Hobart News

It's not often a criminal describes his efforts as "stupid." File this one under really stupid.

Three bids were received and taken under advisement by the Burns Harbor Town Council Wednesday for the tear down and clean-up of the Standard Oil Plaza on U.S. Hwy.

Share + Jul 8, 2009 6:48 pm US/Central CROWN POINT, Ill. A northwest Indiana teen has been sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for hitting a man over the head with a chair while the victim was designing a memorial T-shirt. John Wesley Rendell, 17, of Gary, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery on June 3, according to a release from the Lake ...

The Hobart Police Department reminds residents that several Fourth of July events could tie up local roads.

As part of the annual 4th of July celebration the Hobart Kiwanis Club invites owners and pets to participate in the annual Pet Parade at Festival Park, 111 E. Old Ridge Road.

Karen Grau has documented many heartbreaking cases in her decade-plus career reporting on the juvenile-justice system, but maybe none sadder and more surprising than the story of Kenneth.

Jun 26, 2009 10:26 am US/Central Semis, Pickup Truck Crash On I-65 At U.S. 231 CROWN POINT, Ind.

The northwest Indiana man accused of burning 2-year-old Jada Justice's dead body and encasing it in concrete was shot with a Taser before court on Monday morning.

A baby sitter and her boyfriend were charged Friday with killing a toddler whose body was encased in concrete and dumped in a swampy area in northwest Indiana.

Authorities say a semitrailer slammed into a pickup truck that had slowed down on Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana, killing a couple and their three children riding in the truck.

A young family of five from Hobart was killed on their way to vacation in Florida when their pickup was crushed between two semis and burst into flames on Interstate 65 before dawn Friday, State Police said.

Authorities say that a crash on Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana has killed five people who were in the same family.

Eighteen-year-old Engelica Castillo and 24-year-old Tim Tkachik, both of Hobart, were being held without bond Friday in the Lake County Jail.

Jun 26, 2009 9:02 am US/Central OTIS, Ind. Charges could be filed Friday after the death of an Indiana toddler who is believed to be the missing 2-year-old Jada Justice.

Jun 25, 2009 5:24 pm US/Central OTIS, Ind. A body believed to be that of a missing northwest Indiana toddler has been found in a field about 30 miles away from where the girl was last reported seen.

Authorities are offering a $6,000 reward for information to help find a missing toddler in Hobart, Ind.

HOBART, Ind. a * Police and FBI agents in Indiana will meet with the Lake County, Ind.

The FBI has been called in to help search for a missing 2-year-old girl in northwest Indiana.

Investigators and family members say they are suspicious about the account the cousin of a 2-year-old girl has given of how the child went missing from outside a convenience store.

Summer is an ideal time to visit an art gallery, take in a show or just hang out with friends to enjoy the nice weather.