What truly sets Beall Woods apart from other natural areas is its status as a National Natural Landmark and an Illinois Nature Preserve. These designations reflect the site’s ecological significance ...

Pileated woodpeckers – those crow-sized birds with flaming red crests that inspired the Woody Woodpecker cartoon – hammer away at dead trees, leaving distinctive rectangular holes as evidence of their ...

The Lake County Health Department confirmed a case of measles was found in an unvaccinated child. Florida property tax to be eliminated for seniors under new proposal KISS rocker Ace Frehley ...

It’s not unconstitutional to limit curtilage to one acre when calculating homestead property taxes, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Monday in a Lake County case. “This is not only a positive outcome ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...

IN a bid to protect the ecosystem and the fish population on Lake Kariba, Zambia through the Department of Fisheries has announced plans to remove all unregistered rigs operating on the lake. The move ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WLS) -- A Northwest Indiana man is facing a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly exposed himself to an Uber driver while they were traveling to a corrections department building.

LAKE COUNTY (WGN) — The Lake County Sheriff’s Department is mourning the loss of one of its own after a hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning in Schererville. According to officials, an off-duty ...

A corrections officer with the Lake County Sheriff's Department was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning in northwest Indiana, authorities said. Ronald T. Jones, 58, who was off duty ...

Racine County officials announced on Oct. 8 that Quarry Lake Park has been reopened for fishing access only.Work is still being done to improve safety at the park, accessibility and environmental ...

GARY, Ind. (WLS) -- Charges have been filed in the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy over the weekend in northwest Indiana. Raymon Bell has been charged with neglect, unlawful possession of a firearm ...