The Lake County Coroner's Office investigated 65 homicides in 2024, it said, a 12% decrease from the 74 in 2023 and a 35% ...

Echevarria, of Gary, will serve four years in Lake County Community Corrections' work release program followed by two years ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said it has confirmed 98 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza since 2022 in ...

Eight new automated license plate readers will be going up in Crown Point this year, the city's police chief told the Board ...

Frigid temperatures have led schools across Northwest Indiana and the south suburbs to close Tuesday and switch to e-learning ...

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More Polish Pottery, which recently opened on the old Lake County Courthouse square in downtown Crown Point, imports artisan-made pottery from a village in Poland.

"The Lake County Sheriff’s Department and the Lake County Courts do not contact civilians by phone or by mail demanding payment for arrest warrants," Martines said.

As the Trump administration is expected to start mass deportations in Chicago, two Northwest Indiana police agencies have not ...

An autopsy performed by the Lake County Coroner's Office Wednesday confirmed Hilson died of at least one gunshot wound. His death was ruled a homicide.

The Lake County Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting online applications to fill the civil division judicial vacancy ...

Two more candidates have joined the race to fill the Calumet Township Trustee seat left empty by Kimberly Robinson last month, Lake County Democratic Party Chair Jim Wieser told The Times on Monday.