DOLTON — A 53-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash early Tuesday along southbound Interstate 94 at Sibley Boulevard, officials reported.

PORTER COUNTY — A motorcycle driver and his juvenile passenger were seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a pickup truck Saturday afternoon, the Porter County Sheriff's Office said.

Preliminary exam began for former Warren Police Officer James Burke, who is charged with two counts of homicide-manslaughter with a motor vehicle in deaths.