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HIGHLAND — The Northwest Indiana Major Crimes Task Force has started winding down its investigation of a shooting at Growlers on Highway that wounded two off-duty officers, an official said.

WINFIELD — The town hopes to soon open its new 10-acre downtown park.

CROWN POINT — Darren D. Vann was sentenced Friday to life without parole for the murder of seven women, bringing to a close the four-year death penalty case against the Gary man, described by Lake County Prosecutor Bernard A. Carter…

MUNSTER — Police on Friday released a few new details about their investigation into the accidental death of a 12-year-old at a local park.

LANSING — A Griffith woman turned herself in to Lansing police Tuesday on allegations she accidentally shot her 5-year-old daughter, an official said.

Get out the sunblock and summer clothes. This Memorial Day weekend could be hot.

Two Crown Point teens stared in silence at the city judge in a recent hearing, hesitant to reveal knowledge about the e-cigarettes they were caught using at school.

SCHERERVILLE — Cliff Levingston, the 6-foot-8, two-time NBA champion Chicago Bulls forward, really scored at Thursday’s Salvation Army Community Civic Dinner.

WHITING — Dozens of Hammond and Whiting residents gathered Wednesday to hear what action the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to take to identify and remove possible lead contamination in the soil on their properties near the long-shuttered Federated Metals…

CROWN POINT — The declared winner in the Republican contest for Lake County Council's 7th District is questioning the need for a recount.