Physical fitness a necessity for some region police, firefighters

As the new year approaches, many people might be thinking about setting resolutions to head out to the gym more often.

SWAT team seeking donations to replace outdated equipment

The Northwest Regional SWAT team hopes the new year might bring more financial assistance for the group.

SWAT team prepares for unmanned surveillance flights

The Northwest Regional SWAT team can now take to the air in unmanned flights when responding to dangerous situations.

SWAT trainees converge on Crown Point

SWAT school trains in Hobart

HOBART | More than a dozen police officers filled a vacant Hobart building Monday, but there was no reason for panic.

3 region men arrested on heroin dealing charges

Three Lake County men accused of dealing heroin received their Thursday morning wake-up call from area police.

3 region men arrested on heroin dealing charges

Pece Petrovski, of Schererville, is taken into custody at a home in the 4000 block of 73rd Avenue in Merrillville. He is accused of dealing heroin.

3 region men arrested on heroin dealing charges

Members of the Northwest Regional SWAT team leave a Merrillville residence Thursday after Pece Petrovski, of Schererville, was arrested there. Petrovski and two others were arrested on heroin charges as a result of Schererville's special operations task force, which is focusing on drug activ…

3 region men arrested on heroin dealing charges

Police arrest Nicholas Rosenbaum on heroin dealing charges Thursday at his home on 43rd Street in Highland. Rosenbaum and two other region men are accused of selling heroin to undercover officers.

3 region men arrested on heroin dealing charges

John Skowronski, 22, is placed into a squad car Thursday after he was arrested at his home in the 7400 block of Taylor Street in Schererville. Skowronski is accused of selling heroin to an undercover officer. He repeatedly insisted during his arrest that he is not a drug dealer.

Well-being check in Dyer leads to 5-hour standoff, police say

DYER | A call from the University of Chicago Hospitals asking Dyer police to check on the well-being of a suicidal man led to a five-hour standoff at the man's home and the evacuations of some neighbors.