Gary mayor: Straw gun purchases must end

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson repeated her stand on the need to eliminate straw purchases of guns to arm gangs and others during Wednesday’s White House Hangout with Vice President Joe Biden.

State of the City

GARY | Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson delivers her State of the City address at the Genesis Center on Tuesday.

State of the City

GARY | Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson delivers her State of the City address at the Genesis Center on Tuesday.

State of the City

GARY | Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson delivers her State of the City address at the Genesis Center on Tuesday.

State of the City

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson greets her uncle Gerald Patterson, left, aunt Marjorie Patterson, center, and cousin Diana Patterson-Sadlin before her State of the City address at the Genesis Center on Tuesday.

Voices of Vision: Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson

Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson spends time with NWI Now to reflect on 2012 and take a look at exciting initiatives being implemented in 2013.

Public officials, residents continue protest of airport board changes

GARY | Community members continued to galvanize support Saturday to change language in proposed state legislation that would alter the composition of the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority.

Karen Freeman-Wilson

Karen Freeman-Wilson is mayor of Gary.

Gary accepts keys to 3 ambulances donated by Calumet Township

GARY | Calumet Township Trustee Mary Elgin on Thursday handed over the keys of three ambulances from the township's retired fleet to Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson.

Mayors talk frankly about housing

Mayors Thomas McDermott Jr. from Hammond and Karen Freeman-Wilson from Gary listen Thursday to Alan Thorup, executive director of the Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association speak during a luncheon of the NWI Chapter of the Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mayors talk frankly about housing

Bankers, real estate agents and others gathered Thursday to listen to Mayors Thomas McDermott Jr. from Hammond and Karen Freeman-Wilson from Gary talk about housing and mortgage issues in their respective cities during a luncheon of the NWI Chapter of the Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mayors talk frankly about housing

Alan Thorup, executive director of Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association, speaks Thursday during a luncheon featuring Mayors Thomas McDermott Jr. from Hammond and Karen Freeman-Wilson from Gary, who talked about housing and mortgage issues in their respective cities.

Mayors talk frankly about housing

Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. talks about development in the City of Hammolnd Thursday during a luncheon of the NWI Chapter of the Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association. "We need to start giving people a reason to be proud of their city," he said, adding that Hammond is doing fine on the…

Mayors talk frankly about housing

Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., left, talks with Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson during the NWI Chapter of the Indiana Mortgage Bankers Association luncheon Thursday at Teibel's Restaurant.

Meet the mayor, 15 minutes at a time

One woman wants to open a new hair salon in Gary.

GRIP event brings Gary, Duluth leaders together to discuss development

GARY | The Steel City and Duluth, Minn., share similar challenges, including the loss of industry, population declines and aging infrastructure.

Victory over, transition ahead for Gary's mayor-elect

GARY | Mayor-elect Karen Freeman-Wilson will take office in less than two months with a vision for Gary's future that echoes of its past.

Big-city problems don't scare big-city mayoral candidates

Big-city voters have nine days to choose among more than 130 candidates promising to steer Gary, Hammond and East Chicago through some of their darkest trials in recent memory.