northwest Indiana

A nine-year-old girl drowned in a private lake at a Northwest Indiana campground Sunday evening, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources confirmed. At around 5 p.m., emergency responders were called to Lakeshore Camp Resort in Portage after a child was reported missing in the water, according to a news release. Witnesses reported the girl was swimming near the shore when…

Northwest Indiana continued to see a steady rising trend in daily new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with the incline headed up almost as steeply as it was heading down.

Big Shoulders Fund will be distributing 10,000 meals to families in need in honor of Father’s Day, according to the charity. The distribution, which will take place June 20 from noon to 2 p.m., is to ensure that families in these communities can share a hot meal together to celebrate the holiday. Below is a list of locations of where…

The first mile of a trail that will connect Indiana to the cross-country Great American Rail-Trail has been dedicated in Northwest Indiana. When completed, the Veterans Memorial Trail in Lake County will link the town of Hebron to the city of Crown Point. It was funded in part with a state-based Next Level Trails grant. The trail will connect a…

All Indiana counties except Lake, Marion and Cass counties moved into phase three of the reopening plan beginning at 12:01 a.m. EST under an order Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Thursday. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

Shoppers trickled into some large Indiana shopping malls on Monday as they opened for the first time in more than a month under a new order from the governor easing many restrictions imposed to slow the coronavirus spread. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb defended his decision announced Friday allowing more manufacturers and retailers to open their doors in most of the…

A new transportation company will offer shuttle buses between northwest Indiana and Chicago’s airports at multiple stops starting March 3, according to the Northwest Indiana Times.

A northwestern Indiana couple allegedly drove two teenage boys off a roadway they were riding along with flags supporting President Donald Trump attached to their bicycles, police said Friday. Hobart police said Snapchat videos helped officers secure charges against Kyren Gregory Perry-Jones, 23, and Cailyn Marie Smith, 18, in connection with a July 22 incident. Police Capt. James Gonzales said…

One person is in custody after a 55-year-old Hammond woman was shot dead in a mobile home early Thursday in northwest Indiana, the same place she was previously wounded in a shooting months ago. Sylvia Williams was found shot to death about 7:25 a.m. at the Sheffield Estates mobile home park at 3600 Sheffield Ave. in Hammond, according to Hammond…

A 22-year-old man is accused of stabbing his 73-year-old grandmother and 70-year-old grandfather in the home they shared in Dyer Tuesday night. The 73-year-old grandmother called 911 about 10:30 p.m. to report her grandson was stabbing her and her husband at their home in the 8500 block of Towle Street in Dyer, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. When…

A 21-year-old man charged in northwest Indiana with impersonating a police officer allegedly told police he always wanted to be a cop since he was a junior cadet in Illinois. About 10:20 p.m. Sunday, a state trooper saw a Jeep speeding at 90 mph down an expressway with red and blue emergency lights flashing, Indiana State Police said in a…

Dozens of people have been displaced from their homes after a fire Sunday at an apartment complex in Griffith, Indiana. The blaze broke out just before 4 a.m. in an apartment at the Park West and Mansard apartment complex, 1740 Dylane Dr., according to Griffith Deputy Fire Chief Don Hill. Thirty-two families were displaced from their homes, Hill said. One…

Dozens of residents have been displaced after a fire tore through an apartment complex in northwest Indiana. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria has the story.

Exactly one year after the death of a 20-year-old northwest Indiana man at the hands of a drunk driver, his family delivered an emotional plea. Natalie Martinez reports.

A newborn was surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box at a Crown Point fire station one month after the box’s installation, fire officials said in a Facebook post. The baby was surrendered Thursday night at the Crown Point Fire Rescue station, which is located at 126 N. East St., and taken to an area hospital for a precautionary evaluation….

NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Brant Miller has the very latest on what to expect as a winter storm approaches the area. 

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