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An existing arrest-diversion program shows promise for Sarasota Sheriff's Office; faith leaders in Manatee unite to ask Sheriff Wells to follow suit.

Attorneys for the city and the administration, along with Councilman Clorius Lay, D-At large, who is also an attorney, disagreed about whether or not confidentiality statutes applied to the common council with regard to releasing the information.

GARY — Eric Reaves, head of community investment for Gary, said he hopes real estate investors, building owners and tenants take a closer look at the city's façade improvement program and an initiative aimed at revitalizing the Aetna neighborhood.   Under a new pilot program, the department is unloading some of its land inventory — free of charge — to developers. Reaves said experienced and licensed contractors can apply online to participate in the “Rehab One, Get Two Free” initiative. Calling it his “brainchild” that came to him in the middle of t...

GARY — Leaders in the Jerome Prince administration say they are serious about finally unloading hundreds of parcels once owned by the long-defunct and scandal-plagued Gary Urban Enterprise Association. In the city’s possession since 2007, the land could have been unloaded or redeveloped under the past mayoral administration of Karen Freeman-Wilson and Rudy Clay, but it never happened. Early on in GUEA's fallout, Clay touted a comprehensive plan using those parcels to develop housing in the Emerson neighborhood with the promise of new storefronts in the 600 and 700 blocks of Broadway...

Gary’s Aetna community - founded by a munitions company - has suffered from aftershock implosions ignited by poverty, crime, and the smoldering fuse of neglect.