Kentucky man charged in 1994 killing of Gary Indiana woman
A Kentucky man has been charged in the 1994 rape and murder of a northwestern Indiana woman found strangled to death inside her home with an electrical cord.
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Justices: Gary Housing Authority’s taking of private property upheld, but property owner entitled to damages hearing
Although the Gary Housing Authority can proceed with its administrative taking of privately owned property, the property owner will get a chance to make its case for damages after the Indiana Supreme Court ordered the entry of summary judgment for the owner as well as a damages hearing.
COA rejects Lake County residents’ suit against East Chicago’s ‘welcoming ordinance’
Northern Indiana residents have failed in another attempt to do away with a local city “welcoming ordinance” — this time in the city of East Chicago — after the Court of Appeals of Indiana found that, like another attempt to remove such an ordinance in Gary, the plaintiffs ultimately lacked standing to bring their claim.
Justices decline to hear IRT’s COVID coverage case but agree to revisit criminal case decisions
The Indiana Supreme Court has brought the curtain down on the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s push to get its insurance company to cover losses incurred when the pandemic forced the show to close in the spring of 2020.
Gary woman gets 11 years for role in killings of 2 teens
A Gary woman has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for providing two teenagers with guns and later hiding a gun her boyfriend used to kill them in 2020.
3 arrested after Indiana post-graduation shooting wounds 2
Three people were taken into custody following a Sunday shooting that wounded two people shortly after a graduation ceremony in northwestern Indiana, police said.
New trial denied for man convicted in fatal Gary shooting
Despite allegations of prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments, a man convicted of murder could not convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana to grant him a new trial.
Gary man wounded after jail van escape, firing shots at police
A 36-year-old man has been shot and wounded by officers after escaping from a jail transport van in western Indiana and later firing shots from an apartment he ran into, state police said.
Gary man convicted in 2020 slayings of 2 teenage boys
A Gary man was sentenced to 130 years in prison Friday after being convicted in the 2020 killings of two teenage boys found shot to death in a northwest Indiana home.
Gary woman admits helping hide gun used in 2 murders
A Gary woman has admitted to helping hide a gun her boyfriend used to kill two teenagers at a Gary-area home, court records show.
Missing Gary-area woman died from crash trauma, drowning
The death of a missing woman whose remains were found this week has been ruled an accident, coroners said Thursday.
Human remains found in Gary IDed as those of missing woman
Human remains found in Gary on Wednesday morning were identified as those of a missing woman, police announced.
Gary man gets 103 years for shooting woman dead, burning car
A Lake County judge sentenced a Gary man to more than 103 years in prison Tuesday for fatally shooting his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car he set ablaze.
Gary man charged in 2018 triple killing found dead in cell
Northwest Indiana authorities are investigating after a Gary man charged earlier this year in a 2018 triple homicide was found dead in his jail cell.
2 teens charged in slaying of a retired Gary firefighter
Two teenage boys have made their first court appearances after being charged in the slaying of a retired Gary firefighter who was a member of the high school basketball team that won the 1968 state title.
Charges filed against man accused of shooting Gary officer
Prosecutors have charged a man accused of shooting a Gary police detective with felony attempted murder and other counts.
Police: Suspect in custody had ambushed, shot Gary officer
A suspect who’s in custody allegedly ambushed and shot a veteran Gary police officer Monday as the officer was investigating a vehicle that was driving recklessly, police said Tuesday.
Police: Gary police officer shot, in stable condition
A Gary police officer was shot and wounded Monday while responding to reports of gunshots fired in the northwest Indiana city, police said.
Illinois man pleads guilty in attack on 2 Indiana troopers
An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to attacking and injuring two Indiana state troopers during a roadside scuffle along a northwest Indiana highway ramp.
2 Gary men arrested, charged in 2018 fatal shootings of 3
Two Gary men have been arrested in the 2018 shooting deaths of three people whose bodies were found along a roadside and in a car’s trunk after they had attended a birthday celebration.