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,

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.

The New Chicago Police and Fire Departments responded to a call of a structure fire in the 400 block of McKinley Avenue.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

More than a dozen Chicago-area schools have already announced closures or switches to e-learning for Tuesday as a cold weather advisory for much of Northeastern Illinois and Northwest Indiana continues to grip the region.