Special Prosecutor May Probe Death Of Lake County Jail Inmate
The Lake County State's Attorney's office wants a special prosecutor to look into the death of jail inmate.
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The Lake County State's Attorney's office wants a special prosecutor to look into the death of jail inmate.
Claiming a key prosecution witness lied about his credentials, Melissa Calusinski's attorneys argued Thursday the former daycare worker convicted of murdering a toddler deserves a new trial.
The warden at the Lake County Jail in Northwest Indiana has stepped down, amid allegations that he was drunk when he showed up to the scene of a fatal hit-and-run crash that left one of his correctional officers dead.
A guilty plea had been expected Wednesday morning, but no agreement was ultimately reached, in a hit-and-run crash that left a correctional officer dead last week in Crown Point, Ind.
New criminal charges have been filed against the northwest Indiana man already accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a Lake County correctional officer and injured three other officers as they were jogging last week.
Loved ones gathered Monday to remember a 25-year-old Lake County, Ind., correctional officer, who was killed instantly when a vehicle slammed into her last week.
A 42-year-old Crown Point, Ind. man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run incident earlier this week that left a correctional officer dead and three of her colleagues injured.
There are reports that a person of interest is being questioned in connection with a hit-and-run crash this week that killed one Lake, Ind., County Sheriff's correctional officer and seriously injured three others in Crown Point.
The Lake County Coroner's office says police blows and a Taser shock are to blame in part for the death of a man who was involved in a confrontation with North Chicago police last November.
A Lake County judge earlier this month granted a motion from defense attorneys quashing Michael Ditka's DUI arrest and suppressing evidence from the arrest.
A 25-year-old woman was sentenced to 31 years in prison on Thursday for the murder of a 16-month-old boy, who she allegedly tossed to the ground three years ago.
State child welfare officials said Saturday they are investigating a report that a Lake County woman brought her 5-year-old son with her while she accompanied her boyfriend on a bank robbery.
Vernon D. Widener, 55, and Tina Louise Graham, 40, both of Lowell, Ind., allegedly abused Graham's teen son between August 2008 and January 2011.
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.
Police in several Northwest Indiana towns are looking for three Chicago men wanted for a series of daylight home invasions of elderly residents' houses.
Lake County health officials are warning of an outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough.
Illinois Department of Public Health officials are seeing the worst whooping cough outbreak in years.
Hospital personnel credited the actions of an Indiana State Trooper and a Good Samaritan with saving the life of an allegedly drunk driver who lost control of his SUV, which rolled over after striking a semi on I-65 near in northwest Indiana Saturday morning.
Agencies that provide emergency help for utility bills in Lake County are beginning to see a backlog.
Richmond was taken back to jail Friday after a Lake County judge learned the former Waukegan High School basketball star tested positive for marijuana while out on bond, the Sun-Times reported.
A school district in Lake County had to reach halfway around the world in its search for new bilingual teachers.
State Sen. Suzi Schmidt (R-Lake Villa) acknowledged on Wednesday that it was "inappropriate" for her to request special treatment when she called 911 last Christmas during a marital dispute, but said she is not stepping down as many had expected.
With high winds moving into the Chicago area Thursday evening, Lake County Sheriff's police have reported two boats capsizing on two different lakes.
Two former Lake County, Ind., Sheriff's officers appeared in federal court in Hammond Tuesday, pleading guilty to gun trafficking and tax evasion charges.
The trial continues Thursday for a Lake County woman accused of torturing dogs in her Deer Park animal shelter.
