Meredith Colias-Pete

Witnesses told Gary Police nearly a quarter century ago that Mary Ann Wrencher was in the process of breaking up with Edward Russell, Jr. when she died. Russell, now 64,...

After an investigation, police alleged Dejuan McIntyre, now 45, of Gary, gunned down Ashley Bitikofer, 34, of Portage, his ex-girlfriend, and wounded the surviving man, whom she was seeing.

A Hammond man was sentenced last week to 16 years in prison on a federal gun charge, according to a news release.

A Lowell man has been charged after allegedly trying to stab a cop outside a smoke shop. Ethan Meyer, 26, is charged with attempted murder, battery by means of a...

A Gary father was sentenced to 17 years in a plea deal for two cases, including accidentally killing his son and wounding a second man.

A Lake Station teen’s unsolved murder case was helped after the alleged shooter confessed in January 2025 to a cellmate, records show.

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