EAST CHICAGO | Political operative Robert Cantrell is denying allegations from a second judge that he tried to cajole the court into hiring a counseling firm that was paying Cantrell fees.

EAST CHICAGO — Former Mayor Robert A ... two weeks short of his 89th birthday. Robert Cantrell, former city Republican chairman, recalled, “Everybody liked and hated Pastrick.

Earlier this month, Indiana’s Office of the Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the city of East Chicago for not complying with federal immigration laws. On Monday, the state voluntarily ...