outside of radisson hotel in indiana stepped out of new year's eve party held their mitchell heeringa now in intensive care with brain and lung damage mother started a reward fund so far $3,000. police looking for white or light colored nissan with front end damage any information call police. parents know too well of child wandering off sometimes without warning. today firefighters and community members worked together to get lost child back home to but once again. fire company surprised neighbors dropped off a small child wandering the streets with no coat and no shoes happened this morning 3900 block west 16th street neighbors took to fire house to check him out before going back into a neighborhood to find out who that was a couple of neighbors here taking pictures before he left with their camera phones showing pictures to seek to identify him >> teamwork neighbors and firefighters found the boy's family. just wandered off tonight he is okay it firemen pretty good example of community working together to solve a problem >> students in one north suburban school district winter bre

suspected in a hit and run crash that seriously injured a man in northwest indiana 27 year-old mitchell heeringa of highland indiana was struck by a car early new year's day police say the suspect now in custody has admitted that he was the driver of that hit and run >>it happened in merrillville when the man left a new year's eve party and was struck by the car he needed emergency brain surgery he is now out of intensive care and undergoing physical therapy >>police in northwest indiana plan to seek help from the u.s. marshals service and the hunt for a suspect william blankenship was arrested on drug charges to denied encoders indiana about 50 mi. southeast of chicago while a police officer research's car for drugs blankenship manage to get out of handcuffs and drive away in the squad car it was found next day submerged in a drainage ditch and uponin la porte county the weapons in the car were still there but there was no trace of blankenship, and massive fire that destroyed one and a dozen votes at a marina as being called suspicious by fire fighters fire began early this morning in seneca 75

a card plowed into mitchell heeringa around 2:00 in the morning new year's day outside of the radisson hotel he is now hospitalized in intensive care for brain and lung damage and three broken bones in his spine his mother set up their reward fund which has so far collected $3,000 police say they're looking for a white or light- colored nissan if you have any information please contact police. >>an off-duty chicago firefighter is being called a hero after rescuing the fisherman from the water in diversy harbor. chuck wahtola was fishing in lake michigan yesterday afternoon when he fell into the 33 degree water the 67 year-old scream for help and was likely heard by bill miller who was also fishing nearby he held up chuck wahtola until paramedics arrived and chuck wahtola was taken to the hospital where he later said that he thanked his lucky stars that firefighter billy miller was there to save his life >>chuck wahtola is expected to be released from the hospital today >>gov. pat quinn has signed into law a major crackdown on public pension abuses ... the reforms will stop union bosses