Bob Kasarda

MUNSTER — Police have released surveillance photos of three masked individuals believed responsible for Monday's brazen daytime burglary at a home in the 9800 block of Rose Lane within the Twin Creek Subdivision.

GARY — A woman is dead and man injured in a shooting Wednesday night at their home in the 1100 block of N. Warren Street, police said.

SCHERERVILLE — Nearly three weeks after being shot and seriously injured during a robbery at his home, 18-year-old Joshua Eberly is out of the hospital and beginning a long road of recovery, according to his mother.

Newton County police said they responded around 4 p.m. Wednesday to the crash at the intersection of U.S. 24 and County Road 700 West.

"Snow covered roads and low visibility will be possible," the NWS warns.

VALPARAISO — A judge rejected a request Friday morning to reduce a $750,000 cash bond for a Gary man accused of touching off an exchange of gunfire earlier this month near a downtown Portage apartment complex.

After hearing the children describe the fear and pain the incident has caused in their lives, Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer chastised 73-year-old Aunzette Smith for not knowing better as a former police officer than trying to take the law into her own hands.

LAPORTE — A 31-year-old LaPorte man died following a head-on collision Friday along U.S. 35, LaPorte County police said.

PORTAGE — Police say a man in red was busy ahead of Christmas day swiping packages rather than leaving them.

The proposed plea calls for her to pay $11,200 to the township in restitution and a fine of $8,700.