Crown Point News

Eleven people were missing and several others were hurt late Saturday when a pedestrian bridge at Hidden Lake Park in Merrillville, Ind.

People jam Cook county morgue to view Dillinger's body. A sheet hides a protrusion, which led to much wild speculation.

Share + Jul 1, 2009 10:05 pm US/Central Reporting Dana Kozlov CROWN POINT, Ind. 1 of 2 The Workman family was killed in a fiery crash involving a pickup truck and two semi-trailer trucks in Northwest Indiana.

Crown Point Mayor David Uran attends Tuesday's party for the release of Public Enemies.

Farmers working in a field in the 14200 block of Chase Street discovered the body of a 52-year-old man who apparently signed himself out of the hospital six days earlier.

Authorities said a man who collapsed this week in a Crete fitness center during the brutal heat spell died from the heat.

Fires destroyed two Lake County homes Sunday afternoon, claiming no human lives but possibly killing as many as four animals.

CROWN POINT, Ind. -- A Hammond man has been sentenced to 220 years in prison for setting a fire that killed his wife, infant son and another tenant in their apartment building.

Jun 27, 2009 1:53 pm US/Central CROWN POINT, Ind. The gruesome, callous and sordid details of Jada Justice's demise were revealed Friday when prosecutors charged the 2-year-old girl's cousin and her boyfriend with her murder.

A mother, father and their three children were killed in a fiery wreck involving two semi trucks and a pickup early this morning on I-65 near Crown Point, Ind.

Jun 26, 2009 1:21 pm US/Central 59-Year-Old Woman, 32-Year-Old Man Died Thursday The Cook County Medical Examiner's office is investigating two possible heat-related deaths.

CROWN POINT, Ind. - Officials have identified a body found in northwest Indiana as that of a missing Portage toddler, and the child's baby sitter and her boyfriend have been charged with her murder.

Jun 26, 2009 10:15 am US/Eastern Semis, Pickup Truck Crash CROWN POINT, Ind. Five people are dead after a crash that shut down Interstate 65 in Northwest Indiana.

Jun 25, 2009 12:00 pm US/Central CROWN POINT, Ind. An East Chicago man has been charged with burglary, rape and criminal deviate conduct in Lake County, Ind.

Jun 23, 2009 10:12 am US/Central CROWN POINT, Ind. A Cedar Lake woman has been charged in Lake Superior Court with sexual misconduct with a minor involving a 15-year-old foster son she said fathered her baby last fall.

When notorious Depression-Era bank robber John Dillinger was on the run he didn't shy from taking women hostage, but was chivalrous enough to offer them a coat in the chilly air.

Music from the '50s to '80s is being provided by the Stone Rollers for the spring benefit dance at Christ Presbyterian Church, 7416 E. 109th Ave.

Summer is an ideal time to visit an art gallery, take in a show or just hang out with friends to enjoy the nice weather.

Participants in holiday parades often hand out candy, trinkets and flyers. But during this year's Crown Point Fourth of July Parade, volunteers from the Crown Point Community Foundation will be collecting items rather than distributing them.

Jun 15, 2009 4:49 pm US/Central CROWN POINT, Ind. A pregnant 19-year-old northwest Indiana woman, due to deliver her baby on Tuesday, has been sentenced to six years in prison for slashing her cousin's face with a box cutter.