More than a dozen Lincoln County jurors were asked Friday to look at a picture of a 3-year-old girl in a pink shirt and a plastic crown, smiling up at the camera. Over the next week, they will have to ...
A jury convicted a former Gary woman Tuesday of beating her then 8-year-old daughter with an extension cord. Zakira Porter, 38, of Crown Point and formerly Gary, was charged with aggravated battery, ...
Hobart Police Capt. Nick Wardrip testified Tuesday that cops found a couple of things inside a Gary home that showed Zakira Porter beat her then-8-year-old daughter with an extension cord.