Gary

Residents in Gary are already paying to host U.S. Steel with their health. Some local officials say they shouldn't have to pay twice.

Blast furnaces that use coking coal generate the largest share of emissions in the steelmaking process.

A lawsuit by the city of Gary against gun makers and sellers is likely over after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law Friday torpedoing the suit.

Indiana Republicans are interfering in a lawsuit by the city of Gary against gun manufacturers and sellers.

This week's tornado outbreak across parts of the Midwest produced a short-lived tornado that swept through northwest Indiana before moving onto Lake Michigan as a waterspout, the National Weather Service said.

Cities and towns in Indiana will be banned from suing gun manufacturers and sellers - even if they do something illegal - under a bill narrowly approved by a Senate committee Tuesday.

A 3-year-old boy found a gun in his mother's purse and accidentally shot his 2-year-old brother, fatally wounding him, Gary police said.

Residents say the city of Gary has long been a dumping ground for industrial facilities that pollute their air, soil and water. Some residents want to change that theyve filed a civil rights complaint against the state, which they say continues to allow these facilities in their community.

Federally-funded infrastructure projects are bringing jobs and opportunities to communities that had felt forgotten. That was the message U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg shared during a visit to Gary on Wednesday.

Gary advocates have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. They said the agency's decision to renew a permit for a waste processing facility disproportionately harms Black and Brown residents in Gary a community that's already overburdened by pollution.