Lake Station News

Court documents say 32-year-old Brandon Bulthuis of Lake Station will spend 21 years behind bars and 10 years on probation.

Residents' yard waste is now being trucked to the Gary Sanitary District and churned into wood mulch that soon will be offered back to citizens.

The case of 18-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt , charged with a felony for having sex with a 14-year-old, has elicited the support of the American Civil Liberties Union , which calls this "behavior that is both fairly innocuous and extremely common." Well, OK, if 18 and 14 is no problem, how about 13 and 19? And how about a foursome ? Three 19-year-old ... (more)

This new law makes posting threats targeting schools, hospitals, churches or employees of one of these three entities a D felony and threats targeting prosecutors, court or officials or interfering with the occupancy of a public building, such as a bomb threat, a C felony.

Gracie Hathaway, 40, of 2749 Huntington St., Lake Station, was arrested Thursday.

A Lake Station man admitted to police that he distributed child pornography pictures he made with a young girl over five years and fondled two other girls in their sleep, according to a probable cause affidavit.

WBBM Newsradio's Mike Krauser reports Senior Trooper Danny Avitia was about two miles away when a call came in about a mother whose 2-year-old girl was having a medical emergency.

The Board of Zoning Appeals has turned down a request to construct an automotive repair facility in the midst of professional office buildings after hearing objections by an attorney with an office in the area and a councilwoman.