Lake County News

A former Dyer police officer has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of intimidation and harassment for allegedly threatening his children's former baby sitter to keep quiet about their relationship.

Prosecutors have charged a suspect in the murders of a Gary woman and her daughter.

The Lake County Prosecutor's office charged convicted killer Willie Steele, 42, with murder and confinement Friday in connection with the strangulation deaths of Lillie Miller, 79, and her daughter, Doressa Miller, 52, on Oct.

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.

Gov. Mitch Daniels honored three Lake County businesses for longevity and community service during the annual Governor's Century and Half Century Business Awards ceremony Wednesday at the Statehouse in Indianapolis.

There are no polls open today in Lake County, Indiana but alcohol sales are still being restricted.

MUNSTER Alcohol can't be sold during election hours in Indiana's second-most populous county even though no one's going to the voting booths.

For Lake County election officials today is a day like any other, though it's an Election Day like no other.

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 ...

Gary police on Saturday were talking to a "person of interest" in the killings of a mother and daughter in their home Friday night.

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 Lake County Prosecutor's Office informed him of a gag order in the case.

Police are investigating the apparent double-murder of a mother and daughter found unresponsive at their Gary home Friday night.

Murder charges were filed Thursday morning against two Hammond teens charged in the slayings of Ruby and Milton McClendon.

A northwestern Indiana town will be shutting off up to half the streetlights on its major streets as it works to slash its electricity costs.

Lake County property owners have until 7 tonight to pay the first installment of their 2008 tax bills.

Two Hammond teens are being held in connection with the robbery and murder of an elderly couple.

The Lake County, Ind., prosecutor's office filed charges Saturday against two teens in the slayings of CLTV host Garrard McClendon's parents last week.

Lake County commissioners voted Wednesday to support $180 million in planned economic development projects in Gary, Hammond and Hobart.

Two H1N1 cases were confirmed on Friday involving employees in two Northwest Indiana school districts.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Ind. Courts - "Proposal to close Lake County courts stirs opposition" Bill Dolan reports in the NWI Times : CROWN POINT Lake County Commissioner Roosevelt Allen, D-Gary, said closing the satellite courthouses would be unpopular among north county voters who would lose easy access to county government offices.