Gary employee residency requirement to be amended
The Gary Common Council is altering a proposed ordinance to make it more likely that municipal employees actually live in the city. In December, the council's Finance committee reviewed a...
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Gary officials skeptical of garage day care proposal
A Gary woman is seeking permission to convert her garage into a day care facility, but municipal officials are skeptical of her proposal. The Common Council's planning committee on Wednesday...
Gary eyes city employee residency requirement
The Gary Common Council likely is to begin its business in 2018 with an ordinance requiring that future municipal employees are city residents. The council's Finance Committee on Wednesday reviewed...
Gary asks Lake County for 120 tax-delinquent plots
Gary officials are asking Lake County to give them control of some 120 plots of land as part of their ongoing efforts to build sizable land tracts to lure developers....
Gary ballpark maintenance issue unresolved
The Gary Common Council failed to give its approval to an ordinance that would have allocated money to pay for the maintenance and cleaning of the city-owned ballpark used by...
Kym Mazelle, Britain’s house music star, returns to Gary
Kym Mazelle has reached her share of international acclaim as an entertainer. The Gary native, credited for bringing "house music" to Great Britain, received a Gary Legends award Tuesday from...
Gary looks for Genesis Center partner, buyer
Gary officials say they can no longer afford the subsidies they have to pay each year to maintain the Genesis Convention Center, the 7,000-seat arena at 5th Avenue and Broadway....
Oak Forest extends dispatching agreement with Orland Fire Protection District
Oak Forest officials said the city is taking steps toward being able to dispatch its own fire department calls, but that won't happen until at least 2020. The Oak Forest...
Gary council asks truck-repair operator to consider alternate site
Gary city officials want the operator of a proposed truck repair shop to consider a different location for the business, saying they have concerns about the proposed site's proximity to...
After spending 17 years in prison for rape he didn’t commit, Gary city employee wants to share his story
Roosevelt Glenn spent 17 years wrongly imprisoned for a 1992 rape conviction before being released in 2009. His ordeal was the subject of an episode of CBS' "48 Hours" program...