Lake County News

Leigh Morris wanted to set the record straight about the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority, disputing what he calls 10 misconceptions and misinterpretations about the agency, mostly lodged by Porter County officials.

Although state health officials report an increase in the number of confirmed H1N1 influenza-related deaths through the end of last week, they believe the flu pandemic appears to be waning.

A Crown Point man has been charged in the stabbing of an acquaintance in a feud over a woman.

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.

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.

An 18-year-old Merrillville High School senior who worked to save money for college and planned on becoming a pharmacist died Friday night in a single-vehicle crash in Hobart.

A rash of burglaries in Schererville got special attention the past few weeks from the Lake County Sherriff's Department.

In Crown Point, guest speaker Dee Edgington, retired teacher and U.S. Navy veteran, decided to forgo the usual Veterans Day speech.

A Gary man suspected in a double homicide has been charged with three counts of failure to register as a sex offender.

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.