The Lake County, Indiana sheriff said they tried to stop the man near his home on Polk Street in Merrillville, but he sped off. The child and his mother were both inside the van. Police eventually ...

The office said that around 1:30 p.m., the Marine and Aviation Units had responded to a call about a flipped boat on Lake ...

The member of the Lake County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals who inspired a PTABOA member Indiana residency bill left the board earlier this year, officials said. Samantha Steele, who is ...

Deputies arrested a man who used his ex-girlfriend's 15-month-old toddler as a human shield while barricading himself in a ...

A suspected drug dealer was arrested Thursday after leading police on a high-speed pursuit through Merrillville with a 1-year-old child in his van.

The Lake County Coroner’s Office confirmed in a release Tuesday evening that neither foul play nor trauma is suspected in the ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — The National Weather Service has confirmed six tornadoes touched down in Indiana during ...

"By adding a scenic boardwalk, fishing piers, and a relaxing gazebo area, we’re creating a space where people can connect ...

LOWELL, Ind. - An 18-year-old man was killed early Thursday morning when his pickup truck went off the road and overturned in northwest Indiana, authorities said. The crash happened around 3 a.m. at ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to PEOPEL that the search for 21-year-old Michael D. Anderson remains ongoing ...

The Lake County Sheriff’s Department is now cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following warnings from the Indiana attorney general, according to a Thursday news release.

Lake County, which often has the highest or second highest unemployment rate in the state of Indiana, slid to seventh ...