Blast furnaces that use coking coal generate the largest share of emissions in the steelmaking process.

A lawsuit by the city of Gary against gun makers and sellers is likely over after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law Friday torpedoing the suit.

Indiana Republicans are interfering in a lawsuit by the city of Gary against gun manufacturers and sellers.

This week's tornado outbreak across parts of the Midwest produced a short-lived tornado that swept through northwest Indiana before moving onto Lake Michigan as a waterspout, the National Weather Service said.

Cities and towns in Indiana will be banned from suing gun manufacturers and sellers - even if they do something illegal - under a bill narrowly approved by a Senate committee Tuesday.

A 3-year-old boy found a gun in his mother's purse and accidentally shot his 2-year-old brother, fatally wounding him, Gary police said.

Residents say the city of Gary has long been a dumping ground for industrial facilities that pollute their air, soil and water. Some residents want to change that theyve filed a civil rights complaint against the state, which they say continues to allow these facilities in their community.

Federally-funded infrastructure projects are bringing jobs and opportunities to communities that had felt forgotten. That was the message U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg shared during a visit to Gary on Wednesday.

Gary advocates have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. They said the agency's decision to renew a permit for a waste processing facility disproportionately harms Black and Brown residents in Gary a community that's already overburdened by pollution.

Lime is used to remove impurities in steel. Residents with Gary Advocates for Responsible Development or GARD say the city can no longer be a sacrifice zone for pollution.