Lake County

A statewide Amber Alert that was issued in Indiana after the disappearance of a 7-month-old baby from Merrillville has been canceled.

The Chicago area's first freeze usually occurs in October, but city and suburban low temperatures have remained 10º to 15º above normal, with no chance of a freeze in the next week.

The chance of rain Tuesday is of the ‘spotty drizzle’ variety.

A northwest Indiana man has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for the slayings of a Gary woman and her 13-year-old son, who were fatally shot in their home during a 2019 robbery.

Storms are possible on Sunday and Monday, with a chance of rain on Wednesday.

The Mascot Hall of Fame in Whiting, Indiana may be adding the Chicago White Sox mascot to its ranks.

A man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a northwest Indiana teenager who was trying to sell an Xbox has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

A Gary woman is accused of fatally shooting her cousin Tuesday on the Indiana Toll Road.

DO YOU KNOW THEM? The man and woman were driving an older model Nissan Xterra, according to Munster police.

The National Park Service said that on Sunday evening, someone reported a “discharge of rusty colored liquid” into the Burns Waterway, which is alongside the U.S. Steel Plant.

LOOKING FOR A HOUSE? Zillow says the typical value of homes in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area has gone up 14% over the past year to $282,568, and will rise 8.9% in the next year.

Starting on Oct. 24, everyone in the 219 and 574 area codes will be required to use 10 digits, rather than just seven, to make phone calls. For example, you won't be able to call “555-5555” to order pizza. You'll have to dial 219-555-5555 to get fed.

Police are seeking the public's help in identifying two men who allegedly stole a woman's wallet at a grocery store in Munster, Indiana.

"We knew that a lot of drugs were going into Chicago as a distribution point.  And from there it's distributed throughout the Midwest," said Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez, Jr. 

The average high in the Chicago area this time of year is in the 70's, but we'll be seeing highs in the 80s on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Dodge Charger was riddled with bullets and three of the young people inside were wounded.