Porter County

Parts of northwest Indiana saw lake-effect snow beginning Wednesday evening, and the rest of the Chicago area saw bitterly cold temperatures arriving overnight as wind chills were expected to plunge up to 15 degrees below zero.

Alicia Roman has the latest forecast update for the Chicago area.

Parts of northwest Indiana will see lake-effect snow beginning Wednesday evening, and the rest of the Chicago-area will see bitterly cold temperatures arriving overnight as wind chills are expected to plunge up to 15 degrees below zero.

Alicia Roman has the forecast

A winter storm watch has been issued for parts of northwest Indiana, as six or more inches of lake-effect snow could potentially fall in some areas on Wednesday night and into Thursday.

Temps in the 40s this afternoon, but it will feel like zero degrees in Chicago by Wednesday. NBC 5 Meteorologist Paul Deanno updates your forecast.

An Indiana police officer was seriously injured and one suspect is in custody after a high-speed pursuit ended with a head-on collision between a police cruiser and a fleeing vehicle Saturday evening.

Sheriff’s deputies in Porter County, Indiana, were asking for the public’s help to locate a Valparaiso woman and her 4-year-old daughter who were last heard from Friday evening, authorities said.

A jury has awarded nearly $96,000 in damages to a northwest Indiana girl who was injured in 2018 while playing in a bounce house at a local YMCA.

The Indiana State Police will investigate after a Porter County Sheriff’s Department officer shot and killed a 30-year-old man during a standoff at a residence on Saturday evening. According to authorities, officers were called to a home in South Haven at approximately 6 p.m. Saturday after reports of a disturbance at the residence. Officers later attempted to contact a...

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Authorities say three people have died after a traffic collision near the border of Lake and Porter counties

A former northwestern Indiana school bus driver who authorities say allowed children as young as 11 years old drive a bus has been sentenced to probation.

More than 1,000 acres of the Indiana Dunes National Park will soon be going up in flames during prescribed burns at Indiana’s only national park.

Much of the Chicago area can expect widespread showers and slow-moving thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon into the evening before temperatures drop and winds pick up at night.

The family of a northwest Indiana girl who went missing along with a teen boy late last month has released a statement after a 17-year-old was charged with murder in the case. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

The family of a northwest Indiana girl who went missing along with a teen boy late last month has released a statement after a 17-year-old was charged with murder in the case.