GARY, Ind. (WLS) -- The new mayor of Gary wants the city's school corporation to demolish 10 shuttered schools amid growing concerns that they have become havens for crime. "We identified what we ...

More than 28 abandoned and boarded up schools in Gary, Indiana, contribute to urban blight — and in some cases have served as scenes of the worst possible crimes. Local leaders say they are hopeful to ...

A judge handed down the maximum 10.5-year sentence to a Gary man Thursday for burning a Griffith woman’s overdosed body in a Gary abandoned building. Emmit Yarbrough, 58, pleaded guilty in March to ...

GARY, Ind. (WLS) -- Officials have identified a female body found inside an abandoned high school in Gary, Ind., as that of a teen girl from Chicago. Connita L. Richardson, 17, was found dead inside ...

Once a bustling Midwest steal town, officials in Gary, Ind., are promising to make a comeback and redevelop the city to reverse the trend of population decline, abandoned buildings and blight that is ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. More than 28 abandoned and boarded up schools in Gary, Indiana, contribute to urban blight — and in some cases have served as ...