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Powerball sales brisk for 11th largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history

Wayne Coke isn't a weekly Powerball lottery player, but he made an exception Thursday.

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County says feds not cooperative when it comes to immigration issues

CHICAGO | Cook County government officials, including Sheriff Tom Dart, were critical of federal officials Thursday for what they say is their unwillingness to cooperate with local officials on issues that touch on federal immigration policy.

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Benefit has animal magnetism

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Another high-ranking Latin King leader enters deal with prosecutors

HAMMOND | One week after his predecessor entered into a plea agreement with the government, a high-ranking Latin King leader has followed suit in federal court.

10:00 pm Glenwood to help tavern make improvements
9:15 pm Chicago man facing drugs, weapons charges gets $1.5M bail
9:00 pm Lake Council must spend millions to get out of jail mess
8:45 pm Gary police chase ends with weapons, auto theft charges
8:30 pm Lake Council delays vote on public defenders' insurance
8:15 pm Jury begins deliberations in fatal Hammond stabbing case
7:45 pm Lake County murder trial costs likely to mount
7:45 pm Area native finds a home teaching in Dominican Republic
7:30 pm Powerball sales brisk for 11th largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history

Lake County News

Another high-ranking Latin King leader enters deal with prosecutors

HAMMOND | One week after his predecessor entered into a plea agreement with the government, a high-ranking Latin King leader has followed suit in federal court.

Porter County News

: Chesterton hears bike trail plan; CHESTERTON | Some two dozen people came Thursday night to Town Hall to hear about the Duneland Kankakee Bike Trail.

7:30 pm Powerball sales brisk for 11th largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history
5:45 pm Porter Twp. superintendent leaving
5:45 pm Indiana to get waiver for No child Left Behind
5:00 pm Lease clears way for new museum in 2014
4:15 pm Hammond man charged with molesting girls in 1991 in Valpo home
4:00 pm Lake-effect snow watch issued
4:00 pm Portage man ordered to pay more to victim of child porn
3:45 pm Becker to replace Flores as East Chicago police chief
3:45 pm Charges stand against LaPorte school officials in sex abuse case

LaPorte County News

: Charges stand against LaPorte school officials in sex abuse case; LAPORTE | A judge upheld charges against two LaPorte school district employees charged with failing to report sexual crimes of a volleyball coach against a player.

Illinois News

County says feds not cooperative when it comes to immigration issues

10:15 pm Watts' mother wants federal investigation
10:00 pm Another high-ranking Latin King leader enters deal with prosecutors
10:00 pm Glenwood to help tavern make improvements
9:15 pm Chicago man facing drugs, weapons charges gets $1.5M bail
9:00 pm With early voting, voters don't have to weather the weather
8:30 pm The nitty gritty on fitness
6:00 pm PSC hosts events to celebrate Black History Month
5:00 pm Ford seeks better reception to Lincoln redesigns
4:30 pm Bloom Trail student art on display at college gallery

Indiana News

13K Indiana foreclosure victims to get $2K checks

Underwater Indiana homeowners will receive about $43 million in refinanced loans while other borrowers will get $30 million worth of loan-term modifications and other relief as part of a $25 billion nationwide settlement with the country's biggest mortgage lenders, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said Thursday.

6:35 pm Missing woman investigators find human remains
6:30 pm Region magistrate not selected as semifinalist for Indiana Supreme Court vacancy
5:45 pm Indiana to get waiver for No child Left Behind
5:24 pm Marion Mayor Seybold will run for Burton seat
5:12 pm Advocates want no weakening of Ind. smoking ban
5:03 pm Notre Dame tuition to increase by 3.8 percent
4:47 pm Wind turbine maker bringing jobs to southern Ind.
4:45 pm 13,000 Indiana foreclosure victims to get $2,000 checks
2:31 pm Schools chief: No Child waiver helps Ind. students

U.S. News

: APNewsBreak: Powell had 'incestuous' images; Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state authorities received materials from Utah police that had been discovered on a computer in Powell's home two years ago. Authorities say the images depicted "incestuous" sex and were disconcerting enough that they prompted a psychologist to recommend that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation.

10:21 pm Los Angeles school reopens amid sex abuse scandal
10:15 pm Marine sergeant not guilty in hazing case
9:57 pm Pa. couple: We captured purple squirrel, freed it
9:49 pm Owner of Sierra mine surrenders to face charges
9:34 pm Romantic rival testifies at U.Va. murder trial
9:27 pm Worker: Josh Powell told son he had 'surprise'
9:08 pm Victim's kin in NY pharmacy killing announce suit
9:02 pm Suspect 'obsessed' with wounded US agent's wife
8:30 pm Women at war: Pentagon is easing its job limits

Global News

: Report says 2 Tibetans killed by security forces; Chinese security forces shot dead two Tibetan brothers who had been on the run since taking part in anti-government protests two weeks ago in southwest China, a U.S.-funded broadcaster reported Friday.