Local restaurants, stores deal with cilantro shortage
A month after the federal government banned cilantro imports from parts of Mexico, some local stores and restaurants are still feeling a hit. Jaime Gonzalez, a manager at La Carreta...
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Feds outline evidence against Lake Station mayor
Federal attorneys outlined some of the evidence they want to use against Lake Station Mayor Keith Soderquist when his first trial starts next week, including evidence they say shows the...
Hammond man faces more child pornography, prostitution charges
Hammond, child prostitution, child pornography A Hammond man already charged with prostituting a 15-year-old girl faces more federal charges related to a 14-year-old victim. According to a third superseding indictment...
Texas company files 2nd lawsuit over appraisals in Lake County
A Texas company has filed its second lawsuit in a week against local appraisers it says purposely overvalued a house, this time in Hammond. Llano Financing Group of Austin, Texas,...
Lawsuit: Porter County dispatcher starts false arrest
A man says in a lawsuit that he was falsely arrested after a Porter County dispatcher saw him at a bar and insisted he had a warrant out for his...
Four Lake pols say they would drop elected seats to save jobs
Five Lake County political candidates who stand to lose their jobs if they win election in November have asked a federal judge to rule in their favor. The plaintiffs -...
Bank claims appraisers overvalued Gary house
A Texas financing company is suing two local appraisers for purposely overvaluing a Gary house, an allegation similar to several recent mortgage fraud cases. Llano Financing Group LLC., based out...
Pair to be resentenced in gun shop owner murder
The legal saga of two men convicted of killing a Hammond gun shop owner during a 2000 robbery will continue after they lost their bid to have their second trial...
Five charged with lying in order to get college aid
Five Hammond residents face charges of lying about having a GED diploma in order to get money for college from the federal government. William Tyrone Valliant, 48; Carl Valliant, 50;...
Hammond rail company fights bid to question GM
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is fighting the federal government's attempt to question the company's general manager about a large 2012 brush fire that damaged 400 acres in the Indiana Dunes...