HAMMOND — A proposed water rate hike, the city's first since 1985, will affect not only city residents but also impact Illinois and Region cities and towns that purchase wholesale from Hammond. The ...

HAMMOND — An Illinois man died Tuesday night at a Hammond hospital after a shooting in Dolton, according to the Lake County coroner's office.* James Miller, 21, of Park Forest, Illinois, was ...

Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. wants to sell water from the Indiana city to Joliet in neighboring Illinois. McDermott Jr. said this week that Joliet is considering Hammond and Chicago as options ...

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Nicholas Wilson of the 6500 block of Colorado Avenue in Hammond. He was pronounced dead around 5:44 a.m. Wednesday, according to the ...

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — One of two men charged in connection with a rash of copper wire thefts in northwestern Indiana and neighboring Illinois communities has been sentenced to 6 months in prison.

A federal judge sentenced a politically linked man to six months in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty in June to tax evasion. Daniel Urquiza, 46, of Burr Ridge, Illinois will also serve six ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A northwest Indiana man who was wanted for attacking two people with a machete outside a tavern in Hammond has been captured. Just before 2 a.m. on Dec. 9, officers responded to Flat ...

Richard P. Hammond, 93, recently from Mt. Lebanon, PA, and formerly from Montgomery, Illinois, passed away Thursday, May 21 at the Baptist Homes Nursing Center in Mt. Lebanon, PA. He was born July 27, ...

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