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A longtime juvenile court judge in Northwest Indiana will lead the state’s embattled child welfare agency.

It's Spring Break this week in Lake Forest, Ill., which means pretty much everyone is on vacation. The perfectly manicured parks and baseball fields are empty.

Six police officers who work for a Northwest Indiana sheriff’s department have suspended and are now under federal investigation for possible gun violations. The officers work for the sheriff’s department in Lake County, Indiana. The sheriff there, John Buncich, suspended the officers and

Another winter storm is expected to dump more rain and snow on Chicago tonight.Paul Merzlock is with the National Weather Service in Chicago. He says a winter weather advisory is in effect for Cook and DuPage Counties.

County clerks throughout Illinois are preparing to issue civil union licenses later this year.

Lake County, Indiana, won’t be in the business of owning an ethanol plant after all.The county’s solid waste management board voted Thursday night to allow the developer, Powers Energy of America, to own the facility.“Everybody is more confident of what we’re doing now,&rdquo

Northwest Indiana county wants to be one of the first in the country to turn household garbage into ethanol fuel, but to make that happen, the county may have to actually own the plant. Some say that’ll expose taxpayers to liability and, what’s worse, the county isn’t being fo