Gary, Indiana was once a symbol of American industrial might—founded by U.S. Steel, built on booming factories, and thriving with opportunity. But as the steel industry collapsed and manufacturing ...

Selections for the Fifty Over Fifty feature pose for the camera. Photo by Tony Valainis. EVERY SINGLE PERSON in this ...

Roosevelt High School, 730 W. 25th Ave., had nearly 900 calls — the highest of all of the other abandoned Gary schools. Roosevelt, which was built in 1930 exclusively for Black students as the U ...

The Times of Northwest Indiana obtained through public documents the numbers of 911 calls to every vacant school building in Gary between 2019 and Nov. 1, 2024. There were over 1,800 calls. The ...

But, amid a housing shortage in Northwest Indiana and the nation, home values in Gary have been soaring as people and property investors have returned to the Steel City. The median selling price ...

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.