23-Year-Old Man Dies After His Car Hits Semi And Catches Fire In Hammond, Indiana
A 23-year-old man is dead after a crash in Hammond, Indiana, around 2:40 Sunday morning, according to the Lake County Coroner.
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A 23-year-old man is dead after a crash in Hammond, Indiana, around 2:40 Sunday morning, according to the Lake County Coroner.
Police are looking for suspects after an argument inside a store led to gunfire that killed one man and left a second person wounded.
Indiana public health officials Saturday announced 1,010 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and an additional nine deaths.
At one school in Hammond, Indiana, a student with COVID-19 may have made two others sick on just the first day of class.
A 2-year-old girl is dead after a fire that ignited multiple mobile homes in New Chicago, Indiana on Thursday.
An elementary school building in East Chicago Indiana has been closed after several staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
A 16-year-old boy went missing Sunday after he was pulled under the water in Portage, Indiana. His body was found Monday.
Working full time and trying to make sure a special needs student is learning – it's a tough task, and parents from Chicago to Northwest Indiana are worried their schools will not be able to provide the help they will need.
Indiana public health officials Sunday announced 750 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and an additional three confirmed deaths.
Indiana reported its second highest COVID-19 daily case load on Friday--it's sixth day of more than 1,000 cases in the past week and a half.
An eastern Indiana school district that sent 228 students home to quarantine to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 has shuttered its middle and high schools for 14 days and switched to remote learning.
Class returns to session Wednesday in person in Munster, Indiana. Families can still choose to opt their child out in favor of e-learning, but many of them are ready to get back into a school routine.
A man was burned extensively Sunday afternoon in an accident while he was working on his personal watercraft in Cedar Lake, Indiana.
A man was shot four times at a Ramada Inn in Hammond, Indiana, early Sunday morning, police confirmed.
Indiana state health officials Sunday announced another 1,048 confirmed COVID-19 cases and one additional confirmed death.
The video of Andre James' encounter with Gary police is making the rounds on social media, stirring up emotions on both sides.
Indiana state health officials Saturday announced an additional 1,036 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and another 13 deaths due to the novel coronavirus.
Due to the pandemic, Indiana residents struggling to pay their rent have one more week to avoid evictions and utility shutdowns.
This is a the highest daily total of cases confirmed since the beginning of the pandemic.
Gov. Eric Holcomb and other state officials defended brick-and-mortar school re-openings Wednesday despite mounting reports of students and education staff testing positive for the coronavirus since returning to school statewide.
Firefighters tied a rope to a surfboard to help pull a skateboarder to safety Thursday morning, after the teenager fell off the pier at Whiting Lakefront Park in northwest Indiana.
A former St. John, Indiana police commander and town council president has pleaded guilty to three counts of battery.
The Indiana State Health Department reported an additional 740 confirmed COVID-19 cases Wednesday.
"It's sort of a recipe for disaster."
The fight to reopen West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, continues Monday with the battle going to the courtroom.
City leaders on Monday were expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
Keir Starmer will step down as U.K. Prime Minister weeks after a brutal round of local elections and as he faced a challenge from within his Labour Party.
Chicago's first documented professional team was founded back in 1870. The white stockings, who eventually became the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox.
CPD says the suspect used his bare hand to sexually abuse the child after pretending to fall and bracing his fall by grabbing the girl.
Keir Starmer will step down as U.K. Prime Minister weeks after a brutal round of local elections and as he faced a challenge from within his Labour Party.
President Trump claims the problems with the Reflecting Pool in Washington are due to vandalism.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
A senior Justice Department official called a judge's demand for a declaration on the status of the "anti-weaponization" fund "unnecessary."
Trump has appeared during the Iran war to lose patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may now find himself "stuck."
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
The fight to reopen West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, continues Monday with the battle going to the courtroom. Lauren Victory reports.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has your 5 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, June 22, 2026.
We all struggle with worrying about other people’s opinions of us, but there are ways that we can ease that and get some freedom. Adam Kotowski, clinical director of the Wellness Center, joins Marie Saavedra to talk about the difference between character and reputation.
City leaders on Monday were expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention in the wake of a violent weekend. Darius Johnson reports.
Northeasterly winds on Monday will continue to churn choppy Lake Michigan waters, with wave heights between 4 and 7 feet. Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the latest in First Alert Weather.
City leaders on Monday were expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 70, according to Chicago police.
Keir Starmer will step down as U.K. Prime Minister weeks after a brutal round of local elections and as he faced a challenge from within his Labour Party.
The fight to reopen West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, continues Monday with the battle going to the courtroom.
CPD says the suspect used his bare hand to sexually abuse the child after pretending to fall and bracing his fall by grabbing the girl.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
Chicago's first documented professional team was founded back in 1870. The white stockings, who eventually became the Chicago Cubs, not the White Sox.
Dillon Dingler homered and drove in the tying run in the ninth, Matt Vierling's bloop single finished off Detroit's comeback as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Serena Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
The Chicago Cubs' game against the Toronto Blue Jays that had been planned for Sunday was postponed due to the rain coming in.
Dallas chipped away and trailed 43-38 at halftime, but the Sky dominated the third quarter and led 71-57 before losing for the 10th time in 11 games.
City leaders on Monday were expected to announce new support for a dedicated Department of Gun Violence Prevention.
A CTA Red Line train operator was injured by broken glass in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street on Sunday morning.
Would-be burglars crashed their way into a Circle K store in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning.
Detectives from Lake County, Illinois, Sheriff's office rescued a girl under 14 from a grown man who had traveled from Georgia to meet her this weekend, authorities said Sunday.
A man was robbed on a Chicago Transit Authority bus in Chicago's West Englewood community late Saturday night.
