Sauk Village man killed when car hits tree

LANSING | A Sauk Village man died Tuesday morning when the car he was driving hit a tree, the Cook County sheriff's office said.

Munster man charged with fatal DUI gets OK to travel for work, but not to drive himself

CROWN POINT | Lake Criminal Court Judge Clarence Murray on Wednesday approved a travel permit for a Munster man charged with drunken driving in a crash that killed a Lansing man.

Hobart man killed in U.S. Steel rail accident

HOBART | Friends and neighbors of Michael M. Shoemaker remembered him Tuesday as a "down to earth great guy."

Valparaiso man on trial in I-65 fatality

CROWN POINT | A Valparaiso man with prior drunken driving convictions is on trial in connection with a I-65 crash in which a road service worker was crushed between his pickup and a semitrailer while fixing a tire.

PNC student leaving campus killed in crash

OTIS | A LaPorte woman was killed Monday when she drove into the back of a flatbed trailer on U.S. 421, investigators said.

Hammond High works to build parent-school-community partnership

Hammond High School parent volunteer Brenda Muhammad jokes with her daughter, 17-year-old senior Dyamond Muhammad, at the school. "I like to know what's going on in our school system," Muhammad said about her role at the school.

Firefighters find body in gutted East Chicago apartment

East Chicago Police respond to the scene of a fire Tuesday in the 3800 block of Parrish Avenue in East Chicago.

Firefighters find body in gutted East Chicago apartment

East Chicago police respond to the scene of a fire in the 3800 block of Parrish Avenue in East Chicago. An unidentified body was removed from one of the apartments.

Firefighters find body in gutted East Chicago apartment

Investigators from the Lake County coroner's office remove a body Tuesday from the scene of an apartment fire in the 3800 block of Parrish Avenue in East Chicago. On Thursday, the body was identified as Timothy Bedoy, of Highland.

ArcelorMittal settles safety violations, pays $25K fine

ArcelorMittal and Indiana's workplace safety agency have settled issues following a citation issued in the wake of a fatal workplace accident at the company's Indiana Harbor complex in October.