Crown Point man sought in Orland Park home invasion

ORLAND PARK | Orland Park police are seeking information on the whereabouts of a Crown Point man suspected in a home invasion and shooting early Friday.

Hobart City Hall, public works will be closed on Good Friday

HOBART | Hobart offices will be closed for Good Friday.

Gary man killed in early Friday morning accident in Lake Station

LAKE STATION | A 29-year-old Gary man was killed in an early morning crash Friday involving a flatbed truck and a car, police said.

Gary mayor defends firing of 15 EMTs as cost-saving plan broached months ago

GARY | The possible elimination of 15 emergency medical technician jobs and $1.2 million in cost savings to the city was broached three months ago, Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said Monday.

End of the world as we know it? Region residents feel fine

Will Friday really be the end of the world as we know it? From movies and music to documentaries and television series, the notion that the world may end on Dec. 21, 2012, has dominated popular culture in recent years.

After Newtown, indulgences from grateful parents

There's snow on the ground in Londonderry, N.H., nearly 200 miles to the north of the still-raw slaughter at a Connecticut elementary school, and dad Eric Heenan found himself in a routine fuss with his 9-year-old son over boots.

BLACKFRIDAY - Black Friday at JC Penny's

Shoppers purchase merchandise at J.C. Penny's inside Southlake Mall in Hobart on Black Friday, November 23. Compulsive shopping can be a symptom of a greater emotional problem, experts say.

Jaycees sell Christmas trees through Dec. 22 in Hobart

HOBART | The annual Hobart Jaycees Christmas tree lot will be open weekends through Dec. 22 or until trees are sold out.

Black Friday crowds changing

LaPorte resident Deb Varnak looks at shoes inside JCPenney at Westfield Southlake Mall in Hobart on Black Friday.

Black Friday at JCPenney

JCPenney employee Sharon Price, left, helps Lydia Bishop, of Crown Point, with boxes of shoes during Black Friday at Westfield Southlake Mall in Hobart.

Black Friday crowds changing

Shoppers exit JCPenney at Westfield Southlake Mall in Hobart on Black Friday.

Black Friday crowds changing

Shoppers buy merchandise at JCPenney inside Westfield Southlake mall in Hobart on Black Friday. Lawrence Eleftheri, store leader at JCPenney, said Friday morning sale prices at his store would continue throughout the day, allowing customers to come and go without the pressure of being out be…

Black Friday crowds changing

Dyer reisdents Vindhya, left, and Naveen Ramisetti shop for coats at JCPenney inside Westfield Southlake Mall in Hobart on Black Friday.

Black Friday crowds changing

Shoppers browse for merchandise inside of JCPenny at Westfield Southlake mall in Hobart on Black Friday.

Black Friday crowds changing

Odell Nunn, left, and Noresha Higgins, both of Gary, wait in line at JCPenney in Westfield Southlake Mall in Hobart on Black Friday.

Bargain hunters in season

Jessica and Francisco Dean, of St. John, sit outside Best Buy on Thursday night as they wait for the doors to open at midnight to Black Friday shoppers. Some bargain hunters had been camped out since Wednesday afternoon to be near the front of the line.

Bargain hunters in season

About 50 Black Friday shoppers lined up early Thursday at Target in Highland hoping to cash in on low prices.

Bargain hunters in season

Jacob Ahlf, 16, of Munster prepares his Thanksgiving meal Thursday in Highland at Best Buy as he joins about 50 others who came out to take advantage of bargains.