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Oak Forest officials focus on pizza, award liquor license to restaurant featuring gambling

May 21, 2019 at 11:06 p.m.

Oak Forest city leaders approved a liquor license for a new business Tuesday after owners said it will focus on food more than gambling, though it will offer an area...

About a dozen emergency workers were on hand Tuesday as Oak Forest officials declared Sept. 10 to 16 First Responders Week in the city.

Oak Forest proclaims week honoring first responders

May 21, 2019 at 11:06 p.m.

Meeting on the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Oak Forest officials decided it was a good day to honor the city’s public safety workers. The City Council voted...

The long-abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary may get new life as an urban ruins garden if no significant risks to visitors are found.

Inspection of former Gary church to look for risks to visitors

May 13, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

Gary officials have taken another step toward allowing the public to roam the ruins of the former City Methodist Church by taking out a loan to assess any risk posed...

Ragen Hatcher ended up paying about half of what she offered for a vacant house at a Gary public auction.

Appraisals help Gary council member on house deal

May 13, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

Gary Common Council member Ragen Hatcher, D-At large, handed city officials a check for $31,000 Sept. 5 — just under half her original offer — for a house she bought...

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson answers a question during a Town Hall meeting Sept. 5, 2018.

Gary official: ‘Theft is a possibility’ in EMS Fund shortfall

May 13, 2019 at 5:46 a.m.

The president of Gary’s Common Council on Wednesday brought up the possibility of theft of public funds during a town hall meeting called to discuss city finances. Council President Ronald...

Gary officials to continue study of day care locations rules

May 13, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

Municipal officials will continue to study where home day care centers can be located in Gary. An ordinance sponsored by Councilman Herb Smith, D-At large, that said people with criminal...

Daryl Suttles, right, and a business partner received a zoning variance from the Common Council that will permit them to operate a tattoo parlor at a storefront along Broadway in Gary's Midtown neighborhood.

Zoning variance to allow tattoo business to open on Broadway

March 8, 2020 at 11:48 p.m.

The Gary Common Council gave its approval Tuesday to an ordinance granting a zoning law change to a Wisconsin man wants to establish a tattoo parlor on Broadway. Daryl Suttles,...

Gary Common Council members Michael Protho, from left, and Rebecca Wyatt supported Ragen Hatcher's proposed ordinance to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana within Gary.

Gary bid to decriminalize marijuana possession falls one vote short

May 13, 2019 at 5:48 a.m.

Gary’s Common Council came up one vote short Tuesday of approving a measure that would have reduced possession of small quantities of marijuana within the city limits to an offense...

Decriminalizing pot studied in Gary

May 13, 2019 at 5:47 a.m.

Members of the Gary Common Council are considering lessening the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana within city limits — if they have the legal authority to do...

Mayor Henry Kuspa holds up a symbolic check for just over $33,000 that Oak Forest Police Department officials raised from their Torch Run this summer to help support Special Olympics during a meeting Tuesday.

Despite debts to city, Oak Forest to let gun range owners seek new mortgage

May 21, 2019 at 11:01 p.m.

Oak Forest officials approved a proposal from the owners of a gun range in the city to move forward with a new mortgage on adjacent property, despite a $550,000 lien...

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