1934: Chicago was in the grip of a weeklong heat wave, and the mercury that day reached 101. Twenty-three people died of the heat, but the death that drew the most attention was that of John Dillinger ...

Tumbo Brooks scrubbed the sweat from his face with a gray washcloth last night as he hurried down East 71st Street to the police tape. Arne Duncan stood at the intersection, staring south down South ...

One of the Region’s early industrialists built the Wickey Mansion across from Veteran’s Memorial Park in East Chicago.

Three adults and one child were injured Friday night in what police say were two separate shootings approximately 1 mile apart from each other.

CROWN POINT, Ind. — The Lake County Coroner’s Office is seeking family for two separate residents who recently passed away. Barbara “Bobbi” Elizabeth Timmons, 77, of East Chicago,… ...