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CALUMET CITY, Ill. (CBS) -- A pair of twin sisters were seriously hurt a while back after trying to get their stolen car back at a south suburban gas station. As CBS 2's Jermont Terry reported Thursday night, the thief pulled into the Citgo station on Sibley Boulevard and Madison Avenue in Calumet City moments after stealing the car. But what played out next left the twin sisters in a scary and dangerous situation – which cameras captured in the gas station parking lot. On the video, a man is seen fighting the two sisters as they try to...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Munster, Indiana, police officer was injured Wednesday night, when he crashed his squad car into an off-duty officer's pickup truck while trying to pull over a speeding driver.Indiana State Police said the crash happened shortly before 9 p.m. at the intersection of Ridge Road and Beech Avenue.Before the crash, Munster Police Officer Bradley Riemerts was headed west on Ridge Road in his marked police vehicle, trying to catch up to a speeding vehicle to make a traffic stop, police said.Before he could catch up to the speeder, a white Chevrolet pickup truck turned in front of...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The roof of a vacant commercial building collapsed Thursday morning in Gary, Indiana, as firefighters responded to a fire.The Gary Fire Department said the fire started at 10:20 a.m. at 3820 Broadway.No one was injured during the fire, but the roof of the building collapsed.No other buildings were damaged.Fire crews were still on the scene early Thursday afternoon chasing hotspots.The cause of the fire is under investigation.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 30-year-old man was arrested after the shooting death of his 37-year-old sister Wednesday night at a home on the far southwest side of Indianapolis. Krystopher Monroe, of Gary, was listed Thursday afternoon as an inmate in the Marion County jail on a preliminary charge of murder. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will decide what charges to file against Monroe in the death of Ashlee Atkins. A court date was set for Tuesday morning, online jail data says.

Knox, Ind. — An investigation is underway into what caused a fire that heavily damaged several businesses today in downtown Knox. Today started as business as usual in downtown Knox. "We had a dining room full of people eating breakfast," said Robert Neuberg, owner Downtown Depot. Until.. "I smelled...

KNOX, Ind. (WNDU) - Emergency crews are cleaning up after a large fire destroyed one business and damaged two others in downtown Knox on Thursday morning. According to Knox-Center Township Fire Chief Kenny Pfost, calls came in around 8:40 a.m. CDT on reports of a building engulfed with flames. When...

BATH TOWNSHIP – A two-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 75 near Bluelick Road shut down the highway for two hours Thursday morning, and injured a Findlay driver. The Ohio State Highway Patrol Lima post is investigating the semi rollover crash that occurred at approximately 5:39 a.m. on Thursday. A...

CALUMET CITY, Ill. (CBS) -- Charles Alexander was on the streets at 15, and spent 17 years behind bars knowing he wanted to do something else. Now, he is running his own business – and he told CBS 2's Tara Molina a reentry program based in Chicago made all the difference. He also said he wants to help make that same difference for others now. When Alexander got out of prison in 2021, he knew what he wanted to do. But making it happen was another story. So he chose to find a way. And a year and a half...

KNOX, Ind. – Multiple units are on scene of a fire in downtown Knox. According to Tri-County News, the Knox-Center Township Fire Department, Hamlet-Davis Township Fire Department, Koontz Lake-Oregon Township Fire Department, Kouts Fire Department, Lacrosse Fire Department, Plymouth Fire Department, San Pierre Fire Department, and Walkerton Fire Department are all on scene.

A semi crash on I-75 closed the southbound lanes for approximately two hours this morning. The crash happened just after 5:30AM on I-75 southbound just before the Bluelick Road exit. The Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says Kasey Moore of Michigan City, IN was operating the southbound semi when she went off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected, and then overturned. Two steel coils that the truck was hauling dislodged into the highway during the crash.

Firefighters from 13 fire departments responded to a fire at 18 S. Main Street in Knox Thursday morning. A Knox City Police Department officer reportedly spotted smoke coming from the front of the building that housed Vorpal Gaming at 18 S. Main Street shortly after 8:30 a.m. CT. Knox-Center Township Fire Chief Kenny Pfost said he was on his way to the fire station and drove past the scene where he initially saw heavy brown smoke coming from the front of the building. When he came back with the first responding engine, he told WKVI News that flames were showing through the Main Street side window. As the fire grew, more departments were asked to respond.

“This Is Gary,” a 5-day initiative created to shine light on Gary’s greatness, officially wrapped its inaugural debut June 26th. Ultimately, hundreds were able to experience what creator Joslyn Kelly calls “Gary’s glory” through seminars, volunteerism, tourism, tributes and music. “Gary has a rich history,...

INDIANAPOLIS — By the time police found a young man’s body, decomposing badly on a neglected plot of farmland off a Rensselaer highway in the fall of 1983, he had already been dead more than a year. He was found by a hunter laying down fox traps. At...

Officer Bradley Riemerts was trying to pull over a speeding car that was weaving in and out of traffic just before 9 p.m., authorities said, but Riemerts collided with a pickup truck.

MUNSTER – Wednesday, June 29th, at approximately 8:57 p.m., a vehicle crash occurred at the intersection of Ridge Road and Beech Avenue in Munster. The crash involved a black Munster Police Department Ford Explorer being driven by Officer Bradley Riemerts and a white 2019 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck being driven by David Mora.

From rising prices to canceled flights, it's enough to make you want to stay home instead of taking the iconic summer vacation. The fire started at Vorpal Gaming, but firefighters still aren't sure what exactly started it.

INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK, Ind. -- The Indiana Dunes National Park has announced that they will be offering two different guided hikes in July. On Fridays and Sundays in July, parkgoers can join a ranger for an opportunity to climb to the top of Mount Baldy, which is normally closed to the general public due to public safety and restoration concerns.

Gary native, actor and comedian Buddy Lewis has made coming home a regular thing. The Chicago Own’s Comedy Series he has been hosting each month has taken off. On July 2, the comedy line-up will feature seasoned comedy favorites Leon Rodgers, Baldhead Phillips and Brad Sanders aka Tyrone On The Phone at Pure Bar & Grill 20901 Western Ave. in Chicago Heights, IL (Note venue change). Doors open at 7:00 p.m., and show time is 8:00 p.m.

Calling all KV boys soccer alumni! This July we will be bringing back the traditional summer alumni game! It will take place on Saturday, July 30th from 5:30 p.m. to approximately 7:30 p.m on the KVHS turf football/soccer field. The first game that will begin at 5:30 p.m. will be alumni vs. alumni (odd vs.