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Gary Sgt. Del Flores, Senior Crime Scene Investigator, (right) and Lt. Greg Wolf, CSI Investigator Supervisor, (left) describe a crime scene to students at Indiana University Northwest's Forensic Investigation Summer Camp for high schoolers on Thursday, June 25, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

IUN campers solve GPD mock crime scene at forensics camp

June 27, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.

Bella Bennett traveled from Bloomington to Gary for Indiana University Northwest’s forensic investigation camp. And as the week was close to wrapping up, she was happy with the decision she...

The "I Love Gary" sign sits outside the SouthShore RailCats SteelYard. The city is hosting a free music festival at the ballpark Saturday. (Maya Wilkins/The Post-Tribune)

Gary hosts free music festival Saturday at RailCats stadium

June 26, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

The city, on Saturday, is hosting the Greater Gary Music Fest from noon to 8 p.m. at the RailCats' stadium, the U.S. Steel Yard.

US Steel Gary Works, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Activism groups file lawsuit against EPA for lack of Gary Works action

June 25, 2026 at 11:39 a.m.

Several activism organizations announced they've filed a lawsuit against the EPA for actions on a Gary Works operating permit.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, speaks at a June 23, 2026 press conference in Washington, D.C. Mrvan and other federal officials called for the end to the BP Whiting Refinery's lockout of union workers, which has lasted for more than three months. (Photo provided by the Office of U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan)

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan and union officials call on BP to end Whiting lockout

June 24, 2026 at 2:01 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, and others called for an end to the more than three-month long union lockout at the Whiting refinery in a Tuesday press conference in Washington,...

Neighbors and friends gather to help Hebron farmer Ryan Kats salvage equipment from a pole barn collapsed by Thursday's tornado on Friday, June 12, 2026. The tornadoes have been part of a pattern of heavy rain for this month. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Weather service: Northwest Indiana exceeds 30-year average rainfall

June 23, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

Northwest Indiana has seen a large increase in flooding this June compared to the same time last year, according to the National Weather Service.

Steam pours from U.S. Steel's Gary Works facility across the street from Gary City Hall during a press conference concerning the potential acquisition of the company by Japanese company Nippon Steel, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Activists continue green steel push ahead of Nippon annual meeting

June 23, 2026 at 2:08 p.m.

Indiana and Pennsylvania activists participated in a Monday virtual joint press conference that calls on Nippon Steel to invest in green steelmaking in the U.S.

Sandhill cranes congregate in a coal ash pond next to R.M. Schahfer Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, while it operates, Feb. 9, 2026, in Wheatfield, Indiana. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

U.S. DOE extends 90-day order to operate Schahfer coal generating station

June 22, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright renewed the order on Thursday, and it's in effect from Monday through Sept. 19, according to a DOE announcement.

Data Center Cluster Operations leader Steve Smith talks with attendees during the Amazon Web Service Community Open House held at Hobart High School in Hobart, Indiana, Thursday, April 30, 2026. Smith, one of many Amazon data center experts on hand to answer questions, works at the AWS facility in New Carlisle, Indiana. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Data center opposition, supporters react to Indiana’s data center incentives

June 21, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

One Indiana environmental and consumer advocate called data center incentives madness, and he believes a recent tracker proves that point. “Data centers are the single largest threat to affordability, reliability...

Participants in a march to commemorate Juneteenth walk past Gary's Roosevelt High School at the corner of 25th and Washington Street on Friday, June 19, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

‘We are one’: Gary hosts Juneteenth celebration at Roosevelt Park

June 19, 2026 at 2:43 p.m.

Juneteenth, which is every June 19, is a federal holiday that celebrates the emancipation of all enslaved people in the U.S.

The U.S. Courthouse in Hammond on Jan. 13, 2021. (Post-Tribune file)

Former Valparaiso man sentenced in dentistry Medicaid fraud

June 18, 2026 at 2:46 p.m.

Justyn Arch, 40, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after a Medicaid fraud scheme at several Northwest Indiana dentistry offices.

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