Crown Point is considering the analytical cameras that can identify when people aren't social distancing through a heat map that shows the concentration of individuals in an area.

Officials in Lake County and Fishers -- one of the largest Indianapolis suburbs -- have adopted face mask mandates for residents and businesses in an attempt to slow the coronavirus spread.

The first mile of a trail that will connect Indiana to the cross-country Great American Rail-Trail has been dedicated in Northwest Indiana. When completed, the Veterans Memorial Trail in Lake County will link the town of Hebron to the city of Crown Point.

A mental health counselor employed by the Lake County Jail has died after being hospitalized for coronavirus.

Chicago-based Invenergy has proposed the 200-megawatt solar panel farm to produce enough electricity for more than 40,000 homes.

The Lake County Council endorsed an ordinance Tuesday that would give sheriff's deputies the discretion to write tickets for possessing less than 30 grams of marijuana.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has declared Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties an Economic Development District.

Officials in East Chicago are sending new absentee ballots after a school board candidate's name was missing.

The USDA says Lake County has 24 food deserts and 14 of them are in Gary.

The plan presented Wednesday eliminates 170 of the county's 523 precincts, including 54 in Gary, 33 in Hammond and 14 in East Chicago.