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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.

A small North Yorkshire village with a huge heart raised more than £660 for Ukraine at its Coronation Big Lunch.

Gary leaders are hopeful that a former landfill and superfund site will soon be the site of new development.

Gary Mayor Jerome Prince and State Senator Eddie Melton, D-Gary, are set to square off in the May 2 Democratic primary election.

“Gary is poised to be a clean energy hub,” the mayor said in his State of the City address at U.S. Steel Yard.

After ample discussion, the council approved an ordinance rezoning the land from R-2 residential to a Planned Unit Development (PUD), during a Tuesday night meeting.

Yet, for 40 years, Black Oak-Small Farms suffered the ultimate political, economic, and political consequences.

The Gary Plan Commission has questioned whether the PUD proposed for Lake Sandy Jo is compliant with the original Request for Proposal.

“To get a former EPA Superfund site back to productive use, I would not describe it as low-hanging fruit."