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Hammond, Indiana is located in Lake County. Zip codes in Hammond, IN include 46324, 46323, and 46320. More Hammond information.

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14 hrs ago | Post Tribune

Hammond man dead after police shooting

A nine-year veteran of the Hammond Police Department shot and killed a man Thursday night after the suspect charged at the officer with a knife, according to reports.

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22 hrs ago | Post Tribune

Hammond campus draws praise

Purdue University President France A. Ci 1 2rdova spotlighted the ways that the school is helping to spur economic development across the state during a visit to the Calumet campus on Thursday.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Post Tribune

Man guilty of East Chicagoan's murder

An 18-year-old Hammond man was convicted Thursday in a 2007 murder in East Chicago.

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Post Tribune

Area doctor accused of sexual harassment

Dr. Alex Stemer, a prominent physician in the region, faces a lawsuit claiming he sexually harassed an employee and fired her because she wouldn't go along with an insurance fraud scheme.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Post Tribune

Whiting man charged in bank robberies

A Whiting man has been charged in back-to-back robberies at a Hammond bank branch.

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Post Tribune

Hammond man faces charges for gang killing

The Lake County Prosecutor on Tuesday charged an alleged gang member with murder in the shooting death of an East Chicago man outside a Hammond convenience store Sunday night.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

NBC 33 News

Bridge Damage Leads To Closure Of Northwest Indiana Highway

Drivers are having to navigate around a four-mile section of a northwestern Indiana expressway that the state highway agency has closed for at least six weeks because of bridge damage.

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Post Tribune

Trial delayed for man charged in tot's death

The jury trial for a Whiting man charged with murder and neglect in the child abuse death of a Hammond toddler has been postponed until May.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Post Tribune

RDA backs bus route cash

The Regional Development Authority's working group agreed Thursday to recommend allocating an initial $500,000 to help the Regional Bus Authority take over and expand a route operated by the Hammond Transit Authority.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

WLS

Closed bridge affects traffic in NW Ind.

Commuters traveling through northwest Indiana on Friday evening may have to find another way to get around.

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Post Tribune

Being an activist means being active

"Activism is my rent for living on this planet." -- Alice Walker After living in Washington, D.C., for 30 years, Anne Herbert took a severance package from MCI Telecommunications and moved back home to the Pullman area of Hammond in 2003 to take care of family.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

MyFoxChicago

Woman: I was forced to Sell Sex

A woman testified Tuesday in the trial of three men accused of running a prostitution ring that she saw several girls beaten and was forced to prostitute herself.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Post Tribune

Tire-iron swing leads to charges

A Hammond woman has been charged with attempted murder and battery in an assault in Whiting in which a woman was beaten in the head with a tire iron.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Post Tribune

Hammond shows spirit of growth despite the trend

While commercial development is practically at a standstill throughout most of the nation, this city is is enjoying movement at three prime areas.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Post Tribune

Quickly for Nov. 2

When I was in first-grade, I was learning to read the 12 words associated with "Dick & Jane." Now, my first-grade granddaughter is reading the National Geographic to me.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Post Tribune

Special prosecutor sought in family pot case

Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter is asking that a special prosecutor be appointed in the case of a Hammond family charged with possession of marijuana.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Former ship captain details restoration work

Muskegon area resident Robert Priefer, former captain of a more than 100-year-old passenger steamer, spoke to almost 50 seniors this week about the ship's history and ongoing restoration efforts.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Post Tribune

Putting the 'grand' back in Grand Calumet

"I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth Warrior." -- Darryl Cherney He lives in Chesterton with his wife, Sherry Meyer, but John Beckman, 59, was raised in the Glendale Park neighborhood of Hammond, near Conkey Street and Hohman Avenue.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

WBBM-AM Chicago

Mayor irritates judge, talks of murder case

Hammond, Ind. Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., was on the radio Thursday and Friday commenting on the case of two Hammond teens charged with felony murder after a representative of the Lake County Prosecutor's Office informed him of a gag order in the case.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Indiana Law Blog

Ind. Courts - 'Hammond Mayor irritates judge, talks of murder case:...

Ind. Courts - "Hammond Mayor irritates judge, talks of murder case: Court had banned discussion about Hammond homicide" Ruth Ann Krause reports today in the Gary Post Tribune : Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., was on the radio Thursday and Friday commenting on the case of two Hammond teens charged with felony murder after a representative of the ...

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