Pooling E-911 services likely to soak taxpayers

CROWN POINT | A consolidated E-911 system won't be a toll free call for Lake County taxpayers.

Schererville man bit by sanctions over lawsuit challenging police dogs

A federal judge in Indianapolis has sanctioned a Schererville man for filing a frivolous lawsuit against the Lake County Sheriff's Department.

Lake County Council refuses E-911 call plan until they know the price tag

CROWN POINT | The Lake County Council put the E-911 merger on hold Tuesday until its staffs can estimate how much a unified emergency communications system would cost the county and where to find the money.

Lake officials looking for new advisers to speed-dial E-911 merger

CROWN POINT | Some chief advisers to Lake officials may be on the way out in an attempt to inject new life into the county's efforts to merge its multiple E-911 dispatch centers.

Lowell may join county's E-911 system

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials are set to vote Tuesday on taking over the town of Lowell's emergency fire and police communications network.

Lake commissioners defer action on E-911 system

CROWN POINT | At its first meeting of 2013 on Wednesday, the Lake County Board of Commissioners deferred action on contracts for the county’s state-mandated E-911 consolidation until the Lake County Public Safety Communications Commission meets later this month.

Merrillville Town Council gives OK to purchase parcel for Preserve park site

MERRILLVILLE | Residents living in the Preserve subdivision will soon have their own park following action taken Tuesday by the Town Council.

Vendor claims he was railroaded out of jail

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials stand accused of cutting the heart out of a Hobart medical business that cared for county jail inmates until it fell out of political favor.

Merrillville chooses legal representation

MERRILLVILLE | The Town Council has unanimously selected five attorneys to provide legal representation to the town.

Hammond police chief tackles E-911 dispatch merger

CROWN POINT | The Hammond police chief becomes the latest official to try and connect 18 independent Lake County law enforcement emergency 911 systems into one harmonious party line.

Lake jail gets more expensive, more consultants

CROWN POINT | Lake County commissioners reluctantly awarded another $63,000 to Merrillville lawyer John Bushemi for legal work he is doing to make the county jail compliant with U.S. Department of Justice standards.

Sheriff hopes to lock down jail population growth

CROWN POINT | The crowd at the Lake County Jail has been growing.

Authorities investigating Lake County jail check fraud

CROWN POINT | Federal, state and local authorities are investigating a fraudulent check scheme originating from the Lake County Sheriff's Department.

Cops under investigation oversaw maligned jail fund

Two Lake County sheriff's officers named as targets in a federal investigation oversaw a department discretionary fund that went nearly unchecked in the past several years.

MARK KIESLING: Jury reached right decision on cop chase

It's always a fine line for cops involved in a chase. Do you stop when the pursuit is obviously becoming dangerous and let the bad guy get away, or do you take your chances that no one but the bad guy will get hurt during the chase?

Jurors find Hobart cop blameless in fatal accident

CROWN POINT | A Lake Superior Court jury has held the city of Hobart blameless in a 2007 fatal traffic wreck that took place in the wake of a police pursuit.

Kuyachich warns of defamation suit over inquiry action

CROWN POINT | A lawyer for former Lake County Police Chief Marco Kuyachich is threatening to sue the county to clear his name in the wake of a reported federal investigation of the Sheriff's Department.

New team to man Lake Jail mental ward

CROWN POINT | The Lake County Council locked three new consultants and 15 county government employees into the county jail's health care system Tuesday.

Council debates taking back spare money from sheriff

CROWN POINT | Newly elected Lake County Council members searching for spending cuts received a push back when looking at the county sheriff's budget.

Legal career back on ex-sheriff's docket

MERRILLVILLE | He has hung up his spurs, turned in his badge and traded the title of Lake County sheriff for Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez, attorney at law.