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Alderman James Hortsman, left, listens as his Oak Forest City Council colleague Jim Emmett asks questions about a revised code governing fire lanes Tuesday.

Oak Forest enables police to enforce fire zone restrictions at busy grocery store

May 22, 2019 at 12:04 a.m.

Police in Oak Forest will be better able to enforce traffic laws on private property, at least in fire zones, after the Oak Forest City Council changed city codes related...

VFW Post 311 Commander Bill Browne, right, and Army veteran and post member Victor Phillips address the crowd Sunday at a fundraising event at the Red Star cocktail lounge in Richton Park.

With their post for the last decade slated for redevelopment, Richton Park VFW seeks new home

May 22, 2019 at 12:03 a.m.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars post based in Richton Park is searching for a new home. To that end Post 311 is trying to figure out ways to come up...

Mady Perez, de South Chicago Heights, Illinois, ha estado recorriendo las calles de Gary, Indiana en busca de su hermana.

‘No me voy a rendir’, dice una mujer que busca a su hermana desaparecida

March 7, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

Mady Pérez no ha visto a su hermana desde la semana pasada. INDIANA— Pérez, residente de South Chicago Heights, la ha estado buscando en las calles de Gary, Indiana; repartiendo...

Robert Buggs, left, sits with attorney Gilbert King Jr., at the March 6 Gary Redevelopment Commission meeting. Buggs, Gary School Board president, will serve as the non-voting commission member.

Buggs new school board representative on Redevelopment Commission

May 13, 2019 at 6:50 a.m.

Robert Buggs has served on the Gary Library Board, is on the city’s school board and has run for mayor in Democratic primaries.. He added a new line to his...

Mady Perez, of South Chicago Heights, Ill., has been scouring the streets of Gary for the past week searching for her sister.

South suburban woman scours streets of Gary looking for missing sister: ‘I’m not giving up on this case’

May 13, 2019 at 6:50 a.m.

Mady Perez hasn’t seen her sister since last week. A resident of South Chicago Heights, Ill., Perez has been searching the streets of Gary, handing out leaflets and asking questions...

Pete Seger, of Oak Forest, had the ashen cross of repentance placed upon his forehead by Gail Voss, a Spanish teacher at the St. Damian parochial school, during Wednesday's Ash Wednesday service.

Hundreds attend Ash Wednesday service in Oak Forest

May 22, 2019 at 12:02 a.m.

For about the last half-century, Pete Seger said he has rarely missed an Ash Wednesday Mass. Wednesday morning, Seger repeated his spiritual ritual by joining hundreds of parishioners at St....

Gary amends ordinance, restructures ambulance fees

May 13, 2019 at 6:50 a.m.

While the Gary Fire Department stays busy responding to fire calls, Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said that the department is also challenged by having its paramedics respond to emergency calls. At...

Sabrina Haake of the Gary Animal Welfare Coalition urges the Gary Common Council to pass the ordinance crafted by Councilwoman Rebecca Wyatt, right, that specifies when pets can be kept outside.

Gary approves changes to city’s animal control ordinance

May 13, 2019 at 6:50 a.m.

Gary city officials approved changes in ordinances that regulate the way people treat their pets. The Common Council on Tuesday voted 9-0 to approve an ordinance sponsored by Councilwoman Rebecca...

The Pullman Community Choir performs the "Pullman Porter Blues," a song about how hard railcar porters worked for 10-cent tips, during an event Sunday at the Pullman National Monument visitor's center.

George Pullman’s 188th birthday program paints picture of man who cared more for his mansion than people making his rail cars

May 22, 2019 at 12:02 a.m.

Perhaps it was inevitable that the legacy of railroad car magnate George Pullman would largely be labor strife stemming from his treatment of employees who lived in his company town.

Port Authority wants improved internet presence

May 13, 2019 at 6:49 a.m.

The Gary board that wants to turn Buffington Harbor into a shipping port thinks it needs to develop a website to better explain the board’s work. Board member William Godwin,...

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