East Chicago

According to a new report from Earthjustice and the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, 70 percent of the most dangerous hazardous waste sites in the country…

Residents in the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago are worried that flooding in May could have recontaminated their homes with arsenic and lead. At…

As Indiana casinos reopen, they’re implementing sanitization and distancing standards at gaming sites, but some workers say one important virus-prevention…

A zoning change for part of the USS Lead Superfund site likely means less arsenic and lead contaminated soil will get cleaned up there. On Monday, the…

People who live in polluted areas — like near coal plants and big cities — are more likely to have the underlying heart and lung conditions that put them…

An industrial company will be the deciding factor in how well — and how fast — some East Chicago arsenic and lead contamination gets cleaned up. The…

EAST CHICAGO - East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland has filed an emergency order to keep city firefighters on a rotation of eight-hour morning, afternoon…

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — An official says an explosion at a chemical tank cleaning business in northwestern Indiana injured three workers.The blast…

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — One of two men charged in connection with a rash of copper wire thefts in northwestern Indiana and neighboring Illinois communities…

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana family is celebrating their dog's return, nearly six months after the beloved pet was stolen from their…