Lake-effect snow coming tonight
Tonight will see a lake-effect sequel to the snow Friday night and Saturday morning.
Month: January 2019
Bullet from Harvey drive-by shooting strikes 5-year-old girl
HARVEY, Ill. — Officials in the Chicago suburb of Harvey say a 5-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after she was struck by a stray bullet.
UPDATE: 1 person dead, 8 families displaced in East Chicago blaze
EAST CHICAGO — As snow whipped in the freezing wind, firefighters arrived on scene to a massive apartment blaze, finding two people unconscious outside — one of whom died Saturday.
Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway shipping the highest in more than a decade
All the clamor about tariffs and trade wars did not slow down international trade on the Great Lakes last year.
Cheeky chic: Serious home decor gets a fun, playful edge these days
Dorothy Draper once said of her decorating projects, “I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.”
BOOK REVIEW, SIGNING: Author chronicles decades-old heroin explosion, sees no end in sight
“One of the things we all seem to know is that it doesn’t seem to be getting better,” says Chris McGreal, author of “American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts,” discussing America’s opioid epidemic.
Man admitted he choked woman to death in call to mom from police station, records say
CROWN POINT — An East Chicago man beat and strangled his fiancee and left her lying dead for about two hours before calling for help, court records allege.
At home with Marni Jameson: A Little Bird Told Me: Inspiration Should Spark a Room’s Design
The bird did me in. It perched on the upper edge of the sculptural wooden headboard as if it had just flown in the window and came to sit a spell. It spoke to me. It sang to me.
Strauss / Hillard File In Federal Court Against Gary Police Department
According to court dockets filed in the U.S. Federal District Court of the Northern District…
Driver apprehended by witnesses after crashing in front of The Commander Restaurant in Munster
MUNSTER — Bystanders chased down a driver after he crashed his vehicle in front of The Commander Restaurant in Munster and tried to flee, police said.