Dust samples have been taken from around 70 homes at the West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago. About 40 have come back above the level considered safe.

The EPA says the projects are expected to stop or capture 13 million gallons of untreated stormwater from contaminating swimming beaches.

U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel was born in East Chicago and graduated from Indiana University before moving to California, where he was a federal prosecutor prior to his elevation to the bench.

The housing authority for the city of Gary is getting the largest of Indiana's grants at more than $3.5 million, followed by the Indianapolis Housing Agency at roughly $2.6 million.

Robert "Coop" Battle was charged last week in the death of 31-year-old Reimundo "Rey" Camarillo Jr. of East Chicago. He pleaded not guilty to the murder charge Tuesday.

Forty-two-year-old Robert "Coop" Battle was charged Wednesday in the shooting death of 31-year-old Reimundo "Rey" Camarillo Jr. of East Chicago. Battle's attorney claims his client shot Camarillo in self-dense.