Hobart News

As part of the annual 4th of July celebration the Hobart Kiwanis Club invites owners and pets to participate in the annual Pet Parade at Festival Park, 111 E. Old Ridge Road.

Karen Grau has documented many heartbreaking cases in her decade-plus career reporting on the juvenile-justice system, but maybe none sadder and more surprising than the story of Kenneth.

Jun 26, 2009 10:26 am US/Central Semis, Pickup Truck Crash On I-65 At U.S. 231 CROWN POINT, Ind.

The northwest Indiana man accused of burning 2-year-old Jada Justice's dead body and encasing it in concrete was shot with a Taser before court on Monday morning.

A baby sitter and her boyfriend were charged Friday with killing a toddler whose body was encased in concrete and dumped in a swampy area in northwest Indiana.

Authorities say a semitrailer slammed into a pickup truck that had slowed down on Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana, killing a couple and their three children riding in the truck.

A young family of five from Hobart was killed on their way to vacation in Florida when their pickup was crushed between two semis and burst into flames on Interstate 65 before dawn Friday, State Police said.

Authorities say that a crash on Interstate 65 in northwestern Indiana has killed five people who were in the same family.

Eighteen-year-old Engelica Castillo and 24-year-old Tim Tkachik, both of Hobart, were being held without bond Friday in the Lake County Jail.

Jun 26, 2009 9:02 am US/Central OTIS, Ind. Charges could be filed Friday after the death of an Indiana toddler who is believed to be the missing 2-year-old Jada Justice.

Jun 25, 2009 5:24 pm US/Central OTIS, Ind. A body believed to be that of a missing northwest Indiana toddler has been found in a field about 30 miles away from where the girl was last reported seen.

Authorities are offering a $6,000 reward for information to help find a missing toddler in Hobart, Ind.

HOBART, Ind. a * Police and FBI agents in Indiana will meet with the Lake County, Ind.

The FBI has been called in to help search for a missing 2-year-old girl in northwest Indiana.

Investigators and family members say they are suspicious about the account the cousin of a 2-year-old girl has given of how the child went missing from outside a convenience store.

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.

Jun 18, 2009 5:28 am US/Central GARY, Ind. As a family from Hobart, Ind., awaits news of their missing 2-year-old daughter, the FBI is joining in the search to find her and bring her home.

Congratulations and best wishes to Jamie Lewis, a newly ordained deacon in the Catholic Diocese of Gary.

The funeral takes place in the Pakistani city of Lahore of a prominent Muslim cleric killed in a suicide attack on Friday.

A Valparaiso motorcyclist died Sunday in a two vehicle accident on Division Road in Union Township, the Porter County Sheriff's Police said.