Authorities Asking For Help In Finding Homeless Man's Family
The Lake County Coroner's Office is asking for help in finding the family of David Lawson, a homeless person found dead of natural causes in a vacant home in Gary on July 15, 2012.
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The Lake County Coroner's Office is asking for help in finding the family of David Lawson, a homeless person found dead of natural causes in a vacant home in Gary on July 15, 2012.
Illinois and Indiana law enforcement officers plan to team-up to go after gun-runners.
Police in Gary, Ind., were on their way to break up an argument in a gangway of Delaney Community Housing Development early Saturday when they heard gunfire, then found Laroi Griffin, 32, shot to death.
Two home burglary suspects were killed and a third was critically hurt as they fled police on Wednesday in Gary, Ind.
The third homicide victim in three days lived within blocks of the other two. All three died from gunshot wounds.
A hostage situation lasting about four hours ended in Gary last night with a man releasing four hostages and surrendering to police.
A 63-year-old Nigerian man was found dead at the site of a Sunday house fire in Gary.
Police in Gary say a key witness in a Portage murder case was shot and killed yesterday.
A police officer in Gary stopped a car with severe front end damage last night to talk to the driver and found that the female passenger in the front seat was dead.
An unarmed Glen Park teen was chased down an Aetna street, where he was shot and killed early Thursday.
A van carrying a dozen teenagers returning from school basketball tournament veered off the road Thursday night and rolled down an embankment in East Chicago, Ind.
A new study concludes that Gary, Ind., is the most under-policed city in the country.
CBS 2's Marissa Bailey talked with Damita Nicholson's family. They're grieving for a young mom taken too soon, CBS 2's Marissa Bailey reports.
A 34-year-old Hammond, Ind. woman -- who police say had a blood-alcohol level 2 1/2 times over the legal limit -- ended her 34th birthday celebration early Saturday by totaling her car when she rear-ended a semi on I-80 outside of Gary.
CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports on the 30-year-old woman's disappearance and her family's frantic search.
From the little girl who ate sweet potato pie at her grandparent's on Thanksgiving to an international star--the first African American gymnast to win the individual Gold Medal at the Olympics.
Discovery of human remains two years ago has led police to charge a former Michigan City man with murder.
A Calumet Township man was sentenced to 33 years in a pickax slaying of a man who stole his prized shotgun and sold it for drugs.
Two people were killed when a small airplane went down in a wooded area in Gary, Ind., late Wednesday morning.
Members of an Indiana National Guard unit returned home with heavy hearts on Wednesday, after losing six of their fellow soldiers in combat in Afghanistan.
Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and a group of University of Chicago graduate students he now teaches are reaching across the state line to help the battered steel town of Gary, Ind.
The westbound Borman Expressway in Northwest Indiana was down to one lane Wednesday morning, after four semi-trailer trucks were involved in a crash.
Police in Northwest Indiana are looking for a man driving a pickup truck after an incident of road rage near Gary.
The boy who fell from his third-story window last month is in foster care with a 5-year-old child after they both were found home alone Saturday morning.
Illinois led 39-35 at halftime after six ties and nine lead changes and was ahead by nine points early in the second half.
The Bulls led 104-97 after closing the third period on a 16-2 run, but Denver started the final quarter on a 20-2 spurt to take the lead for good.
Ald. Juan Martinez said there is no danger to the public. Information about the person shot and what led to the shooting was not released.
According to the village president, about 50 homes are affected and have no water service as a result of the break.
Authorities said investigators found evidence that the child suffered long-term neglect, physical abuse, and mental abuse.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
Roberts said crews will be dispatched on Sunday morning to find the exact location and begin repairs to another nearby break.
The FBI says the message is in response to a communication sent to a Tucson TV station late yesterday. It comes one week after the 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was last seen.
Ald. Juan Martinez (3rd) in a statement said, "Earlier this evening, there was a Police involved shooting that resulted in a fatality in our Ward."
Authorities said first responders noticed the child appeared malnourished with bruising on his body.
A fast-moving system heads towards Chicago on Saturday night, bringing a few snow showers.
Authorities said investigators found evidence that the child suffered long-term neglect, physical abuse, and mental abuse.
Friends, family, and elected officials spoke out as a judge decides in two weeks whether to deport 22-year-old Federico Alcantar.
Ald. Juan Martinez said there is no danger to the public. Information about the person shot and what led to the shooting was not released.
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest after a Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
The 2026 Chicago Auto Show kicks off at McCormick Place on Saturday.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
Illinois led 39-35 at halftime after six ties and nine lead changes and was ahead by nine points early in the second half.
The Bulls led 104-97 after closing the third period on a 16-2 run, but Denver started the final quarter on a 20-2 spurt to take the lead for good.
More than 35 local, state and federal agencies have been working for the last 18 months to prepare for Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California.
Two west suburban high schools have something extra to celebrate Sunday, when alumni from their schools make their Super Bowl debuts.
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway after the lighting of the Olympic cauldrons and the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.
Local and federal authorities said "investigators are actively inspecting the information provided in the message for its authenticity" regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
A South Side community came together on Friday, hoping for justice after a woman was shot and killed while her baby was in the back seat of their car earlier this week.
A Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
Actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, officials said Friday.
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
