Porter County

A man struck by a truck on the Indiana tollway in Porter County is recovering in a Chicago hospital today while an investigation continues into why he walked into traffic. About 1:30 p.m. Thursday Jeffery P. Bohannon of Westville, Ind., walked into...

Local volunteers from the American Red Cross and utility workers are leaving this weekend for various parts of the East Coast in anticipation of Hurricane Irene. At least four Red Cross are going from St. Joseph County, four from Elkhart County and...

The body of a 23-year-old Valparaiso University student was found today in Lake Michigan one day after he was last seen swimming in high waves at Porter Beach, Indiana officials said. The body of Rayan Sami A Bochari was found at 4:30 p.m. after U.S....

Murder charges are pending against an 18-year-old man who investigators believe is responsible for the death of a young woman whose body was found by searchers over the weekend in northwestern Indiana. Porter County Sheriff David Lain says Indiana...

An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a Portage, Ind., woman whose body was found by police near his home on Saturday, the Porter County sheriff's office said today. Dustin McCowan faces a murder charge in the...

An autopsy revealed a Portage woman died from a single gunshot wound. Murder charges are pending against an 18-year-old man who investigators believe is responsible for the death of the young woman, whose body was found by searchers over the weekend in...

The 18-year old man accused of killing a Portage girl made his first appearance in court Tuesday. Dustin McCowan was charged with murder Monday in connection with the death of his ex-girlfriend. An autopsy revealed Amanda Bach, 19, was instantly...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A Porter County judge has recused herself from the case against an 18-year-old man accused of killing a young woman whose body was found by searchers over the weekend in northwestern Indiana. The Times of Munster reports...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — The retired president of a northwestern Indiana bank has died after being struck by a pickup while he was jogging. The Porter County Sheriff's Department says 62-year-old Garry Bradley was hit Sunday morning along a county...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana man has pleaded guilty to charges that he fatally shot his 32-year-old son while they argued inside a pickup truck. Sixty-nine-year-old James Blum of rural Valparaiso had faced murder charges in the...

Funnel clouds were reported early tonight as a strong storm blew through south of Chicago from Illinois into Indiana. About 6:50 p.m. a tornado warning was issued for southeastern Cook County, northern Lake County in Indiana as well as northwestern...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A 15-year-old northern Indiana girl charged with handcuffing at knifepoint and sexually assaulting a special needs student has been sentenced to the state Department of Correction's girls school. The Valparaiso teenager...