The Portage Fire Department is asking for the public's help involving a suspicious structure fire in the 2500 block of Hamstron Rd. Wednesday night.  In a press release, Joseph Calhoun, Assistant Fire Chief says the fire department responded to the fire shortly after 6 pm, finding "heavy fire in the front half of the small house.  When firefighters arrived, Calhoun says it was unclear whether the residence was occupied.  The Assistant Chief says one firefighter, who was wearing propper pr...

A 21 year old Gary man could be facing auto theft charges after police arrested him Wednesday night. The Lake County Sheriff's Department reports a radio transmission by the Gary Police Department of a vehicle stolen, at 45^th and Broadway, was heard by Detective James Stahl at approximately 8:30pm, who observed the vehicle pass him as it headed north on Broadway. After pulling the vehicle over for a traffic violation, the driver and passenger reportedly fled the vehicle on foot. Authorities...

2012-2013 La Porte County DUI Taskforce Holiday & Bowl Championship Series Patrols

The holiday season is quickly approaching and is often filled with celebrations and time spent with loved ones. To ensure safe travel, officers and deputies of the

La Porte County DUI Taskforce will continue and increase the amount of patrols. The upcoming patrols by the taskforce members will focus on ensuring that adults and children of La Porte County, along with traveling motorists through the county, remain...

A 38 year old Indianapolis man shot and killed in Portage Monday died of single gunshot wound to the left side of the neck. The Times reports an autopsy was performed on Tuesday on Wilson Rivera, who lived in Gary as recently as last summer. Published reports says police do not believe the incident was a random act, and that Rivera probably knew who shot him. An investigation continues, and anyone with information regarding this incident, which took place on the 21-hundredth block of Crisman...

The Hoosier Lottery reports a jackpot won in Gary in November has been claimed. A representative of M Kids, LLC claimed the three-point-five million dollar cash prize on behalf of his client, described as a regular Hoosier Lottery player, who wanted maintain their current lifestyle by remaining anonymous. The winner ticket was purchased at Nagra's Quick Mart, on the 43-hundredth block of East Dunes Highway in Gary, for the November 17^th drawing. Lottery officials say the winner could have taken...

A multi-state settlement with drug maker Pfizer on Wednesday, worth 42.9 million dollars, has Indiana set to receive 1.1 million dollars. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller joined with 32 other attorney generals to resolve allegations the company unlawfully promoted two of its drugs, Lyrica and Zyvox. Zoeller's office reports Pfizer promoted Lyrica for off-label uses, and used misleading and unsubstantiated superiority claims regarding Zyvox. Zoeller says, “off-label marketing can put p...

A group of Gary citizens, city department heads, and local leaders joined Gary mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson at City Hall Wednesday for a conference call with President Barack Obama regarding the impending fiscal cliff. Mayor Freeman-Wilson says the President laid out what the fiscal cliff means to everyday Americans, and emphasized the importance of extending middle class tax cuts for 98-percent of Americans, which gives a tax break on the first 250-thousand dollars of their income. The Mayor...

Michigan City Police is asking for your help in identifying the suspect of a robbery Tuesday at the Check-N-Go. Police report the suspect entered the business, located on the 52-hundredth block of Franklin Street, about 4:18 that afternoon, and displayed a weapon. Authorities say an undisclosed amount of money was turned over to the suspect, who fled the scene on foot. No one was injured in the incident, and anyone with information regarding the robbery is asked to contact the Michigan City...

A Texas man is awaiting further court proceedings after posting bond Tuesday on a charge of molesting an 11 year old Highland girl in 2009. The Times reports Enrique Marks Junior recently drove up from Texas to voluntarily turn himself in, after Lake County authorities on two-separate occasions reportedly declined to have him extradited, due to budget constraints, after he was stopped by Brownsville, Texas, Police on the Lake County warrants, once in 2009, and again in October of this year....

Three Region Mayors have accepted the” Mayor's Dare” challenge to be volunteer Bell Ringers for the Salvation Army's annual Red Kettle Campaign. The Gary/Merrillville Corps' of the Salvation Army says Lake Station Mayor, Keith Soderquist has agreed to ring the bell at the Walgreen's on Central Avenue in Lake Station from 2pm to 8pm today. While Hobart Mayor, Brian Snedecor and members of his staff will serve at the entrance to Macy's Department store at the Westfield Southlake Mall this Friday f...