Craig Lyons

While the future use of the former West Calumet Housing Complex site in East Chicago is still undetermined, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with a proposed cleanup...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says only a “small portion” of the former Carrie Gosch School in East Chicago needs to have contaminated soil excavated. The EPA said at a...

An audit found that a member of Gary’s Common Council should repay $132,748.35 from a job state officials say she shouldn’t have retained because of her position on the city’s...

Attorneys for indicted Portage Mayor James Snyder want a federal judge to reconsider a ruling that found federal investigators did not illegally access and use attorney-client email communication. Jackie Bennett...

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson knows that when something new comes to the city, the first question from residents is what it means for them. Freeman-Wilson had to ask herself that...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is poised to install monitoring wells at the U.S.S. Lead Superfund site in East Chicago to look at contaminated groundwater. Katherine Thomas, an EPA remedial...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing an order for cleaning up contaminated material at a former DuPont facility in East Chicago. Jennifer Dodds, an EPA project manager, said the...

Federal prosecutors aim to use a series of undercover recordings during trial to prove how Portage Mayor James Snyder allegedly solicited bribes to award a city towing contract. Assistant U.S....

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say they are seeing signs of progress at East Chicago’s U.S.S. Lead Superfund site, but residents think the federal agency needs to be more thorough...