Latin Kings leader to plead guilty to racketeering
The leader of the Latin Kings in Northwest Indiana has agreed to plead guilty to a racketeering charge in exchange for 30 years in prison. An agreement filed Thursday in...
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ACLU sues East Chicago Housing Authority
The ACLU of Indiana claims the East Chicago Housing Authority has forced warrantless police searches on their tenants, violating their constitutional rights. According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in the...
No attorney, no problem: Wheatfield man wins suit against Hanover schools
When a federal jury ruled this month in favor of Wheatfield resident Brian Vukadinovich in a lawsuit against the Hanover Community School Corp., he had no attorney to celebrate with....
Feds say man made deal to sexually touch 12-year-old girl
A man is accused of helping a woman transfer money in exchange for having sex with her 12-year-old daughter, according to a probable cause affidavit. Willard Abatie, 63, of unknown...
Gary fireman to plead guilty in union theft
A former official who was supposed to keep track of the Gary firefighters' union money will plead guilty to using more than $30,000 of it for his own personal use....
East Chicago Clerk sued over firing
A former East Chicago politician who pleaded guilty in a sidewalk-for-votes public corruption scandal a decade ago is suing the city, claiming Clerk Adrian Santos fired him for not supporting...
Family Express, Terre Haute bakery square off over doughnuts
Their doughnuts are both sweet and square, but a legal battle is rising between Family Express and a Terre Haute bakery that could leave one of them flat. Valparaiso-based Family...
Man arrested in connection to Lake County armed robberies
A man with ties to Northwest Indiana was arrested in Oklahoma in connection with a string of armed robberies, including two in Lake County, U.S. Attorney David Capp said Thursday...
Crown Point mobile home park fined $130K, agrees to allow children
A Crown Point mobile home park accused of violating federal law by not allowing children to live there has agreed to stop its ban and to pay $130,000. Gentle Manor...
Leaders argue art can help Northwest Indiana’s economy
When ArtHouse, a new artistic and culinary gallery, opens across from the U.S. Steel Yard ballpark in 2017, Isis Ferguson sees it as a way to take one of the...