America Today Staff 
A Warsaw man was arrested after allegedly battering another man and preventing him from leaving a residence. Arnol Joel-Ortiz Santamaria, 48, of 340 E. Levi Lee Road Lot 212, Warsaw, faces charges of criminal confinement, a Level 6 felony, and domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor. On Dec. 6, 2025, a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office … Read more
Indiana lawmakers are considering a shift to performance-based ratemaking as utilities work to meet growing energy demand and legislators search for ways to curb rising customer bills. The discussion comes after major providers such as NIPSCO, Duke Energy, and AES Indiana rolled out rate increases averaging 17.5% statewide in 2024 and 2025. As lawmakers also … Read more
A 43-year-old Hammond man, Jeffery Boylett Jr., is facing several felony drug charges following a narcotics investigation that led to the execution of a search warrant at a Hammond residence. According to court documents, investigators looked into suspected drug activity at a home in the 1000 block of May Street during March, April, and May … Read more
A dispute between two brothers over rent turned deadly Saturday afternoon in Gary, becoming Lake County’s first homicide of 2026, according to court records and investigators. Officers with the Gary Police Department responded to the 1100 block of Taney Street following reports of a domestic altercation. When police arrived, they found 59-year-old Thomas C. Campbell … Read more
Reginald Dwayne Clark, 34, of Lansing, Illinois, is facing a felony fraud charge following an alleged credit card fraud scheme at a Menards store in Hammond. According to a probable cause affidavit, the incident occurred on November 14, 2025, at the Menards located in the 1200 block of 165th Street. Investigators allege Clark took part … Read more
Hector Andres Martinez, 27, of Winona Lake, Indiana, and Jesus Cristian Alanis Diaz, 26, of Chicago, Illinois, are facing drug charges following a traffic stop in Valparaiso that led to the discovery of marijuana and cocaine-related evidence. Additional cocaine was later found during Diaz’s booking at the jail. According to probable cause affidavits, police stopped … Read more
Shamaul Bonnie Pitts, 29, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Darius Demetrius Dunn, 24, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Charles Lee Wallace, 25, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after a high-speed traffic stop on Interstate 94 in Porter County resulted in the seizure of a large amount of marijuana. According to court documents, an … Read more
A calm and cool start greeted South Florida early Monday, with temperatures mostly in the low 60s along the coast and upper 50s inland. Some areas inland saw patchy dense fog, reducing visibility in certain neighborhoods. The National Weather Service issued a Dense Fog Advisory until 9 a.m. for inland Broward County, warning that visibility … Read more
Three men were arrested Saturday after a robbery inside a Miami clothing store left a man shot and hospitalized, according to Miami police and arrest affidavits. The incident occurred Friday afternoon in Miami’s popular Design District neighborhood. Police said officers were dispatched around 4:20 p.m. Friday to Miami Avenue and Northeast 41st Street after receiving … Read more
A man is in critical condition after a shooting in Riviera Beach, police said. According to Riviera Beach Police spokesman Mike Jachles, the shooting happened around 8:20 p.m. on the 2600 block of President Barack Obama Highway near Blue Heron Boulevard. Police have not arrested a suspect, and the events leading up to the shooting … Read more