The closure includes all county offices and courts in Crown Point, as well as the courthouses in Hammond, East Chicago and Gary. While buildings will be closed, remote court hearings
Forecasters warned against non-essential travel Tuesday, as lake effect snow, a highly unpredictable variant, could possibly worsen already-treacherous conditions.
After a previous day of shoveling snow, the Region faces another heavy snowfall. Connor Burge, The Times
This story has been updated to correct an attribution to Sgt. Glen Fifield about utilizing a vehicle s hazards lights.
Another winter storm system tore through Northwest Indiana and the Chicago area overnight into Tuesday morning and brought heavy snowfall that resulted in dangerous, and in some cases impossible travel, officials said.
The worst impacts of the system were near the lakefront in Lake and Porter counties.
During a 24-hour period from Monday to Tuesday morning, Munster saw 9.7 inches of snowfall, followed closely behind Gary and Crown Point with 9.5 inches and Portage and Chesterton with 8 inches, National Weather Service reported.