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$8.1 million transferred from Gary emergency account, report says

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

Gary municipal officials are admitting that just over $8.1 million in city funds from an account specifically intended to cover expenses for Emergency Medical Services needs were actually spent on...

Grant deadline looms for Gary port authority

May 13, 2019 at 5:44 a.m.

If the Port Authority of Gary wants to meet an Aug. 31 deadline for submitting an application to a state agency for funds to ease rail crossing congestion, it will...

Port Authority finalizes its bylaws

May 13, 2019 at 5:44 a.m.

The Port Authority of Gary, created last year to spur economic development, now has the rules in place by which it will operate. Four members of the Port Authority on...

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson speaks during the grand opening of the Gary-Chicago International Airport's Customs and Border Patrol facility on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018.

Gary mayor pushes approval of state anti-smoking grant

May 13, 2019 at 5:44 a.m.

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson encouraged her municipal colleagues to approve a measure that accepts money from a state government grant to continue support for a smoking cessation program. The Common...

Ordinances introduced to regulate Gary day care locations, marijuana decriminalization

May 13, 2019 at 5:44 a.m.

The Gary Common Council will be contemplating in coming weeks whether to restrict where day care centers can be located in the future and whether possession of small amounts of...

Gary municipal officials are beginning research for the possibility of selling the city's Public Service building to a buyer who would then lease it back to the city.

Gary OKs broad-based plan to raise funds in sale of public safety building

May 13, 2019 at 5:44 a.m.

The Gary Common Council voted 7-1 Tuesday to put the citiy’s Public Safety Facility up for sale to raise millions of dollars to help the city work its way out...

An excavator clears debris from the site of a home demolition on Delaware Street in Gary on Aug. 7, 2018, as the United States Army Corps of Engineers begins demolition work in the area.

Contracts awarded to help National Guard raze Gary structures

May 13, 2019 at 5:43 a.m.

In their ongoing effort to demolish decrepit structures around Gary, the city’s Redevelopment Commission on Wednesday awarded a pair of contracts to assist the Indiana National Guard in the demolition...

Gary looking to sell off city’s longtime public safety building

May 13, 2019 at 5:43 a.m.

To Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, there’s one very good reason for Gary municipal government to sell off the building that has long served as a home to the Police Department –...

Oak Forest awards $16K to restaurant for facade improvements

May 21, 2019 at 10:56 p.m.

Oak Forest officials moved to assist a long-established restaurant in the city make improvements to its building through an economic development grant program. Another grant for a different eatery could...

Redevelopment votes to accept HUD funding for new fire station in Gary

May 13, 2019 at 5:43 a.m.

The Gary Redevelopment Commission gave its approval Wednesday to a resolution that authorizes the acceptance of federal funds to be used to construct a new fire station in the city....

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