CROWN POINT — A 22-year-old St. John man faces 21 criminal charges after abducting a 16-year-old girl from Lake County. Alexander Martin Curry-Fishtorn is charged with four counts of kidnapping, five counts of criminal confinement, six counts of stalking, one count of intimidation, one count of domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, two counts …read more.

FORT WAYNE – Hudson Potts went 3-4 with a homer, but Fort Wayne lost to Great Lakes 9-6 Wednesday night.

CENTER TOWNSHIP — Charges are pending against a man accused of running a puppy mill out of his northwest Indiana home.

HAMMOND — Lake County Sheriff John Buncich and Portage Mayor James Snyder were indicted today on public corruption charges.

CROWN POINT — The FBI and Indiana State Police raided the Lake County Sheriff’s Department and his home early Thursday. A number of FBI agents and state police investigators entered the offices of Lake County Sheriff John Buncich at the Lake County Government Center, 2293 N. Main St., about 9:30 a.m. They left early Thursday …read more.

FORT WAYNE – On an unseasonably cool Tuesday night at Parkview Field, the TinCaps were shut out for the first time this season in a 5-0 loss to the Lake County Captains. Lake County (17-15) took a 2-0 lead in the third inning, added a third run in the fourth, and tacked on two more …read more.

FORT WAYNE – Four different Fort Wayne hitters had multi-hit nights on Monday, but the Lake County Captains prevailed, 16-5, at Parkview Field. The TinCaps took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning when Jose Ruiz singled and drove in Trae Santos. The Lake County (16-15) offense couldn’t be silenced in the …read more.

By MIKE MONACO SOUTH BEND – After scoring 16 runs Wednesday, South Bend saved plenty more offense for Thursday and claimed a series win over Lake County by topping the Captains, 10-0, at Four Winds Field. South Bend (7-8) poured on another 10 runs, highlighted by a six-run third inning, on 12 hits and seven …read more.

Lake and LaPorte counties are working on a joint bid to buy the bankrupt Indiana Toll Road. The effort made it through the first round of the process on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and the next step for the two counties is to form a board of directors for the project in order to proceed. Reports …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — State health officials announced today that four Lake County children have been confirmed as having had enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), a respiratory illness which can be serious in individuals with underlying medical conditions, such as asthma. The individuals were treated at University of Chicago Hospital and were previously thought to be residents of Illinois. …read more.