Lake County

Prosecutors in Northwest Indiana want a judge to put a man accused of murdering a boy and his mother back behind bars.

A 29-year-old man was arrested Sunday after officers clocked his car driving over 100 mph and failing a field sobriety chest in Gary.

The local businesses are creating hand sanitizer as the U.S. deals with shortages.

The Horseshoe Hammond Casino will be closing on Monday morning because of coronavirus concerns.

The age of the person remains unknown, police said.

The car hit the side of a printing shop before crashing into Munster Gyros, located at 8307 Calumet Avenue, causing major damage, police said.

Christiana Bennett, 14, who has been missing for more than two weeks was found safe, according to Hammond police.

A 31-year-old Chicago man was driving the semitrailer north on I-65 at 10:17 p.m. when the empty trailer struck the 113th Avenue overpass.

An Illinois contractor is charged with stealing nearly $100,000 from a federal program.

Both Perry-Jones and Smith have been charged with two felony counts of intimidation and criminal recklessnes.

Angelos Lujano, 19 and Irene Botello, 35, each face felony charges of dealing controlled substances and drug possession, the Lake County sheriff’s office said in a statement.

Public schools in Gary, Indiana, will be closed Friday as freezing weather continues to grip the Chicago area.

No injuries were reported in the crash, according to police.

The Lake County (Indiana) coroner is trying to identify relatives of a man named Timothy Farkas who recently died.

The charges stem from a shooting that occurred about midnight Jan. 25 near the corner of 21st Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive in Gary.

The crash involving a semi and two passenger vehicles happened about 2:50 a.m. on I-80/94 at the two-mile marker.

The grandmother of a northwestern Indiana man charged in a knife attack on her and her husband said it was like a “horror movie” when their grandson allegedly grabbed a butcher knife and began stabbing them.

Charles Goforth, 56, was arrested Thursday in Missouri and charged with the murder of 55-year-old Sylvia Williams, according to Hammond police.

A person of interest was taken into custody Thursday evening, Kellogg said.

On Nov 1., 2019, Wanya Burnside was riding in an SUV with family in the 1300 block of Noble Street when someone opened fire, striking him in the head, according to Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr.