East Chicago mother demands justice after son's death
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Ollie Jean Holiness remembers the "constant gunfire" that seemed to come from everywhere, trapping her and her family in a van less than a minute from their home in East Chicago.

Gun violence involving children rising at alarming rate, study shows

Researchers found firearm death rates among children in the U.S has surged by 30 percent between 2010 and 2019. In Illinois and Indiana, those numbers are even higher.

Jeremiah Moore murder: 7-year-old boy shot in head, killed in East Chicago

"They shot my nephew in the back of the head. He was sleeping in his car seat and they shot my nephew for no reason," said Dameion Bey, 7-year-old Jeremiah Moore’s uncle.

Man critically wounded in East Garfield Park shooting

A man was shot and critically wounded while riding in a car Monday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

2 dead after fleeing from East Chicago police, crashing into cement planter

The Toyota Corolla lost control during the pursuit near Columbus Drive and Butternut Street. The vehicle then struck a cement planter and came to a stop. The driver and passenger had to be extricated.

Chicagoans reminisce about Blizzard of 1967: 'It was amazing'

For Chicagoans of a certain age, Wednesday was the anniversary of the Mother of All Snow-Storms, which hit 55 years ago: The Blizzard of 1967.

Man shot dead in East Chicago

A homicide investigation is underway after a man was shot dead in East Chicago Thursday afternoon, according to the Lake County Coroner. 

Man murdered at bar in East Chicago on Christmas Day

Detectives said the door to Ralo's Bar was locked, even though they could see people inside. No one was willing to come to the door. Police are tracking down the owner.

Two people die after being shot multiple times in East Chicago

Police said they responded to Main Street near East 139th Street around 4 p.m. after a shot spotter alert that 23 rounds had been fired.

Serious structural problems force nearly 100 from East Chicago tower

Nearly 100 people have been moved from a nine-story public housing building in northwestern Indiana after inspectors found serious structural problems.