Crime in Porter County
Dec. 14-Dec. 17
Dec. 14-Dec. 17
HAMMOND — City officials said Monday a fire last fall at Whiting Metals may be to blame for elevated lead levels found in dead mute swans, but a company official and a local environmental activist called the theory “absurd.”
The Cardinals quickly ran their lead up to 17 points early in the second half before closing out a 77-61 win.
Valparaiso’s Brandon Newman and Michigan City’s Hannah Noveroske were named District 1 winners for the IBCA/Subway Player of the Week program.
A weapon has been recovered and a person of interest is being questioned after two Chicago police officers were fatally struck by a South Shore train Monday night on Chicago’s Far South Side, according to Chicago police.
The time you won your town the race, we chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, and home we brought you shoulder-high.
A 50-year-old St. John man has been charged in the hit and run death of a Chicago Heights woman.
EAST CHICAGO — A former city councilman removed from office for public corruption still has the right to sue over claims he now is a victim of political retaliation.
Jenna Frezza thought she would just be listening to a seminar on college planning when she entered the Morton High School auditorium Monday afternoon. Instead, she learned a little bit about college and left the auditorium $25,000 richer.
Michigan City graduate Michael Miller made an impact for North Texas’s basketball in his second start of the season.