Company and government officials say the project will help preserve Gary Works' nearly 3,900 steelworker jobs and could help ensure the 112-year-old mill lasts another century.

City officials say its demolition program has torn down about 60 buildings so far this year, with plans to knock down nearly 20 more by year's end.

The plan presented Wednesday eliminates 170 of the county's 523 precincts, including 54 in Gary, 33 in Hammond and 14 in East Chicago.

A judge has allowed the state of Indiana to intervene in a lawsuit which alleges that the city of Gary's sanctuary city ordinance violates state law.

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson says provisions limiting the power of school officials in her community are bad for government.

A proposed $50 million, 165,000-square-foot municipal recycling facility would be across the street from the Steel City Academy's 18-acre campus.

The state-appointed manager of the Gary Community School Corporation told state officials Friday the district faces an $18 million annual deficit.

States have used different methods to reform urban districts in fiscal and financial peril. In Indiana, the controversial decision was made to give a single manager absolute power of the Gary Community School Corporation. But will it work?

Emergency Manager Peggy Hinckley told the State Board of Finance that the district doesn't have the enrollment to justify more than one high school.

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson says her city offers Amazon a chance to leave a greater legacy by transforming the community.