Crown Point

A 13-year-old girl who was leaning out the window of a car her older sister was driving died when the car left the roadway and she struck a utility pole, northwestern Indiana police said. Kelly Hume of Crown Point was pronounced dead after Saturday night’s single-car accident in the Lake County city, The (Northwest Indiana) Times reported. Investigators with the Lake...

 A northwestern Indiana city wants to install a facial recognition video network camera system downtown in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus. The step comes as state health officials on Friday added 13 more COVID-19 deaths to the state’s pandemic toll. The newly recorded deaths raise the state’s death toll to 3,656, including confirmed and presumed coronavirus...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new restrictions on youth sports amid the coronavirus pandemic have many parents choosing to send their kids to Indiana so they can continue to play. On Wednesday, Pritzker added new restrictions for recreational sports for both youths and adults beginning next month and within hours of the announcement, parents began reaching out across state lines....

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new restrictions on youth sports amid the coronavirus pandemic have many parents choosing to send their kids to Indiana so they can continue to play. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford reports

An Indiana State Police trooper was wounded and a 23-year-old armed robbery suspect was killed in a shootout Friday on I-65 near Crown Point, Indiana. The incident started with an armed robbery and carjacking about 10:15 p.m. at the Pilot Truck Stop along I-65 in Remington, Indiana, according to a statement from Indiana State Police. The suspect stole a black…

A dump truck crashed into an overpass Wednesday after the driver inadvertently lifted the trailer while he was driving in Crown Point, Indiana. A 31-year-old Chicago man was driving the semitrailer north on I-65 at 10:17 p.m. when the empty trailer struck the 113th Avenue overpass and it continued driving underneath, Indiana State Police said in a statement. He mistakenly…

A dump truck crashed into an overpass Wednesday after the driver inadvertently lifted the trailer while he was driving in Crown Point, Indiana.

A newborn was surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box at a Crown Point fire station one month after the box’s installation, fire officials said in a Facebook post. The baby was surrendered Thursday night at the Crown Point Fire Rescue station, which is located at 126 N. East St., and taken to an area hospital for a precautionary evaluation….

A woman and a man died after a wrong-way crash on I-65 in Crown Point, Indiana Sunday morning.

A community is outraged after a statue honoring soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was vandalized at a northwest Indiana cemetery.

Vandals take aim at an historic cemetery, doing damage to a military statue. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has the story of how a community came together to help replace the monument. 

A northwestern Indiana man allegedly put a police commander in a chokehold when the officer intervened in a fight among baseball fans who had just returned from a game in Chicago.

A northwestern Indiana bus driver and a bus aide have been charged with felony neglect after leaving a 3-year-old boy alone and strapped in his seat for nearly 1½ hours with the vehicle parked inside a storage barn.

It was a nightmare for a NW Indiana family after their three-year-old got on a school bus, but never arrived. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has their harrowing story. 

An Indiana man who escaped from a probation office when an officer told him a warrant had been issued for his arrest remained on the loose Thursday afternoon, police said.