True Crime delivers some of the Region's worst tales of murder, deceit and betrayal. Check out this slideshow to see where the cases stand.
True Crime delivers some of the Region's worst tales of murder, deceit and betrayal. Check out this slideshow to see where the cases stand.
In the early morning hours of Sept. 27, 2003, a Gary family arrived at their home after celebrating a relative's college graduation.
PORTAGE — Jason Kirby was only 5 years old when his body was found along the side of a deserted road in Portage.
GARY — Richard Meadows wanted to one day make it in the Guinness Book of World Records.
GARY — On Nov. 11, 2002, Ronnie T. Thomas walked into the Lake County Sheriff's Department to report a woman he had been with had fallen onto the Borman Expressway.
MUNSTER — It's been several years since a surveillance camera captured Dr. Promila Mehta-Paul making a bank deposit in Highland.
LAKE STATION — A week after a 6-year-old girl was sexually assaulted, strangled to death and dumped into a river, mourners memorialized her by throwing rose petals into the water.
EAST CHICAGO — On the 18th anniversary of her brother's killing, Nora Ferrer began making her round of calls to law enforcement officials.
HAMMOND — Leonard Fowler always cashed his paycheck and kept the money in his wallet.
VALPARAISO — Christel Helmchen was working an overnight shift Nov. 14, 1990, at the White Hen Pantry when two men walked in to buy cans of pop.
HOBART — After stirring drugs into her husband's coffee, Barbara Garcia waited for him to fall asleep.
MERRILLVILLE — It's been several years since a 27-year-old man was found shot to death on the cooler floor of Piatak Meats.
Tony Spilotro, who would eventually be portrayed by Joe Pesci in the Martin Scorcese film "Casino," was born and raised in “The Patch,” a near west side Chicago neighborhood that was a haven for Italian immigrants in the 1940s and 50s. Spilotro entered high school at Steinmetz, but when his …
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Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest. The storms tore a path through the Arkansas capital and collapsed the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois. People throughout the region were stunned with the scope of the damage. Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees and lay waste to neighborhoods across a broad swath of the country. The dead included nine in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, four in Illinois and three in nearby Sullivan, Indiana. Other deaths were reported elsewhere in Tennessee and in Alabama and Mississippi, along with one near Little Rock, Arkansas.
With tornadoes hitting the Midwest and the South, some survivors say that they emerged from their homes to find buildings ripped apart, vehicles tossed around like toys, shattered glass and felled trees. Residents in towns in northeastern Arkansas and Belvidere, Illinois are recounting the damages this weekend from storms that dropped dozens of tornadoes. In Belvidere, the last time the town was devastated to this extent from a tornado was in 1967. They survived, and — like so many others in several states — emerged to see devastation outside.
Official confirms 3 more deaths in Illinois from storms, bringing death toll in US to 21.
Purdue's Zach Edey was a near-unanimous choice as The Associated Press men’s college basketball player of the year. Edey received all but one vote from a 58-person media panel, with Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis receiving the other. The 7-foot-4 Canadian was sixth nationally in scoring at 22.3 points per game and second in rebounding at 12.8.
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When the suspect asked the woman for money and she replied she had none, the man pulled out a knife, police said.
“Beginning yesterday afternoon and into the early morning hours was a difficult time in our city," Gary police Maj. Chief Jerry Williams said. "Not only were several people shot but two lost their lives to gun violence."
The U.S. Attorney charged Katie Mendez-Mera with possession of a kilogram of fentanyl.
"What we are doing in this piece of legislation is a direct violation of the 8th Amendment," said Senate Democratic Leader Greg Taylor of Indianapolis.
Monday is the deadline for Indiana residents planning to vote in the May 2 municipal primary election to register in advance to cast a ballot, as required by state law.
New county population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau peg the population of Lake County at 499,689 as of July 1, 2022.
"The investigation is still ongoing and no arrests have been made yet," police said.