Hammond police officer charged in deadly off-duty DUI crash
A Hammond police officer is now facing felony charges in a deadly DUI crash while he was off duty.
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A Hammond police officer is now facing felony charges in a deadly DUI crash while he was off duty.
The department also confirmed that the officer involved in the crash has been placed on administrative leave.
Officials said alcohol may have played a role in the crash.
The officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation's outcome, Hammond police said.
Indiana State Police said a woman is now facing 42 felony charges for creating fake expungement orders and stealing money from victims who thought they were clients at the law firm where she worked.
Two people are in custody after leading police on a pursuit following a deadly shooting in Valparaiso, Indiana early Saturday morning.
An Indiana high school volleyball coach is facing multiple felony charges, after LaPorte County Sheriff's officials said he was caught in possession of child sexual abuse material.
Two people were injured, including a person who was airlifted from I-65 after a serious crash in Merrillville, Indiana, on Wednesday morning.
A serious crash involving a semi truck shut down northbound lanes on I-65 in Merrillville, Indiana, on Wednesday morning.
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Police said the shooting appeared to be an isolated incident between the people involved and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday grilled officials from power company NIPSCO about their handling of last month's severe storms, which left hundreds of thousands in Northwest Indiana without power, some of them for more than two weeks.
Indiana legislators are getting a chance to grill a NIPSCO representative about the response to the August 11t derecho.
Indiana legislators plan to fulfill their promise to investigate NIPSCO's response to the August 11th derecho.
An investigation is underway into NIPSCO's response to the August storms that left thousands without power for weeks in Northwest Indiana
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
Mark Leeman told an Indiana appeals panel that investigators were so determined to convict Allen that they used statements he made while mentally deteriorating behind bars, and kept out of trial a witness sketch that looked nothing like him.
A Porter County Sheriff's officer has been fired after he was arrested for driving while intoxicated over the weekend.
A man was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after firing shots at an Indiana State Police trooper and fleeing the scene on Friday afternoon in rural LaPorte County.
The school's superintendent said they're still recovering from the August storm that hit Northwest Indiana and left residents without power for days.
The request through FEMA would provide grants for temporary housing and damage repair.
The deal would drop weapon enhancements from Grafton's charges, which could reduce a potential sentence by 20 years.
Labor talks resumed Monday between union workers and the BP Whiting refinery in Lake County, Indiana.
