$150K winning Powerball ticket sold in northwest Indiana

A $150,000 winning ticket was sold at a northwest Indiana gas station for Saturday night's Powerball drawing.

Young children found alone and shivering in unheated apartment in NW Indiana

A mother is in custody after her two young children were found alone and shivering in a cold apartment Monday afternoon in Merrillville, Indiana.

Gary man arrested after escaping from work release program in Lake County

The man was found inside an apartment near 90th and Merrillville, the sheriff's office said. He was taken into custody by Crown Point police. No one was hurt.

Democrat Frank Mrvan holds onto Northwest Indiana congressional seat

Democrat Frank Mrvan won reelection to his northwestern Indiana congressional seat on Tuesday, surviving an expensive campaign in which Republicans made their first serious challenge in decades for the longtime Democratic stronghold.

Winning $1 million lottery ticket sold in northwest Indiana

Check your tickets, because a gas station in northwest Indiana sold a winning $1 million ticket for Monday's Powerball drawing.

2 killed, 4 others wounded in Gary nightclub shooting

NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING: When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive 34-year-old man near the entry, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, police said. A 26-year-old woman was located inside the nightclub, also unresponsive.

Missing Gary Mom Ariana Taylor: Police say life-size 'silicone doll'- not body - has been found

Gary police said late Sunday that a “body” that had been found not far from where police located the SUV of missing Gary mom Ariana Taylor was actually a “life-sized silicone/rubber type female doll.”

'I-65 Killer' revealed: Now-deceased man IDed in 1980s slayings of 3 motel clerks

Indiana State Police identified a now-deceased man on Tuesday as the suspect who raped and killed three women in Indiana and Kentucky in the late 1980s as they were working night shifts as motel clerks.

Indiana man charged in shooting that wounded 2 on Chicago's South Side

A 28-year-old man was charged with attempted murder in connection with a double shooting last year in Chicago's Canaryville neighborhood.

'Witch hunt': Lake County sheriff indicted, says charges initiated by 'rival politician'

Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on a felony charge of resisting law enforcement and a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving stemming from an incident last year, according to the Lake County Prosecutor's Office.

Silver Alert canceled after 2 girls missing from Indiana are found safe

A Silver Alert was canceled Saturday morning for two young girls who were reported missing from Merrillville, Indiana Friday night.

Merrillville man charged with child molestation

A Merrillville man was charged Wednesday with molesting a child under the age of 14.