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Members of the Jackson 5 returned to their Gary, IN home on Thursday as part of a special honor that local officials hope will drive economic development. NBC 5’s Marion Brooks reports

The city of Chicago filed a lawsuit against a northwest Indiana gun retailer Monday, alleging it has contributed to the city’s gun violence epidemic. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

One suspect is in custody and another remains at large after a man allegedly opened fire on Lake County sheriff’s deputies with a high-powered rifle in Gary on Wednesday evening. According to authorities, an officer with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department High Crime Unit was driving in the 400 block of Adams Street at approximately 9:42 p.m. when he...

A Gary woman was arrested early Thursday morning after she was caught driving 142 mph and charting over the legal limit for intoxication. Trooper Dennis Griffin was patrolling I-80/94 near Cline Ave. when he spotted a vehicle pass him at a high speed around 2:24 a.m., according to a police report. The driver, later identified as Naomie K. Johnson, 20,…

What would happen if struggling families were given free cash? Organizers of a program kicking off in Gary, Indiana, say it will change people’s lives. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A Tennessee man on Monday was charged with two counts of murder for the cold case deaths of a 4-year-old girl and her 21-year-old mother who were found fatally shot in July 1992 in Gary, Indiana, according to the FBI’s Indianapolis office. DenNisha Howard, and her mother, Felicia Howard, were discovered to have been shot to death on July 15,…

Police released video Thursday of a vehicle wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man last month in Gary, Indiana.

A 3-year-old boy was hospitalized after being shot several times early Wednesday in northwest Indiana.

A 3-year-old boy was hospitalized after being shot several times early Wednesday in northwest Indiana. NCB 5’s Christian Farr reports.

A Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s officer was shot and a man was killed during an exchange of gunfire while attempting to serve a warrant, Indiana State Police said Thursday. According to police, a deputy attempted to serve a “civil warrant” around noon in the 600 block of Hanley Street in Gary and “during this interaction gunfire was exchanged between the…

A Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s officer was shot and a man was killed during an exchange of gunfire while attempting to serve a warrant, Indiana State Police said Thursday. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Department said authorities evacuated an area near 25th Street and Clark in Gary, which was covered in heavy smoke due to a fire.

Authorities say two people, including a young child, were killed and a third was hospitalized in critical condition after a deadly fire at home in northwest Indiana early Tuesday.

A neighbor captured a massive blaze at a home in Gary, Indiana, that left two people dead and another in critical condition on Tuesday.

Attorneys representing a Gary man who was arrested in July for recording a police officer detaining a woman say their client’s First Amendment rights were violated, and they’re now considering legal action. Andre James, who was arrested for the incident in early July, posted a video on social media showing part of the encounter, and it’s since been viewed...

First responders have recovered the body of a 12-year-old boy who drowned Thursday evening at Gary’s Marquette Park Beach along Lake Michigan, police said. The Gary Police Department first responded to Marquette Park Beach at 5:09 p.m. for a call of a child in the water. Jerail C. Lee Jr., 12, from Glenwood, IL, was wading in chest deep water…

The new mayor of Gary said he’s found a litany of sites around his financially struggling city that are littered with illegally dumped trash which can be found “in every crack and crevice.” Mayor Jerome Prince, who took office in January, said he’s seeking innovative approaches to address the long-running problem of unauthorized dumping in the northwestern Indiana city because only...

Two people were killed in a shooting Tuesday morning in Gary, Indiana, authorities said. Officers responded at approximately 11:38 a.m. to the 1300 block of Grant Street for reports of a shooting during a possible robbery, Gary police said. There, they found Phillip Phillips, 21, and a male of an unknown age with gunshot wounds, police and the Lake County…

A private funeral for Joe Jackson was held at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, Monday, E! News reported. Family members, including Janet Jackson, were spotted at the funeral.

A 12-year-old Chicago boy died of a gunshot wound Saturday in Gary, Indiana. Demetrius Townsel Jr. was pronounced dead at 9:36 p.m. at Methodist Hospital Northlake Campus, 600 Grant St. in Gary, according to a statement from the Lake County coroner’s office. He lived in the Back of the Yards on Chicago’s South Side. He had been shot and...