No protection for users reporting overdoses

VALPARAISO | Jean Whittemore said when she called to check on her son at 8 p.m. Feb. 19, the woman with him said he had taken a sleeping pill at his father's home in Valparaiso.

Report highlights prescription drug abuse

VALPARAISO | While the recent rash of heroin-related deaths in Porter County has garnered local attention, there is another problem involving the illegal use of prescription drugs.

Advice to heroin users given in response to surge in deaths

VALPARAISO | While the recent surge in fatal heroin overdoses was a brutal reminder the drug problem rages on in Porter County, there has been a change in the response.

Another LaPorte death linked to heroin

LaPORTE | Authorities suspect a Monday night death of a 29-year-old man in LaPorte was due to heroin.

Ford Heights man sentenced in heroin case

HAMMOND | A Ford Heights man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison for dealing heroin, Hammond federal court records show.

Region heroin case defendant is handed six years in prison

HAMMOND | A region man convicted in a Chicago-to-Northwest Indiana heroin dealing ring has been sentenced to six years in federal prison.

Three arrested in connection with Pine Twp. burglaries

PINE TOWNSHIP | Three LaPorte County residents were arrested Monday after a homeowner captured images of the burglary on trail cameras set up around the house.

Burglar gets shot to clear record at drug court

VALPARAISO | Valparaiso resident Stacy Biggs was given a shot Friday to clear two felony burglary counts from her record by completing the county's drug treatment court program.

LaPorte heroin dealer gets 12-year sentence

LAPORTE | At 18, Tyler Lukac is not getting much of a second chance due to the extent of his heroin dealings in LaPorte.

Police: Woman found with heroin during traffic stop

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP | Police found five bags of heroin in the car of a Portage woman who had been stopped Thursday morning for a minor traffic violation.

Illinois, Rensselaer men arrested after alleged heroin sale

HAMMOND | Two men were arrested Tuesday after allegedly possessing and selling heroin, county police said.

DeMotte man agrees to plead guilty in heroin distribution case

HAMMOND | A DeMotte man agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to possession with intent to sell heroin, federal court records show.

Police: Daughter discovered mom doing heroin

PORTER TOWNSHIP | A Lakes of the Four Seasons woman and a friend were arrested Thursday night after her daughter reportedly found them cooking heroin in a closet.

Illinois man, 37, enters into plea deal for heroin distribution

HAMMOND | A University Park, Ill., man entered into a plea agreement for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin.

Man sentenced to more than 12 years for role in heroin ring

HAMMOND | A heroin addict who drove from Chicago a few times a week to transport the drug to Indiana was sentenced Monday afternoon to 151 months in prison.

Suspected LaPorte heroin dealer gets eight years in prison

LAPORTE | A suspected heroin dealer in LaPorte on Friday agreed to serve an eight-year prison term.

Dyer man, 28, is arrested in Cedar Lake police roadblock

CEDAR LAKE | Police arrested a man after reportedly finding a plastic bag of heroin beneath a man's seat during a traffic stop Saturday, officials said.

Report shows success in community-based overdose treatment

Efforts are under way in parts of the country to broaden access to a medication that can reverse the effects of some drug overdoses.

Police: Hammond woman in alley had drug paraphernalia

VALPARAISO | Police said a woman found stumbling in an alleyway behind the city's main fire station was found with heroin paraphernalia.

Cedar Lake resident receives probation for heroin charge

HAMMOND | A Cedar Lake resident was sentenced Thursday in federal court to two years of probation and eight months on home detention after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess and distribute heroin between 2006 and 2011.