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Feds want 19 years for former Dyer school VP in child porn case

April 24, 2026 at 3:11 p.m.

As a self-proclaimed Christian with a wife and seven children, Michael Deckinga lived an outwardly normal life in Dyer while working as a marketing executive for a Dyer seminary school....

Dolton man gets 130 years for Hammond apartment double murder

April 23, 2026 at 3:55 p.m.

Marvin “Geno” Clark, 33, was convicted of four counts of murder and three counts of burglary, plus four gun enhancements. Two of the murder counts were while committing a burglary....

Chicago man guilty in Cal Township trailer neglect case

April 23, 2026 at 10:14 a.m.

A jury convicted Chicago resident Marquis “Smiley” Falls with neglect for holding out his 10-month old daughter out facing forward when police arrived at a Gary trailer park in August...

Indianapolis man gets 27 years for fatal shooting in Gary van

April 22, 2026 at 2:31 p.m.

An Indianapolis man was sentenced to 27 years for killing his uncle’s friend as the men were riding around after a night of drinking.

Prosecutors want to use 911 calls at trial for Gary couple’s deaths

April 22, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.

Prosecutors have filed for permission to use a series of escalating 911 calls to show the danger they argue Derrick Pouncey posed before he killed a couple and wounded a...

A cross and flowers left in front of barriers along Deep River near the spot where the body of Rodrigo Montes was found Thursday March 26, 2026 in Lake Station, Indiana. Rodrigo Montes, 18, a senior at River Forest High School, had been missing since early Monday.(Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Lake Station teen’s death in river ruled accidental

April 20, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

Rodrigo “Rico” Montes, 18, died from asphyxia, or being unable to breathe. The drowning was “complicated with hypothermia” with evidence of “blunt force trauma” to his head from a crash,...

Soured relationship led Hammond man to kill relative roommate: records

April 20, 2026 at 2:48 p.m.

Juan Mares, 28, was charged Friday with murder in the April 15 death of Matthew Sadowski. Mares turned himself in at the Hammond Police station on Thursday. He is being...

Hobart man gets probation for wife’s neglect death

April 18, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Edwin Burgos, 66, pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily injury, a Level 5 felony.

Hammond man’s murder trial reset after victim’s relative runs at defendant

April 17, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

A Hammond man’s trial for the murder of his ex-wife on a public street was rescheduled Friday after a relative of the victim tried to charge the defendant.

E.C. woman gets probation for battery in child molesting case

April 16, 2026 at 4:50 p.m.

A woman got one year on probation after a prosecutor conceded they couldn’t prove child molesting charges from more than a decade ago.

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