Becky Jacobs

Lake County prosecutors disagree with the defense’s claim that police misused the Amber Alert system to find a teenage girl accused of killing her mother. Chastinea Reeves, 17, reportedly stabbed...

A judge cut the bail of a man charged in a shooting outside Walmart last year in half. The Sept. 30 shooting outside Walmart off of U.S. 30 in Hobart...

David Shaner died before a wrongful death lawsuit he filed from his wife’s death in Lake County could be resolved. Even though Shaner had no heirs and no will, the...

Court cases stemming from the deaths of two children — a boy who found a gun at his baby sitters’ home and a girl who was shot during her father’s...

A Dyer woman is accused of nearly severing an elderly relative’s penis with a pair of scissors, according to court records. The 53-year-old woman was charged with aggravated battery, domestic...

Attorneys are waiting to see if a plea deal is possible in the case of a former Hobart game store owner accused of engaging in sexual conduct with three underage...