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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 …

The Golden Age of Radio

Ivy Tech's annual springtime event came this year in the form of The Golden Age of Radio, at Aberdeen Manor in Valparaiso. This celebration during Ivy Tech's 50th anniversary year boasted 250 people in attendance and net proceeds of over $35,000 that will benefit program enhancements at the …

Methodist Hospitals reflects on 2012, looks to 2013 and beyond

GARY | The next decade is expected to bring expansion and updates to Methodist Hospitals' campuses and the continued push to achieve a Level III trauma center designation, hospital officials announced Friday.

Fate of Lake income tax back in county's hands

INDIANAPOLIS | State lawmakers have decided for now to leave the debate over a Lake County income tax to the County Council, but plans for Gary airport board reforms and studies of a Steel City port and trauma hospital are in danger following a contentious House committee hearing.

Funding fight endangers Lake County veterans court

INDIANAPOLIS | State lawmakers are seeking a different funding source for a proposed Lake County veterans court after a plan to pay for the program with drug use prevention funds was met by spirited opposition in an Indiana Senate committee Wednesday.

Jobs, economic development top Gary's concerns

GARY | The last 12 months have brought the start of renewal to the city of Gary, but it needs more resources and must address violence and unemployment in the road ahead, Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson reported Tuesday in her State of the City address.

Gary is showing proof of new day for city

In January 2012, I began my tenure as mayor of Gary. While it is an honor and privilege to gain the confidence of citizens, it is, at times, also a blessing and a burden. But it was an undertaking I felt strongly about.

Cops will target Crown Point gun shows in stonger weapons monitoring

GARY | The Lake County Fairgrounds gun shows are an example of a potential source of guns that fall into criminals' hands, Indiana and Illinois law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Interstate gun trafficking summit set for Thursday

GARY | Indiana and Illinois law enforcement officials will meet Thursday in Gary to discuss the flow of guns from Indiana to Chicago's deadly streets.

Griffith's attempt to leave Cal Twp. advances

INDIANAPOLIS | Griffith's latest attempt to divorce itself from Calumet Township cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday.

Lawmaker seeks to prohibit rental registrations, inspections, fees

INDIANAPOLIS | Merrillville's plan to subsidize its police department with registration fees charged to apartment owners has prompted a central Indiana lawmaker to propose a statewide ban on all municipal apartment registration and inspection requirements.

Karen Freeman-Wilson

Karen Freeman-Wilson is mayor of Gary.

Karen Freeman-Wilson

Karen Freeman-Wilson is mayor of Gary.

Region's black lawmakers propose expansive agenda

INDIANAPOLIS | With just 44 Democrats serving in the House and Senate this year, the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus is poised to be the idea factory driving the Democratic legislative agenda.

Gary mayor defends firing of 15 EMTs as cost-saving plan broached months ago

GARY | The possible elimination of 15 emergency medical technician jobs and $1.2 million in cost savings to the city was broached three months ago, Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said Monday.

Gary mayor to address Gary Chamber luncheon

GARY | Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson will speak at the next Gary Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting, set for noon Jan. 14 at the Steel City Buffet & Grill, 411 E. 5th Ave.

EDITORIAL: Government too slow to bank on donation

Among Gary Mayor Karen Freeman Wilson's ideas for the city is to move scattered city departments to the downtown for residents' convenience. Gary Community School Corp. is a different entity, but it would be good to have the district's headquarters downtown as well.

WILLIAM NANGLE: Regional leadership needed for regional bus service

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Calumet Township to give idled ambulances to Gary

GARY | The Calumet Township trustee on Thursday will symbolically pull the plug on her office's once expensive and controversial emergency medical services when she hands over the keys to her fleet of ambulances to a new owner.