Articles tagged as: East Chicago
May 25, 2022
Slag pit blast at East Chicago steel mill being probed
The explosion Sunday in a raw materials section of the sprawling Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor West mill on the Lake Michigan shoreline “was caused by rainwater meeting the hot slag.”
Read MoreAugust 27, 2021
Structure Problems Force Nearly 100 From NW Indiana Tower
An engineering firm found "significant structural distress" from splitting and corroding steel in the 50-year-old building’s support columns, East Chicago Housing Authority officials said.
Read MoreJune 1, 2021
Illinois Developer Plans $20M Industrial Building In Indiana
The Homerlee Business Park will be located in East Chicago, Indiana, less than a mile from Interstate 90 and near the Interstate 80/94 expressway.
Read MoreMay 4, 2021
Indiana Judge Strikes Down East Chicago 'Welcoming City' Ordinance
The 2017 city ordinance was one of several around the country that, among other things, directed city officials and law enforcement not to share information with federal immigration authorities.
Read MoreAugust 5, 2020
Did May Flooding Recontaminate Homes In East Chicago?
Residents in the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago are worried that flooding in May could have recontaminated their homes with arsenic and lead.
Read MoreMay 28, 2020
Zoning Change Means Less Cleanup On East Chicago Superfund Area
On Monday, the East Chicago city council voted 8-1 to allow the site of the former West Calumet Public Housing Complex to go from residential zoning to industrial.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2020
Industrial Company Deciding Factor In USS Lead Cleanup In East Chicago
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan for the area where the West Calumet Public Housing Complex once stood in the USS Lead Superfund site.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2020
EPA Orders Hazardous Waste Probe At Shuttered Indiana Site
The federal agency recently ordered Citgo Petroleum Corp. and Oxy USA to begin assessing and cleaning up dangerous waste at the former Cities Service Refinery site in East Chicago.
Read MoreJanuary 9, 2020
Industrial Company Could Move To Site Of Former East Chicago Housing Complex
Former residents of the West Calumet Public Housing Complex are upset with East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland's plans to let an industrial company move to where the housing complex once stood.
Read MoreNovember 15, 2019
Workforce Houses In East Chicago To Be Built On EPA Superfund Site
The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority is giving workforce housing funding to build homes in a Superfund site in East Chicago.
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