- Evening Star

CROWN POINT — Lake County sheriff's police found a woman stabbed inside a home, lying on a bloodied piece of cardboard with two blackened eyes. Tape used to bind her hands was found nearby, records state. […]

CROWN POINT — A 39-year-old woman is accused of dealing drugs out of her nail salon on Ridge Road in Munster. […]

VALPARAISO — Police are searching for two men and one woman following an alleged armed robbery at a hotel in Valparaiso Sunday. […]

CROWN POINT — A woman told police she fell asleep on a friend's couch after going out drinking and dancing and awoke as she was being raped by the friend's boyfriend, court records show. […]

CROWN POINT — Forming a circle and joining hands, a group of teens prayed at a Chicago Hospital for their 17-year-old friend who was on his motorcycle when he was hit by a vehicle three days ago. […]

CROWN POINT — A man was charged Monday on allegations he raped a woman in Hammond after offering to help her find her way home because her car had broken down. […]

GARY — A Gary man, his wife and two other men all have been killed in homicides since Wednesday, officials said. […]

CROWN POINT — A Hammond woman answered a knock at her door Feb. 4 to find several men, one of whom pistol-whipped her head, before she was forced to undress, was forcibly searched several times and robbed, court records say. […]

An explosion of gunfire sent scores of Walmart shoppers into panic, left a child critically injured and pressed an off-duty Gary officer, at the store with his family, into action. […]

EAST CHICAGO — A Washington Elementary School fifth-grader died Sunday after being shot in the head when a fight broke out Saturday in the city's Harbor section. […]

* INDIANAPOLIS — A new state law directs Indiana doctors and hospitals to compile and submit a detailed report every time a woman seeks treatment for a physical or psychological condition that is in any way connected to a past […]

INDIANAPOLIS — There no longer is any question over whether Hoosiers are permitted to use cannabidiol, also known as CBD oil, as a natural remedy to treat health ailments. […]

INDIANAPOLIS — When Gov. Mike Pence signed the 2015 repeal of Indiana's common construction wage statute, the Republican proclaimed that eliminating county minimum pay rates for public works projects would save the state and local governments money without reducing t […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The State Board of Education approved a major overhaul of Indiana's high school graduation requirements Wednesday, despite significant concerns from Hoosier educators about how the changes will be implemented. […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The state's most powerful business organization is asking Indiana lawmakers to focus on reducing the number of Hoosier smokers, in addition to addressing traditional corporate concerns, during the legislative session that begins Jan. 3. […]

INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Brownsburg, is counting on the same populist wave that last year carried Donald Trump into the White House to help him win Indiana's Republican U.S. Senate nomination. […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law Thursday a two-year state spending plan that has the potential to grow Northwest Indiana's economy and improve its quality of life for decades to come. […]

INDIANAPOLIS — "You are going to smell asphalt morning, noon and night." […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A Hoosier lawmaker hoping to permanently end abortion in Indiana could get an assist from a U.S. Supreme Court reshaped by Republican President-elect Donald Trump. […]

With the advent of charter schools in Indiana more than a decade ago, and the rise of private schools funded by state vouchers, your address no longer dictates what school your children will attend. […]

EAST CHICAGO — A retired Hammond firefighter and former battalion chief with the Lake County Marine Unit was among the two people who died early Saturday in an East Chicago marina boating accident. […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mike Pence appears likely to be Donald Trump’s running mate on the Republican ticket in November. […]