The City of East Chicago repealed its so-called "welcoming city" ordinance in response to a lawsuit filed earlier this month by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who was recently given new ...

Before industry filled East Chicago’s Calumet neighborhood, children swam in a clean pond and the Grand Calumet River, picked flowers, caught green frogs and ate wild grapes and berries.

Frigid temperatures have led schools across Northwest Indiana and the south suburbs to close Tuesday and switch to e-learning.