Lake County Indiana

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...

An Indiana town official recently apologized for wearing a Blackface costume at a Halloween party nearly 20 years ago. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A northwestern Indiana City Council member and police officer has apologized after photos recently surfaced of him in blackface nearly 20 years ago at a Halloween party.

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.

The state of Indiana is hoping to vaccinate more people for COVID-19, as Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Wednesday he’s expanding the age pool of those eligible to get vaccinated to those residents age 70 years and up. So far more than 40,000 Hoosiers who fall into that new age group have scheduled their appointments online to get the shot, according…

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that the state will expand the age range to receive the coronavirus vaccine during the initial phase. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

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...

Officials in Indiana’s second-largest county and one of the largest Indianapolis suburbs have adopted face mask mandates for residents and businesses in an attempt to slow the coronavirus spread.

Lake County public school districts in Northwest Indiana announced Monday students will return to in-person learning this fall amid coronavirus concerns. After Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb approved the reopening of all Indiana schools this fall, 16 Lake County school districts and the Northwest Indiana Special Education Cooperation provided guidelines regarding the most effective way for students to return to school….

Indiana was set to lift nearly all coronavirus restrictions this weekend, but as fresh outbreaks have prompted some states to backtrack on their reopening plans, the state will not be moving to phase five as planned, the governor announced. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has the story.