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Oak Forest city workers no longer required to pay union dues after contract aligned with Supreme Court ruling

May 21, 2019 at 11:45 p.m.

Some Oak Forest municipal workers will no longer have to pay union dues after the City Council amended a contract it had approved last year for Public Works employees to...

Developer wants Gary site rezoned before he’ll commit to what will be done with it

May 13, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

There’s a 5.47-acre site in Gary that developers have visions of turning into various types of manufacturing. But the site currently is zoned for residential use, and developers are saying...

Road work on 159th Street at Cicero Avenue is pictured in September. While work on 159th Street has been completed, traffic on Cicero Avenue remains restricted to a single lane in each direction in that area.

Road Work on Cicero in Oak Forest to resume after cable company mixup: officials

May 21, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

Road work on Cicero Avenue that was supposed to be completed in October remains ongoing. The major thoroughfare is down to one lane in each direction, and will remain so...

Gary councilwoman won’t run for re-election

May 13, 2019 at 6:30 a.m.

There will be at least one vacancy to be filled on the Gary Common Council when primary and general elections are held this year. Carolyn Rogers, who has served on...

Calumet Park police investigating shooting death

May 8, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Police in suburban Calumet Park are investigating the shooting death of a 24-year-old Chicago man. Darius Binns, 24, of the 12200 block of May Street, was shot during a Thursday...

Palos Park police searching for suspect in spa theft

May 21, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

Police in suburban Palos Park were searching over the weekend for a man they say stole some $2,000 from a spa along Route 45. Police say they determined on Saturday...

Contracts awarded to raze Gary structures

May 13, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

The Gary Redevelopment Commission began the new year Wednesday by approving contracts totaling more than $338,000 for five companies to demolish decrepit structures around the city. Bids for the demolitions...

Gary council postpones part of OK for Alliance Steel tax abatement

May 13, 2019 at 6:28 a.m.

The Common Council moved forward with approving a series of resolutions meant to grant a tax abatement benefiting a steel distributor planning to relocate from the Chicago suburbs to Gary,...

Gary council maintains similar leadership for new year

May 13, 2019 at 6:28 a.m.

The Gary Common Council restructured itself Tuesday for 2019, but will keep a similar look to 2018. The council formally chose Ronald Brewer to once again be the its president,...

Alliance Steel President and CEO Andy Gross, center, with other company officials and attorneys, is seen in a file photo from early December.

Alliance Steel begins work to move from Chicago suburb to Gary

May 13, 2019 at 6:27 a.m.

Gary Common Council members have yet to give their final approval to a tax abatement for a Chicago suburban steel distributor to relocate to the city, yet the firm is...

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