The Times of Northwest Indiana

GARY — Local law enforcement are looking into a report of a shootout Thursday afternoon that left one man dead and a federal agent wounded.

GRIFFITH — In an effort to combat the growing epidemic of opioid-related deaths and incidents, the Griffith Police Department partnered with the Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative (PAARI) in early 2017.

CROWN POINT — Pat Gabrione is leaving the political fray after two decades as a leading voice in Lake County election and GOP party affairs.

WASHINGTON — A group of top business economists believes the major tax cuts President Donald Trump pushed through Congress will give a significant boost to economic growth this year and next year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

CROWN POINT — A defense attorney for a man accused of committing two violent sexual assaults in East Chicago said Wednesday she planned on filing a motion challenging her client's competency to stand trial.

HAMMOND — A Chicago man has been arrested and charged in connection with the April 14 arson that killed a Hammond woman and injured two others.

GARY — City Councilwoman LaVetta Sparks-Wade protested the country's president from her seat during the Pledge of Allegiance Tuesday night.

The clouds in the blue sky broke and the sun shined down Tuesday as the Crown Point High School Class of 2018 made their way onto the football field.

CROWN POINT — A criminal court judge rejected a plea agreement Tuesday for a Gary woman accused of hitting her former roommate with a car as the woman was walking to church.

CROWN POINT — A 20-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to reckless homicide for fatally stabbing a 50-year-old man last June during an argument at a Hammond apartment.