Calling Indiana? Better use the full ten digit phone number

Starting on Saturday, April 24, people calling 219 and 574 area codes are encouraged to use the full ten digit area code. This means that you'd dial 219-555-5555, instead of just 555-5555. If youd

5 injured, 2 fatally, in Hammond crash

Two people were killed and three more injured in a crash Tuesday afternoon in Hammond, Indiana.

Horseshoe Hammond to reinstate live poker games for the first time since the pandemic began

Horseshoe Hammond will officially begin hosting live poker games starting Monday April, 19 at 10 a.m. No-Limit Texas Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha will be the first live poker games rolled out upon reopening

1 in custody after woman found fatally shot in Hammond Catholic school parking lot

Police were questioning a person of interest after a woman was found fatally shot Sunday in a vehicle in the parking lot of a Catholic school in Hammond, Ind.

Indiana beaches and most public pools set to reopen on Memorial Day

ALMOST SUMMER! Indiana beaches and most public pools are set to reopen on Memorial Day. The state is now looking to hire lifeguards.

New Gary casino set to open in mid-May

A new $300 million casino in northwestern Indiana is set to open in mid-May after delays.

Group calls for answers on dead birds near Indiana-Illinois lake

The deaths of several geese, ducks and other birds around a lake in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois have environmentalists and some area residents seeking answers from officials.

Reckless driver sought for causing crash that took down expressway sign in NW Indiana

Police in northwest Indiana were searching for a reckless driver who allegedly caused a crash that took down an overhead sign on the Borman Expressway near Gary, critically injuring a driver.

Ejected driver dies in rollover crash on I-80/94 near Gary

A 56-year-old driver died after losing control of a vehicle early Thursday and driving off the side of an Interstate 80/94 ramp in northwest Indiana.

U.S. Marshal’s officer shoots Hammond man who drove vehicle toward him: police

An officer with the U.S. Marshal’s Service shot a Hammond man who allegedly drove his vehicle at the officer Wednesday in the northwest Indiana city.

Man charged with murder in East Chicago stabbing

A man is facing murder charges after stabbing another man to death Sunday in East Chicago, Indiana.

1 killed, 2 injured in Gary crash

A person died and two others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash Friday in Gary, Indiana.

4 shot in East Chicago, including 7-year-old girl

A 7-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were among four people wounded in a shooting Sunday night at a gas station in East Chicago, Indiana.

Gary police investigate apparent murder-suicide

A man and woman in their 50s were found dead in a vehicle early Saturday in northwest Indiana in what police were investigating as a murder-suicide.