Seminar teaches police to deal with verbal conflict
The situation echoed a scene that caught national attention and enraged protestors: two police officers approaching a man on the street selling cigarettes, upset over what he felt was unfair...
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Funeral home bookkeeper to plead guilty to theft
An employee at Burns Funeral Home will plead guilty to embezzling almost $350,000 from the company. According to a plea agreement filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond,...
Union fights sale of Ameristar Casino
A union wants a Lake County judge to stop the sale of the Ameristar Casino property in East Chicago, saying it breaks Indiana law and will financially hurt employees. Unite...
Gary man freed in decades-old gang rape case
Darryl Pinkins walked outside the Lake County jail Monday morning and into the embrace of a large crowd of family and supporters — a free man after serving more than...
Recorder candidates talk management, name controversy
Candidates for the Lake County recorder seat say they have the managerial experience needed to oversee the county's records. Four candidates — Carolyn Jordan, Terence Hill, Gregory J. Sanchez and...
Applications open for Hammond police advisory groups
The city of Hammond is set to form the five new citizen advisory commissions that are part of a solution to address racial issues with the police department. According to...
Police, schools prepared for threats
When bomb threats shut down nine schools last week in St. John and Schererville, school administrators and police quickly worked to assess the situation. In the 17 years since the...
Portage couple sues over mistaken police raid
When a Portage couple heard a knock on their door a year ago, they were shocked to see 20 armed police officers standing outside, yelling an expletive at them to...
Suspect in custody after bomb threat closes nine schools
A suspect was in custody Tuesday afternoon after a number of schools in Lake County were shut down for the day because of bomb threats. Lake Central Community Schools Superintendent...
Penney’s building demolition new entry in Hammond’s history
Another sign of the heydays of downtown Hammond as a mecca of department stores will soon be gone with the razing of the former J.C. Penney building. The building, which...