Lake County Sheriff’s Department

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...

An 82-year-old man was injured in an officer-involved shooting Sunday evening in Gary, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Department.

One person was injured in an officer-involved shooting Sunday evening in Gary, Indiana, according to police.

Dramatic video of a car dangerously zooming past a stopped state trooper was captured by police while they were filming a commercial warning the public to beware of such driving.

Dramatic video of a car dangerously zooming past a stopped state trooper was captured by police while they were filming a commercial warning the public to beware of such driving. NBC 5’s Dick Johnson reports.

The father of two Indiana boys who drowned in a river has pleaded not guilty to two counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in death.

A father is in custody after two young boys died as rescuers pulled them out of the Kankakee River in northwest Indiana Tuesday.

New details are emerging in the death of two little boys who drowned in the Kankakee River. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the latest details. 

A former police chief of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department has been indicted for lying to the FBI during a corruption investigation.

A 43-year-old Indiana man has been charged in connection with a home invasion and assault case that happened just before a fatal crash Thursday in northwest Indiana.

Officers in northwest Indiana fatally shot a suspect during a police chase that began in Illinois early Thursday, according to police.

Police are still investigating a chase that crossed state lines and ultimately ended with the suspect being shot by officers in Dyer, Indiana. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has the latest on the investigation.

A 4-year-old boy was killed when he accidentally shot himself with a gun he discovered at a babysitter’s house in northwest Indiana Saturday, authorities said.

A 4-year-old was accidentally shot to death at a babysitter’s house when he found a loaded gun under a bed.

A patrolman with the sheriff’s office in Lake County, Indiana, was indicted Thursday on charges of raping a co-worker, the state police confirmed.

Two men accused of taking part in the rape of an Indiana teenager in Ohio appeared in federal court Wednesday.

Three people are in federal custody after a 14-year-old girl who disappeared from her northwest Indiana home was found in Ohio on Tuesday, according to police.

New court documents paint a disturbing picture of what a 14-year-old girl went through after vanishing from her northwest Indiana home last Thursday.

At least two men are facing charges after a 14-year-old girl who disappeared from her northwest Indiana home was found in Ohio on Tuesday, according to prosecutors. Natalie Martinez reports.