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Missing Indiana girl, 15, found dead in East Chicago
Alicia Karina Casares, 15, was pronounced dead Thursday at her East Chicago home.
By Matthew Hendrickson
 
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Police: 15-year-old girl missing from northwest Indiana
Alicia Karina Casares was last seen about 6 p.m. at her home in the 600 block of 151st Street in East Chicago, according to East Chicago police.
By Nader Issa
 
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Coroner’s office searching for NW Indiana man’s family
The Lake County coroner’s office is asking for the public’s help in finding the family of a northwest Indiana man who died last month.
By Tom Schuba
 
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Federal grand jury indicts man in East Chicago post office explosion
Eric P. Krieg, of Munster, Indiana, mailed a package that exploded Sept. 6 at the U.S. Post Office branch at 901 E. Chicago Ave. in East Chicago.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Man charged with fatally shooting 69-year-old man in NW Indiana
A man has been charged with shooting another man to death nearly six months ago in northwest Indiana.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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30-year-old woman dies after being struck by vehicle in East Chicago
A 30-year-old woman died six days after she was struck by a vehicle in northwest Indiana.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Suspects in brazen Hammond robberies may also be targeting Chicago
Chicago Police also sent out an alert on Thursday, warning of a series of at least nine other robberies in Chicago that follow the same pattern.
By Jeff Mayes
 
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Armed robbers don’t waste time, strike 3 times in matter of minutes
Police believe two young men robbed an 85-year-old man, a 67-year-old man, and a woman out with her 11-year-old daughter Friday morning in Hammond.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Summer patterns, waiting on shoreline kings: Chicago fishing, MFR
Summer patterns build and hold in a week with fairly stable weather, and the wait is on for what all hope is a good fall run of Chinook salmon.
By Dale Bowman
 
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1 killed, 1 wounded in East Chicago shooting
One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting late Friday in northwest Indiana.
By Tom Schuba
 
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15-year-old boy shot to death in East Chicago
A 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot last week in northwest Indiana has been identified.
By Jordan Owen
 
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Man killed, another wounded in East Chicago shooting
A 25-year-old man was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting Monday evening in northwest Indiana.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Two boys, 4 and 15, die in ‘unrelated’ shootings in East Chicago
Two boys, one 4 and the other 15, died of gunshot wounds a few hours apart, and about a mile away from each other, in East Chicago, Ind.
By Jordan Owen, Ashlee Rezin, and 1 more
 
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69-year-old man killed in East Chicago shooting
A 69-year-old man was shot to death Saturday morning in northwest Indiana.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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EPA denies Chicago office closing; Trump’s EPA chief not talking
Chanting crowds weaved through streets of East Chicago Wednesday near a Superfund site. Some held signs that read “East Chicago Demands Clean Water.”
By Stefano Esposito and Sam Charles
 
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50-year-old woman dies after East Chicago crash
A 50-year-old woman died early Monday, a day after she was involved in a crash in northwest Indiana.
By Jake Wittich
 
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Indiana trying to address East Chicago lead contamination
State officials in Indiana are taking steps to address a lead-contaminated area of East Chicago that’s a Superfund site.
By Associated Press
 
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Chicago man dies in northwest Indiana crash
A Chicago man died in a crash early Wednesday in northwest Indiana.
By Matthew Hendrickson
 
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Man killed in East Chicago shooting
A man was shot to death Monday afternoon in East Chicago, Indiana.
By Luke Wilusz
 
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Man killed in East Chicago shooting
A 21-year-old man died Monday afternoon a shooting in East Chicago, Indiana.
By Mitchell Armentrout
 
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Man shot to death in East Chicago
A man was shot to death in East Chicago, Indiana.
By Matthew Hendrickson
 
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Family sues driver in Lake Michigan boat crash that killed 2
The wife of a man killed in a boat crash on Lake Michigan is suing the driver who she claims was drunk when he guided it into a break wall off the coast of East Chicago, Indiana, leaving another man dead as well.
By Mitchell Armentrout
 
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2 killed in boat crash on Lake Michigan near East Chicago, Ind.
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Two men were killed and a third person was hospitalized after a boat crash early Saturday on Lake Michigan near East
By Matthew Hendrickson
 
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Man, 31, shot to death in East Chicago, Indiana
A 31-year-old Hammond man died early Saturday after being shot multiple times in the 4300 block of Euclid Avenue in East Chicago, Indiana, according
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Homeless man charged with breaking into 15 cars at NW Indiana lot
A 28-year-old man was arrested Thursday night after breaking into 15 vehicles in two days at a train station parking lot in northwest Indiana, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire
 
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Man robs woman of cellphone on South Shore Line train
An 18-year-old man refused to pay his fare then stole a woman’s cellphone onboard a South Shore Line train Saturday night in northwest Indiana,
By Jordan Owen
 
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Man charged with accidental fatal shooting in East Chicago
A 20-year-old man has been charged with accidentally shooting his friend in northwest Indiana, leading to his death a week later.
By Jordan Owen
 
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