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Porter County – The Porter County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Friday that an alleged threat reported at Wheeler High School was thoroughly investigated and determined to be not credible. School Resource Officers began looking into the ....

CHESTERTON— An Elmhurst, Illinois man was arrested after Chesterton police say he fled from a traffic stop, resisted officers, and was found in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia following a pursuit. According to court ....

VALPARAISO— A Lafayette man is now facing multiple charges in connection with a May crash in Porter County that claimed the life of a female passenger, according to court documents. According to court documents, on ....

A Porter man has been formally charged with several felony counts of child molesting and incest following an investigation by the Porter Police Department and the Indiana Department of Child Services. According to court documents, ....

According to court documents, Matthew Ryan James Coxie, 20, of Chesterton, has been charged in Porter County with multiple counts of child molesting and incest. Court filings state that investigators opened a case on August ....

A Chicago man already facing child solicitation charges from February has now been charged with two counts of possession of child pornography. According to court documents, the new charges were filed after investigators analyzed Dione ....

Portage police arrested a 19-year-old man Monday evening after he allegedly assaulted his grandfather and stole a vehicle from the family’s Jefferson Street residence. According to police, officers were called around 6 p.m. on September ....

According to court documents, a Portage man has been charged after allegedly striking a pedestrian with his car in Lake Station and fleeing the scene without stopping. The crash happened on September 1, 2025, around ....

A 43-year-old Portage man has been charged after police say he attempted to break into a family member’s home, violated a no-contact order, and resisted officers who found him hiding in a garage. According to ....

Liberty Township – Just after 6 PM, on Monday, September 1, 2025 Liberty Township firefighters were sent to Long Lake in lower Liberty Township for a missing male subject on the lake. Chiefs Brian Duncan ....