Lori Caldwell

Lori Caldwell is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.

Geraldine Jones has been charged in the death of Samantha Fleming.

Cops fly to Texas for brief talk with suspected killer of young mother

May 10, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

A quickly planned, busy, and tiring round-trip flight to Texas was worth it, despite the limited encounter with the Gary woman accused of scheming to lure a young mother and...

State police probe possible theft at Gary City Hall

May 25, 2019 at 5:37 p.m.

At least two employees of the city's Management Information Systems were sent home this week as Indiana State Police begin an investigation into missing or stolen computer equipment. First Sgt....

82-year-old Munster man dies in head-on crash

May 13, 2019 at 5:16 a.m.

An 82-year-old Munster man died at the scene of a head-on crash at the entrance of Majestic Star Casinos Friday morning, police said. John Linnane was driving west in a...

Gary cops seek help identifying homicide suspects

May 10, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

A photograph taken from surveillance video at the gas station where Donald Fuzzell was killed shows two men, both with guns, approaching his car. It's just their backs, mostly in...

Mother wounded in Gary shooting while picking up kids from day care

May 10, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

A mother was grazed by bullets Wednesday evening as she was picking up her children from day care. The children were not in the car and were never in danger,...

Gary teen shot while riding bike near home

May 10, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

A Glen Park teen was shot in the buttocks Tuesday night while riding his bicycle near his home Tuesday night, police said Wednesday. The 18-year-old told police he was near...

Man riding bike shot, killed in Gary

May 10, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

Alfred Wiley was riding his bike just blocks from his Miller home Tuesday morning when he was shot and killed, police said. Wiley, 46, of the 6300 block of E....

CJ, who was wounded April 24, 2015, when his owner was shot and killed, sits near Westchester Animal Clinic kennel worker Dewain Hernandez on April 27.

Wounded dog survives shooting; police investigate owner’s death

May 10, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

The shooting death of Keith "Tony" Dumas on Friday morning remains a mystery. And on the heels of Dumas' slaying, a second homicide, on Saturday evening, also left few clues...

Gary police, Lake County crime lab detectives and Lake County deputy coroners responded to the scene of a fatal shooting in Glen Park on April 24, 2015.

Gary man killed, dog wounded in daytime drive-by shooting

May 10, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

Keith Dumas was walking his dog, as he does every morning, when a car slowed alongside him at the railroad tracks on Adams Street, north of 41st Avenue about 10...

Gary cop arrested, charged with domestic battery

May 25, 2019 at 5:37 p.m.

Gary police arrested one of their own early Thursday. Patrolman Jason Johnson, 32, is charged with domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor, according to charging documents. When police first arrived...

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