Merrillville

A northwest Indiana city councilman has stepped down as vice president of the council after photos surfaced of him wearing blackface at a Halloween party. Merrillville Councilman Jeffrey Minchuk, who is also a Lake County Sheriff’s Department police officer, apologized for the photos Tuesday night, saying that there are “no excuses” for his presence in the photos. “What I...

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.

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is looking at ways to allow some businesses in the state to re-open, that news comes just in time for one Merrillville florist. Cindy Lopez, who owns the Merrillville Florist and Tea Room, says that she knew she wanted to be involved in her family’s business from a very young age. “I love all things...

A 19-year-old woman was fatally shot Tuesday in Merrillville in northwest Indiana. Officers responded about 2 a.m. to call a gunfire in the 7300 block of Bigger Street and found the woman dead in a vehicle, Merrillville police Cmdr. Jeff Rice said in a statement. The woman, identified as Tonya Gray of Merrillville, was shot multiple times and pronounced dead…

A shooting in which two Gary police officers were injured and a suspect was fatally shot Monday night is connected to the homicide of a woman who was found dead at a Merrillville hotel, police confirmed. On Monday afternoon, Gary police responded to a location in the 2500 block of Waverly Drive, which is at the Westbrook Apartment complex, to…

A woman was killed Sunday at a hotel in Merrillville, Indiana. Authorities were dispatched about 1:05 p.m. to the Hampton Inn located at 8353 Georgia Street, according to the Lake County coroner’s office. Betty J. Claudio, 45, was pronounced dead at 1:58 p.m. and her death was ruled a homicide, the coroner’s office said. Details about the cause of her…

A man accused of shooting his nephew in the head Thursday in Gary, Indiana was ordered held without bail.

As Pope Francis heads to Ireland, the priest sex abuse crisis is not only an issue there, but also here in the United States.

In April of 2014, a five-year-old girl was playing with her brothers on the grounds of the Econo Lodge in Terre Haute, Indiana where she was staying with her family, when a man grabbed her, took her into his motel room, hit her, pulled off her clothes, and molested her.

A former Marine who authorities say preyed on women in an area of Gary, Indiana, known as a hangout for prostitutes and drug users pleaded guilty Friday to killing seven women under a plea deal that will spare him the death penalty.

A little girl grabbed her dad’s gun and shot her pregnant mother in front of her little brother in a car parked outside an Indiana thrift store Tuesday, police said.

An Indiana State Trooper woke up Wednesday morning in Merrillville, Indiana, and found his police car, personal car and home hit by gunfire, according to Indiana State Police.

As President Donald Trump completes his first year in office, Americans are increasingly concerned about health care, and their faith that government can fix it has fallen. A new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 48 percent named health care as a top problem for the government to focus on in the next year,...

Northwest Indiana police are searching for more victims of the “Sweetheart Swindler,” who allegedly exploited several women sexually, emotionally and financially.

A man was grazed by a bullet when one car chased another and shots were fired early Friday along I-65 and the Borman Expressway in northwest Indiana.

With all the buzz surrounding Monday’s solar eclipse, we wanted to know, when exactly can you see it in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana?

The owners of a 3,400-seat theater in northwestern Indiana that’s featured Bob Dylan, Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock say they’ll demolish the longtime venue after all.

A man arrested while burglarizing vehicles in northwest Indiana said he did it because he was unemployed and needed money for food and to support a drug habit, according to police.

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.