Gary working to rebuild city, image

GARY | Gary has an international airport, beautiful lakefront and an image problem.

Woman injured by train after driving around closed gates

GARY | A 54-year-old woman was injured Wednesday when her car was hit by a train as she tried to drive around crossing gates, police said.

Man grabs woman's wallet, shoots at pursuers in Gary

GARY | A man shot at two people who chased him after he stole a woman's wallet at a Gary gas station, police said.

Woman charged in Gary stabbing; sister says it was self-defense

GARY | A Gary woman allegedly told police, "I think I deserve to go to jail," after the stabbing that left a man dead, Lake County Superior Court records show.

Police: Man, ex-girlfriend beat, stabbed his current girlfriend

GARY | Police are looking for a 34-year-old Gary man and his 30-year-old ex-girlfriend accused of beating and stabbing the man's current girlfriend.

18-year-old says he was shot by hitchhiker he met in Gary

GARY | An 18-year-old man told police he was shot by a person he agreed to drive somewhere, Gary police said.

New Gary garbage contract ends trash can wait list

GARY | A 700-person waiting list for garbage cans in Gary will be history on Monday as the city's new trash hauler rolls out a new cart for every home.

'For Holly and Fred': Traditions help family cope with loss at Christmas

Christmas dinner with the Hiebers always included cake. Birthday cake.

Messes pile up as Gary faces service backlog

GARY | After nearly two months, the garbage has been cleared from the abandoned homes across the street from Ella Joiner.

Gary cops suspect car fire is linked to nonfatal shooting

GARY | Gary police suspect a car that officers found on fire Monday afternoon was involved in a shooting earlier that day, police said.

Someone in Gary's a new multimillionaire

Someone in Gary got $3.5 million richer this week, but people close to the new lotto winner are keeping quiet.

18-year-old shot in foot while walking in Gary neighborhood

GARY | An 18-year-old Gary man was shot in the foot Thursday night by a person who called his name first, police said.

Gary man shot in arm after hearing arguing, police say

GARY | A 31-year-old Gary man was shot in the arm Friday morning, police said.

Man shot after person called his name near Gary building

GARY | A 23-year-old man told Gary police he heard someone say his name moments before he was shot, police said.

New start for Gary stop

GARY | The Steel City Truck Stop will go from aging stop to full-service travel center, bringing drivers and hopefully jobs to Gary, officials said.

Police: Woman crashed into cars, tree trying to hit group

GARY | A 29-year-old woman crashed into two cars and a tree early Monday while trying to run over a group of people, Gary police said.

22-year-old man goes to ER after Gary drive-by shooting

GARY | A 22-year-old man was shot Saturday in a drive-by shooting in Gary, police said.

Man shot in hand while sitting in car parked on Gary street

GARY | A 41-year-old man was shot in the hand Friday as he and his boss were in a parked car, Gary police said.

Gunshot victim tells cops at hospital his Jaguar is missing

GARY | A 55-year-old man was shot late Tuesday and his Jaguar was missing, police said.

Gary police panel approves new lawyer; Brooks reducing workload

GARY | The group that tests Gary police recruits and disciplines or promotes sworn officers said goodbye to its longtime lawyer Friday.

Gary man, 22, fatally shot on street; police seek assistance

GARY | A 22-year-old Gary man died Sunday night after being shot several times, Gary police said.

Chicago man found guilty in shooting death of S'ville woman

On a chain around her neck, Louise Hieber wears her late husband's wedding band and the cross her daughter Holly was wearing the night she was killed.

Enrollment, buses top Gary school issues

GARY | Buses, crowded classes and school consolidation are among the major issues in the Gary School Board race.

Teen, mother foil attempted theft of designer eyeglasses

GARY | A 16-year-old boy and his mother foiled an attempted theft of Gucci and Jaguar glasses from a Gary store, police said.

Police: Man stabbed multiple times after argument in Gary

GARY | A 24-year-old man was stabbed multiple times after an argument at a Gary mobile home park, police said.

Police: 2 shot while sitting in car parked along Gary street

GARY | A 21-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were shot Saturday, Gary police said.

Siblings shot in hands while exchanging gun, police say

GARY | An adult brother and sister were both shot in the hand after a gun the brother gave the sister went off, Gary police said.

21-year-old Gary man killed in shooting; police seeking tips

GARY | A 21-year-old Gary man was killed early Tuesday and two people were questioned in the shooting, police said.

Veterans shelter could close without financial help

Two years ago, United States Marine Corps veteran Brian Cody had nowhere to go.

Gary man stabbed by relative whose name he didn't know

GARY | A 39-year-old man told police he was stabbed by a female relative whom he knows only by a nickname.

Man shot after getting ride from stranger

GARY | A 35-year-old man was shot and robbed after getting a ride with a stranger from the Majestic Star Hotel & Casino, police said.

Gary man gets stuck with stranger's student loan debt

Every month since 2009, the U.S. Department of Education has taken between $80 and $290 of Vernon Williams' disability check to pay back student loans to Northern Illinois University.

Cops: Man tells other, 'You think you're bad,' shoots him

A 22-year-old Gary man was shot at a party Wednesday night in Gary, police said.

SMALL-BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: 444 Grill, Gary

For some, opening a restaurant on Friday the 13th would be risk enough.

University of Chicago, former Mayor Daley team up to help Gary

CHICAGO | University of Chicago public policy students will lend their time and expertise to help what former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley called the “forgotten” city of Gary.

Daniels talks Hoosier business in Chicago

CHICAGO | Gov. Mitch Daniels spoke Tuesday to a group of Illinois Republicans about luring businesses away from Illinois.

Argument leads to shooting that left 2 wounded in Gary

GARY | A 19-year-old Gary man was shot in the chest and an 18-year-old was shot in the arm Tuesday night after an argument with a third person, police said.

25-year-old man refuses to tells cops who stabbed him

GARY | A 25-year-old Gary man isn't telling police who stabbed him, police said.

Gary mayor talks demolition, DNC

GARY | The city's abandoned homes and tales of the Democratic National Convention were some of the topics as Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson went on the radio Monday morning.

Police: 21-year-old Gary man shot walking along 10th Ave.

GARY | A 21-year-old Gary man was shot as he walked on 10th Avenue late Aug. 31, police said.

Shots fired into home, garage in Gary; cops are investigating

GARY | Gary police are looking for the people who fired five shots into a home in the 1100 block of Wallace Street about 6 p.m. Thursday.

Gunman wounds 73-year-old Gary dad, his 29-year-old son

GARY | Police are investigating a shooting Monday night that left a 73-year-old man and his 29-year-old son wounded.

Police: 16-year-old who was Tasered tried to pull handgun

GARY | A police officer used a Taser to subdue a 16-year-old as the boy tried to pull a loaded handgun from his waistband while resisting arrest, police said.