Hammond News

The U.S. Attorney's office filed charges against six suspects in connection with five robberies at banks across Northwest Indiana in the past eight months.

No serious injuries are reported from a natural gas leak and fire in the Hessville neighborhood of Hammond.

A federal judge has rejected a move by environmentalists to stop the $3.8 billion expansion of BP's oil refinery along Lake Michigan.

Opening ceremonies are being held Monday for a new $336 million casino boat in southeastern Indiana.

U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky has announced that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development approved $40.1 million for water infrastructure projects in Northwest Indiana.

I have decided to follow this tour for the rest of the year and hope to encourage more women golfers interested in these young girls trying to make professional golf their career.

Jun 18, 2009 5:12 pm US/Central HAMMOND, Ind. The official start of summer is just a few days away, and that also means we're at a higher risk for West Nile virus.

A Hammond man admitted in court Monday he molested a 5-year-old boy in Highland.

Most of the country right now is in a malaise over our economic crisis. After all, many people have lost their jobs and their health care coverage, and far too many have lost their homes.

The Democratic-led Indiana House on Thursday approved a one-year state budget that includes a 2 percent increase in education funding and $9 million to alleviate Little Calumet River flooding, two key issues for local legislators.

A Hammond man has been charged in Lake Superior Court with battery and neglect of a dependent involving his 3-month-old daughter who had bruises on her face, a bleeding blood vessel in the back of her head and healing rib fractures.

Police in Hammond are investigating whether the burning of a 9-year-old boy by a group of older boys might have been a hate crime.

A nine-year-old boy who was badly burned in what his family claims was a hate crime, faces at least another six months of medical treatment.

An Army veteran from Hammond who now works at U.S. Steel has been honored by the Pentagon as its 2 millionth recipient of the Freedom Team Salute commendation.

Jun 12, 2009 8:27 pm US/Central HAMMOND, Ind. 1 of 1 Elijah Judkins, of Gary, checks on his son Joshua as he recovers from burns on 20 per cent of his body at Stroger Hospital in Chicago on June 11, 2009.

A 9-year-old boy suffered severe burns in what police say was a prank gone wrong in Hammond, Ind.

Former East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick didn't show up for a court hearing to determine how much money he and a former aide may owe the city as a result of a racketeering lawsuit.

HAMMOND, Ind. -- Lawyers for the state of Indiana say that former East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick's activities left the city with a costly legacy that it's still not able to overcome more than four years after he left office.

Friday, June 05, 2009 Ind. Law - AG finds that a Port Authority seat is a "lucrative office" per the Constitution Jeff Burton reports today in the NWI Times : HAMMOND Bob Markovich should not hold seats on the Hammond City Council and the Hammond Port Authority, according to an opinion by Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller made public earlier ...

Submitted by kpaul.mallasch on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 7:29pm. INDIANAPOLIS, IN The Indiana National Guard's A Company, 2-151st Infantry, armored in Hammond, Ind., will hold its departure ceremony at Wicker Park in Highland, Ind., at 6:00 p.m., on Saturday, June 6. The park is at the corner of Indianapolis Blvd.