Police release name of Gary man who held woman hostage
Anthony Mayers was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with seven felony counts after a woman called police earlier in the day saying he broke her nose, police said.
Month: December 2023
Rain doesn’t dampen spirits at Whiting Illuminated Christmas parade
The parade also marked the opening of the city’s Kris Kringle Market.
Man sentenced for killing woman in drunk driving crash
Marvin Brantley, 53, of Gary was sentenced to five years in prison for a crash that killed 29-year-old Gysenia Garza in November 2019.
18-year-old shot after going to purchase marijuana, cops say
An 18-year-old Michigan City man was shot after going to purchase “some weed” from a known individual on Thursday in Gary, police said.
Former Emerson principal to do book signing
Dr. Noah L. Riley, a former principal of Emerson School for Visual and Performing Arts Gary, wrote a book about education.
Cops: Two Gary residents shot after exiting gas station
A 21-year-old woman and 23-year-old man were shot Thursday night after exiting a gas station in the 600 block of 21st Avenue in Gary, police said.
Peter Frampton to come alive at Hard Rock Casino
Peter Frampton will come alive at the Hard Rock Casino in Gary.
Two men shot on Durbin St. in Gary on Wednesday, police say
Gary police were dispatched around 3 a.m. Wednesday to a home in the 300 block of Durbin Street for two shooting victims, police said.
Anglotopia founder pens new travel memoir
A Northwest Indiana native behind the world’s largest Angophile website penned a new travel memoir exploring Great Britain.
Northwest Health’s ‘I Gave Birth’ initiative aims to put dent in Indiana’s high rate of maternal deaths
Northwest Health hopes to put a dent in Indiana’s maternal death rate, the third worst in the nation, with its new “I Gave Birth” initiative.