Schererville

This week, we're "Heating Up the Kitchen" with the Schererville Fire Department and making firefighter Coliln Zackavec's chimichurri braised pork chops and sweet potato hash!

Barnes & Noble is defying recent retail trends by expanding its presence with new brick-and-mortar stores across Chicagoland.

A Walmart parking lot in Schererville, Indiana was evacuated Saturday evening for a possible bomb threat.

Michael Nanay, 63, allegedly accepted hefty deposits to install in-ground swimming pools for homeowners, but never finished the work and left dangerous, gaping holes in their yards.

The man was found inside an apartment near 90th and Merrillville, the sheriff's office said. He was taken into custody by Crown Point police. No one was hurt.

The three men were trying to leave in a getaway car when Schererville police arrived. The suspects allegedly rammed their car into a police patrol car, and police opened fire.

The Lake County Sheriff said that three robbery suspects were trying to leave in a getaway car when Schererville police arrived. They rammed their car into a police patrol car. Police opened fire, hitting one of the robbery suspects.

The racetrack was in operation from 1945 to 2016.

The tornado that passed through Crete on Saturday was an EF0 with winds of 70 miles per hour. A second twister with peak winds of 75 miles per hour roared through Dyer and Schererville.

Tornado sirens blared in Chicago and many suburbs on Saturday as the entire area was slammed with heavy rains and flash floods.

Former Down Syndrome Association of Northwest Indiana President Bill Buckley and former Executive Director Dawn Buckley have been charged with fraud of a financial institution and theft for allegedly stealing $100,000 from the group, the organization said.

Michael J. Tunstall, 26, is charged with one count of murder and one count of aggravated battery, both felonies.