Hammond News

HAMMOND, Ind. A former Hammond high school teacher will move forward with pleading guilty to possessing pornographic images of two former students, the Post-Tribune reports.

HAMMOND, Ind. A Gary mother and a man she is accused of allowing to take pornographic photos of her two young daughters have pleaded not guilty to new federal charges.

In the latest mishap to hit the troubled "Transformers" franchise, a fire broke out Wednesday night and substantially damaged a 100-year-old Texas home where "Transformers 4" was being filmed.

CROWN POINT, Ind. A northwestern Indiana high school's former boys basketball coach has been acquitted of charges that he engaged in sexual activities with a female student.

HAMMOND, Ind. The state environmental agency says a glittery substance that coated a northwestern Indiana neighborhood was a magnetic metallic flake and its source hasn't yet been found.

HAMMOND, Ind. Investigators for the state environmental agency are seeking to determine the source of a black and silver glittery substance found on lawns in a northwest Indiana neighborhood.

Portage Mayor Jim Snyder was one of the few Northwest Indiana public officials to contact me and publicly voice support for prayers at government meetings.

New numbers released from the Indiana Department of Education reveal 86 incidents of children left on school buses since a law went into effect July 1, 2009 that requires school districts and bus companies to report within five working days.

Former Chicago Police Officer and Two Members of Latin Kings Street Gang Sentenced in Indiana for Racketeering Conspiracy and Related Crimes WASHINGTON-A former Chicago Police officer and two members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced to prison today in Hammond, Indiana federal court for racketeering conspiracy and related crimes.

HAMMOND, Ind. A Latin Kings street gang member will serve 25 years in prison in connection with his part in the double homicide outside a Griffith restaurant in February 2007.

Lake County Surveyor George Van Til entered the pleas to six felony counts of wire fraud and two counts of obstruction of justice in U.S. District Court in Hammond.