New $11.6M airport road overpass named for Tuskegee airman, Gary leader Quentin P. Smith

GARY | Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson joined the board of directors of The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority and other city and regional dignitaries today to dedicate the new $11.6 million Airport Road overpass in honor of World War II Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith, long-time …

RICH JAMES: Credit Soliday for trying to help Lake County

I suspect state Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, limped home from the Indiana General Assembly a bitter and beaten man.

EDITORIAL: Lake County legislation does much, but not all

Senate Bill 585 brings some necessary reforms to Lake County -- changing the makeup of the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority; requiring studies of the need for a trauma center, an academic medical center and a new port in Gary; and more. Left undone is the income tax necessary to …

RICH JAMES: GOP should remember its treatment of Lake County

There’s nothing funny about abuse of power, but I couldn't let it pass without a good belly laugh.

EDITORIAL: Attract private dollars to help airport fly

The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority is moving forward with plans to seek high-flying but well-grounded investors willing to spend at least $100 million to develop the airport. It's an attempt to give the airport the jump-start it needs to become the economic engine it promises t…

EDITORIAL: Northwest Indiana needs Senate Bill 585

Senate Bill 585 has many valuable provisions for Lake County and Northwest Indiana. It must become law.

Gary airport authority gets two new members

Two vacant positions have been filled on the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority at a critical time for the airport and its governing board.

EDITORIAL: For South Suburbs, change isn't in air

The south suburbs could use the boost that a fully functional third airport would bring, but they're too late. Gary/Chicago International Airport already is operational and has a strong head start.

EDITORIAL: Short-term hangar lease won't fly

The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority wants to sign a two-year lease for a hangar at the Gary Jet Center. That's not long enough.

EDITORIAL: Airport isn't just a flight of fancy

Allegiant Air's first flights to and from Gary/Chicago International Airport made Wednesday a day for celebration and today a day for reflection on how to keep those flights coming and going.

GUEST COMMENTARY: NWI's urban core is ripe for reinvestment

On Nov. 8, Gary voters elected Karen Freeman-Wilson as the city's next mayor — a "new day" in Gary, in Freeman-Wilson's own words. It was certainly a galvanizing moment for the city, local business community and greater Northwest Indiana to mount a full-scale turnaround for Gary, by building…

EDITORIAL: Build a better route to airport

The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority is spending more than $600,000 to design a highway overpass to carry traffic over railroad tracks relocated for a runway expansion and to eliminate a source of frustration for drivers.