More than 1,000 people were forced from the West Calumet Housing Complex in 2016 after tests found high blood-lead levels in children.

EPA soil remediation began in 2016. Its cleaned up nearly 600 residential properties. There are 170 additional properties slated for cleanup.

Due to the government shutdown, the EPA canceled a public meeting on the cleanup three weeks ago.

Residents are concerned about a contingency that allows the agency to use a less stringent cleanup plan if the city moves forward with industrial, instead of residential, redevelopment.

East Chicago residents say a public meeting on the USS Lead Superfund cleanup last week left questions unanswered and several people didn't get a chance to speak.

The EPA says it's possible that the USS Lead site is contaminating the groundwater with arsenic and lead.

Residents questioned the EPA representatives about ongoing health hazards, groundwater contamination, and testing consistency across East Chicago's Superfund site.

Residents living in the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago will have opportunities to talk with the Environmental Protection Agency and learn more about its cleanup plans this month.

The agency estimates the cleanup project at the East Chicago's West Calumet Housing Complex will cost about $26 million.

Officials in East Chicago are sending new absentee ballots after a school board candidate's name was missing.