Hammond News

An armed robber held up a Hammond, Ind. , gas station and tried holding up a bar on Sunday with a unique tool.

The pending construction of a new high school dovetails with the district's transition to themed academies by 2012.

Named in honor of early Hammond settlers William and Louisa Sibley-Sohl, Sohl Avenue is a north-south road that runs a few blocks east of downtown Hammond.

A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 21 2-week adventure lumbering around three northwestern Indiana towns.

Jurors on Wednesday heard a profanity-laced recording of accused killer Victor A. Hernandez asking a Hammond officer how long his sentence might be as they rode to the police station for booking.

A convicted heroin dealer in Indiana has been given a break -- just a three-day jail term that gives her a chance to fix her troubled life, her attorney says.

HAMMOND, Ind. -- Federal authorities have linked at least some of the people indicted as part of a methamphetamine ring to a white-supremacist motorcycle club.

HAMMOND, Ind. A white former employee of the Post-Tribune failed to prove that managers at the newspaper denied her a promotion to head its Gary bureau because they wanted a black person in the job, a U.S. ...

HAMMOND, Ind. -- A federal appeals court has ordered a judge to hold a new sentencing hearing for former Lake County Recorder Morris Carter, who was sentenced to 51 months in prison for his conviction on ...

Information provided by four northwest Indiana cities says railroad companies have piled up nearly 2,000 unpaid traffic tickets for blocking crossings for half an hour or longer.

Accused child molester Francisco Soto is in custody awaiting extradition to Indiana after U.S. Marshals in Las Vegas arrested him as he tried to climb out a window.

HAMMOND, Ind. -- Several state agencies have questions about the city of Hammond's decision to approve using cameras to catch motorists who run red lights.

A Lake County judge will decide next week whether a man convicted of rape in 1993 should receive a new trial based on DNA testing.

Talks are progressing between CIGNA HealthCare and Sisters of St. Francis hospitals ahead of a Sunday deadline for terminating the insurance company's contract with the hospital system.

A Lake County jury has awarded nearly $737,000 in damages to a Hammond police officer who was injured in a 2006 hit-and-run collision while on duty.

As the U.S. economy continues to sputter under high gasoline and food prices, consumers may be extra cautious about their Father's Day spending.

HAMMOND, Ind. - A man used his 2-year-old son as a human shield in a fight with park rangers after he was caught drinking beer in a federal campground, court records allege.

As the country's economy journeys south, a handful of businesses are seeing their fortunes heading higher.

A North Hammond man is in serious condition after being shot by police who said he pointed a handgun at them while fleeing from a Saturday morning traffic stop.

HAMMOND, Ind. -- Efforts to allow Indiana cities and towns to use cameras at red lights to catch motorists who ignore them have failed in the General Assembly.