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Every spring, nonprofit Prom Genie Inc. hosts a prom dress giveaway to teen women in Hammond and Indianapolis.

HOBART — Court records detail law enforcement’s tireless efforts to piece together Chris G. Traicoff’s whereabouts earlier this month in an effort to solve how a missing Wheatfield woman turned up dead March 15 in a motel room he allegedly…

DYER — Police are warning people not to fall victim to a distraction scam in which people lure residents out of their homes while a second person rummages for jewelry, cash and other valuables inside.

CROWN POINT — A 38-year-old man allegedly led police on a vehicle pursuit Saturday in Hammond that ended in a two-vehicle crash at the Illinois-Indiana border.

HAMMOND — A 30-year-old Chicago man was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in prison for selling cocaine and carrying a firearm during the drug sales, U.S. District Court records show.

HAMMOND — State, federal and local officials from a variety of sectors gathered Tuesday to discuss how to tackle the opioid crisis.

CROWN POINT — A judge has ruled against the state's efforts to recover all $851,000 it claims two retired Munster school administrators were overpaid.

WHITING — Police arrested two 15-year-old boys Monday on allegations they broke windows and glass at the future Mascot Hall of Fame, spray-painted graffiti and removed the nozzles from paint cans, causing them to spew blue paint on the floors,…

CROWN POINT — The mother of two young children killed in Sunday's fire at Lakeshore Dunes Apartment Complex faces charges on allegations she was at a neighbor's apartment when her children started the fire on a kitchen stove top, according…

CROWN POINT — A 56-year-old former Illinois police officer was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for battery on a child, ending a child molestation case from East Chicago that began in 2009.