LaPorte man injured in crash with alleged drunken driver

MICHIGAN CITY | A Knox woman is accused of being drunk when she injured a man in a motor vehicle crash near Michigan City.

Mother, son killed in LaPorte County crash

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP | A 39-year-old woman and her 7-year-old son were killed Saturday morning when the car in which they were riding struck a tree.

Hamlet man arrested for possession of meth

HAMLET | A man suspecting his neighbor was operating a meth lab called LaPorte County Police, who soon made two arrests.

Low-flying duck blamed for head-on collision near LaPorte

LAPORTE | A tow truck had to be called after two oncoming vehicles collided Wednesday north of LaPorte because of a duck.

Teens accused of killing cows with high-powered rifle

UNION MILLS | Two boys, ages 17 and 14, were arrested early Thursday after confessing to fatally shooting three cows grazing in fields Wednesday night, police said.

LaPorte woman airlifted after single-vehicle crash near Otis

OTIS | A 22-year old LaPorte area woman was seriously hurt Sunday night in a single-vehicle crash, police said.

Fireworks convention provides boost for LaPorte economy

LAPORTE | Broken windows at two homes were blamed on last week's fireworks shows at the LaPorte County Fairgrounds, but efforts to bring back a pyrotechnics convention remain at full throttle.

Woman robbed by fake stranded motorist

LAPORTE | A LaPorte woman was knifed and robbed Thursday after she pulled over to help what she thought was a stranded driver.

SUV driver ticketed in two-fatality motorcycle crash

LAPORTE | A Rolling Prairie woman received two traffic citations following the two-fatality collision with a motorcycle that killed a LaPorte couple Wednesday afternoon on Ind. 2

Man accused of abusing girls for years

LAPORTE | A man police accuse of sexually abusing two LaPorte-area girls is in jail thanks to a text message concerning the allegations forwarded to authorities.

Valpo woman gets time served for stabbing boyfriend

LAPORTE | A Valparaiso woman was given time served for stabbing her boyfriend in the arm.

Two escape from LaPorte work release center

LAPORTE | Two men escaped from the work release center in LaPorte and authorities Monday were still looking for one of them.

Motorcyclists injured in separate wrecks

Two men were allegedly drunk when they were injured in separate weekend motorcycle crashes in LaPorte County.

20th birthday party turns into arrests for underage drinking

LAPORTE | A 20th birthday party near Mill Creek turned into an underage drinking bust, police said.

LaPorte County police arrest 4 at underage drinking party

WESTVILLE | LaPorte County police said they arrested four people at an underage drinking party Sunday morning near Westville.

LaPorte teens caught with moonshine-soaked cherries

LAPORTE | They're not exactly moonshiners, but four boys, three of them 15, were caught over the weekend in LaPorte with a partially consumed jar of cherries soaked in hard liquor.