America Today Staff 
A Joliet, Illinois man is facing multiple criminal and traffic charges following a rollover crash involving a commercial semi-truck early Saturday morning on Interstate 94 in Porter County. According to court records, officers were dispatched around 1:42 a.m. on January 3, 2026, to a rollover semi crash at the 30.4-mile marker on eastbound I-94. Porter … Read more
Jeffrey Lee Battles, 46, of Lebanon, Ohio, is facing multiple felony charges in Lake County after a reported domestic violence incident at a Merrillville hotel. (Mugshot pending) According to court records filed in Lake County, authorities charged Battles in connection with an incident that reportedly occurred on or around Saturday, January 3, 2026, at the … Read more
Jimmie Smith Jr., 56, of Gary, is facing a felony resisting law enforcement charge along with additional counts following a late-night vehicle pursuit on Monday. According to court records, a Hobart Police officer was on patrol around 11:41 p.m. on January 5, 2026, when a 2004 Chevrolet Corvette was spotted traveling eastbound on 49th Avenue … Read more
A disturbing incident at a local park over the holidays led to the arrest of a 61-year-old Seminole man. Detectives with the Crimes Against Children Unit took Mark Prutsman into custody on Monday, charging him with two counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition. The investigation began after a call on December 24, 2025. Deputies responded … Read more
A Sunday evening drive turned deadly on West Pipkin Road after a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction caused a severe head-on collision, leaving one driver dead and another critically injured. The crash happened just after 7:30 p.m. in the 4100 block of West Pipkin Road. According to the Lakeland Police Department, 81-year-old Mary Lockhart … Read more
Police arrested a woman following a fight at the Hard Rock hotel in Hollywood. The incident occurred around 6:37 a.m. Sunday at the Oculus Valet area. Officers responded after receiving reports of a fight. Authorities said video footage showed 27-year-old Aleysia Lane walking around a vehicle where the victim was seated. In the video, Lane … Read more
Police are looking for a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Monday evening. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. along the 400 block of W Sunrise Boulevard. Officers responding to the scene found a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle that fled without stopping. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. … Read more
Three members of a family, including a child, were injured in a rare polar bear attack in the far north of Siberia, Russian officials reported Monday. Local police received a report of a polar bear injuring people about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the village of Nosok at a fishing spot, the regional interior ministry … Read more
Police are searching for a teacher who went missing over the weekend and may require medical attention. Linda Brown, 53, was last seen Saturday near the 4500 block of South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. She is described as 5 feet tall, weighing 130 pounds, with brown hair and eyes, and a fair complexion. … Read more
Law enforcement officers discovered more than 300 pounds of cocaine during a routine DOT compliance inspection west of Indianapolis. At about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, an Indiana State Police trooper stopped a blue International semi tractor-trailer traveling eastbound on I-70 near the 41-mile marker. During the inspection, the trooper observed criminal indicators and deployed … Read more