from northwest Indiana has been charged with an armed robbery last year in west suburban Elmhurst. The robbery happened on the evening of Nov. 27, 2017, when the victim responded to a...
View ArticleAuthorities asking for help finding family of man who died in northwest Indiana
Authorities are asking for help finding the family of a man who died this week in northwest Indiana. Lawrence Boardman Jr., 43, died on Wednesday at 1410 Columbus Drive in East Chicago, according to...
View ArticleBowers’ 300 gives the edge: Top two battle in men’s finals of Beat the Champions
Joseph Bowers rolled a 300 in his third game Sunday to surpass the field at Waveland Bowl in Chicago. Bowers’ scratch 1,020 won the men’s finals of the 57th Beat the Champions. He held off Allan Pecka,...
View ArticleTwo semi-trucks crash, close lanes on I-80/94 in Indiana
A Wednesday morning crash involving two semi-trucks is causing significant delays on I-80/94 near Calumet Avenue in Hammond, Ind. Police responded about 3:45 a.m. to a report of a crash between two...
View ArticleSemi-truck rolls over, catches fire in traffic on I-80/94
A semi-truck rolled over and caught fire Wednesday Afternoon on I/80-94 in Hammond, Indiana. The crash occurred about 12:41 P.M. near Calumet Ave., after the driver of the semi-truck struck a tire and...
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Police searching for armed robber who struck 3 stores in NW Indiana
Police are searching for a man who recently robbed a series of stores at gunpoint in northwest Indiana. About 7:45 p.m. Feb. 3, the suspect walked into the Payless Shoe Source at 6702 Indianapolis...
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1 dead, 1 wounded during gun sale in Hammond
(HAMMOND, Ind.) One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Saturday night in what police believe was a gun sale gone bad in Hammond, Indiana. Officers responded to calls of shots fired...
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Police seek Chicago man who fled traffic stop in northwest Indiana
Police are searching for a man who fled a traffic stop in March and almost struck an officer in Hammond, Indiana. The man, identified as 28-year-old Garrick Turner, of Chicago, sped away from an...
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