Manufacturing, underwhelming economic recoveries and race play a role in Gary's slow-recovering economy.

They are looking for ways to keep the Gary Community School Corp. afloat financially after voters rejected a general fund referendum for the second time in 18 months.

Two men in Gary who collectively served more than 40 years in jail for a crime they didn't commit are free.

The Merrillville-based utility says the demolition of its Dean H. Mitchell power plant and the site's environmental cleanup will cost an estimated $18 million.

VA Medical Centers will refer homeless veterans to local housing agencies for the vouchers.

Ball State declined in January to renew the charter for the school, citing management issues and failures to comply with state and federal laws.

Eight community health centers across the state will get more than $7 million in federal funding to reach more Hoosiers that are medically underserved.

The Pittsburgh-based company, which employs thousands in Gary, is accusing China of price fixing, stealing trade secrets and mislabeling where its steel is coming from.

The vote was 9-0 Wednesday night to deny a request for variances on property that multinational prison operator GEO Group Inc. wanted to use for the 788-bed detention center near the Gary/Chicago International Airport.

Gary has seen economic investment from Donald Trump, and Kokomo benefited from President Obama's auto bailout. But those connections haven't necessarily led to political goodwill.