NEW CHICAGO, Ind. (WLS) -- A woman was killed in a house fire in Northwest Indiana, according to officials. The fire happened at 425 McKinley Avenue at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday, officials said. When New Chicago firefighters arrived to the house, officials said it was fully engulfed and they had some trouble accessing the house.

Witnesses said that the victim was involved in an argument that turned physical with his wife when he reached for a weapon. At that time, the son shot his father to protect his mother.

With snow in the forecast, office manager Ashley Pettit-Godbey said Sherco Group of Sheridan, Indiana rolled the dice and sent plows down south ahead of the storm.

Indiana legislators would like to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border to absorb parts of Illinois, but the proposed action would face roadblocks on the Illinois side, which would prevent a border

Police in East Chicago, Indiana, were investigating after a son fatally shot his father to protect his mother during a fight, authorities said.

East Chicago police said a son may have killed his father to protect his mother Saturday night at an apartment.

Jennifer Lee Wilson pleaded guilty in October to reckless homicide, admitting she pinned her foster son, Dakota Levi Stevens, to the ground by lying on his midsection for about five minutes.

A Chicago driver was arrested for driving under the influence after crashing into a scale house on I-94 in Northwest Indiana Saturday, authorities said.

The additional funding brings Indiana's Medicaid payments to out-of-state children's hospitals up to the amount it would pay if the child was seen at Riley Hospital.

The northwest Indiana woman who was charged in the death of her 10-year-old foster son was sentenced on Friday, according to authorities.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says bird flu was confirmed as the cause of waterfowl deaths in Gibson County last December and is likely behind similar cases reported in 11 other counties.

From chickens to wildlife, the latest strain of bird flu is spiking — and it is hitting people right in the wallet. But as Jermont Terry reports, there is also a health risk to both wild and domesticated birds,