Lake County Sheriff's Department

Gary police fatally shot a man during an armed hostage situation, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Department.

A Merrillville woman who went missing at the Lake County Fair has been found dead in a nearby pond.

The Lake County Council appears to be closer to finalizing a contract with county police, after negotiations spilled into the council's regular public meeting Tuesday.

Three people are dead after a shooting at a home near Griffith.

The town of Merrillville is turning to the Lake County Sheriff's Office to house its stray animals.

A small airplane made an emergency landing in a cornfield south of Lowell Tuesday. The Lake County Sheriff's Office says it was called to the area of 241st and Whitcomb just after 2:15 p.m.

A major crash last month has prompted the Highland Police Department to join the South Lake County Crash Reconstruction Team.

One woman is dead and two children were hurt in a head-on crash in Winfield on Tuesday. The Lake County Sheriff's Department says it happened around 4:30 p.m. in the 7000 block of East 117th.

The Lake County Sheriff's Department is investigating, after someone apparently started a fire in the lobby of the county jail Monday. The sheriff's department says that just before noon, a man entered the lobby, doused the area with some type of accelerant, lit it and ran.

The Lake County Sheriff's Department says it found more than 40 dogs, at least four of them dead, while investigating a suspected puppy mill operation. Police say they served warrants at a home in Crown Point and a barn near Rensselaer on Thursday, after getting an anonymous tip about a man buying unusually large amounts of dog food and animal medical supplies.