East Chicago News

Indiana State Police are urging motorists to drive cautiously and to reduce their speed on wet or ice- and snow-covered roads, following a fatal crash on the Inidna Toll Road near Portage early Saturday.

Jake, Morgan, Moose and King resting on the swim platform after a day of swimming at the beach in East Chicago, IN on Lake Michigan.

GARY, Ind. - Indiana State Police say an East Chicago man was shot in the head while driving on Interstate 80 in northwest Indiana.

A driver remains in the hospital after crashing his car on Interstate Highway 80 near Gary, Ind, after being shot in the head by a driver in another car, according to Indiana State Police.

A motorist lost control of his vehicle, causing it to roll over, after he was shot in the head by someone in another car on the I-80 near Gary, Ind., Indiana State Police said.

Big Frank's Sausage in East Chicago, Ind., is actually owned by Stan Stefanski. Big Frank is his brother and it's his recipe for fresh Polish sausage that stocks the freezers at this deli/diner/pub. Open since about July 2011, Big Frank's is hitting its stride.

Pfc. Douglas Rachowicz with his sister Teri Vankooten. Rachowicz, of Hammond, was injured by a road-side bomb that killed four of his fellow members of the Indiana National Guard Jan.

Liggins, who heads a local agency that serves the area's homeless population, and a group of about 45 volunteers took to the streets and shelters Wednesday for the annual Point-in-Time Count, a statewide homeless census.

Two black mayors in northwestern Indiana are marking Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday this year by noting the impact the slain civil rights leader has had on their personal and political lives.