Gary, Ind., Fast Food Worker's Concealed Gun Helps Foil Robbery
The Indiana law that allows licensed residents to carry concealed firearms has apparently helped break up what could have been a bloody robbery.
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The Indiana law that allows licensed residents to carry concealed firearms has apparently helped break up what could have been a bloody robbery.
As one robber grabbed an employee and the other brandished an Uzi-type weapon, a Rally's co-worker took quick action, firing at the would-be criminals inside the store early Jan. 11.
A veteran Gary police officer says what's happened over the past three weeks is unprecedented: The shooting of three children, all under age 15.
A 2-year-old girl was in critical condition in a Chicago hospital after she apparently was accidentally shot in the head by another child while playing.
Commuters riding the South Shore between Northwest Indiana and downtown Chicago could be hit with a 5 percent fare increase as soon as next month.
Gary's new mayor is pledging to put the brakes on a growing number of burglaries in the city. That's just one item on Karen Freeman-Wilson's "to-do" list after taking office as Gary's first female mayor.
A man escaped from police after being arrested for a drunken disturbance last week in Gary, Ind., but he wasn't on the lam for long.
A 7-year-old boy remained in critical condition on Monday, after he was shot in the head while inside his home in Gary, Ind., late at night on Christmas Eve.
A 7-year-old boy was shot in the head inside his Gary home early Sunday morning and a man at the home was also shot in the groin.
A Gary, Ind. man was critically injured Friday night after crashing his pickup truck on Interstate 80 in Hammond, Ind.
The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana is struggling with a supply and demand problem as it tries to deal with the 100,000 people who go hungry every day in Lake and Porter Counties.
A 69-year-old woman who was raped at a northwest Indiana train station in August was killed in a hit-and-run on Sunday.
In one week's time, Gary police responded to at least 85 burglaries.
She's got a Harvard law degree and served as Indiana's attorney general, but Karen Freeman-Wilson is about take on her toughest challenge yet as the newly-elected mayor of Gary, Ind.
Police officers in Gary, Ind., are taking a "no confidence" vote regarding their chief Wednesday.
A Minnesota investment firm has taken over two northwestern Indiana casinos as the casino company continues going through bankruptcy reorganization.
Voters in Gary have elected their first woman mayor.
Municipal elections are being held Tuesday in several Indiana towns and cities, including Gary, which could see its first woman mayor.
Gary police say a 28-year-old man led officers on a chase Monday through a large area of the city, and fought with them before finally getting arrested.
More vehicles may be converted to run on natural gas, as part of a pilot program at the U.S. Steel plant in Gary, Ind.
Two volleyball players from a northwest Indiana high school are facing criminal charges after a post-game attack on an opposing team, the Post-Tribune is reporting.
A Chicago man died Saturday afternoon in an apparent drowning off Wells Street Beach in Gary, Ind., after rescuers were unable to revive him.
An advocacy organization is planning on meeting with the police chief to help find the person who allegedly raped a 68-year-old woman this past weekend.
A 68-year-old woman in Gary, Ind., sought shelter at a train station, and instead ended up traumatized and hospitalized after someone attacked and raped her at the Miller stop on the South Shore Line.
Authorities on Thursday returned Lake Michigan off Gary, Ind., as they search for the body of a 20 year-old-New Lenox man who was overwhelmed in the waves while swimming a day earlier.
