northwest Indiana

The man told officers he thought his roommate was disrespectful toward him and he devised a plan, according to court records.

A northwest Indiana sheriff indicted on charges of resisting law enforcement and reckless driving has denied the allegations, blaming them on a “political witch hunt.”

In northwest Indiana, emergency rooms are seeing surges in COVID patients, and doctors are asking residents to take precautions to help stem the tide of new cases and illnesses. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has more.

Smoke was seen billowing into the sky from what appeared to be a steel mill in northwest Indiana Tuesday afternoon following reports of a possible explosion.

The Newton County Sheriff’s Department said the department is awaiting DNA test results to positively identify the remains found.

Police have made an arrest this week in connection with the death of Ja’nya Murphy, who was found Tuesday strangled to death in a Wheeling apartment and missing her 1-year-old daughter.

The body of a Wheeling toddler who disappeared Wednesday was found in a northwest Indiana retention pond, police announced Thursday night. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The child’s body found in a northwest Indiana pond Thursday afternoon has been identified as Jaclyn Angel Dobbs, the missing 1-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in a suburban apartment this week, according to the Lake County Coroner.

A child’s body was found in a northwest Indiana pond Thursday afternoon and Wheeling authorities responded to the scene as they search for a missing 1-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in a suburban apartment this week. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

A child’s body was found in a northwest Indiana pond Thursday afternoon and Wheeling authorities responded to the scene as they search for a missing 1-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in a suburban apartment this week. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A heavy police response could be seen at a northwest Indiana pond Thursday afternoon.

A man has been charged with murder after shots were fired at a group of trick-or-treaters on Halloween, killing a 13-year-old boy and wounding another 13-year-old in northwestern Indiana

The National Weather Service issued a Frost Advisory for parts of northwest Indiana Tuesday night as temperatures continue to drop across the Chicago area.

Communities across Northwest Indiana are considering humane pet store policies that ban the sale of pets raised at puppy and kitten mills.

A second spill in less than two weeks at a U.S. Steel plant in northwest Indiana sent an oily sheen onto a Lake Michigan tributary, prompting officials to close some nearby lake access as a precaution.

A utility has restarted a northwest Indiana water treatment facility one week after idling it following a U.S. Steel plant’s discharge of iron-tainted wastewater into a Lake Michigan tributary.

Indiana Dunes National Park closed its beaches and a northwest Indiana water utility shut down an intake facility after an orange substance apparently spilled from a U.S. Steel plant into a Lake Michigan tributary, a mayor said.

Video from NBC’s Sky 5 chopper shows the scene at Lake Central High School after police received a 911 call about an active shooter at the school. Authorities later said no injuries were reported and no shots had been fired.

No injuries were reported as a high school in northwest Indiana was locked down for over an hour Wednesday morning following a report of an active shooter that sparked a massive police response, authorities said.

One suspect remained at large Saturday after two armed male suspects ambushed and shot a security guard outside a Gary bank, Lake County police said.