NEW CHICAGO, Ind. (WLS) -- A woman was killed in a house fire in Northwest Indiana, according to officials. The fire happened at 425 McKinley Avenue at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday, officials said. When New Chicago firefighters arrived to the house, officials said it was fully engulfed and they had some trouble accessing the house.

Witnesses said that the victim was involved in an argument that turned physical with his wife when he reached for a weapon. At that time, the son shot his father to protect his mother.

A man from Chicago has been arrested on a slew of felony charges for allegedly abducting an Indiana 19-year-old at gunpoint and threatening to kill anyone who tried to stop him. Ronald D. Gayles, 21,

Indiana legislators would like to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border to absorb parts of Illinois, but the proposed action would face roadblocks on the Illinois side, which would prevent a border

An elderly woman died in a house fire at her residence in New Chicago on Wednesday evening.  Firefighters encountered difficulties accessing the burning building. NEW CHICAGO - An elderly woman died in a fire that engulfed her home Wednesday evening in New Chicago,

Jennifer Lee Wilson pleaded guilty in October to reckless homicide, admitting she pinned her foster son, Dakota Levi Stevens, to the ground by lying on his midsection for about five minutes.

Police in East Chicago, Indiana, were investigating after a son fatally shot his father to protect his mother during a fight, authorities said.

The northwest Indiana woman who was charged in the death of her 10-year-old foster son was sentenced on Friday, according to authorities.

Jennifer Lee Wilson, who weighed 340 pounds, admitted to pinning her foster son to the ground by lying on his midsection for about 5 minutes.

With snow in the forecast, office manager Ashley Pettit-Godbey said Sherco Group of Sheridan, Indiana rolled the dice and sent plows down south ahead of the storm.

The additional funding brings Indiana's Medicaid payments to out-of-state children's hospitals up to the amount it would pay if the child was seen at Riley Hospital.

A Chicago driver was arrested for driving under the influence after crashing into a scale house on I-94 in Northwest Indiana Saturday, authorities said.