Lake County News

Authorities say an 86-year-old man from northwestern Indiana died after setting himself on fire while smoking a pipe.

Monday, planners of the Illiana Corridor announced they have reduced the number of expected north-south road closures in Indiana from five to two in an alternative for Lake County residents.

Gov. Mike Pence has signed a bill into law that could lead to economic development in Gary and another bill that could create a path for Griffith to secede from Calumet Township.

Lake County Councilwoman Christine Cid went on a WJOB radio talk show Friday morning and accused Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott of offering her a job if she would vote for a 1.5% local income tax after he was a guest on the show and accused her of angling for a new job by voting against the income tax increase.

One of the suspects sought in connection with a home invasion and shooting in the southwest suburbs is dead, authorities said.

When Frances Wulf , 92, made the decision to stop driving and sell her car, she began to look for her next step.

In a stunning reversal, commissioners in Lake County, Ind., failed to veto a planned 1.5 percent income tax for county residents.

A Benedictine monk charged with trying to lure a far north suburban girl into his car may have "mental health issues," a prosecutor said in a Lake County Circuit Court today.

Plastic pop bottles and grocery bags. Cigarette packages. Snack packaging. Even an old muffler, compact disc and a plastic dryer vent.

The 1.5 percent Lake County income tax package is one step closer to reality but it still has two high hurdles to cross.

Doug Hayden pulls a finishing tool as he prepares the soil for planting corn at Hayden Farms in Lowell, Ind.

Police in northwestern Indiana say an 18-year-old man died in a crash while he was fleeing from an officer.

County officials have three options if the proposed 1.5 percent income tax does not pass: drastic cuts, bankruptcy or more borrowing - a step described as "fiscal suicide," Lake County Council's financial expert says.

School Town of Munster Superintendent Richard Sopko fixes his gaze at the bottom line of his district's future and begins to grumble.

WeGoShop.com continues to expand its grocery delivery service, now to include Lake County, IN.

The St. John woman held her first public auction Saturday morning at her new business, Last Straw Auctions, and she hustled her way through most of the day.

Lake County taxpayers are on the hook for $1.8 billion in debt for school construction, but school officials say the money is necessary to fix problems with crowded classrooms.

Early in his career, the Rev. Rick Orlinski was one of three priests at Our Lady of Grace in Highland and spent two to three days each week ministering to the sick in their homes.

Engineering is set to begin on the design of a long-term storm water project that one day will bring a water feature to the north end of the city.

An emergency special meeting of the Lake County Council has been called Friday for possible action on the proposed 1.5 percent county option income tax package.